Unlike other Robin Hoods I can speak with an english accent

[mark at 10thumbs.org]

On Thu, October 18, 2007 10:33 am, Eggcentric at aol.com wrote:
>> We whupped up on the "much improved" (sorry Egg, I
>> had to) Knicks. - Pat Ryan
>>
> No problem ... I deserve the sarcasm.   Never have I seen a
> more ineffective NBA team ... no spirit, no conditioning, no
> discipline, no cohesion, no pride, no shooting, no defense,
> no plays, no coaching, NO NUTTIN'.

The word is grit.  No grit.

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yeah and I couldn't be happier!  Not to be too redundant but the Knicks
looked HORRIBLE. Randolph may be a good addition on paper, but on the
court he just amplifies every bad tendency that all the other Knicks have.

If i were Isaiah  (which i'm proud not to be) i'd start someone like Lee
or Balkman, just to have someone out there to play D and provide some
fire.

on to the real tema -- Celtics.

The best part of last night was the team play:  passing, everyone hitting
the boards together, passing, running, cheering each other on.  This team
has so many weapons -- duh -- and they're learning how to use them. 
Paul's running and defending.  This team is going to be great to watch.

2 minor irritations:

1. defending the high pick-and-roll is still an achilles heel. the feeling
was KG and/or Thibadeaux would help. i didn't see it in any of the 2.5
games i've seen.

2. sub patterns -- IMO there's no reason to ever not have 1 of KG, Ray
Allen or Pierce not on the floor.  We've seen Doc regularly play 5 subs
(House, T. Allen or Pruitt, Posey, Scal, Powe) together at the end
of/start of quarters.  This doesn't make ANY sense.  Ray Allen seems the
perfect guy to play  with Subs b/c he's more likely than Pierce to play as
part of that unit than as the lone star still out there. this wastes part
of the power of having the 3 stars on a team... IMO.

(the other) mark