Re: Goodbye Oh Selfish One

["Icarus" <skmishra@sprintmail.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Lee <Ryan.Lee@parexel.com>
>     Brown wasn't.  By common sense the captain should be your best player
>     but the main purpose of a captain is to lead the team by example and
>     Walker is a poor example of leadership.  Despite Brown's low numbers,
>     Dee had the experience and maturity to be a better captain.

Dee a better captain, come on! you are arguing for the sake of argument.
Have
you forgotten what Dee did or say when his minutes were cut.

>     He played
>     with the Big Three and saw the work ethic, skills, and chemistry that
>     they had.

He may have seen the work ethic but did he bring the same work ethic? If he
did,
then why did he had Bird rankled enough to say that "Dee is paid a lot of
money and
he should shut up and play".

>    What has Walker taught to his team?  How to hog the ball,
>     make terrible passes, showboat after every insignificant play (and let
>     his man run down the court for an open layup), how to make enemies
>     with the refs, or (if that recent article was true) how to skip
>     practice?  Yes, Walker is 21 and he acts it but that is proof alone
>     that he shouldn't be captain.

Walker has shown durability, willingness to work, fighting spirit and
fearlesness
in the Clutch. I am not as bothered by his show boating as you are in fact
there were
games where I loved the Walker wiggle. Regarding his defense, his on the
ball defense
is good, what he has to learn is team defense and I belive that will come
with better team
chemistry.

>     I truly
>     believe that when Mercer and Walker reach the prime of their careers,
>     Ron Mercer will be the bigger force in the league.  Yeah I admit there
>     is a little bias there but Mercer has got amazing potential
>     (Jordanlike at times) and noone can deny that.

I like Mercer as a player, if he improves his rebounding and ball handling
skills he has a chance
to be a great player. I am sure the coming season will give him an ample
opportunity to show his wares.
                                                                    - Mishra





 It would have been
>     nice to see Chauncey adjust to Pitino's system but alas, not
>     everything works out.
>
>     That's my two cents,
>
>     R
>