From: LittleRich <littlerich07@xxxxxxxxx> To: Celtics@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Davis A Time Bomb Say Cavalier Folk Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 11:39:38 -0800 (PST)
Damn!! Who said that. Was it Oil Can Boyd??
--- Shawn Niles <shizzjr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Next to some ocean. > > (Please tell me someone got that) > > > >From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: Davis A Time Bomb Say Cavalier Folk > >Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:23:28 -0500 > > > >So big deal. We're not looking for choir boys. > Think Boston is a laid back > >town? Remember how we as fans treated the wife > beater from NJ? He helped > >burn the Cavs. That's all I care about. Ricky's > entertainment. Let's get > >him > >on the Jerry Springer Show. I'd rather listen to > him than Pierce's canned > >post game offerings. I believe Cleveland gets the > least amount of sunlite > >in > >the Country. Cleveland, where the hell is > Cleveland? > > > >DanF > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > Akkron Daily or Beacon > > > Posted on Sat, Jan. 10, 2004 > > > > > > Windhorst on the Cavs > > > > > > Tirade by Davis proves trade was good move > Celtics likely to find out he > >hasn't changed his ways a bit for his new team By > Brian Windhorst > > > > > > BOSTON - They say the best revenge is living > well. Ricky Davis isn't off > >to a very good start. Boston fans giggled and Davis > figuratively beat his > >chest after he leveled a series of critical blows > at his old team and town > >during a slow-burning tirade with the media > Thursday. He did it with venom > >and a broad brush yet, without knowing it, he > couldn't have paid the > >Cavaliers a greater compliment. He ripped Paul > Silas' system, he tore at > >Jim > >Paxson's management style and he said something so > personally insulting > >about owner Gordon Gund that a Celtics public > relations representative > >immediately ended the interview. The reporters who > heard the comment chose > >not to print it out of sensitivity, and it will not > be stated here, either. > >Whether Davis is right about Silas or Paxson is > inconsequential; the fact > >that he harbored these feelings while supposedly > trying to be a team player > >in Cleveland is. And even as Davis put up 16 points > and his Celtics burned > >the Cavaliers by 25 points! > > > Friday night, the Cavaliers are more confident > than ever that they > >made > >the right move by dumping Davis, the third team to > do so in his short > >career. Silas and Paxson publicly took the high > road, but privately they > >shook their heads in part disgust and part pity. > They know it is only a > >matter of time before Davis' destructive > personality takes aim at his new > >team. Understand that overtly, Davis is not a bad > guy. He's down to earth > >and usually soft-spoken and doesn't sport the > brazen and selfish exterior > >attitude of a Rasheed Wallace. He did a great deal > of charity work in > >Cleveland, and his purchase of season tickets for a > group of college kids > >who painted messages on their chests and are now > standbys at Gund Arena > >will > >be a legacy. But behind the scenes and in little > ways, he can be cancerous. > >What's obvious is when he abandons the offense and > heaves up a senseless > >shot. What's not is when he undercuts his coach by > encouraging fellow > >players to go against the grain. The f! > > > irst issue got him pulled from games by Silas, > the latter got ! > > > him trad > > > > > > ed. In a game in Indiana in November, Davis had > 10 rebounds, 12 assists > >and nine points in what looked like a brilliant and > unselfish display of a > >team leader. In reality, he cost the Cavaliers the > game. After Silas told > >his players not to leave their men under any > circumstances during the > >Pacers' final possession, Davis told teammate > Darius Miles to double-team > >Pacers center Jermaine O'Neal with the Cavaliers up > by two points with less > >than 15 seconds to play. Even though Silas had > warned against it, Miles > >listened to Davis and doubled. O'Neal then passed > the ball to Miles' man, > >Ron Artest, who scored and was fouled by Davis as > he tried to cover his > >mistake. Artest made the free throw, and the > Cavaliers lost by a point. > >Silas knows such things will happen again in > Boston. Celtics general > >manager > >Danny Ainge traded for Davis against coach Jim > O'Brien's wishes. O'Brien's > >retort has been to not start him and reduce his > minutes, and it looks as if > >he's not going to change his m! > > > ind anytime soon. Davis has insisted he's > changed, again, and doesn't > >care about his new role, just his team's success. > An hour before Friday > >night's game, several of Davis' new teammates > finally got around to asking > >him about that failed attempt at a triple-double > last season against Utah, > >when he shot at the wrong basket to get a cheap > rebound. ``It worked on the > >street,'' Davis joked with them. ``Why not the > NBA?'' No, some things never > >change. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find high-speed net deals comparison-shop your > local providers here. > https://broadband.msn.com
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