Re: Painful

[rottie@webquest.com]

Amen to that Vinny

At 08:08 AM 11/7/97 -0500, Vinny Natale wrote:
>I'm a lurker on this list.  I've been on for about a year and one-half.  Up
>until several months ago, I deleted most posts unread.  For the last
>several months I've been reading just about every word of every post.  Why?
> Because most posts have been about today's Celtics and today's games.  I
>am one person who is not interested in reading about endless speculation
>about next year's draft!  I'm most interested in reading about who is
>currently a Celtic and what happened in last night's game!
>
>Vinny
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>At 07:18 PM 11/7/97 -0800, rottie@webquest.com wrote:
>>What the hell is going on here?  People are talking about next years draft
>>and were only on our fifth game of the season.    
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>>At 04:26 PM 11/6/97 -0500, Matt Healy wrote:
>>>>In no particular order......
>>>>
>>>>1. Mike Bibby (underclassmen) PG - Arizona
>>>>2. Raef LaFrentz PF - Kansas
>>>>3. Miles Simon SG - Arizona
>>>>4. Keion Clark C - UNLV
>>>>5. Paul Pierce (underclassmen) SF - Kansas
>>>>6. Antawn Jamison (underclassmen) SF - North Carolina
>>>>7. Tim Young (underclassmen) C - Stanford
>>>>8. Vince Carter (underclassmen) SG - North Carolina
>>>>
>>>>Out of this, who would we want? Looking at our team, it seems we don't
>>>>have any
>>>>glaring holes in our starting line up. Unless you consider Billups a bust
>>>>already after 4 (!!) games. (If you are one of those, you have no
patience)
>>>
>>>Personally, I really like Pierce, and do not especially love Jamison,
>>>although he is a fine college player.  Jamison really does not have much of
>>>a shot, but he has excellent rebounding tenacity.  He is not big enough to
>>>dominate in the NBA, and cannot shoot well enough at all.  Maybe he will
>>>progress, though.  Pierce I have liked all along.  I think he's got the
>>>skills.  The others, we'll have to wait on.  Seems to me Arizona players
>>>are riding a bit high do to their excellent performance in the tournament.
>>>Regardless, last year was the year to win the lottery, and we were lined up
>>>to do it.  It doesn't hurt as much as the 1986 draft, but it hurt.
>>>
>>>Matt
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