RE: Billups...why not?

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I have to disagree. Edney is a much better point than any other player =
on the team and although he has his defensive liabilities, he does what =
a point is supposed to do, run the floor and distribute the ball.  He =
had more assists last game than Billups has probably had in 3 games.

- -----Original Message-----
From:	damekmo@teleport.com [SMTP:damekmo@teleport.com]
Sent:	Monday, November 10, 1997 6:44 AM
To:	celtics@igtc.COM
Subject:	Billups...why not?

Monday morning. Everything hurts. But I'm guessing Chauncy Billups is
feeling a lot worse. So with that in mind, there's been a lot of talk =
about
Billups lately, so I just thought I'd join in. Pitino needs to cut him a
break. Everybody knows that Barros and Edney aren't starters. Neither =
has
any future with the team, so Pitino should just play Billups, get off =
his
back, show some patience, or admit drafting him was a mistake and trade =
him
now. He could probably get Stackhouse as Brown is going out of his mind
down there...and isn't that just too bad. In any case, as good as I feel
about this team right now, as good as I feel about Pitino, he could very
quickly screw everything up. If he's really playing for the future by =
going
young he has to be willing to live with the consequences. If he wants to
win right now, with this team of kids he seemingly couldn't wait to get =
his
hands on, then he's a fool.

Paul M.