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Subject: Re: HOOPLA
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Date: Sat, 15-Feb-86 12:01:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 15 12:01:00 1986
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Nf-From: haddock!billm    Feb 15 12:01:00 1986



->The air must be awfully thin up there on the 7th floor -- that's the only
->explanation I can come up with for a pea-brained statement which excludes
->Larry Bird from membership in the best-two-players-on-the-Celtics club.
->Say what you will about Ainge, but when Larry's "O" is off, he'll still
->carry the club with his rebounding, passing, and defense. And have you
->noticed that the C's have extended their winning streak to 13 with McHale
->watching from the sidelines. And in one of those games, DJ was among the
->missing, too (zero points, zero shots attempted, half his usual minutes).

->Bob Milosavljevic
->Intermetrics, Inc.
->ihnp4!inmet!milos

	Okay ... you got me!  First, I will apologize to all you Larry Bird
	lovers out there.  Yes, he is a great OFFENSIVE player capable of
	doing great things with a basketball.  Yes, he has those intangibles
	that a coach and most fans like to see in a competitive ballplayer.
	Yes, he recently won the NBA 3-point title and underscored the fact
	that he is a great shooter.

	What I was trying to address is that basketball (and all other sports)
	is composed of THREE things: offense, defense, and those intangibles.
	Great players seem to possess ALL those things, in varying components.

	It is not "pea-brained" to see more in a basketball game than the
	number of points scored. It is not "pea-brained" to also look at the
	defensive play, and at who plays at the end of the game.

	Go Georgetown !

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