bdubya <bdubya@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 19 Oct 2004 10:36:52 EDT, "s_knight8" <s_knight8nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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> >http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/s****ts/basketball/9954871.htm
> >
> >Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas dissed Miami recently, saying the Heat's
> >sup****ting cast doesn't measure up to the Lakers' of recent years, and
that
> >Dwyane Wade and Eddie Jones combined aren't as good as Kobe Bryant. He
also
> >said Shaquille O'Neal and Jones each figured to miss 15 or so games
with
> >injuries.
> >
> >Meanwhile, Bernie Bickerstaff, coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, was less
than
> >effusive Monday when asked on a conference call about the Heat's
chances of
> >winning an NBA champion****p.
> >
> >NOT SO HIGH ON MIAMI
> >
> >''Detroit beat the team [Shaquille O'Neal] was on,'' Bickerstaff said
of
> >last season's NBA Finals. '[The Pistons'] Ben Wallace is the type of
guy
> >that could give Shaq trouble. He does all the dirty things. I don't
think we
> >can just hand it to Miami because Shaq's here.''
> >
> >''They will be battling for the champion****p, but I don't think they
have
> >what it takes to win it all,'' said Hawks and former Pacers forward Al
> >Harrington.
> >
>
> Look, I'm a Pistons fan, and I think it's a classic Ben Wallace move
> to take Shaq's "Play me like a man" line as a personal challenge, and
> to do exactly that, play him like a man, one-on-one, five and done.
>
> But to say that Ben "owns" Shaq is a little bit of a huge freaking
> stretch, no? Bickerstaff only said Ben "could give Shaq trouble",
> which we already knew.
>
> bw
The orginal poster is known for posting interesting articles, but
using subject lines that grossly exaggerate or even distort what the
articles actually say, maybe to generate interest in the thread.--Joe
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