"igor eduardo küpfer" <edkupfer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:52:34 -0400, "Sébastien Poitras"
> <sebastien.poitrasSPAMBLOWS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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>>
>>"Granville Waiters' Ghost" <x@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> In article <2tm019F21l70uU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Sébastien Poitras"
>>> <sebastien.poitrasSPAMBLOWS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If receiving Arenas' wisdom is ludicrous, how about reading a post of
>>>> yours
>>>> on usenet?
>>>
>>>
>>> I was wondering where this random flame came from, since my
>>> post was entirely about basketball, and I don't remember ever
>>> seeing your name here. After seeing your interest in the band
>>> Tool and Magic: The Gathering, I'm afraid I have to surrender.
>>> I just couldn't come up with anything to top that.
>>
>>I'm not asking you to care about me personally, or to know me, or to
make
>>creepy searches to know who I am. I am asking you why you think Gilbert
>>Arenas' (a pro NBA player who's been named most improved in the NBA two
>>years ago) comments are ludicrous, while yours are worth my time.
>>
>>Now, are you going to answer me, or are you going to try and make more
>>personal attacks to try and swerve away from my point?
>
> Allow me. GWG dismissed Arenas's opinions because he (Arenas) hasn't
shown
> enough to make his opinion credible. Specifically, Arenas was
questioning
> the Heat's talent level, and whether it was enough to win the
> Champion****p.
> Since Gil himself has never been in a position to know, personally, the
> talent level to even reach the playoffs, much less the Champion****p, his
> opinion WRT the talent necessary to "win it all" is suspect.
>
> GWG's post, therefore, was questioning Arenas's credibility. He wasn't
> commenting on the truth of what Arenas said, only to the amount of
weight
> one should give it.
>
> HTH. HAND.
I don't want to sound too cynical, but I'm finding it hard to accept that
a
pro baller's opinion on another team's talent level shouldn't be given
weight, just because he plays for the Wizards. I admit that he doesn't
have
any rings on his fingers, but I'll respect his opinion before the opinion
of
some random guy on the internet. I mean, he only said that Shaq's
teammates
weren't on the same level as the Lakers of recent years. I just re-read
the
article to make sure, and I don't see Arenas saying he knows what it takes
to win a champion****p.
Sebastien
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