Within the last 5 years, who is the player you miss the most from your team?For me, I would have to say without a doubt - Antoine Walker. He jusy brought/brings so much heart and passion to go with great leadership. He may have taken a little too many 3's but oh well, he was the heart and soul of the Boston Celtics. He is a great person and does a LOT for charity/community, very likeable guy, just a great person. He had a complete game and hit soome unbelievably huge shots for us. Celtic Pride won't be the same for a long time. He truly was the definition of a Celtic, and he wanted to retire a Celtic. He never wanted to leave, and I can't believe Ainge traded him... twice. But hey, I guess everything happens for a reason, and I'm very happy he won a ring in Miami. I hope one day near the end of his career he comes back and retires as a Celtic.What about you? Who do you miss the most? And remember, they have to have been on the team within the last 5 years.
Robert Horry for the memories, Fish for the heart, and Shaq for the rings. When your first years as a fan are with a championship team and that team disbands, there are a lot of guys you miss. Those guys are just my top three. Rick Fox, Brian Shaw, and Ron Harper would be my next three.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lakaboy42 @ Aug 9 2006, 01:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Robert Horry for the memories, Fish for the heart, and Shaq for the rings. When your first years as a fan are with a championship team and that team disbands, there are a lot of guys you miss. Those guys are just my top three. Rick Fox, Brian Shaw, and Ron Harper would be my next three.</div>LOL you Laker fans really try to disown Shaq huh? You guys know deep down you miss Shaq Daddy the most.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Aug 9 2006, 10:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>LOL you Laker fans really try to disown Shaq huh? You guys know deep down you miss Shaq Daddy the most.</div>Not really, missing players isn't all about the talent or what they did, it's about how they did it. It's the memories and character, and those three guys had the most of that (well, maybe Shaq didn't have the most character, but he was at his funniest when the whole world hated him). I can honestly say I miss those three guys almost equally.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lakaboy42 @ Aug 9 2006, 10:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Robert Horry for the memories, Fish for the heart, and Shaq for the rings. When your first years as a fan are with a championship team and that team disbands, there are a lot of guys you miss. Those guys are just my top three. Rick Fox, Brian Shaw, and Ron Harper would be my next three.</div>I agree with Lakaboy whole heartedly.
It is about to be Ben Wallace. The Pistons haven't even played a game without him yet and I still wish he was here. It is going to suck seeing him in that Bulls jersey....
Hmm...I miss Pau Gasol..Because now he's an all-star, and we traded him away right after we drafted him.. Stupid Hawk managment..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kingjamez @ Aug 9 2006, 10:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Hmm...I miss Pau Gasol..Because now he's an all-star, and we traded him away right after we drafted him.. Stupid Hawk managment..</div>But how can you miss someone who was with you for less than an hour?
I miss a lot of players from the team that went to the conference finals against the Spurs. Steve Nash, Michael Finley, Eduardo Najera, Raja Bell, Walt Williams, even Raef LaFrentz to an extent.
I think I'd say Finley. Nash is in second because when you get right down to it, losing him ended up being good for the team. I think Najera would have to be third.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lakaboy42 @ Aug 9 2006, 01:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But how can you miss someone who was with you for less than an hour?</div>Fine - I'll go with Jason Terry, he started here; and he developed into the player he is today in Atlanta..I miss him more than I miss Antoine..
I miss players like Eric Snow, Dikembe Mutombo, Derrick Coleman and Aaron Mckie. I remeber seing Snow and Deke when I first started to like the Sixers and Coleman came shortly after that. And McKie was a great player of the bech for us for years.
Michael Finley, was part of the reason I became a Mavericks fan. I'd say Steve Nash second, the way he left though leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
Antoine..I still have his original jersey from like 99..it doesnt fit me but I loved his personality and everything he did for the community and for the Celtics..he could liven the building up and he was a great sidekick to paul pierce when pierce came into the league
I have to agree with Rok, Finley is also the reason I became a Mavs fan.Najera is second, I just loved the way the guy played, and Nash is third.
Hmmm...well obviously David Robinson is one. He was the best leader you could ask for and a great mentor to anybody. But since he retired, it doesnt really count i guess.Also, Malike rose. He always game 110 percent everytime he went out on the court. He was a fighter, and an underdog. I loved the guy.
I miss Dikembe Mutombo for his defensive presence downlow, and the fact that he was the anchor of our defense. Unfortunately we traded him to the Nets for Todd MacCulloch and KVH, and then MacCulloch was diagnosed with that foot ailment that ended his playing his career.I miss guys like Eric Snow and Aaron McKie because of what they did for the community and what they did for the Sixers franchise.I also miss Larry Brown for his coaching. Sure, he and Iverson had their differences, but they had worked them out. We were at our best under him, and if he was still here today we would be contenders (we damn sure wouldn't have the same roster). His defensive ballclub and AI averaging 33 and 7... that's a nightmare.And then I also miss Pat Croce... he was much better than this idiot Ed Snider.
Well, there are times that I miss Kenyon Martin. Those oops off the backboard from Kidd and all those other lobs reminded me of Payton and Kemp in the nineties.But there were also numerous times during the NBA Finals where I was annoyed by his bad shot selection.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (WELCOMEtotheJUNGLE @ Aug 9 2006, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>.....</div>So many great memories with that friggen wiggle lol.Why do pjcoldpitts, Justice, and Marvinmartian all have the same J-Stack sig?
