Saturday, May 14, 2005
Mark Blount Takes The Money and Lollygags It.:
"As for Blount, he clearly bothered Celtics brass, and maybe his teammates, with his boorish behavior. Ainge didn't offer any defense for the 7-footer who saw his minutes shrink this season almost as much as his attitude did. Rivers didn't play Blount in the last three games against the Pacers. Was Blount unhappy? Yeah. Did he hide it on the very public stage of the Boston bench? No. Blount distanced himself from his teammates. His body language suggested he didn't care. He gave you the attitude that it was hard work getting off the bench (hey, it wasn't like he was playing killer minutes) to join the players during timeouts.
Ainge, for one, noticed. 'Mark's got to do a better job with the teammates in the huddle,' said Ainge.
Ainge knew what Blount's discontent stemmed from. 'Raef (LaFrentz) was getting a lot of the rebounds Mark was getting last year.' "
Let's see if Billy King and Jim O'Brien are dumb enough to take his contract for expiring contracts.
Greg Dickerson, who works for the team on FSNE, stated that most of Blount's teammates hate him and flat out called him a jerk that needs to be gone. This guy is a stiff who was never going to give a full effort once he got his payday. He screwed up his free ride at Pitt; too bad we can't take his Celtics scholarship away. Hopefully, O'Brien will think of the hungry, minimum salaried version of Mark Blount, and will take the bait...Hook, line, and sinker. -NF
"As for Blount, he clearly bothered Celtics brass, and maybe his teammates, with his boorish behavior. Ainge didn't offer any defense for the 7-footer who saw his minutes shrink this season almost as much as his attitude did. Rivers didn't play Blount in the last three games against the Pacers. Was Blount unhappy? Yeah. Did he hide it on the very public stage of the Boston bench? No. Blount distanced himself from his teammates. His body language suggested he didn't care. He gave you the attitude that it was hard work getting off the bench (hey, it wasn't like he was playing killer minutes) to join the players during timeouts.
Ainge, for one, noticed. 'Mark's got to do a better job with the teammates in the huddle,' said Ainge.
Ainge knew what Blount's discontent stemmed from. 'Raef (LaFrentz) was getting a lot of the rebounds Mark was getting last year.' "
Let's see if Billy King and Jim O'Brien are dumb enough to take his contract for expiring contracts.
Greg Dickerson, who works for the team on FSNE, stated that most of Blount's teammates hate him and flat out called him a jerk that needs to be gone. This guy is a stiff who was never going to give a full effort once he got his payday. He screwed up his free ride at Pitt; too bad we can't take his Celtics scholarship away. Hopefully, O'Brien will think of the hungry, minimum salaried version of Mark Blount, and will take the bait...Hook, line, and sinker. -NF
