Re: Antoine's $$$

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.andara.com>]

I was being one dimensional because the comment revolved around Bryant being
called a ball hog.  Can you honestly say that anyone owns a piece of the
rock more than Toine?  It was very annoying to watch him pushing the ball in
a 3 on 2 situation with Anderson on the left wing and Mercer on the right,
ending with him making a feeble attempt at a layup instead of giving it up
to an open teammate.  Sabonis rebounded, outlet pass, layup.

The statement has nothing to do with who has the more capable teammates, but
who hogs the ball.

I think we should expect better rebounding stats out of Toine and assists,
since I consider him one of the best passing forwards in the game.  But his
field goal percentage is abysmal and his free throw percentage makes him a
candidate to be fouled in the latter stages of any close game.  Who would
you rather have on the line in the last minute of a close contest, Toine or
Kobe?

As far as fairness in stats comparison, you forgot that Bryant shoots .452
fg% to Toine's .399, .361% to Toine's .281% on 3 ptrs and .789% to Toine's
.659 in ft%.

The most telling fact of all is he's made 1146 fga's and converted 457.
Heck, Chris Webber has made 404 fg's in only 826 attempts and I used to
think he was a ball hog.

Cecil
-----Original Message-----
From: Shailendra K. Mishra <skmishra@dlsun660.us.oracle.com>
To: damekmo@teleport.com <damekmo@teleport.com>; celtics@igtc.COM
<celtics@igtc.COM>; cecil@hfx.andara.com <cecil@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: Antoine's $$$


>> From cecil@hfx.andara.com Tue Feb 24 08:08:07 1998
>
>
>> From: damekmo@teleport.com <damekmo@teleport.com>
>> To: celtics@igtc.COM <celtics@igtc.COM>
>
>>
>> >The difference between Wallace and
>> >Walker is that Wallace can afford to disappear in entire games,
essentially
>> >take nights off, and the team isn't going to get destroyed.
>>
>> Isn't that why we traded Billups?  So there would be more quality
teammates
>> which would alleviate all the pressure from Toine's shoulders.
>>
>> >His potential is greater. His market value
>> >is higher. You pay on his talents, and hope for the rest. How much $$$
do
>> >you think that "ball hog" Kobe Bryant's going to get? He'll get tons,
and
>> >he deserves every cent.
>>
>>
>> As for the "ball hog", Kobe Bryant, he averages 12.8 shots/gm and
averages
>> 17.5 pts.  Toine averages 20.8 shot/gm to average 21.7 pts.  Who hogs the
>> ball?
>>
>> Cecil
>
>Don't be so 1 dimensional in comparison, why are you forgetting Walker's 4
>assists to Kobe's 2.5, Walker's 10.5 rebounds to Kobe's 3.3, Walker's 97
steals
>to Kobes 54 and Walker's 43 blocks to Kobe's 19. In addition Shaq draws the
>double team, so others like Kobe have the space to drive or play one on one
>ball. The Bullets tried to play Walker without a double team and he had
almost
>49 points on them. - MIshra
>
>