RE: Offensive problems

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

This is pretty accurate.  You don't win a lot in the NBA shooting 40% and 
below, no matter how good your defense is.  Actually although we rank high 
in turnovers caused, and steals, our defense isn't that good.  We are too 
busy running around trapping and good teams break down the traps for easy 
baskets.  The Laker game early in the year and the last few our good 
examples of real deensive breakdowns.

On offense there is nobody other than Walker that can provide consistent 
scoring, and he is doing it with a low FG % which is what happens when you 
are launching 3's consistently.  With the inside shots these guys get their 
% should be higher.


-----Original Message-----
From:	DJessen33 [SMTP:DJessen33@aol.com]
Sent:	Sunday, January 11, 1998 6:40 AM
To:	celtics@igtc.COM
Subject:	Offensive problems

Our two greatest weaknesses are our offense and lowpost defense. We can't 
do
much about the lowpost defense except get bigger guys or wait for our guys 
to
bulk up. However, we got 2 main problems on offense and I think they are
fixable.

1)We don't know how to run transition. This has been talked about here and 
by
Tommy on the air. You get taught about how to run a break in jr. high, 
getting
the ball to the middle or a dominating point guard and fill the lanes. Why 
the
Celtics can't figure the out or why Pitino doesn't dedicate some practices 
to
this, I don't know.
2)Our half court offense always boils down to Walker in the low post or a 3
point shot. We never can get the ball to the 2 guys doing the curl and that 
is
the first, second and third options. Either are picks aren't clean or we 
can't
get the ball to them.

It also would be nice to have another lowpost option. Knight really needs 
to
work on his lowpost game, get a half-hook going. When he gets it in the 
post,
which is rare, he trys to face up and shoot or drive around the guy, both
difficult plays.