Re: No to players who don't have offense...

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

I agree.  We need a defensive anchor.  Geiger's offense is the same as
Travis Knight's and for that money we could get a really good
defender, or even two:  Popeye and (say) Mohammed.  I wonder what we
have to offer teams for Clark or Skinner?

Josh





---"Noah P. Evans"  wrote:
>
> Jaime Castillo, Jr. wrote:
> > 
> > As Pitino stressed, the team doesn't need anymore of a "i can only
defend"
> > type of a player.  What the team needs now are scoring and scoring
and
> > scoring...and also with lots of DEFENSE on the side!
> 
> Now that we have Pierce why do we need more scoring?
> 
>  
> > Maybe a more possibility is a Dave Robinson or a Pippen.
> 
> David Robinson maybe, after we got Pierce though I think Scottie fell
> off the Celtic's radar
> 
> > We shouldn't add on to our limited offense situation anymore. 
That we
> > should be concentrating on getting a complete player not a one
dimensional
> > (either offense only type or a defense only type) player.
> 
> 
> > Michael Stewart...one dimensional ---defense only
> 
> Have you seen Yogi play? While he is a wonderful shotblocker he
isn't a
> particularly good defender(he's pushed around and leaves his feet too
> much). Defense and shotblocking aren't synononymous.
> 
> > Geiger...one dimensional ---- offense only
> 
> Again have you seen Geiger play? While he's a mediocre shotblocker, he
> is a big body who uses his weight. He's easily a better post defender
> than either Ratliff or Stewart. As for his offense I think you
overrate
> it. While Geiger can hit out to 22 feet and finish off feeds, he
doesn't
> have many moves to call his own(although this may be because Mason and
> Rice dominate the post and perimeter--leaving few opportuinities for
> Geiger).
> 
> > Nazr ....also one dimensional ---defense only
> 
> You're about right on this one.
> 
> > Doleac... limited defense and offense...both
> 
> You're right here too.
>  
> > Lastly, I guess the reason why Pitino didn't or wouldn't push for
a deal for
> > Mcdyess is that he's really not a big scorer.  He's an erratic
scorer that
> > he could score 20 points but grabs only 2 or 3 boards in one game
or vice
> > versa.  He's not a complete package if you would compare him to a
Pippen,
> > Robinson, or a Malone.
> 
> Again I must ask you have you seen these people play? Mcdyess has an
> offensive game similar to(if not superior to) Matt Geiger. His range
is
> a little less than Geiger's but he finishes with Kempian strength. He
> also shoot's well above 50%(which suggests his offensive talents are
> underutilized). Mcdyess's limited offensive output this year is due to
> the amount of scorers on the Suns this year rather than his
limitations.
> Under Pitino's tuteledge Mcdyess could easily be one of the top power
> fowards.
> 	We can't afford him though. So the point is moot.
> 
> > WHAT WE NEED IS A COMPLETE PACKAGE... sad to say, I don't know if
we'll ever
> > get one for this season!!!
> 
> Again I ask you why? We have 4 amazing scorers now. To have another
> would only cause players to squabble over scoring opportuinities.
> Geiger's bulk and unselfish offense would be nice(rather than ideal,
> Geiger doesn't block many shots). Ratliff would be nice but too
skinny.
> Stewart is the same as Ratliff. Our best bet though would be someone
> like Brian Skinner, Bo Outlaw or Dale Davis, someone who could grab 10
> boards, block shots and contest Shaq on the post. Defense only gets my
> vote.
> 

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