Re: Criticism of Piercey

["Icarus" <skmishra@sprintmail.com>]

I have watched Pierce for the last two seasons and he plays pretty good
defense. Even in college he did not handle the ball much so he probably
isn't great at it but he can improve. - Mishra
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Meninno <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>


>Warwick,
>
>I don't doubt he's a fine player, but everyone has weaknesses.  What I
>read in the reports (remember I'm not basing this on what I have seen
>first hand) is that Pierce's are defense and ball handling.  I'd love to
>hear from someone else who watched him play that can give a better
>description of his game.  Offensively, all the reports say he is
>outstanding.
>
>Jim
>
>>Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 00:53:47 +1000
>>From: Warwick <giants@eisa.net.au>
>>Reply-To: giants@eisa.net.au
>>To: Celtics <celtics@igtc.com>
>>Subject: Criticism of Piercey
>>
>>Hey all,
>>
>>Jim mentioned the pre-draft criticism of Paul Pierce's ball handling.
>If
>>you remember back to pre-draft build up (before the week leading up to
>>it) everyone was mentioning how strong his all-round game was.
>>
>>Then the week leading into it started to see criticism of each and
>every
>>part of his game, finally finishing up with the C's getting quite
>>possibly the steal of the draft..
>>
>>Dont listen to this hype. If Pitino says his very happy to have gotten
>>him at 10, I believe we shall see the hyped up Pierce and not the other
>>version.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Warwick
>>
>>
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