Re: DeClercq

[Daniel Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

With Pot's work ethic he will be a force in the NBA. He shows us more
skills as the season goes on, what's left. Cousy says they'll work on his
hands over the summer and camp. He can rebound, has a soft jumper, little
hook, can drive with some quickness for his bulk, constantly fights for the
post, and bang with the best. The top 3-4 centers may give him some
trouble, but they give everyone problems. If we pick up a power forward and
or get Battie into the weight room who knows.

Joe Hironak wrote:
>According to Peter May, Vitaly Potapenko is "basically a backup center" or
>"really a power forward" (take your pick).
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>Back near the start of April before Antoine & Ron got hurt etc., I wrote that
>"Potapenko needs to shoot for 13.4 ppg and average 8.6 rebounds in order to
>finish at 10 ppg and 7 rpg overall (over the remaining 13 games)". Vitaly is
>actually doing better than that, having already reached 10 + 7 with five
>games to go.
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>The guy just turned 24-years-old and he's 290 pounds of coordinated muscle.
>As bleak as things seem, imagine what it would feel like going into this
>offseason/draft without a starting center? I only wish we could have traded
>Peter May to Cleveland instead of El Ringo.
>
>BTW, my current hope is that the Celtics finish every month but March at or
>above .500, either by (finally) beating Detroit or sweeping El Vaselino's
>Miami Heat (that'd be quite a nice story).
>
>Go Celts!
>
>Joe
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