Re: Fortson vs power forwards

[Gregory Hurst <gh18@juno.com>]

How did he do against Brian Grant or Karl Malone?  Or did he guard
Sabonis and Utah's center?  If Rick Pitino can pull off a deal to bring
us Motombo without giving upVitaly, Pierce or  Antoine, I would take back
all of my bad comments about him trading our starters for other team's
backup players.  Atlanta is making some crazy trades and the time could
be right.  Forston, Eric Williams, and a first rounder for Mutombo.

Pierce
Anderson
Walker
Vitaly/Battie
Mutombo/Vitaly


Greg
gh18@juno.com




Greg
gh18@juno.com


>Paul makes a good point that Fortson can probably not be counted on
>stopping tall, athletic, offensively oriented power forwards. On the
>other hand, there aren't that many of those in the Eastern conference.
>I'd say the following is a list of probable starting PFs:
>  Miami: PJ Brown
>  NJ: Van Horn or Williams.
>  NY: Kurt Thomas or Camby.
>  Orlando: Whoever. I'm not worried about losing to them this year.
>  Philly: Ratliff.
>  Washington: Howard.
>Howard and Van Horn are the only guys with real offense. Van Horn is
>a defensive liability himself so I'd go with Walker. Howard? I don't
>know, Washington is probably going to suck so bad it doesn't matter.
>
>  Atlanta: Wright, unless Henderson comes back.
>  Charlotte: Mason, or Coleman.
>  Chicago: Brand.
>  Cleveland: Kemp.
>  Detroit: Jerome Williams.
>  Indiana: Dale Davis.
>  Milwaukee: Tractor Traylor.
>  Toronto: Antonio Davis or Oakley.
>The one to fear here is Kemp. The Celtics have no one to stop him. 
>Perhaps
>you front him with Battie and count on Walker for help. This is tough.
>I would think that Mason vs Fortson would be a strength contest that 
>Fortson
>could do decently in. Brand could be tough too in the years to come.
>
>The Western Conference seems much stronger at the position with 
>Malone,
>Duncan or Robinson, Garnett or Joe Smith, Webber, McDyess, Barkley, 
>etc.
>
>This season, Fortson on many nights may be facing a player who is 
>their 
>team's fifth offensive option; then you definitely put him in to beat
>them up on the boards. At other times, you probably have to use the
>flexibility of your roster to attempt to control the other player.
>
>The Celtics definitely have to sign both Fortson and Battie this 
>summer
>so that we won't have disgruntlement over starting roles. 
>
>Alex
>

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