Re: Larry Hughes

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

Pierce was way hot last night.  He took some shots
hoping for continuations, and some to see how hot he
was. Paul had his stroke going last night.  I know its
hard for those of us w/o the dish, but statistics tell
you exactly jack shit about this team.  The record is
the only one that matters.  IMHO.

--- Cecil Wright <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jaime Salud Castillo, Jr.
> <jaims@philonline.com>
> To: <Georgek27@aol.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 1:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Larry Hughes
> 
> 
>  >We already have scorers in
> > Pierce and Walker who occupies the shooting guard
> and small forward
> > positions.  I've heard someone posted that Hughes
> is a small version of
> our
> > own Antoine Walker(I think it's true)..."when he's
> hot, he's hot and
> > praisable...but when he couldn't get the ball to
> drop, he still shoots it
> > and he's boo-able."
> >
> 
> I think that lost in the shuffle is what should be
> an issue about Pierce.
> Someone please correct me if I am mistaken, but if
> PP shot 9/22 in field
> goals last night, and if 3 of those were dunks off
> of steals, doesn't that
> mean that other than the dunks, he shot 6/19?  He
> has been having problems
> shooting the basketball, but he doesn't appear to
> warrant any of the
> negativity that is heaped upon Toine, and I'm not
> saying he should, but I am
> sure it will surface should his shooting woes
> continue.
> 
> I recall when this list showered Mercer with praise
> for coming to camp and
> being a leader last year.  Haven't seen much respect
> for him lately though.
> I guess my point, as I continue to believe, is that
> it takes time for things
> to mesh together and we can't expect this team to
> play like they do against
> Miami every night.  Some teams just have the number
> of others.  And our guys
> just are not mature enough to handle that yet.  As
> time passes, they will
> not suffer lapses against the Chicago's.  They will
> not allow veteran teams
> to creep back into the game like the Atlanta's and
> the Milwaukee's.  They
> will refrain from shooting strictly jumpers in those
> situations and will
> begin to drive to the hoop with a sense of purpose.
> 
> But in the meantime .......
> 
> Cecil
> 
> >
> > Maybe, if we stick it out with Mr. Walker, be
> patient even for one whole
> > season, and then BAM...if he still doesn't improve
> or correct his perenial
> > bad habits then we decide to move him.  And God
> willing, if ever, next
> > season's catches are Grant Hill and Duncan...if
> and only if we get lucky
> or
> > some team would like to gamble on our prodigal son
> that is.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Georgek27@aol.com>
> > To: <celtics@igtc.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 12:31 AM
> > Subject: Re: Larry Hughes
> >
> >
> > > In a message dated 12/4/99 9:11:29 AM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> > > cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca writes:
> > >
> > > << Not according to Bill's report, which I am
> much more inclined to
> > believe
> > >  than a large % of the reactionary comments I
> read on this list.  From
> > Bill,
> > >  I get the sense that Toine played a very good
> game, a very smart game
> by
> > >  driving, waiting for the defense to collapse on
> him and kicking the
> ball
> > out
> > >  to the open man.  That is team basketball,
> which, at a previous time,
> was
> > >  the essence of Celtic basketball.
> > >   >>
> > > Good post Cecil.  While the fashionable thing is
> to bash AW if you look
> > > beyond the shots you can appreciate him more. 
> Last night nothing would
> > drop
> > > for him and he didn't take a lot of bad shots. 
> He was working under the
> > > boards and looked to have more rebounds than he
> got credit for, he was
> > > attracting double teams and opening things up
> for others, and he did a
> lot
> > of
> > > other stuff like the steal/layup in he 4th
> quarter that seemed to seal
> > > Miami's fate.  Some of the 3's he put up were
> the very same shot that
> Bird
> > > would take (leading by 10-12 and looking for
> that extra dagger in the
> > > opponents heart) and even tho they didn't drop
> we got some of the
> > offensive
> > > rebounds on them.  The difference is that Bird
> would go out and shoot a
> > few
> > > hundred in practice before every game and
> Antoine does not.  The team
> > > collectively had trouble with the 3's but did
> seem to get a lot of the
> > long
> > > rebounds.
> > >
> > > How anyone can compare Larry Hughes performance
> last night to any game
> > > Antoine EVER had is beyond me.  In only 12
> minutes Hughes managed to
> miss
> > all
> > > 6 shots he took and turn the ball over 6 times. 
> IN 12 MINUTES!  The
> only
> > > "positive" he had was ONE rebound.
> > >
> > > Last night's game was similar to VP's first
> Celtic/Heat game.  Our trio
> of
> > > centers made life miserable for Mourning even
> tho he came away with
> stats.
> > I
> > > think our trio of centers put up something like
> 25 pts and 23 rebounds
> > > against him tho (and I realize we sometimes had
> 2 of them in the game at
> > > once).  To credit the win to Pitino getting
> tossed is as accurate as
> > writing
> > > off the season after losing our first exhibition
> game.  But then after
> AW,
> > > Pitino is the #2 whipping boy for the fans with
> Barros, McCarty & Battie
> > not
> > > too far behind.  Some criticism is deserved on
> all fronts but in most
> > cases
> > > some credit is deserved as well.
> > >
> > > George
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
> 

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