Re: sorry about that.

[Bill Cooper <wfcooper@tiac.net>]

On Thu, 09 Dec 1999 12:19:16 PST, Jim Meninno wrote:


>
>If you ask me, this business Tommy Heinsohn has been spouting about Antoine 
>needing to stay on the blocks is a bunch of crap. For now, while he's 
>struggling, that's fine to get him going again.  But when he's playing well 
>it's a huge waste of his talents. 

I couldn't agree more.  I grit my teeth every time I hear Tommy make
that comment.

I was thinking while I was watching the game last night, that, in
fact, Toine rarely is effective on offense unless he faces the basket
for at least a moment (like when he gets the ball in the post, and
then spins around the defender).  His pure back to the basket game is
negligible.  

That's not to say, that I don't think it would be a pretty good thing
for Toine to develop a nice shot in the post.  I think he's going to
be a player who adjusts his game based on his defender.  If he's got a
big (i.e. the same size as Walker himself) guy one him, he drives
(probably the best option).  When that big guy drops off him by 6
feet, he takes the jumper.  And then, when the other team tries to put
a significantly smaller player on him, he goes down to the post.

Bill Cooper
wfcooper@tiac.net