Re: Fist games

["Jim Meninno" <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>]

I don't know if "some people on the list" have been trashing Mercer, or 
if it just John Lyell.  I seem to have seen about six anti-Mercer posts 
from him.  Personally I think his absence (Mercer's, not Lyell's) has 
been the biggest problem for the Cs so far.  If you remember back to the 
preseason games, it looked as though Mercer was going to be the focal 
point of a much more potent, fast break attack.  He may not shoot the 
three, but at 6'7", with his athleticism, he'll never have a problem 
getting his offense at the 2.  

As far as three point shooting goes, we should all be ecstatic that it 
turns out the Pierce can knock down that shot like an 18 footer.  This 
was a dimension I had no idea he had.  The team will now have a three 
point threat on the floor most of the time between Pierce and Barros.  
This is good enough.

Throw in Popeye and "Ringo" DeClerq (really love that hair) on top of 
Mercer, and there will be an enourmous difference.  Not sure how/if 
McCarty is going to fit in.  Battie, too, is going to be fighting for 
playing time soon if he can't play center.  Riley's size on defense will 
win out over Battie's better offense once Mercer is back and the offense 
is cranking out 110 points a game.

Also, just thought I'd mention how impressed I was with Bruce Bowen on 
Saturday.  I've always thought he reputation as the team's best 
defensive player was a bit overblown.  I always thought he worked harded 
than most on the defensive end, but that's about it.  Saturday he showed 
me quantity and quality.  

Jim

>From: "skmishra" <skmishra@sprintmail.com>
>To: "John Lyell" <Jlyell@concentric.net>, "'Celtics'" 
<celtics@igtc.com>
>Subject: Re: Fist games
>Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 17:56:08 -0800
>
>Shooting 3 is one ascpect of the game that Mercer is not good at but he 
has
>good range and form to drain the 15-18 footer with some consistency. I 
can't
>belive how some on this list have soured on him

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