Re: Celtics shortcomngs on defense

[Mister Ghost <mister_ghost@yahoo.com>]

Pitino's not going to change the system, but he is going
to replace some parts.  That's one thing you can be sure
of...
MG
skmishra <skmishra@sprintmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here is a summary of why the C's are failing on defense:
> 
> Added Dana Barros: ``We're trapping, we're pressing. We're at bad
angles
> sometimes. We're doing that because we're just not physically big and
> strong, so it's just like a full circle that we're always trying to
> compensate for certain things. We're not always able to have our best
> rebounders inside where we need them. We get down and then we have
to press.
> And once you start pressing, there are no rules. You just go where
the ball
> takes you and the rotations take you. So sometimes you have guards on
> centers and forwards.''
> 
> ** Dana Barros should be first player who should be traded out
because he is
> not big and strong to play his position.
> 
> Pitino pointed to Paul Pierce as the only player who generally
enjoys a
> physical advantage in his
> ``(The rebounding problems) could be inexperience, youth and
everything
> else. But when you're trying to win now, that's a problem. You don't
> necessarily have the solution.''
> 
> But Pierce, among others, recognizes that bodies shouldn't be
getting pushed
> around as badly as the Celtics did by the Trail Blazers.
> 
> ``It's embarrassing,'' Pierce said. ``It's embarrassing to the team;
it's
> embarrassing to me. We just have to take a look at ourselves and
decide what
> we're going to do. I mean, are we going to come out the next night
and play
> better or what? It's something we definitely have to talk about, and
then
> everybody has to look inside themselves . . . .''
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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