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Re: The New Pitino System?



Stewart is still viable, but perhaps he'll play the power forward
position with the C's. Pitino is thinking of trading Pierce and one or
two of their big people for a center.
MG


---Michael Joseph Byrnes <mbyrnes@leland.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>
> 
> As I read that the Knight/Battie trade is done, the Popeye Jones
signing
> is done, and the Celtics are *still* trying to get Michael Stewart and
> Dwayne Schintzius (for the league minimum), I can only wonder if
Pitino is
> thinking of playing 6 men at a time next year.  
> 
> If the Stewart *and* Schintzius deals go through, then the Celtics
will
> have the following roster:
> 
> 	 C - Stewart, Battie, DeClerq, Schintzius, Ellison
> 	PF - Walker, P.Jones
> 	SF - Pierce, McCarty, D.Jones
> 	SG - Mercer, Bowen, Minor
> 	PG - Anderson, Barros
> 
> That's a total of 15 players.  Ellison will be on the injured list,
and
> Dontae Jones will either be on the injured list or off the team. 
That is
> still 13 players.
> 
> For the life of me, I don't see how the Celtics are going to find
> enough minutes for all of the "key" players (Stewart, Battie, Walker,
> P.Jones, Pierce, McCarty, Mercer, and Bowen) to keep them happy. 
> 
> And still, we have a 15 player roster with only one true point guard
and 2
> players who can handle the ball...
> 
> Michael Byrnes
> mbyrnes@stanford.edu
> 
> 
> 
> 

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