Re: Toronto

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

My take on these points is.  1. Declerq has a minor injury and was in 
street clothes. 2.  Battie's stats were affected by foul trouble.  He 
looked better than that. 3. Popeye looked seriously tired much of the 
time.  I think this hurt his stats more than anything.  6. Marlon played 
with Dana some of the time in a three guard setup with Mercer.  Not sure 
how much time he actually spent at the point if any. He look ok and 
seems to have a good shot.  I think if a better option at 3rd pg came 
along he'd be cut. 

Jim

>Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:43:05 -0800
>From: peter delevett <pdelevett@amcity.com>
>To: Celtics <Celtics@igtc.com>
>Subject: Toronto
>
>Didn't see the game last night, but here are some quick thoughts on the 
box score:
>
>1) A DNP-CD for DeClercq? Wonder if that's a sign if things to come ... 
or
>just a sign that Rick wanted to see what his other centers have?
>
>2) Speaking of those centers, it's a bad sign that Battie grabbed fewer 
boards
>(5) than Pierce or Mercer. Six points ain't anything to brag about, 
either;
>hell, DQ could have put up those numbers. Two blocked shots are nice, 
though.
>Michael Stewart had the same number of points and blocks in about the 
same
>minutes, altho' 3 more boards -- the first round in the Great Stewart 
What-If
>Debate looks to be a draw.
>
>But man, what about Schintzius? 10 boards and 2 blocks in 23 minutes? 
(Plus 2
>assists and only 1 t.o.) Me gusto mucho.
>
>3) The good: Popeye had 9 points. The bad: he had only 4 boards. The 
silver
>lining is that 3 of those were ORBs, but the early going indicates that
>questions of whether Popeye's weight loss and ACL injury will affect 
his
>boarding could bear watching.
>
>4) 46% from the floor as a team? Thank you, Kenny Anderson. Even 
Antoine hit
>better than half his shots.
>
>5) Paul Pierce: 14 points on 5-11 shooting, 7 boards, 4 steals and only 
1 t.o.
>Yum, yum.
>
>6) Hey, Marlon Garnett: anybody ever told you that a point guard is 
expected
>to dish out ASSISTS? I mean, 7 points is nice and all, but how 'bout 
dropping
>even ONE dime?
>


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