Re: Eric & Eric

[Mister Ghost <mister_ghost@yahoo.com>]

Well said, and Schinztius' contract is guaranteed 
to next January.  I believe Riley's is guaranteed
for this season.  So it will be the Life of Riley
for a while...




---Michael Joseph Byrnes <mbyrnes@leland.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> 1) I'm still not a beliver in Eric Williams.  He may have averaged
almost
> 20 before his season ending injury with the Nuggets last year, but
he was
> shooting less than 40% from the field, and not helping the Nuggets win
> games.  The previous year with the Celtics, he shot better, but
still only
> 45% from the floor.  A guy who gets the majority of his points from
the
> inside should be shooting well above 45%.  Even Antoine should be
shooting
> better than he is, but, unlike Williams, at least Antoine adds ~10
> rebounds per game in addition to his scoring.  Maybe the Celtics
should
> have gotten more for Williams, but he wouldn't even be in Pitino's
> rotation if he were still on the team, and he isn't half the player
Rick
> Fox is.
> 
> 2) Eric Riley.  This guy is a good pickup.  Last year, he averaged 1
block
> every 11.8 minutes.  Michael Stewart averaged a block every 9 minutes,
> which isn't a whole lot better.  Riley is 7 feet tall, can run the
floor,
> and can block shots.  He may be a little small for a center, but so is
> Tony Battie, so is Michael Stewart, so is Andrew DeClerq, so is Popeye
> Jones.  I think one of Pitino's mistakes last year was not trying to
> develop a "project" center.  This year, he has two of them,
Schintzius and
> Riley, and I think both of them have an upside.  Of course, both
have a
> downside too, which is why they're projects, but if Pitino can go 1
for 2,
> then the Celtics will be a better team for it.
> 
> 
> 
> 

==
MG In Exile

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