Re: Will someone explain this need for a power forward to me?

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

> Subject: Will someone explain this need for a power forward to me?
> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 05:51:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>
> To: j.hironaka@unesco.org, DJessen33@aol.com, celtics@igtc.com
> 
> Why do we need a power forward?

Because Pitino apparently doesn't think Battie fills the need, or he 
wouldn't have tried to ship him off to the Clippers.


 We have our tough
> guy/enforcer at center; a nonscoring shotblocker at 4;
> and scorers at 2 and 3.

You may feel that way, but Il Duce doesn't.  Although, knowing Pitino's
"flavor of the month" approach to personnel, he's probably changed his
mind
about Battie, and has now soured on Potapenko.

  I could see the sense in a
> point guard upgrade, or a sixth man, but I don't see
> where we need this tough guy.  Keep Tony Battie!
> (Incidentally, has anyone heard anything about this
> other than from bskball.com?)


Sure, I've posted a couple of different articles with the same rumor.
Ray 
 
> --- j.hironaka@unesco.org wrote:
> > DJessen33@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > We seemed to have reached the point of trading
> > Mercer and possibly Anderson
> > > for a tough, solid power forward. The following
> > guys have been mentioned and
> > > I have listed their reg. season stats. I have seen
> > a site that projects stats
> > > for 48 minutes but don't remember where. If
> > anybody does, please post the
> > > stats or link...
> > >
> > >
> > Rebounds
> > >                       G  Min  PPG  RPG  APG Off-
> > Def- Tot  AST Stl BLK  To  PF
> > > Pj Brown             50 1611 11.4  6.8  1.3 115-
> > 227- 342   66  46  48  69 166
> > > Dale Davis           50 1374  8.0  8.3  0.4 155-
> > 261- 416   22  20  58  43 115
> > > Rasheed Wallace      49 1414 12.8  4.9  1.2  57-
> > 184- 241   60  48  54  80 175
> > > Brian Grant          48 1525 11.5  9.8  1.4 173-
> > 297- 470   67  21  34  96 136
> > > Charles Oakley       49 1593  6.9  7.5  3.3  94-
> > 273- 367  161  46  21  93 179
> > >
> > > DJessen33
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > I've never appreciated players with "power forward"
> > bodies who don't crash the
> > boards or block shots, such as LA's Maurice Taylor
> > and especially Rasheed Wallace
> > (not just in light of his huge contract, which is
> > bigger than Antoine's).
> >
> > In fact, I think Ben Wallace now has a bigger upside
> > than Rasheed Wallace. I
> > frankly don't know much about the unheralded,
> > undrafted Ben Wallace (6-9 240), but
> > he had his breakout season last year (at age 25)
> > pulling down 8.3 rebounds per
> > game in just 26.8mpg for the Wiz.  Additionally, he
> > shot .578 from the field and
> > finished 12th in the NBA in blocks with 1.96 bpg.
> > Either these numbers are flukey,
> > or he is developing into a "best kept secret". As I
> > recall, he had at least one
> > nice rebounding game against our Celtics. I don't
> > know what his contract status
> > is.
> >
> > Obviously, we would need to have a ton of faith in
> > our other 4 guys to score
> > points. Ben Wallace averaged just 6ppg and sports a
> > career .352FT%.
> >
> > -------
> >
> >
> >
> 
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