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

["Berry, Mark S" <mberry@journalink.com>]

But can't you see how much more balanced the team would be with a strong
presence at power forward? I like Battie, but I think he would be best used
coming off the bench (a la Camby). But put V and Antoine on a front line
with Rasheed Wallace? Wow.

Mark

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> From: 	Josh Ozersky
> Sent: 	Monday, June 14, 1999 12:51 PM
> To: 	j.hironaka@unesco.org; DJessen33@aol.com; celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: 	Will someone explain this need for a power forward to me?
> 
> Why do we need a power forward?  We have our tough
> guy/enforcer at center; a nonscoring shotblocker at 4;
> and scorers at 2 and 3.  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?)
> 
> 
> --- 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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