Re: Penny

[Shailendra Mishra <shailendra_mishra@yahoo.com>]

Couldn't have said it much better. 
The analogy breaks down for one simple reason "Penny not only has the
ability but also played point guard for the magic". He can do it all..I
was completely against trading Mercer, but heck for a Penny Hardway, I
would do it. - Mishra

--- Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> This analogy breaks down in several ways. First,
> unlike the others, Penny
> has the ability to play both positions. Second, the
> others are a rookie
> and a couple chumps, whereas Penny is an All-NBA
> talent. Even if he "only"
> played 2 for the Celtics, he'd still help the team
> from that position with
> his ballhandling and passing.
> 
> I think part of the reason that Penny wanted to play
> 2 for the Magic was
> because Orlando was such an pathetic offensive team
> (22nd in scoring,
> 42.8% FG, worse than Boston). Of course, moving him
> to 2 meant that Nick
> Anderson didn't fit in so it wasn't a very
> team-oriented idea. Beyond
> that he just felt that he didn't get enough shot
> attempts. 
> 
> Mercer averages about 17.2 shot attempts per game.
> Kenny averages 10.5.
> Hardaway averaged 14.3 shot attempts this season and
> 14.8 in his most
> prolific season 95-96, when he scored 21.7 ppg (he
> went the the free throw
> line quite a bit and shot 51% with quite a few three
> pointers). Anyways,
> I imagine if you just gave him Mercer's shots and a
> few of Kenny's, 
> he'd be quite happy with his offensive roles.
> 
> If you count shot attempts plus FT/2 you get:
>  Mercer  18.52
>  Kenny   11.99
>  Penny   16.45 
>         (18.35 in 95-96).
> 
> Anyways, there are enough shot opportunities to go
> around between Walker,
> Pierce, and Hardaway. I would think that Pitino's
> offensive system of not
> running the offense solely through the point guard
> might appeal to Hardaway
> playing point; he'd just need to get the ball up the
> court and give it to
> the high post, then move without the ball to get his
> shot - just like a 
> shooting guard. It's what Kenny Anderson had trouble
> with but something that
> Hardaway might actually prefer.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
> 

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