Re: If Kenny's out

[Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>]

Gotta agree with Jim here, I really don't think this is a good idea.
I did say that having Griffin was like having a second point guard on
the floor but I was referring to his decision making in the half court
game and his ability to create by driving the basketball. He doesn't
really have true point guard skills in ballhandling. He was actually
called for palming last night; he has sufficient control to get from
18 feet out to the basket, but going fullcourt against defensive
pressure is a different matter.

If we are going to play a weird lineup with no point guard, I would
think that Antoine would be the primary ballhandler rather than
Griffin, but I don't really think that's a great idea either, though
Pitino did try it for a little bit during that one game last year.

The Celtics have a weird fast break when Kenny isn't in and Dana is.
They basically run up the floor and set up on the perimeter, except
for Vitaly, while Dana stops outside the 3 point line. At least 
Overton would just keep going to the hole and try to create something;
he would have been helped if the rest of the Celtics kept running the 
lanes too.

Alex

> >From: W <titans@ihug.com.au>
> >Point Guard - Adrian Griffin
> >Comments?
> 
> It's moments like this that make me wonder why I read this list so 
> religiously.  Warwick, Troy, Dan, you can not just move a small forward with 
> 5 games of NBA experience to point guard.  If you could, there would be no 
> need for the likes of Doug Overton on the roster.  You know, Adrian is 
> great, I love him, but he's not Magic Freaking Johnson folks.  As smart and 
> as savvy as he is, Adrian would be overwhelmed by having to advance the ball 
> up the court some 50 or so times in one game.  Part of the reason he looks 
> so good is that he doesn't try to do things that he can't.  This would fall 
> into that category.

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