Re: If Kenny's out

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Well without religion nothing will help us if Barros starts against the
Knicks. We knew we'd be in deep do do if Anderson went down or even played
less than 80%, so here we are. The team tried shoring up the point guard
situation to no avail. Keeping an old point guard on a young team and run
him into the ground is what we will do with Anderson, but we don't have any
choice. It's either kill him this season physically or kiss the playoffs
good bye. We know Barros can't play point, it's either Griffin or Overton.
And with all due respect I don't see what's so complicated about our
system, Indy and Detroit liked it a lot. 

At 11:11 AM 11/11/99 PST, you wrote:
>>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.
>
>Bottom line is, we need Kenny.  He controls the ball and lets everyone else 
>just think about getting open, not "I've got to be ready to jump out when 
>he's forced to pick up his dribble".  He was described by many on this list 
>as the biggest factor in the Celtics' success this year and that's exactly 
>how it's unfolding.  We know he's not the toughest guy in the league, but 
>that's what we've got.  Finding out that Turner is not ready for the NBA has 
>been a blow.  A few days ago a lot of us felt that if Kenny went down the 
>team would be in reasonably capable hands.  Now we're stuck with a 
>journeyman who's had 3 days to get adjusted to a omplicated system.  Let's 
>just pray Kenny shows he got a little tougher this year and comes back 
>quick.  And Joe, keep that Doug Overton bashing coming.  Every little bit 
>helps.
>
>Jim
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