Re: Onhoops: C's 6th In Atlantic

[Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>]

This guy criticizes the addition of Wayne Turner as if spending the
minimum and a roster spot on a the third string point guard is a big
enough deal to even mention. Does he even notice that the trade of
Mercer proves that Pitino's "college allegiance" isn't as strong as
people seem to believe? 

I think that the Celtics will be fine counting on Antoine and Pierce
for scoring. He makes Antoine sound like he can't put points on the
board when he was, what, 8th in the league in scoring two season ago?
Pierce can go for 30+ points when it's really called for. Yes, Ron
Mercer averaged his 17 ppg but how many Celtics on the current roster
have averaged 15+ ppg at some point in their careers? I think there'll
be enough scoring.

Alex


>                  6. Boston Celtics
> 
>                  In: Danny Fortson, Eric Williams, Eric Washington, Wayne=
>  Turner,
>                  Adrian Griffin
>                  Out: Ron Mercer, Popeye Jones, Dwayne Schintzius
> 
>                  Rick Pitino has brought in Wayne Turner. How f%=A4#ing s=
> urprising. More
>                  and more, it looks like winning takes a backseat to coll=
> ege-allegiance
>                  for the former Kentucky coach. I can't help but be a lit=
> tle
>                  pessimistic about an off-season that saw Ron Mercer bein=
> g dealt for
>                  Danny Fortson. I thought Walker-Mercer-Pierce was a real=
>  nice trio to
>                  build around, one that needed the addition of players li=
> ke Fortson but
>                  not at the expense of losing one of the three. Sure Fort=
> son can
>                  rebound, but who's going to score now? I guess Paul Pier=
> ce and Antoine
>                  Walker will be counted upon heavily, but judging by Walk=
> er's
>                  disappointing season last year, that could be very risky=
> . Pitino still
>                  insists on playing his pressing-game and no-one looks fo=
> rward to
>                  playing the Celtics, but so far it hasn't made much diff=
> erence in the
>                  wins column. More is needed in every department for the =
> Celtics to
>                  have fair crack at the playoff, the material may simply =
> be too thin
>                  this go 'round.
> 
> 
> 
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