Re: Preseason panic

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

Alex is so f----g smart, it's no wonder he's at MIT. 
Seriously.

--- Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu> wrote:
> All this panic about the preseason starting lineup
> is probably a result
> of our collective excitement at actually having some
> Celtics basketball
> to watch again. Anyways, there is probably some good
> reason why Potapenko
> did not start alongside Fortson that we have not
> heard about, and I don't
> think it is "Pitino can't coach." Who knows, maybe
> Potapenko is having 
> problems with his girlfriend or was shaken up after
> going to court, and 
> wasn't ready to play. Maybe he's been lazy in
> practice. Perhaps Pitino
> just wants to see if Fortson can handle the backup
> center position if 
> necessary; it's possible he could be an improvement
> over Battie at that
> position. And if Battie and Potapenko both get into
> foul trouble, which is
> certainly conceivable, this could be a lineup that
> we could actually see.
> If it doesn't work, it's better to know that now so
> that we can bring in 
> another center.
> 
> As for starting Cheaney, the guy's confidence is
> probably shot after the 
> terrible season he had last year. Pitino's probably
> just using the preseason 
> as a chance to improve his self-esteem before the
> games actually start 
> counting.
> 
> Another possibility on why he started Fortson and
> Cheaney together: if he
> didn't, the second unit would be almost all new
> people: Cheaney, Williams,
> Turner, and Griffin all playing on the second unit.
> Maybe he wants to 
> spread out the new guys between the two units so
> that each unit has a few
> people with a clue about how his system works.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 


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