RE: [Celtic_Pride] RE: Bibby analysis

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

Or maybe, how about this:  Paul Pierce for Bibby and Vancouver's
number one.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	OzerskyJA [SMTP:ozerskyja@cmog.org]
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 20, 2000 10:30 AM
> To:	'Berry, Mark  S'; Celtic Lists (E-mail); Celtic Lists (E-mail 2)
> Subject:	[Celtic_Pride] RE: Bibby analysis
> 
> The man of our dreams.  Can we get him?  I would offer 
> Vancouver Denver's pick and Jerome Moiso, no questions 
> asked.  If needed, we should sweeten the deal with Utah's
> pick and cash.
> 
> Josh Ozersky	
> Marketing Communications Specialist 
> Corning Museum of Glass
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Berry, Mark  S [SMTP:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, December 20, 2000 9:44 AM
> > To:	Celtic Lists (E-mail); Celtic Lists (E-mail 2)
> > Subject:	Bibby analysis
> > 
> > It just so happens ESPN.com's Ric Bucher analyzed Bibby in his weekly
> > profile of the league's guards this week. Here's what he had to say (I
> > think
> > the Terrel Brandon comparison is pretty accurate. A young, healthy
> Terrell
> > Brandon):
> > 
> > Movin' up: Bibby
> > (14.5 ppg, 7.5 apg, 3.5 rpg, 1.5 stls, .434 FG, .833 FT)
> > For those crying about the young players coming into the league without
> a
> > grasp of the game's important subtleties -- don't worry, I've been
> guilty
> > of
> > it myself -- do yourself a favor and catch a Grizzlies' game. Bibby,
> only
> > in
> > his third season, operates at the wheel of that hooptie squad as if it
> > were
> > a brand-new S-model Boxster. His numbers would be better if he held the
> > ball
> > more, but no one passes it ahead on the break or swings it in the
> > halfcourt
> > quicker. He plays as if there's a egg timer in his head and every time
> he
> > gets the ball he has three seconds to do something with it. That doesn't
> > mean he won't put it on the floor and attack the basket; he just won't
> > take
> > the three or four moves that so many young players need to set up his
> > drive.
> > Deceptively quick and fearless, he'll go inside and find angles to get
> the
> > ball up through the thicket of surrounding arms and bodies -- but he
> only
> > goes if the opposing guard is looking to help out elsewhere or playing
> up
> > on
> > him to deny him jumpers. There's a good reason for the latter; Bibby has
> > become adept at curling and drifting into open spots on the floor for
> > mid-range jumpers, which he is deadly knocking down. He reminds me a lot
> > of
> > Terrell Brandon <http://espn.go.com/nba/profiles/profile/0398.html>. His
> > body isn't very well defined, but he's a lot stronger than he looks and
> > has
> > learned how to use the baseline and the sidelines defensively to help
> > squeeze his opposite number
> 
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