RE: [Celtic_Pride] RE: Bibby analysis

["Michael Griffin" <mgriffin@rillc.com>]

I can't imagine the Grizzlies taking that trade.  I think most people in the
league would value Pierce and Bibby equally.  I would do that trade in a
minute but I don't think they would.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: OzerskyJA [mailto:ozerskyja@cmog.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 7:32 AM
> To: 'Celtic_Pride@egroups.com'; 'Berry, Mark S'; Celtic Lists (E-mail 2)
> Subject: RE: [Celtic_Pride] RE: Bibby analysis
>
>
> 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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