Re: Celtics "defense"

[Roy Enrile <renrile@qualcomm.com>]

You listed V's jumpshot and Fortson's weakside offensive rebounding as an
advantage them being starters, but the problem is defense not offense.
Danny has not been allowed to play alongside V all year for good reason.
They'd be slow, foulprone, and bad as a defensive tandem. 

It would be smart to have either Battie or Pervis in the lineup with
one of the bruisers at all times.  Locking up with interior D would have
easily gotten the C's past recent scrub teams.  The Knicks for example are
not more talented than the C's but when it's money time, they have Camby
to start their gritty D.  

Besides no shotblocking threat among the regulars, the other problem that
isn't being talked about is the loss of AG.  The Celts can stay close to
most teams till the end, but many times Griffin is the difference, with
stops and boards in the final minutes.  Since Kenny has more of a scorer's
mentality than Chauncey ever did, the team looks smoother with Adrian
on the floor.

On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Mark Estepp wrote:

> I would like to see the C's start Fortson at 4, Walker at 3, and Pots at 
> 5.  Pots is more effective shooting to jumper, so pull him out to around 
> the foul line, and let Walker work his inside game on one side, and let 
> Fortson rebound from the other side.