RE: Celtics stats for Boston - Philadelpha game on 7/20

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I agree completely with the second part.  But couldn't
Moiso play three?  I mean, obviously, he doesn't have
the floor skills a traditional small forward needs, but 
Antoine doesn't have the defense to play fours; with Vitaly
lurking on the weak side, though, VP and AW could gamble
a little bit....

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim Meninno [SMTP:jim_meninno@hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Friday, July 21, 2000 3:40 PM
> To:	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	Re: Celtics stats for Boston - Philadelpha game on 7/20
> 
> >From: "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
> >I have to say, I'm as excited about Blount as Pitino seems to be. He's
> the 
> >kind of player who won't score much or blow you away in the box scores,
> but 
> >has an impact on the game with his shot-blocking and defensive presence.
> 
> Me too, Mark, although I haven't seen him play.  What we're hearing is
> that 
> he's got the size to play center and has defensive abilities and shot 
> blocking instincts.  If he could cook, I'd marry him!  Who was it that was
> 
> saying they didn't see any Adrian Griffins coming out of the summer league
> 
> this year?  Well, if Blount is what he's being billed as, his impact on
> the 
> team will be far greater than anything Adrian can provide.  Adding him and
> 
> Moiso certainly seems to have addressed some of the 4/5 position problems.
> 
> Problem is, though, can you play Walker/Potapenko together without one of 
> these guys in there as an intimidating presence?  If the answer is no,
> then 
> either Potapenko has to go or Walker has to play another position.  It 
> really is that simple.  Losing Pot would be a risk, though, because
> neither 
> Blount, Battie nor Moiso are a sure thing at center for one reason or 
> another.
> 
> Now, for all those that have been afraid of losing the "instant offense" 
> that Dana Barros provides, let me just point out that we were waiting for 
> about three quarters of last year for that instant to occur.  Dana has
> been 
> nothing but a wonderful guy to have on the Celtics, but he is simply
> useless 
> if he can not play point guard, and last year he could not.  I thought he 
> was getting the hang of it at the end of 1999, but last year he was
> abysmal. 
>   The loss of his grandmother is only part of it.  He is simply too small,
> 
> and not a good enough distibutor or confident enough dribbler of the ball.
> 
> Finding another point guard is right now this team's most important need.
> 
> Bimbo Coles could be a good enough answer for a few years while they draft
> 
> and develop Kenny's replacement.  I think we all remember how last year
> the 
> second unit got absolutely skunked game after game.  That's going to
> happen 
> again, with or without an Abdul-Wahad/Mercer providing some bench scoring,
> 
> if they don't get a decent distributor/defender at the point.
> 
> Jim
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