Re: more summer ramblings

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

    Hi Bill Bird. This was an interesting post. The analogy you make
between the first-year Pitino club and the Walker/Moiso/Pierce lineup is
intriguing, since that 36-win team was at times very effective on defense
(even if the overall defensive FG% allowed wasn't that great) but our new
2-3-4 will be far better offensively in terms of scoring, passing, a bit
of rebounding and also experience.

    I can now picture Moiso in the 2001 starting lineup and putting up
Walter-esque first-year numbers but hiopefully with a better FG% and
equally active defense. I think anything better than that right away from
Moiso would be a bonus, since -- bottom line -- he was overshadowed by
the Jeff Foster's, Michael Redd's and Shammond Williams' of the world at
the Shaw league. As hopeful as I am of Moiso's play so far, I can picture
Andrew DeClerq putting up 35 points and 17 boards a night at this level
of competition. A couple of teams have only one guy (in our case Haywoode
Workman) with an NBA resume.

    JaRon Rush has been a major disappointment, obviously. Poor kid, he
could have starred on a Final Four quality team next season and gotten
lots of national exposure. Only fools rush in...

    BTW, I noticed that CBA MVP Silas Mills moved into the Shaw starting
lineup and is making a bit of noise. How many games are left......if any?
That all sure went by fast!

Joe

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bird wrote:

> (snipped)
> >Moiso: I recall reading a chat where I think he projected himself
> >as a small forward at first, until he developed the strength to play
> >PF. If he can play a Shawn Marion role, he won't need at outside
> >shot at that position.
>
> This is really intriguing.  Moiso as sort of a McCarty with skills.
> Since we aim to be playing more like the first year, why not think
> about a Pierce-Moiso-Walker 2-3-4?  Looks a bit like the starting
> lineup from that first year.  Only thing I worry about in this
> scenario is the effect of the system: I thought that in the Tao of
> Pitino, that the small forward is basically interchangable with the 2
> guard -- both hang out more on the perimeter and take more outside
> shots.  Isn't this one of the criticisms about trying Walker at the
> 3?  So maybe Pitino isn't lilely to use Moiso at the 3 -- I don't
> know.  Unless it upsets the delicate balance, though, I'd certainly
> like to try a player like Moiso or Walker there.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill
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