RE: Blount (was Re: Drat!!! the team really sucks...)

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I don't think Rick will give up on Tony just yet, althought there is no
doubt more interest in him that Vitaly.  I think bskball is right in
thinking
that Rick would like an impact scorer.  How about Courtney Alexander?
On the other hand, if Vitaly goes, we really don't have anybody to protect
us against the beef-barons down low.  And it's not just 7-foot centers that
damage -- it's elite power forwards like Elton Brand too.
Blount and Battie do same to make more sense, though.  You can't have one
guy making as much as Vitaly/Tony and not getting minutes, or one guy
playing as well as Blount not getting any.  Blount needs oncourt time,
particularly to develop his offense, which isn't as bad as you might think.
But like Jerome, he's inexperienced.  Anyone who has ever played ball at the
Y knows how hard it is to intergrate a low-post game into the flow of an
offense, especially when your teammates don't think of you as a primary
scorer.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Berry, Mark  S [SMTP:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 09, 2000 10:20 AM
> To:	'DJessen33@aol.com'; 'celtics@igtc.com'
> Subject:	Blount (was Re: Drat!!! the team really sucks...)
> 
> Dan's comment about Blount is right on. This is the one thing that leads
> me
> to believe either Vitaly or Battie will be traded. Blount is playing well
> in
> limited minutes. He's definitely good enough to play more, and I think
> Pitino knows that. I agree that it seems either Battie or VP will be dealt
> for the best player available, with Blount picking up those minutes in the
> middle.
> 
> I just hope this doesn't drag on. The trade deadline isn't until late
> February, and it's rare that trades are made early in the season. I just
> don't want playing time decisions to be made based on showcasing someone
> for
> a trade. If Blount is ready to play, and I believe he is, get him in
> there.
> The season could be lost while we're showing off our other big guys for
> trades that may or may not happen.
> 
> By the way, this isn't a knock on Battie, just a comment on something
> reported elsewhere. Batgirl has played well to this point.
> 
> Mark