Re: KA & KA Jr.

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

I think regardless of what happens for the first 3 quarters, Kenny will be
doing some bench observation with a defender as good as Brown on the team.
That translates into what could be known again as, dare I say it, Celtic
Basketball in the 4th.

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Meninno" <Jim_Meninno@hotmail.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: KA & KA Jr.


> ----- Original Message ----- From: Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>
>
> > But if you've watched games last season and honestly saw Kenny regularly
>  > passing
> > up easy assist opportunities to jack up a jumpshot, or deliberately
> slowing down
> > a fast break opportunity, then as much as I'd like to believe that is
true
> I'd
> > have to say you were watching from a different twilight zone. The Kenny
I
> saw
> > had very few genuine assist opportunities and also very few turnovers.
> Like I
> > said, he was doing what it sounds like Brown was doing the other night,
> and what
> > Pitino demanded of him.
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> The other night in Atlanta the Celtics had a fast break which should be
> completely routine.  It was a 2 on 1, where Antoine had the ball.  He
drove
> to the point where the defender comitted to him, then laid a bounce pass
> down to Eric Williams, I think, who was filling the lane on the other side
> of the floor.  It was not a great play, nor was it a difficult play, but
it
> was noteworthy because it is a play the Celtics haven't been making for
> years.  Kenny Anderson doesn't make that play.  Kenny Anderson takes the
> ball to the hole, possibly scores, possibly gets fouled, possibly Eric
> scores on a putback, but the one thing that wouldn't happen is the thing
> that should, and that's what happened the other night.  Does that mean
that
> replacing Kenny with Brown and Herren means that this team will be
instantly
> converted into a slick passing, fast breaking team?  Probably not, but I
> think when you stop and think about it, it's absolutely outrageous that
the
> Boston Celtics' starting point guard does not make plays like that by
> default.
>
> I've been trying to digest what's gone on in the past few days around
Kenny.
> I've been considering what Pitino's motives were in saying what he said
> about Kenny.  No doubt, Pitino often uses this kind of public commentary
to
> motivate players to play harder/smarter/better.  I'm sure there was an
> element of this at work, but I still believe that Rick knows that this
team
> is more effective with a point guard who is more adept at creating
> opportunities for others (I'll grant you that Kenny doesn't pass up assist
> opportunities per se, but he doesn't exactly create them, either).  My
only
> explanation is that he knows how hard it would be to move Kenny, and how
> ugly it could get if he were stuck here, on the bench, earning 7-9 million
> dollars for the next three years.
>
> Jim
>