Re: KA & KA Jr.

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

With this season a flop before it starts, let's dump KA somewhere, and pick
up some smuck somewhere till the lottery. Even a re born KA won't help the
Celts this season.

Dan

At 05:15 PM 10/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
>At 12:48 PM 10/18/00 -0400, Dan Forant wrote:
>>The whole point is KA didn't and doesn't do what the Coach wants him to do
>>offensively or defensively. Now what would your boss do??????????????
>
>There isn't a simple solution. Kenny Anderson doesn't perform as well as
>the coach wants him to, but that doesn't mean that he doesn't perform at
>all. In particular, he's still much better than the typical replacements
>we've had, that are barely qualified to get the ball down the floor against
>a tough defender. It's further complicated by the fact that he has a
>guaranteed contract. Unlike most workers, if a guy in the NBA is really
>overpaid, it makes no sense to fire him. You're going to have to pay him
>regardless, unless you can trade him, and it's very difficult to trade
>overpaid players. It's similar when you're deciding who to play. If you
>have a $7M player who plays like a $3M player and a $1M player who plays
>like a $2M player, the second player is a better deal but that doesn't mean
>that it's smart to bench the $7M player. People make that mistake
>frequently when they judge guys like Antoine or Kenny. You don't play guys
>based on whether they're overpaid or underpaid; you play them based on how
>good they are on the court. 
>
>So what would you do with Kenny, Dan? He may be close to untradable. Do you
>bench him? Cut him?
>
>Alex
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