RE: My case against Obie and Chris Wallace

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

He can definitely score against nearly any 4; it's the double teams
that kill him, since he can't finish above the rim.  But he's very good
at recognizing and passing out of double teams down low, and has 
done this often and well over the last thirty games or so.  It's not as
if he spends the whole game on the three point line....I'm so sick of 
defending Antoine against these assaults.  We're lucky to have him,
and I wouldn't trade him for another player unless they were a bona-fide
young superstar, and I'm talking McGrady, Webber, Duncan.   Antoine's
a 20-10 guy, period, wherever he plays; it's just a question of using him 
right.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu [SMTP:Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 11, 2001 4:44 PM
> To:	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	RE: My case against Obie and Chris Wallace
> 
> --- You wrote:
> Antoine can rebound with almost any 4 in the league, if he stays down
> low.  The new PG can feed Pierce on the left side.
> --- end of quote ---
> 
> Yeah, but he can't score or defend against any decent 4 down there. And he
> has
> been shirking rebounding under Obie for the most part with the exception
> of a
> few games here and there - his numbers have come down by over a rebound a
> game
> in the O'Brien era. It's ultimately not even a question of what he CAN do,
> but
> of what he WANTS to do. And with Obie's laissez-faire style, Toine's shown
> that
> he wants to dribble a lot, make passes to Pierce, and hang around the
> 3-point
> line hoisting up treys. As anyone who's played basketball knows, playing
> in the
> low post is taxing physically and mentally. It's much easier to put up a
> jumpshot instead. And Obie will let him do that, having learned the lesson
> from
> Pitino's demise. Which is partly why Toine issues endorsements of Obie to
> the
> media nearly every day.  
> Kestas