Re: "Too Proud to Beg."

[bird <birdwl@earthlink.net>]

> From: "I am. . . Anonymous" <ktoreed@yahoo.com>
>
>  Milt
> and Herren still got minutes in those last games, so
> from the minutes played in the boxscores, it is safe
> to  assume that Walker's minutes were split somewhat
> evenly between point guard and power forward.

Agreed with much of your post, um, Anonymous, but, if I remember 
correctly, in one of the "Point Guard Experiment Games", Palacio and 
Herren combined for 40 minutes, leaving just 8 minutes out of the 44 or 
so that Walker played at the point guard position.  The ratio of minutes 
in other games were similar.  That's part of why I feel the "Walker at 
PG" thing is gimmicky.  Walker's really not playing significant minutes 
at the position.  Maybe they are thinking of him as a 20-30 minute/game 
point guard, but this solution is a bit too much like a Solomon's 
decision for me -- split the baby in two.  Reminds me of when More 
Losses played Walker at all five positions in his rookie year and then 
just paraded it around: "Look!  He's like Magic Johnson!  Ain't it 
great?"  Antoine is versatile, yes, we know.  Pick a position (or two, 
part-time, if he feels up to it) for him to play, already.  Sheesh.

On the other hand, maybe if Antoine improves his ballhandling skills 
over the summer, he can play small forward in my "hoping against hope, 
wishing on a star" ideal lineup.

Regards,

(The Celtic "Tird",
  Celticus "tirdius")
mailto:celtictird@yahoo.com