RE: astute analysis by BSG, addressing Mark's point

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

What did you guys think of the loss last night?  Just tired legs?  They said
the team didn't get to their hotel until 4 in the morning.   I know we would
eventually have back to back losses, but I had hoped we had seen the last of
the double-digit jobs like this.  Can be take the Mavs?

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Berry, Mark  S [SMTP:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
	Sent:	Wednesday, February 21, 2001 9:52 AM
	To:	'OzerskyJA@cmog.org'; 'celtics@igtc.com'
	Subject:	Re: astute analysis by BSG, addressing Mark's point

	I also thought BSG's analysis was pretty good, although I don't buy
the
	double-teaming theory as an explanation for 10 three-pointers a
night from
	your power forward. You don't beat a double team by moving 24 feet
from the
	basket and shooting threes. You beat it by finding the open man. Do
that
	often enough, and teams will think twice about double-teaming you.
There's a
	reason why Bird, one of the best scorers in NBA history, often
wasn't
	double-teamed. He destroyed it with crisp passing. That's what
Antoine must
	do.

	The other thing that bothers me about BSG's unabashed fawning over
Toine
	these days is his refusal to consider his atrocious shooting
percentage. He
	ran an interesting comparison with other power forwards, and Toine's
.417
	shooting percentage stood out like a sore thumb. But BSG didn't
mention it.
	I mean, it's impossible to argue that Toine hasn't been playing
better, but
	let's be fair. His shot selection and percentage is awful, and until
that
	improves, he'll never be considered among the "elite" power forwards
in the
	league (come on Moiso, make your move next year and get Toine to SF
where he
	belongs).

	Anyway, I don't want Toine to deteriorate into one of those soft,
perimeter
	power forwards like Cliff Robinson, which could happen if he falls
in love
	with the three too much. He's a great offensive rebounder, but that
skill is
	wasted when he's standing 24 feet from the basket.

	Here's hoping it's just an exaggeration that Toine will correct.

	Mark