RE: Antoine's season; Was Antoine vs. Kings

["I am. . . Anonymous" <ktoreed@yahoo.com>]

ha ha ha.  I guess every list needs a town fool.

--- kai_brunnen_g@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> Toine's doing a great job of leading the Celtics to
> the playoffs once again.
> Five years he's been here, five playoff appearances.
> Can't get any better than that.
> 
> I think he's got a good chance of being named MVP
> this season. He's been
> pretty unstoppable in this, his breakthrough season.
> 
> 
> What leadership qualities he possesses. Do you see
> the way he's taken
> Jeroem Moiso aside and has been teaching him the
> fundamentals
> of the game.
> 
> And did you notice that Toine was one of the few
> Celtic players who
> didn't quit on Pitino.
> 
> I think you can make a case that Toine has had
> bigger effect on the
> Celtics franchise that Bill Russell.
> 
> Antoine Walker is truly a great man.
> 
> His greatness requires we accord him a high degree
> of respect.
> 
> Ray
> 
> > ** Original Subject: RE: Antoine's season; Was
> Antoine vs. Kings
> > ** Original Sender: "Jim Meninno"
> <Jim_Meninno@hotmail.com>
> > ** Original Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 13:02:28 -0800
> 
> > ** Original Message follows... 
> 
> >
> > Personally, I think this has been Antoine's best
> year as a Celtic, so far.
> > I'll point to some stats (both good and bad) that
> back up the impressions
> > I've reached from watching the games.
> > 
> > First the good.  His scoring is about the same as
> in his second year, when
> > he was named to the all-star team.  More
> importantly, this is the first year
> > since then that his rebounding has been close to
> that level, which was the
> > stat that probably got him named to the team, AND
> his assists are at the
> > highest level of his career.  The assists are
> largely due to the increased
> > role he has assumed in running the offense of the
> Celtics, and his turnovers
> > have also increased as a result.  He's also,
> finally, started hitting his
> > free throws at an acceptable rate, with plenty of
> room for future
> > improvement.  I still find it compelling that he
> is capable of putting up
> > the kind of balanced offensive stats that few
> others can game after game.
> > 
> > Now the bad.  He's shooting worse than he ever has
> from the field.  His
> > percentage currently stands at .412, which is what
> he averaged in the
> > lockout year, but he's hitting a lot more three's
> than he was then.  He's
> > also getting to the line a lot less than he has in
> the past.  Add these
> > facts together, realizing that his scoring is as
> high as it's ever been, and
> > you can see that his offense has actually moved
> significantly away from the
> > basket this year.  From my observations, I would
> guess that if you charted
> > his shots, you'd find that he's having much
> greater success with his mid
> > range shooting and much less with his low post
> scoring.  That is not what
> > most people want to see from him.  The amazing
> part is that he seems to be
> > getting his shot blocked more than ever, if that's
> possible.  His actual
> > "shooting" appears to be much better, although
> there are no numbers you can
> > find to prove this.
> > 
> > All in all, I'd say that Antoine has continued to
> show that he is one of the
> > most versatile players in the league.  The league
> seems to be catching up
> > with his low post moves, by collapsing on him with
> double and triple teams,
> > which he tries to beat himself far too often.  He
> has worked on areas of his
> > game which needed it, primarily jump shooting and
> free throw shooting, with
> > perceptible results.  He's added even more "point
> forward" duties than he's
> > had in the past, and shown that he's capable of
> doing it while maintaining
> > excellent rebounding numbers.  He has seemed to be
> in good shape since the
> > start of the season.  The only controversy around
> him this year has been a
> > quote he supposedly made to Jim O'Brien about
> getting "touches" in the dying
> > moments of the Pitino Empire, although it's
> completely unclear exactly who
> > is supposed to have heard him say it.  At first it
> was supposed to have come
> > from a player, and later it was credited to
> Pitino, himself.  I guess I'd be
> > a lot more inclined to believe he was "selfish" if
> he wasn't leading the
> > team in assists and rebounds.
> > 
> > Of course, even if you agree with me that this is
> as well as Antoine's
> > played for half a season, it doesn't mean that you
> think he's the player
> > that will lead the Celtics to their next
> championships.  There's plenty of
> > good debate to be had over the next few months
> about that kind of thing, as
> > the front office situation plays itself out. 
> Myself, I'm in the camp that
> > believes this team isn't bad because of Antoine
> Walker, but because they
> > don't have enough players with his level of
> talent.
> > 
> > Jim
> 
> 
> >** --------- End Original Message ----------- **
> 
> > 
> 
> 


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