Re: Antoine's moves

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Last night on Sports Xtra, Joe Ambrosino asked Toine specifically about his
body.  Toine stated that he does work with weights in the offseason, but
didn't feel the need to bulk up since he is not your "average power
forward".  I don't think he meant it in any condescending fashion, rather
than more matter-of-factly.

He said that he worked hard on his 3 point shooting over the course of the
summer, which I'm sure that most of us would agree with.

I think that some of us here want him to be the "prototypical power forward"
who plays with his back to the basket.  It's obvious that it ain't gonna
happen but I'm not sure he is to solely to blame for it.

Cecil





----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Wang" <awang@MIT.EDU>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: Antoine's moves


> At 03:51 PM 1/29/01 +0100, Hironaka wrote:
> >Also, I think people underestimate the value of the pump fake for the
> masses of
> >us living below-the-rim. Even a guard can use it to advantage underneath,
at
> >least to draw contact. You don't have to be long-limbed like McHale or
> >hyper-maneuverable and rubbery like Maxwell to have success with the pump
> fake
> >in your arsenal. Bird wasn't "long" and neither is Karl Malone, whose
body
> type,
> >jumping ability and wingspan probably most resembles Antoine's.
>
> Good point. The reason I don't think it would help Antoine as much is
> because he relies almost solely on a very quick move to score. If he stops
> to pump fake, he may give the defender the time he needs to catch up, and
> this team needs Antoine to take advantage of every good scoring
opportunity
> that he can get. If he had a good fallaway shot, like Bird or Malone, I
> think he could use one. But right now, I don't think he'd get that much
> mileage out of it, other than the chance to stop and pass out -- which I
> agree is valuable, but not something that you need to pump fake for. It
> would be counterproductive to his quick moves, I think. But maybe he could
> use it to draw contact, like you say; he certainly has some good role
> models in Pierce and Williams.
>
> Alex
>