RE: Walker...

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I agree with this guy completely.  We don't need a top flight point
guard.  A randy brown who can push the ball, make rudimentary
plays, and hit the open jumper would do fine, maybe supplemented
by a scoring specialist (Chris Herren?) coming off the bench.  You're
not going to get better production from the Center position than Vitaly,
Battie, and Blount, both of whom are good defenders, can score some, and
give you rebounding and shotblocking to some extent as well.  I
really feel that with the offense running through Antoine the way it does,
a super-fast PG like Tinsley would be pretty much wasted, except on the
much-needed fast breaks we are currently missing out on, those demoralizing
easy baskets that come so rarely to us these days.  Get me
a big, tough, defensive-oriented baller with some instincts and the ability
to hit an open shot, and we're set.  Two stars is enough.  Bottom line:
if we had played all season the way we have since O'Brien took over, we
would be 2nd in the conference now, or first.  Maybe that can happen next
year.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	GuyClinch@AOL.com [SMTP:GuyClinch@AOL.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 07, 2001 5:02 PM
> To:	Celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	Walker...
> 
> Hello all, 
> 
> Let me say I have been impressed by Walker. 
> 
> For a long time I had seen him play..and was part of the anti-walker
> group. 
> But he really is the "real deal"...wow. When he is playing well I don't
> think 
> he can really be stopped.  He is good enough to take us to the promise
> land. 
> 
> His three pointers aren't bad, he hits alot of them. Hitting 37percent of 
> your three 
> pointers is like shooting better then 50% from two point land. What's
> wrong 
> with that?  It also forces the defense to run out on him..and frees up the
> 
> interior. 
> More importantly he loves taking them. It gets him in the game and makes
> him 
> excited to play. 
> 
> As for our needs: 
> 
> From what I have seen this year..they need a better point guard. 
> Kenny is talented and I like the guy - but he seems injury prone. I
> actually 
> dont think he has lost his skills, but his body is breaking down. He is a 
> skinny scrawny guy who used to rely on his enormous talent. Last year he
> was 
> pumped up..but now he is back to his normal self. Its a sad thing to see 
> Kenny playing like he is. 
> He was such a great player. 
> 
> Out of point guard they need someone who can score,  break folks down off
> the 
> dribble and play good defense. They don't need a "pure" point guard. But 
> someone  like that guy from Toronto Pitino wanted.  They could also use a 
> stud point guard to replace Kenny. Herren, Brown and Palacio are all
> decent 
> back-up material, IMHO. 
> 
> They also need a good shooting guard, perhaps they could find a tweener
> player 
> to fill both roles. I think they should use their picks to pick up these 
> players. 
> That's a spot you can fill. The chances of getting a stud center are
> pretty 
> darn low, 
> unless the get lucky with some foreign guy. 
> 
> I think Walker Pierce and your Blount/Battie/Potapenko combo is good
> enough, 
> depending on who we get in the back court. I wouldn't trade Walker or
> Pierce 
> for 
> anyone save a superstar. 
> 
> Pete 
>