Re: Walker performance vs Atl]

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

I see what you mean but I look at it the other way around.  I see Toine's
versatility as an asset which will be magnified if and when we get the other
piece of the puzzle.  In the meantime, he and Paul MUST do it all.  He takes
some wild shots but he has been prodded to shoot the 3 by the coach who has
admitted such on several occasions.

He has shown that though he is far from perfect, he is a warrior who shows
up each and every night willing to do whatever he can to help his team win.
If we ever considered trading him for anything less than an all-star caliber
player for years to come, we would regret it.

Cecil




----- Original Message -----
From: <r-ramani@usa.net>
To: "OzerskyJA" <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: Walker performance vs Atl]


> Forgive me if I get this wrong. You value his potential triple double then
his
> shooting percentage?
>
> In my opinion, Walker as multi-skilled as he is, is a problem for our
team. He
> is one of two scoring options, and our best passer. I don't think he can
> assist himself for a basket.
>
> If he is going to be the triple-double threat, then we need another scorer
> that take up some scoring load from him. OR a passer that can feed him the
> ball for him to score.
>
> I think its difficult making a team around a player so rounded. If he's
going
> to score, then someone just as rounded as Walker needs to be the passer.
If
> he's going to be the passer then someone has to score.
>
> So far Pierce has stepped up his game, but eventually opposing teams will
> double him whenever he gets the ball.
>
> I'd been advocating Carr to play because I think he can flat out score
> baskets. At least I was hoping before he got injured he could score when
teams
> double team Pierce.
>
> At least this is my opinion though.
>
> Ritesh Ramani
> OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org> wrote:
> I didn't see the game, but I don't see how you
> can dump on a guy for his stats on a night when
> he is one assist away from a triple double.  As
> for his actual real-world performance, I can't
> say.  I did watch the first half of the game on the
> ESPN game tracker, and I see where he missed
> a bunch of four and five foot shots.  That tells me
> that he didn't "just float on the perimeter," and
> the fact that he was 6-22 and only went to the line
> twice suggests he got hammered.
>
> Josh Ozersky
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> Corning Museum of Glass
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