Re: shot selection

["Orion" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

Josh if you take to Wallace again please voice our concern!

We all would love to hear his comments.


John



----- Original Message -----
From: "j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>
To: "Steve and Michelle Ouellette" <redsox@westelcom.com>; "Celtics list"
<celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: shot selection


> At 19:55 04/11/01 -0500, Steve and Michelle Ouellette wrote:
> >Anyone want to take a bet that no one in the NBA will take 29 or more
> >shots this year and make six or fewer in a game?
> >
> >STEVE
>
> Hi Steve, I remember thinking after that game that I'd occasionaly seen a
> top player get held to 2/10 in a game, maybe an ugly 3/15...or even 4/20 I
> suppose. But I've never seen anyone other than Antoine maintain that
> shooting percentage into the high 20s when clearly nothing was working.
> Remember, he was shooting 4-27 at one stage and open shots weren't finding
> any part of the net. This was the equivalent of a six strikeout game. It
> was beyond quirky.
>
> Leave it to Antoine to come off the bench and score a three and an
> offensive putback in the closing minutes. This guy obviously is blessed
> with a memory of ten seconds tops. 3-point airball on your last
possession?
> No problemo....gimme the ball. Walker can block out every rational reason
> to ease up a little on his shooting when nothing is going right. By
> "rational" I mean such thoughts as fear of hurting your team, fear of
> pissing off your teammates and fans, fear of being laughed at by your
peers
> when they see the boxscore the next day, and so on. This guy has the
memory
> of a gold fish. And the weird thing is we almost won the game in the last
> three minutes, and he stepped up to make some of the biggest plays.
>
> ***