Re: Will JOB's Strategy Backfire Against The Wizards?

["Shawn Niles" <shizzjr@hotmail.com>]

Then according to you there are no good defensive players in the NBA, 
because Ray Allen seems to "light up" everyone for 30-plus points.


>From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
>CC: celtics@igtc.com
>Subject: Re: Will JOB's Strategy Backfire Against The Wizards?
>Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 09:33:12 -0500
>
>I don't care if it was Ray Allen or Ba Ba Booey,
>he was still lit up for 32. He's a good player, but no Richard
>Jefferson in terms of defense. Neither is Pierce or Walker either, which
>doesn't
>speak well of constructing a team around players who are defensuively 
>average
>or
>below.
>Ray
>
>
>Shawn Niles wrote:
>
> > Nice job not mentioning that most of those 32 came against one Ray 
>Allen,
> > Way, and that many of those shots were highly contested.
> >
> > >From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> > >To: celtics@igtc.com
> > >Subject: Will JOB's Strategy Backfire Against The Wizards?
> > >Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 20:54:29 -0500
> > >
> > >From what I've read, Obie, the Destroyer of Dayton, plans to
> > >have JJ, rather than Pierce, guard Jordan .  I question this strategy
> > >because
> > >Pierce did an excellent job of covering Jordan in the last Wizards -
> > >Celtics
> > >encounter, and he has difficulty guarding quick shooting guards like
> > >Hamilton.
> > >Jordan meanwhile, will be licking his chops and counting his casino
> > >chips going up
> > >against an unproven rookie, who was lit up for 32 points in his last
> > >start.
> > >
> > >If I'm DC, I let Jordan toss up an Walkeresque 40 shots, foul out JJ,
> > >and hope
> > >Hamilton runs Pierce in circles, while getting twenty or so.
> > >Ray