Re: A Win?

["Jim Meninno" <jam@london.com>]

----- Original Message ----- From: "Berry, Mark S"

> True enough, Cecil, but that's only a small part of it. The Nets are fun
to
> watch. They love playing with Jason Kidd. Love it. They run and know
they'll
> get the ball. They come off screens hard, knowing the ball will hit them
in
> the chest and lead to a good shot. Kidd is unbelievable. He can't shoot at
> all-well under 40 percent for the season-but he's always the best player
on
> the floor. He dominates games. Do you think the rest of the Celtics really
> enjoy playing with Pierce or Walker? They may like them as friends, but do
> they really enjoy playing with them? I doubt it.

So, what's the lesson here?  That the Celtics' two stars are ball hogs?
Couldn't you just as easily say all this proves is that the Celtics' point
guards suck?  If Jason Kidd makes Van Horn and Kittles look good, imagine
how he'd make Walker and Pierce look!  No matter how you approach it, you
can still keep coming back to two explanations.  Either The Celtics don't
have enough talent surrounding Walker and Pierce, or Walker and Pierce are
ball hogs who don't make those around them better.  I look at Anderson,
Williams, Battie, Potapenko,  Palacio, et al and can't see how the problem
isn't the former.  Will the rookies help address the problem?  I hope so,
but not right away.  And they will still need upgrades at both point guard
and center.  I just can't believe that this team has the talent to be better
than a few games either side of .500.  Frankly, the only reason they're even
that good is because Pierce has emerged as a dominant scorer and Antoine
covers up for the fact that they don't have a true point guard or power
forward.

Jim