RE: The Beat The Crappy Teams 2001 World Tour Continues

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

Actually, Cecil, he was saying it as a criticism of Iverson. (If only Obie
had the guts to say the same to Pierce and Walker) The gist of the story was
that the Sixers want to involve Coleman and Mutombo more early in the
offense and let Iverson feed off that inside-out attack, instead of
everything starting and ending with Iverson.

By the way, is it too early to be really alarmed by Antoine's shooting
percentage? His current .391 is a far cry from even his usually lousy .410
or so. I don't know how anyone who defends his play to this point can just
ignore this. It's just incredibly bad. I'll give him credit for rededicating
himself to rebounding this season, however. He really has hit the boards
hard for a team that desperately needed it.

Mark

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Cecil Wright [mailto:cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca] 
Sent:	Friday, November 30, 2001 7:25 PM
To:	Berry, Mark  S; celtics@igtc.com
Subject:	Re: The Beat The Crappy Teams 2001 World Tour Continues



> As for all the 3-pointers... (and please tell me you don't think 16
3-point
> attempts from the power forward is a good thing)... here's a direct quote
> from Larry Brown: "If you think inside/outside, you have a much better
> opportunity to rebound or get fouled," Brown said. "I don't mind outside
> shots, but I don't like them early in the clock. You can always get an
> outside shot. . ."

While I agree with this sentiment, I find it amusing that Larry says that
while he watches Iverson bomb away at will, often with plenty of time
remaining on the clock.  He is at least as guilty of jacking up ill-advised
shots as is Paul or Toine.  You watch the Sixers closely and see how many
times Mutombo is their first or even second option.

Iverson leads the league is field goal attempts per game.  And they
certainly are not layups he is missing en route to his .341% shooting.  Now
it may improve as the season unfolds but for Larry to make that quote, given
his own star's proclivity for untimely shots, is funny.

Cecil