Re: The Beat The Crappy Teams 2001 World Tour Continues

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

Beating the crappy teams is better than losing to them! Every one counts. As
someone said we seem to live and die by the outside shot and need an inside
game badly. we really need to move one or more of Battie, VP, Williams
Mccarty, Forte, or Strickland for an inside player.  I still would like to
see us get Marc Jackson, even Lafrentz.










----- Original Message -----
From: "Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>
To: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: The Beat The Crappy Teams 2001 World Tour Continues


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
> To: "'Cecil Wright'" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>; "Berry, Mark S"
> <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>; <celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:37 PM
> Subject: RE: The Beat The Crappy Teams 2001 World Tour Continues
>
>
> > 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.
>
> As long as Iverson is in Philly, it will start and end with him.
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> And it has risen drastically after an awful start to the season.
>
> I don't know how anyone who defends his play to this point can just
> > ignore this. It's just incredibly bad.
>
> No argument here.  I am not saying he should be given carte blanche to
shoot
> whenever he wants but I share Paul's opinion that our duo, on this team,
in
> its' present composition, will get the majority of the shots.  It may not
be
> pleasant to watch or the ultimate in team basketball, but it is the only
way
> this team has a chance to win most games.
>
> 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.
> >
>
> I think he has always been a decent rebounder.  I think his free throw
> percentage has improved more than his rebounding.  Now if only he can get
to
> the line on a regular basis.  I will say that I really liked the drives to
> the hoop by he and Paul recently.
>
> Cecil
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> >  -----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