Re: Open Shot

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

I feel the same way. A friend of mine was trying to say that Pierce whines 
too much and that he should accept what the coach says no matter what. I 
don't totally agree with that. I would rather have a guy who is confident 
and wants the shot rather than a guy who is afraid to take it.


>From: Rich Davies <rich@daviesdesign.com>
>To: Celtics IGTC POST <celtics@igtc.com>
>Subject: Re: Open Shot
>Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:51:27 -0400
>
>Yeah, I have a thought: Right On!
>
>Regardless of what O'Brien or anyone else thinks, Pierce is the Go To Guy.
>Not Walker, not Kenny, not anyone else on the team; only Pierce. He is the
>only one who's likely to get a call (thought probably not yesterday), the
>only one who can break down a defender and he's shown time and again that 
>no
>matter how a game has gone, he is Mr. Clutch and Mr. 4th Quarter.
>
>Magic Johnson was talking about this kind of thing on TNT one night during
>the past week. There are times when the stars, with a game in the balance,
>demand the ball, rightfully so. Magic did it. Bird did it. Michael did it.
>
>While Paul is not (yet) in their class, he is The Star for the current
>Boston Celtics and has the right to demand the ball to put a game away. I'm
>glad he wanted it, and I'm glad he was pissed about it afterwards. I don't
>want hesitation, like Antoine displayed (albeit briefly). I don't want
>someone who's not sure if they should take the shot. I want a guy who's
>gonna say, "I've got the ball and I'm gonna win the game no matter what you
>do."
>
>This is not to say that Paul makes wise decisions every time he has the
>ball, whether or not it's at the close of a game. But he would have given 
>us
>the best chance to pull it out if he'd had the ball sooner. I have no idea
>why O'Brien would call a different play than "Get the ball in Pierce's
>hands." I don't know why he would want to. O'Brien has done so well at
>recognizing that this is a player's league, I can only imagine that it was 
>a
>momentary lapse in judgment.
>
>I expect we're going to see an incredibly aggressive Paul Pierce on
>Wednesday. I'm looking forward to it. I only hope that he's learned enough
>to keep it under control.
>
>Rich D.
>
> > From: "Shawn Niles" <shizzjr@hotmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:08:18 -0400
> > To: JDELLH@AOL.com, celtics@igtc.com
> > Subject: Re: Open Shot
> >
> > Does anyone have any thoughts on Pierce's comments after the game?