Re: ? on Walker

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wait a minute, stop the music. Vinny blocked a ball half the way up the
glass. The next highlite comes around late December. Good going Vinny.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "JB" <jimmetz@mac.com>
To: "Celtics List" <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: ? on Walker


> On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 03:01  PM, hironaka@nomade.fr wrote:
>
> > If you take only Antoine's top post plays this year, he
> > looks like a one-of-a-kind hall of famer, creating
> > something from nothing with his dribbles and spins.
>
> JoeH
> **************************
> Aside from his  obvious work over the summer, on his dribbling/ball
> handling, this is the other marked improvement in Walker's game.
> Tommy H., has pleaded for years, for some head and shoulder/up fakes;
> we are now seeing the effectiveness, of same, as well as some crossing
> under the basket moves, which deny the defensive player access to the
> ball.
> With his dribbling improvement, he is often able to beat the first
> man, before throwing the fakes on the second one.
> Could it be that Joe Gallagher: "Mr. Post Game," is there to earn a
> paycheck, not as a payback, for favors  offered to a young Mr. O'Brien
> during his early coaching career?
> While we're looking towards the post, I was watching for some plays to
> Mr. Baker last night and while I should have learned, never to
> contradict Tammo and I've only seen a hand full of games, it seems that
> Antoine, particularly, will not throw the pass to Vin, underneath, even
> if he is wide open. Is this a difficult pass? Dennis Johnson made a
> living at it for a few years here, with no other apparent point guard
> skills.
> I saw Baker,  last night, way down on the block, all alone and Walker
> just stared at him, as if he wasn't there.
> Paul and Antoine control the ball and who sees it. When they feel like
> shooting, as they did in the second half last night, they often pass up
> open team mates, to play one-on-one. Maybe that's why he is coming out
> to throw his picks? At least he's being productive and not sulking,
> about his 2-3 touches a game.
> All those who say he is washed up and has lost his skills, look no
> farther than his block on Sprewell, last night. As the announcer said,
> he was up to the middle of the glass.
> Someone mentioned that the All-star game coming up in January would
> change the way the captains were playing. Interestingly, as that
> deadline approaches, Walker's assists  keep falling and Pierce's keep
> rising. Guess who, as of this AM, is leading the Celtics in assists ?
> The most effective offense last night? Delk, to Walker, just over the
> half court arc; Walker to Pierce halfway between the arc and the lane
> and Paul driving to attract a crowd and finding the open man under the
> hoop, or on the perimeter, if the inside option was not there.
> I wish he had kept it up. He might have had twenty assists instead of
> only eight. This would seem to be what o'Brien is talking about, in
> regard to Pierce's game and unselfishness. If this is going to become a
> trend, we will be a tough team to beat, because the minute the defense
> sags off Pierce, he will make them pay and his shooting % will  be
> higher than it's ever been.
>
> JB
>
> Unchain My Heart !