"To the point!"

[JB <jimmetz@xxxxxxx>]

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		In the last five games Pierce has totaled 12 assists; Walker 15. Is 
it any wonder that the rebounding and defensive intensity is down? In 
Celtic wins this season, Paul is averaging; 5.2 and Antoine 5.3. In 
losses it's; 3.3 and 3.6, with the numbers falling, in the month of 
December.
		In this 12th month; in the five losses, Paul has had three games of 1 
assist and one game with 2. While it's not necessarily in Paul's job 
description to pass the ball, everyone knows, that unless he passes out 
of the double and triple teams, the C's  can't win.
		As for Walker; in the last four games, he has had 2,4,3 and 3 
assists. He's not shooting well, he's not rebounding; well, if he's not 
passing, what the heck is he doing?
		Paul keeps asking... "where is the energy...the urgency...?"
		Don't you think the rest of your team, the "worker bees" are getting 
tired of carrying yours and Antoine's suitcases?
		The road to the all-star game goes two ways. The team wins and you 
get in. Keep losing and you'll be at home, sitting next to Glen 
Robinson and Abdur Rahim.
		Last night, you got your points-27 and Antoine got his-21, but the 
"POINT?"
		I lauded Jimmy O'Brien, a few weeks ago, because he got the team to 
move the ball and get open looks and "points in the paint," without a 
point guard, but the honeymoon is over.
		After the game he lamented that the team did not pass, in spite of 
players being open all night.

{From Gordon Edes story, on pg. C1 of today's Globe}
''Not only defensively, but on the glass,'' O'Brien said, ''and we did
a very, very poor job of passing the ball when we had wide-open men all
night."
	
		Was I correct, in my original premise, that a team can't win, with 
it's shooters controlling the ball?
		It's been speculated that Walker will not co-operate with a coach, 
unless he gets to be the distributor. Now Paul seems to have caught the 
disease, as both are being referred to, as the teams; "de-facto point 
guards."
		Well, it's not working Jimmy. Hasn't for about three weeks. What are 
you going to do about it?


	
		JB

	Unchain My Heart !