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Re: [Celtics' Stuff Re: Where do we go from here? - RealGM
Re: [Celtics' Stuff Re: Where do we go from here? - RealGMThat's strange...I
seem to remember some posts claiming that many of those games were track meets
with defense being a secondary thought.
I love it when people say "what you're saying is ..." What I am saying is
that this team is headed in the right direction for the first time in recent
memory. I'm sorry that it's not enough for some people but it takes time to
build a strong team unless you luck out.
Give the front office an opportunity to do their job before you wail about
flotsam like Milt. If you can't be happy about our record...oh well. We may
not be the NBA version of the Patriots this year but progress is being made in
increments.
Cecil
----- Original Message -----
From: JB
To: Cecil Wright ; Celtics Stuff ; Celtics@igtc
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff Re: Where do we go from here? - RealGM
on 2/18/02 12:19 PM, Cecil Wright at cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca wrote:
> Hey JB,
>
> Didn't Blount have an outstanding Shaw's too?? I know guys are sick of
> hearing this but we really must be patient and not jump the gun at this
> time. If there is a possibility of obtaining a Van Exel or an El-Amin, I
> know which guy I'd prefer.
>
> Cecil
*************
Cecil;
There is a big difference in a big man having an impact at Shaw's and a
guard. There is a dearth of big players there. Even Walter McCarty looked
great, in the paint, three summers ago.
As for the guards, that's where the talent is at Shaw's and they all play in
your face defense. The weakness, if any, is that they are not great shooters
(or they would be in the NBA).
To compare El-Amin with Van Exel is silly. El-Amin could be had for a ten
day contract, or very short money, for the rest of the season. What you're
saying is, that you'd rather have Palacio, than El-Amin, for the rest of the
season. I'm not sure what patience has to do with it either. Patient with
Palacio learning point guard skills? It ain't gonna happen friend.
JB
Unchain My Heart !
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JB" <JBMetzEA@yahoo.com>
> To: "Celtics Stuff" <Celticsstuffgroup@Yahoogroups.com>; "Celtics@igtc"
> <celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 5:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff Re: Where do we go from here? - RealGM
>
>
>> on 2/17/02 11:25 PM, MrSports9@aol.com at MrSports9@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> .... Bring in a point guard who can push the ball (maybe Khalid?) and
let
>> him and the rooks have some time together on the floor and try to set
some
>> uptempo pace. Maybe we would get as Lance says, some EASY BASKETS. Then
> if
>> we could only find a rebounder (Oakley, Foster?) who could get the ball
> off
>> the glass and into said point guard's hands. Hmmmm......Of course we
> would
>> then be reliant on Obieone playing Khalid (or whoever) and the rookies.
> But
>> what an opportunity that they're wasting. A chance to get easy points
and
>> rest your two point machines so they could have some legs for the fourth
>> quarter. Wow! What a concept! Best fast break team I ever saw was the
> 77-78
>> Portland team.
>>
>> Brian
>> *************
>> What gets me about this, is that it was all out there, for everyone
>> to see, at Shaw's this summer.
>> The team started out, unable to score, with Palacio at the point.
> As
>> soon as El-Amin got the starting job; the team, especially Joe Johnson,
>> started to flow. They became a joy to watch and started winning.
>> Khalid was called "a special player," by "Curley" Papille. "Larry"
>> O'Brien said he preferred him to Jacques Vaughn (in a discussion of free
>> agent point guards), because of his offense. All thought he would be
> signed,
>> until "Moe" Wallace, spoke up, that they wouldn't offer him a guaranteed
>> deal. Dallas did.
>> I can understand that a bit, but after Dallas let him go, what was
>> their reason for not bringing him back? At this point, what it would
cost
>> them, to sign him for the rest of the season ? I think it's in the
100,000
>> range.
>> Some of you may think I'm just on another El-Amin rant and I know
> that
>> I've been shrill and relentless on this aspect, but for those of you who
>> were at Shaw's, or even watched a game with him and one without him,
will
>> know what I am talking about. Any true point guard, who could run the
team
>> that way, would do, but we've already seen Khalid be successful. He's
had
>> two years NBA experience and he's out there, waiting like a ripe pear
>> (comical illusion to his Bagleyesque body shape?), to be plucked.
>> Winning or losing; my view, all season, is that this team needs to
>> pass the ball to be successful. It's also become apparent that the
> rookies
>> need some open floor and an up-tempo game and that our top seven
rotation
>> players are playing too many minutes. I know management sees this.
>> They were all there, at Shaw's. The solution may be within arms
>> length.
>> Brian mentions the other need, for an inside player with strength
> and
>> agility. Did I mention that Cleveland has put Brian Skinner on the
> disabled
>> list, for no apparent reason? Skinner can play power forward, but may be
>> even better suited to the middle. He is a strong rebounder and a shot
>> blocker. His contract is not a huge one, but it does run a few years.
> Anyone
>> out there care to check Patricia's site for the exact terms? Would you
> mind
>> passing on the link? I've lost it.
>> JB
>>
>> Ps. I'm sorry (sort of) to have reverted to the three stooges reference
>> to our brain trust. I know I'm up, high as a kite, after a win and down,
> in
>> the dumps, after a loss. They are giving us the best season since
Pitino's
>> first and the way the other teams are and will continue to beat each
> other,
>> it looks like the playoffs are coming into focus. I have to accede
credit
> to
>> them all, for this.
>>
>>
>> Unchain My Heart !
JB
Unchain My Heart !