RE: Delk the starting shooting guard, Rogers the backup power for ward

["Hastings, David" <David.Hastings@BellSouth.com>]

I think we have to go back to the ML days in Walkers first season for the last time he was played at the 5.  Ever since then it's been the 4 and only the 4.

-----Original Message-----
From: Berry, Mark S [mailto:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:52 AM
To: Celtic igtc list (E-mail); Celtic yahoo list (E-mail)
Subject: Delk the starting shooting guard, Rogers the backup power
forward


That's the way Obie sees it, according to this morning's papers. Delk is the
starting shooting guard. Period. Our starting backcourt now is 6-1 Kenny
Anderson and 6-2 Tony Delk. I can't think of a worse way to use this player.
You want Tony Delk getting a lot of his minutes against backup guards. He's
better than most of those guys. You make him a starter, and he has to defend
Ray Allen, Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Allan Houston, Rip Hamilton, Reggie
Miller, etc. Why would you do that? As for Rodney Rogers, Obie says he'll
backup Antoine for 8-10 minutes a game at power forward. Sigh.

For what it's worth, I found this at CNNSI.com:
An opposing team's assistant coach gives his scouting report on veteran
power forward Rodney Rogers, recently traded from the Suns to the Celtics. 
"He's a power forward who presents problems because he can score inside and
out. He can really shoot the 3. Most big guys hate two things on defense:
getting dunked on and having to chase guys out to the 3-point line. Rogers
makes you go out after him. He's also surprisingly good one-on-one for a man
his size. He likes to go right even though he's left-handed, so can throw
some defenders off. 
"The way Boston plays, he fits perfectly because they encourage 3-point
shooting. He's going to get a lot of open looks because you have to double
Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker. He's going to stretch the defense out. If
they play Walker at the five, now both of your big guys will have to be
chasers. I think he'll really help them." 
---snip---

Back to me... See that part about "If they play Walker at the five..." Has
there ever been a less versatile "versatile" player than Antoine Walker? He
plays 40 minutes per game at power forward. Period. No minutes at small
forward. No minutes at center. Power forward. Garnett, Nowitzki, Wallace...
these guys play all across the front line. Not Antoine. He plays 40 minutes
per game at power forward. That's our "braintrust."

Mark


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