Re: Would this work in Boston? (I say yes)

["DJB" <dajubo@earthlink.net>]

The C's could do it without adding a power forward. Just slide 
Battie over to the PF position and put V in the middle.

-David


On 18 Jan 2002, at 16:07, Berry, Mark  S wrote:

Date sent:      	Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:07:35 -0500
From:           	"Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
Subject:        	Would this work in Boston? (I say yes)
To:             	"'celtics@igtc.com'" <celtics@igtc.com>

> Very slow lately, so thought I'd beat a dead horse. The following
> excerpts are from a David Aldridge piece on the T-Wolves and their
> decision to move Wally Szczerbiak to 2-guard, Garnett to small forward
> and stick with Joe Smith and Gary Trent at PF (with Nesterovic at
> center). They went from being a smallish, soft team, to being a big,
> physical team. Their record is fantastic.
> 
> Why should we care? The Celtics could do the same thing with Antoine
> and Pierce if they just added a power forward. The new rules would
> allow a lot more help for Antoine in terms of chasing opposing small
> forwards, and we've seen several times this season how effective he
> can be offensively when posting up smaller players. Antoine is the one
> other power forward in the league who could make this switch.
> 
> I know it's not going to happen, but I can dream...
> 
> Mark
> 
> Here's the excerpt:
> 
> ---snip---
> 
> Everyone's made note of the fact that the Wolves moved Szczerbiak from
> small forward to shooting guard. And that's helped. But moving the 7-1
> Garnett from power forward, where he was frequently outmuscled, to
> small forward, where he creates prohibitive matchup problems, has
> turned the Wolves from one of the league's smallest teams to one of
> the biggest. The reason they can do that is because Minnesota added
> both Smith and free agent Trent, who've stepped in and bulled their
> way around at power forward. 
> 
> And a team that always has shot the ball pretty good is now top five
> in just about every offensive category, from field goal and free throw
> percentage (first) to three-point percentage (second) to points per
> game (third). 
> 
> "I have two inches on every two guard," the 6-7 Szczerbiak says.
> "Kevin has three inches on every three. Joe's a tall four. Rasho
> (center Radoslav Nesterovic) is a big five. You're going to outrebound
> teams when you have that kind of size advantage. That's a luxury we
> didn't have in the past. With me at the three and Kevin at the four,
> we were undersized."
> 
> ---end---