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

[Kestas <Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu>]

At 16:07 1/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>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.

Repeat after me: "Antoine is going to play 40 minutes at PF, Antoine is
going to play 40 minutes at PF,Antoine is going to play 40 minutes at PF...". 

The bottom line is, Toine doesn't want to chase SFs around picks, so Obie
will find every excuse in the world why this can't be done. You know, he
needs 4 three-point shooters on the floor at all times, Pierce is more
comfortable at the 3, you can't play Battie and Pot together, there are no
good PFs available to be signed, we only have 3 big guys, this would cut
into EW's playing time etc. ad nauseam. 
Kestas