Re: Defense

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> From    : owner-celtics@igtc.com
> To      : Celtics@igtc.com
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> Date    : Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:14:37 -0700
> Subject : Re: Defense
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> > From: "hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > BTW, I liked Potapenko a lot and enjoyed his play 
while
> > he was a Celtic. My wife is going to be sad to see 
him go
> > too.
> 
> Damn, Joe, this ain't no social club.  Quit yer weeping!
> 
> (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
> 
> Seriously, though, please keep the pro-trade talk 
coming (and I extend 
> this to everyone who likes the trade: Roy, DJ, 
Celtssteve, and anyone else)
> .  I need to be sold on it, that's for sure.  Maybe 
Vinnie opts out of a 
> few years?  Maybe we re-sign Rogers with the "extra 
money"?  I know, I 
> know, I'm going off to self-medicate as we speak.
> 


Yes, keep hope alive!

1) Vinnie will score in the East unless doubled, and he 
was once a nifty passer. He's recently improved a lot as 
a FT shooter too.
2) Toine had wanted a big guy, so he'll be welcoming and 
give Vinnie Microwave his touches.
3) There are no Krispy Kreme outlets in the Northeast. 
Our only vineyard is named "Martha" and doesn't produce 
much wine.  
4) Obie is not a coach you can hate. Coach-player 
relationship will be good, even if things don't always go 
Vinnie's way which it probably won't.
5) Vinnie's older now and will no longer be as uptight 
about his touches, now that's the pressure and criticism 
are off his shoulders as a go-to scorer turned bust. He 
will fit in well as a third scorer, provided the team 
wins and the fans don't gratuitously boo him for being 
way overpaid.
6) He could sneak back onto the All Star roster (a 
comeback player of the year type story)if there are 
injuries to Ben Wallace, Jermaine, Theo, Alonzo or Dikimbe
(not too far fetched).
7) Toine will get more rest. There will still be enough 
minutes to go around to Battie. Say Toine (34), Battie 
(30), Vinnie (14+18=32), Sundog (here and there minutes).
8) Kedrick has a chance to get consistent playing time, 
now that the roster has been shed of Rogers, McCarty, 
Strickland, Forte and all the backup shooting guard 
minutes Delk take will shift over the point guard.
9) Yes we have a thrifty owner, but this time all our 
core players are locked up for years to come. So he can't 
dump them even if he wants to.

So there you have it. Battie and Kedrick will help the 
Celts rotation assure that the defensive intensity 
doesn't drop off from last year with the new 
acquisitions. Our point guards will be a threat to stick 
every open jumper, if little else. Pierce, Walker and Vin 
guarantee you 60 points per night, every night, just like 
the Big Three era.
 
49 wins again. I doubt it. But there might be stretches 
when the Celtics will look unbeatable.

This was a basketball decision, and Chris Wallace and Leo 
Papile know more about the game than some Sonics fan 
website or our own much more limited exposure to 
scouting. They see Shammond as an upgrade over Forte, to 
hell with what some less informed critics might think.

Okay, most of the contents of this post was a real 
stretch (especially the last part). But you are used to 
comedy, Bill. What's done is done. At least we kept our 
two best players, and don't have to worry about losing 
anymore free agents for awhile.

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