Re: PG slot.

["Cecil" <cecil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I mentioned Kenny not passing to an open Pierce during the conference
finals.  If you want to assume that it took place over the course of his
season or career, that's up to you.

Ball handling and passing are two seperate issues.

Cecil




----- Original Message -----
From: JB <jimmetz@mac.com>
To: Celtics@igtc <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 8:28 AM
Subject: Fwd: PG slot.


> >         I'm reading all of this, even a few days behind, but I 'm still
> > getting smoke under my collar. LOL
> >         Talk about celtics fast breaks and I see Kenny running the
> > floor and stopping to look around and wonder where everyone else is. It
> > happened so many times, it became a cliche on my other board.
> >         Kenny is one of the most clever ball handlers in the game. He
> > not only is a very good passer in the open floor, but if his players
> > will move a bit, he knows how to move the defense and get another
> > advantage for the shooter. Getting some of our players to move, was the
> > big problem.
> >         No, he isn't a great defender, but he worked hard last season
> > and his timely steals were often a big part of our defensive success.
> >         I let you all kick him a bit while he was here, but now that
> > he's gone...LAY OFF!
> >         Wait until December and you're watching Pierce, Walker and
> > Baker tripping all over themselves, fighting for position, while Delk
> > and Williams are stripped in the back court, or firing threes just over
> > the line and O'Brien begins to scowl like Chris Ford.
> >         In the words of my favorite chanteuse: "You don't know what
> > you've got till it's gone..."
> >         S. Williams, Forte, Bremer, they can't pull Anderson's sh*t.
> >
> >         JB
> >
> >
> >                         Unchain My Heart!
> >
> > On Thursday, July 25, 2002, at 10:54 AM, Kim Malo wrote:
> >
> > At 08:32 AM 7/25/02 -0400, GuyClinch@AOL.com wrote:
> >
> > About Kenny not passing....
> >
> > Well the rub is that you don't always pass on the break. Even Kidd
> > keeps it
> > himself plenty of times. It depends on the defensive positoning.. Kenny
> > is
> > pretty damn good at passing on the break. He is a solid passer.
> >
> >
> > Well the fact is that yes, you usually do want to pass on the break.
> > There is a big difference between just running upcourt and running a
> > fast break. The Cs ran very few actual breaks despite having personnel
> > well suited to the wing and trailer roles. Better than they were to the
> > pull up and jump shot game most of our pseudo breaks fell in to, since
> > they tend to have scorers and drivers rather than pure shooters. I
> > don't think that's even close to being wholly Kenny's fault but I do
> > think it's something he could have done a lot more to improve. And it
> > could have made a HUGE difference, especially in the more or less total
> > absence of an inside game. Easy baskets, less physical physical beating
> > on guys like Paul, more foul shots, etc. etc.
> >
> > Kim
> >
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