Re: Big Mistake

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Results are going to cut down Battie's court time. He's going to see more
pine. Maybe he's saying to himself, it's time to make things happen. This
added talent could raise his worth also, benefiting from a spread out
offense.

DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <damekmo@teleport.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: Big Mistake


> OK, here's my concern about Battie: He sucks, Vitaly sucks, Blount sucks.
> That's the way it has been, the way it is and the way it always will be.
But
> when Battie comes back, you know he's going back in the rotation. Whose
> minutes does he get? Rogers has been seeing a lot of minutes at center (or
> at PF with Antoine at center). That lineup has been effective. But when
> Battie comes back and he and Vitaly combine for 40-plus minutes a game at
> center (not saying that should happen, but you know it will), where will
> Rogers get his minutes? Obie is showing no interest in using RR or Antoine
> at small forward. Eric Williams played just as many minutes (21) as Rogers
> last night. So where does Rodney get his time?
>
> My opinion: I can't stand Battie. He's soft and even worse, he doesn't
play
> hard. He should be able to beat any center in the league down the floor,
but
> he just lopes. He's at the top of the "trade him at the end of the season"
> list in my book. Is it a coincidence that the team comes to life without
> him? I don't know. I know this-Vitaly sucks, but at least he works hard.
> Vitaly isn't talented and he's not a smart player, but he works hard. The
> offensive rebounds are an offshoot of that. Battie is more talented. If
you
> compare both players at their best, Battie is better. The problem is you
> only get Battie's best a couple of times a month. You compare the players
at
> their worst and I'll take Vitaly because Battie takes nights off. You
never
> know what you're going to get from him. With Vitaly, you know. He won't
give
> you that occasional 16-point, 10-rebound game that Battie manages every
full
> moon, but he gives you his six points and five rebounds pretty
consistently.
>
> But as long as he doesn't steal minutes from Rogers, he's mostly harmless
> (to the opponent, too).
>
> Mark
>
> --- --- ---
>
> Paul M. wrote:
>
> Tony who? Is anybody really looking forward to Battie coming back? Is it
> just coincidence that this team comes to life with him out?