Re: Improving

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So how did you miss S.Williams performance?

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 11:48 AM
Subject: Improving


> The defense is improving, and that's all that really matters. It's still
not
> at last year's level, but I'm seeing signs of it getting there. They're
> doing it in spurts. The final three minutes Saturday were pretty
suffocating
> (and further evidence that Minnesota lacks a true go-to guy at the end of
> games).
>
> The other point I want to make is on Eric Williams. I'm terribly hard on
> him, and most of the time he completely deserves it. But he is playing
> extremely well so far. Kudos to him.
>
> With the exception of the ugly game against the Bulls, the Celts have done
a
> lot of their damage offensively during this streak by riding a really hot
> hand: Pierce vs. the Knicks, Delk vs. the Lakers and Walker vs. the
> T-Wolves. The most encouraging part of that is the Delk game, when they
> finally seemed to be feeding someone other than Pierce or Walker. Delk can
> have those kinds of games, and I hope they continue to recognize it when
> he's having one of them. Too often in the past, guys have started to warm
> up, but the Celts never take advantage of it because every offensive set
is
> designed for Pierce or Walker.
>
> Encouraging stuff so far. Watch the defense (and rebounding). That's the
key
> to everything. If they play defense, they'll be OK. If they don't, they
> won't.
>
> Mark
>
> P.S. This is never going to happen, but let me just say that the more I
> watch the T-Wolves, the more convinced I am that a Garnett-for-Walker
trade
> would be great for both teams. Garnett would come to Boston, where he
would
> be the ultimate support guy and he'd have his go-to guy in Pierce. Walker
> would become the crunch-time, big-shot guy the T-Wolves desperately need,
> while still giving them some of the rebounding and passing that Garnett
> does. I'm telling you, this would be a great move for both team. Too bad
> it's just a fantasy. And please don't start the "why do you want to trade
> Antoine now?" replies. Antoine is playing just fine and I don't "want" to
> trade him. I'm just making an observation about a deal that would be a
great
> hypothetical fit for both teams.