Re: Herald - Baker at 1 percent

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

More on OB's crack about Vin getting his feet wet. Their both still in the
Sahara. Just can't resist, when you ask for it you get it.

DanF
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From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: Herald - Baker at 1 percent


> OB meant 1% of 10% of his past capabilities.
>
> DanF
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:35 AM
> Subject: Herald - Baker at 1 percent
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>
> > ``We have Vin here for four years and, percentage-wise, he's about
> > 1 percent of where he's going to be. You have to allow a player to
> > get his feet wet.'' - Obie
> >
> > Leapin Lizards, Sandy.  We have 99 percent more to look forward to.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > Coach patient with Baker
> >
> > Celtics Notebook/by Gus Martins
> > Wednesday, November 13, 2002
> >
> > Celtics coach Jim O'Brien isn't the least bit apprehensive discussing
> > Vin Baker's future and thinks his 10-point performance Monday night in
> > 29 minutes was a harbinger of good things to come.
> >
> > ``When Vin was making the All-Star Game, the defensive rules were
> > different,'' O'Brien said yesterday of Baker, who was acquired in the
> > offseason. ``You could get Vin all day one-on-one in the low post. Vin,
> > in the low post, is a very difficult guy to stop. So is Karl Malone.
> >
> > ``You don't get those guys one-on-one in the low post anymore. So
> > everyone's waiting for Vin Baker to be 20-25 points. You look at the
> > top scorers in the NBA. There aren't any low-post players in the top 20
> > in the NBA and that's for a reason. It is very difficult to get the
> > ball into the low post in the NBA. So big guys have to adjust their
> > game.''
> >
> > O'Brien said there are myriad ways Baker will help, but offensively, he
> > said the game's going to have to come to Baker.
> >
> > ``He needs to continue to grow as a defensive player and as a
> > rebounder,'' O'Brien said. ``We have Vin here for four years and,
> > percentage-wise, he's about 1 percent of where he's going to be. You
> > have to allow a player to get his feet wet.''
> >
> > On the offensive
> >
> > Antoine Walker had another solid offensive performance in Monday
> > night's 112-95 win over the Jazz, scoring 27 points on 10-of-22 from
> > the field and 4-of-5 from the line. He continues to nurture the belief
> > that the Celtics, who had five players in double figures on Monday,
> > shouldn't have trouble scoring.
> >
> > ``Right now we are becoming a very, very, dangerous offensive team,''
> > he said. ``We can get five or six guys in double figures night in and
> > night out and that's something we haven't had in the past.''
> >
> > He added that the continued development of Paul Pierce as a passer is
> > improving the team.
> >
> > ``I think Paul does a fantastic job of getting guys the ball and
> > getting a higher number of assists,'' he said. ``That takes pressure
> > off myself. You've got other guys who can penetrate and get guys open
> > shots.''
> >
> > Brown off IL
> >
> > Kedrick Brown was activated off the injured list, where he's been with
> > a sprained right ankle since Oct. 30. O'Brien cautioned that while
> > Brown will suit up, it's more of a symbolic gesture. Brown still hasn't
> > practiced full tilt with the team since making strides from the sprain
> > suffered in preseason. . . .
> >
> > Pierce said it's still too early to determine whether this Celtics team
> > can match last year's 49-win season.
> >
> > ``It's hard to say right now,'' he said. ``Seven games doesn't make you
> > contenders. We won't know right now until mid-January, February or so
> > until (we've) played 30 to 40 games. So we'll just have to wait and
> > see.''