Way of the Ray vs Way of O'Brien

["Lance Jacobson" <lancejacob@xxxxxxxxx>]

    1. The Macrowave - The "Microwave" Vinnie Johnson flourished, because
    he had Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars running the Detroit offense, freeing
    him up to concentrate on his explosive offense. Unfortunately for the
    "Macrowave" Shammond Williams, the burden of at least partly running the
offense is
    his, taking away from what he does best.

    2. Tony Delk - First things first, a team really doesn't need both the
Macrowave
    and Delk, as they're redundant, essentially the same type of player. It
would be
    best to package one of them in a deal for a legitimate point guard.  Any
ways,
    playing Delk out of position at PG hurts his offense. He's an undersized
SG and
    that's where he should be, coming off the bench as Mr. Instant Offense.

    3. Vin Baker - Walker, the de facto point guard, simply won't be as
efficient, by
    a long stretch, in getting the ball to Baker in the low post. You need a
real PG
    for that.

    4. Antoine Walker: As a point guard he shoots too much (20 per game),
    doesn't pile up enough assists (5.0 per game), has a low assists to
turnover
    ratio (compared to real PGs, Walker A/T is near the bottom of the bunch),
shoots at a
    low percentage, and more importantly, is not that effective in running an
offense. Would
    you rather have Walker guiding the offense or Payton, Kidd, Nash, Van
Exel, Williams,, Strickland, Cassell, Tinsley, Parker, Miller, Bibby, Bryant,
Marbury,
    Stockton, Anderson,  Iverson, Davis, Stoudamire, Jaric, Best, McInnis,
Knight, etc.?
    Walker is no Bird, and even Bird had Archibald, Buckner, Henderson,
Johnson,
    and Ainge. >>Ray

Ray, this is an interesting treatise, but has nothing to do with the Celtics.

If O'Brien believes that his shooters can hit threes at a 40% efficiency,
whether they're named Delk, Williams or Walker, that's going to be his method
of getting Easy Baskets.  You can write all the Celtic History you want,
mention 35 good point guards, but let's understand one thing:

If the Celts shoot 43% from the three point line on 60 shots per game, they're
scoring 78 points right there.  Forget assists.  Forget nice passes and
behind-the-back plays.  Forget Larry had Ainge, Burns had Allen and Bush had
Quayle.  It's not the way the team's built, it's not the plan.  Walker can get
over half court against any PF defender, and that's that.  Dump it into Baker,
set up at the Condo on the Arc. and let it rain.

Who cares if TD isn't a point guard?  He can guard them and hit the three.
Same with Bremer.  Walker can get the ball to Baker, because they're both
tall.  Then Baker backs into his spot.  What's hard about that?

Hey, I'd love to see the Celts play basketball, but they have no intention of
doing that.  It'll be Feeding Time at the Arc, and Baker's the zookeeper.
Watch and yawn, but Obie thinks it's exciting as hell.