Re: re-ok I've seen enough

[David A Wickerham <aw623@xxxxxxx>]

I pretty much agree with Dan.  Baker looked tremendous, in shape, good
inside presence, and surprisingly good passing skill.  He is a tremendous
talent upgrade over Kenny.  I liked Delk as well.  His shooting is much
more confident.  Shammond looked like Joe Forte to me.  I didn't see the
famous shooting touch and when he came into the game, Eisley backed him
down and easily shot over him.  Bremer has a very ugly outside shot, but
when you're in the top 5 in scoring nationally, I guess you don't change
things.  When the Knicks pressed in the 4th quarter, Bremer didn't panic
and had no problem breaking it.

Bruno and Reuben looked like bigger versions of Travis Knight (winner of
this week's Judge Reinholt look-alike contest).  The nicest thing about
the inside players is that tey didn't fumble passes out of bounds.  I'd
forgotten how bad Vitaly's hands were.

Rebounding was still poor and Pierce looked bad, but all in all, it was a
credible first effort.

****dave

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Dan Forant wrote:

> You summed up the game and season it seems from the 1st exhibition game. What
> insight. I thought Delk did a fair job with continued hustle and hit some good
> shots. Shammond has promise with work, he can score. Baker does look very good
> and we may be getting our moneys worth. This is the 1st exhibition game and I
> thought the Celts looked good. The Knicks are hurting but years past this game
> would have been a struggle from the start. The Celts had a sense they could
> toy with them at will. I don't see Kedrick improving at all.  More pine for
> him if he doesn't show some basketball savvy.  1-0........................
> 
> DanF
> 
> "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> 3DA37D3F.653E3943@ix.netcom.com">news:3DA37D3F.653E3943@ix.netcom.com...
> > I've been watching the game off and on and here's what I can tell you.
> >
> > - Delk is a disaster at point.
> >
> > - Shammond's not much better, but he can penetrate and hit the outside
> > shot.
> >
> > - Bremer has some Marcus Camby Chinese symbols on his arm.
> > Looks like he might be able to guard other PGs.
> >
> > - Sundov can't guard anyone out on the perimeter (Othella Harrington is
> > using
> > him as a revolving door), and why exactly a 7-2 guy is out on the
> > perimeter in the first place is questionable, but he does seem to
> > have good passing ability and some interior offense.
> >
> > - Baker looks terrific, quicker than he's been in a long while, and is
> > rebounding
> > and passing. Much better player than Battie.
> >
> > - Junior Jordan is not exactly making a big impression or seeing a lot
> > of playing time.
> >
> > - Walter McCarty is Walter McSucky.
> >
> > - Pierce punished Toby Bailey.
> >
> > - McDyess still has hops and quickness, and a nice inside touch.
> >
> > - Walker is setting up on the perimeter a lot.
> >
> > - Heinsohn says the Celtics have as good a group of centers as
> > anyone.
> >
> > Ray
> 

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