Re: first preseason game

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Right on, my impression of our guards is that we will be able to move the
ball. With the loss of KA it was questionable. The brat from NJ will eat us
but others will suffer the same. Now I feel confident about the season. No
predictions yet though.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve and Michelle Ouellette" <redsox@westelcom.com>
To: "Celtics list" <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:00 PM
Subject: first preseason game


> My impressions of the opener, watched via MSG, the enemy's channel:
>
> 1) Vin Baker looked fit and happy and was reasonably effective. Last
> night he actually looked like the Celtics best passer. Didn't realize
> that was in his repertoire. I think he's going to be in the lineup
> instead of Battie, fairly soon.
>
> 2) Paul Pierce was completely out of control. Even though it was just an
> exhibition game, he was dribbling into double and triple teams and
> refusing to give the ball up on the fastbreak. The fastbreak, by the
> way, showed no improvement over last year's ineffective mess.
>
> 3) I was worried about the Celtics not having a point guard who could
> handle the ball against the press. I'm not that worried anymore. Still
> concerned rried whenever Tony Delk dribbles, but Shammond Williams and
> JR Bremer both seemed to have a pretty good handle on the ball.
>
> 4) Shammond didn't do anything to lessen my enthusiasm about him. He
> seemed reluctant to shoot early on, then forced a few later, but the man
> has a great stroke. At one point they had him set up with Antoine with a
> two-man game on one side. Ball goes to Antoine, he gets doubled,
> Shammond drills the three. That never worked with Kenny. Shammond also
> blew past a few people with the dribble. Seemed to work hard on defense
> too, though he did get posted once by Howard Eisley. I'd love to see him
> start, with Delk providing instant offense off the bench. Think Shammond
> would be worth 13-14 ppg .
>
> 5) Bruno Sundov sure wasn't shy. When he gets the ball, he's chucking.
> Shots weren't really falling, but does seem to have good form.
>
> 6) I though Kedrick looked pretty good. Still doesn't know how to finish
> (when he can't dunk), but he seemed more confident, really went after
> some rebounds and his threes looked smoother than before. He's certainly
> better than Eric Williams at pretty much everything.
>
> Enough for now.
>
> STEVE O