Re: A Disturbing Game: Somewhere Pete Shepherd Is Laughing

["Lance Jacobson" <lancejacob@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can't stand guys who bring it one night and don't the next. Everyone is
going to have bad games. But inconsistent effort has dogged Vin for years
now, and I have no reason to believe that's going to change now.>>Mark

How can you say a guy's not giving effort on the night he is playing in
front of his own family and fans?  The guy only took 3 shots.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: A Disturbing Game: Somewhere Pete Shepherd Is Laughing


> I think I would like Vin Baker if I met him. Seems like a nice,
thoughtful,
> sincere guy. But I'm pretty sure-and this isn't based just on last night's
> game-that he's going to drive me to drink this season. I can't stand guys
> who bring it one night and don't the next. Everyone is going to have bad
> games. But inconsistent effort has dogged Vin for years now, and I have no
> reason to believe that's going to change now.
>
> Too bad about Kedrick, but this team has been charmed in terms of
injuries.
> If this is the worst that happens, they're still in great shape. Sounds
like
> his performance last night was a little better.
>
> Looking at the box score, looks like Pierce, Walker, Delk and Sundov did
> most of the damage. The most disturbing thing sounds like the defense, but
> let's face it... the Celts can't seem to motivate themselves to play
defense
> against the Bulls in the regular season, why should we expect them to now?
> You have to assume the defense will be OK when it matters.
>
> As for Battie... if you're asking him to guard Eddy Curry, there's a
> problem. Battie just isn't strong enough. But Battie was valuable last
year
> in the Celtics' scheme because he defended the pick-and-roll the way they
> wanted. He has the lateral quickness to jump out on the dribbler and
execute
> an effective trap. Not many big men can do that as well as Battie. So
teams
> that initiated their offense with a high pick-and-roll with Battie's man
as
> the screener had problems. If you're looking for him to body-up to Curry
or
> the like, you'll be disappointed. That's what Baker is for, although it
> doesn't seem he did an especially good job of it last night.
>
> Mark
>
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