Re: Kenny Anderson

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anderson had a much better fit with the Celts. We needed his scoring and he
enjoyed it. It's part of his personality. Without KA we weren't headed
anywhere, possibly not even the playoffs at the 8. I wished for a KA trade
after the season and got it. However, I did not expect to trade a diamond
for glass. We mostly got a bunch of crap. Suffering the season again with KA
would have been better if we knew the end result of these awful
transactions. I believe the spirit of Pierce and Walker has been broken.
They will hurt the team development more because they have to hog games.

DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg" <pakpoy@bigpond.net.au>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:26 AM
Subject: Kenny Anderson


> Here's an interesting excerpt on Kenny Anderson by Kevin Pelton writing
for
> hoopsword.com. Also of  note, in what is a fairly comprehensive analysis
on
> Seattle, there is not one mention of Joe Forte.
>
>   "The biggest question mark in my mind is currently Kenny Anderson.
During
> the middle of last week, McMillan indicated that Anderson might not get
the
> kind of minutes he and most fans expected him to play. It seems that
Anderson
> might strictly play only when Payton is out of the ballgame. It also seems
> that might be too much, as Anderson has been downright horrid during
preseason
> play. His shooting has been abysmal thus far (13 of 49, 26.5%), but the
> concern is not so much making the shots as taking them. Anderson is
shooting
> about once every three minutes, far too much given that even during last
> year's bounceback with Boston, he was still only a mediocre shooter. When
he
> isn't shooting, Anderson is dribbling . . . and dribbling . . . and
dribbling.
> It's as if he's traded jerseys with Shammond Williams, bringing back all
the
> repressed memories of offenses not starting until five seconds remain on
the
> shot clock and forced jumpers.
>
>   Watching Anderson play in the playoffs last year and during preseason
this
> year, he seems like an entirely different player. I will grant that I did
not
> watch Boston much during the regular season, when Anderson was not as
> effective as he was in the playoffs, but I was expecting a whole lot more.
> This could be a bit of a vicious cycle: Anderson's unhappy, so he shoots a
ton
> and doesn't pass. That leads to him playing less, which only makes him
> unhappier, which makes him hog the ball even more. With scorers like
> Radmanovic and Mason on the second unit needing to play with the ball and
move
> it, this simply can't continue. Hopefully Anderson will come to his senses
and
> play better team ball when the regular season starts, but I'm not
optimistic
> about what, if anything, he'll give the Sonics this year"