Re: Re: Kenny Anderson

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have no illusions of KA's talent. He was average at best compared to the
League. My point was he did for us what he did. He was our 3rd scoring
option. We still are stuck with shooting guards and no one with real proven
point skills.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Giovanello" <vze238de@verizon.net>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Kenny Anderson


> I dont know if I would ever compare Kenny Anderson to a diamond.   Kenny
has always been a talented but underperforming player when you consider that
talent.  Even in his rennaisance year with the Celts (where he bought into
the system, the role, and tried), his defense was subpar, especially against
quicker guards (Kidd eat him for dinner in the playoffs).
>
> He also was not a great point guard in running the offense.  He was
certainly competent, which we cant say at this point about the current Celts
PGs.  However, after scoring a few buckets he tended to get too big for his
britches.  He also fell into the category of PGs who would rather
dribble/shoot than pass - leading to numerous missed opportunities for easy
hoops.   One thing I will say about him - he ran the break very well imho.
>
> I dont really miss him.  The team might as the season progresses, but if
you think that if Kenny were here Vin would be getting the ball on time and
target when he set up on the block - I dont see it happening.
>
> Hopefully OB will force the entire team to realize that their rise and
fall depends on how they work Baker into the offense and help him help the
team.
> >
> > From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
> > Date: 2002/10/22 Tue AM 06:49:15 CDT
> > To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
> > Subject: Re: Kenny Anderson
> >
> > 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"