Re: Kenny Anderson

["Lance Jacobson" <lancejacob@xxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting, Dan.  Hard to believer that the IGTC board has any KA fans on
it; I felt like a lone wolf.

You're 100% right about "diamond for glass".  I could tolerate the idea of
SWill and Delk replacing Kenny because the coach used the 3pt shot and
Walker to run the offense; in that role, the supposed PGs were better
shooters and defenders so that there's no big loss of the true PG skills.
However, the offenses DO set up with these guys, and it's horrific.  SWill
gets smothered inside, taking lousy shots, and Delk doesn't create a thing
for his teammates from the perimeter.

I remember Obie saying that Rodney would fill in for Twan, allowing the guy
some rest.  Didn't ever get used that way.  Is this another example of spin
from the BT that tries to mask the bad tradeoff of jumpshooting PGs that do
nothing else for the offense?  If our team falls down this season, it'll be
because Delk and SWill don't make anybody's jobs easier, not because of
Baker's weaknesses in his 20 min of PT.  But will that be recognized by
management?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:49 AM
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"