Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #332

["Lance Jacobson" <lancejacob@xxxxxxxxx>]

The issue isn't so much Kenny, as it was the loss of a playmaker with no
replacement.  Vin's got to get back to some scoring and defensive form, and
I predicted that he wouldn't be part of the starting unit until such time as
the chemistry is evident and that the captains share the ball.

Right now, our first string offense is lacking, even if their defense looks
fairly solid.  How is this going to improve, with Obie's precious "teaching
time" dwindling after this week?   We know that the second string has four
scorers, whereas the starters only have three, so there's a little edge
there.  I'm less worried about the second string defense than the lack of
production from our vaunted starting unit.  Can't they work for better
shots, or is the inability to find Battie by our "PG committee" at fault?

Not much time left to find out, and this week's opponents have plenty of
horsepower to keep up with.  85 point outputs won't cut it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David A Wickerham" <aw623@bfn.org>
To: <GuyClinch@AOL.com>
Cc: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #332


> The trade happened 2 months ago.  Its time to get over it and move
> forward.  if we really want Kenny Anderson back, I'm sure we can get him
> next year for a fraction of his current contract.
>
> I rooted for the Celtics during the John Y Brown era, and I'm certainly
> not going to bail out now.  Doesn't really matter whether it was a good
> trade or a bad trade anymore, since the blame will be laid at the feet of
> Gaston who is long gone.
>
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 GuyClinch@AOL.com wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > >
> > > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > Well I don't like the trade either..
> > Its not that Kenny was so good its that Baker is so mediocre, and we are
> > paying way to much for him. It would have been smarter to trade Kenny
for a
> > few cheap "mediocre" players rather then sink it into this vaunted "low
post"
> > threat. The low
> > post game is so overrated by this list, IMHO. Battie is twice the player
> > Baker is with
> > our current point guards.
> >
> > You need a guy like Kenny to make a low post threat work. I mean come on
he
> > set up Battie and Potapenko regularly and those guys don't even have a
low
> > post game!
> >
> > Odd trade. I would have just held on to Kenny and let his contract
expire, if
> > we couldnt find a few suitable players for him.
> >
> > I have read over the CBA FAQ and I still think that such a move would
have
> > benefited our team. I don't understand why we needed to "use" that
salary.
> > Couldn't we have just signed a free agent the year after?
> >
> > Also I just miss Kenny's game...
> > He didnt just rely upon athleticism..but was a real old school point
guard
> > out there...
> > He was tricky and smart. He reminded me of Sherm Douglas some..the last
> > decent point guard we had before Kenny.
> >
> > Pete
> >
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>   Dave Wickerham
>   aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu
>   Saratoga Springs, NY