Re: Boston Globe - Martins, Shaughnessy

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> From    : owner-celtics@igtc.com
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> Date    : Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:28:06 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject : Re: Boston Globe - Martins, Shaughnessy
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>  with Toine and/or
> Pierce on the bench, guys will naturally look for
> Baker as one of the few guys out there who knows how
> to put the ball in the bucket, and as that progresses
> his confidence will grow.
> 

That may be true, but bear in mind that either Walker or 
Pierce will be on the court nearly 100% of the time. Both 
guys play around 40 a night, with usually one guy on the 
floor at all times.

That's not necessarily bad for Baker, but he's still not 
going to be the first scoring option. I think its more 
likely that he'll get passes from the captains than from 
the four other bench jockeys. They seem to care about 
getting him involved for one thing. We'll see.

Personally, I'd like Obie to spend entire practices 
having all the perimeter guys feed the post under 
defensive pressure, even if they'll ultimately do it much 
less frequently in games. 

They need to know how to execute that play well, and a 
lot of it is timing with the movements of the big guy, 
through repetitions in practice.

The thing with Bakerand many other players moving 
without the ball is he looks like he's seriously loafing 
at times, presumably to get his defender's guard down. He 
doesn't seem to be moving with much of a sense of purpose 
or energy. Then he makes his move and locks into the 
post. Its basically that moment (or never) that the 
passer needs to feed the post. Its timing. You've got 
even less than the three seconds. 

Even if the Celtics just execute it successfully two or 
three times particularly early in a game, the benefits 
are obvious. It opens things up and makes everyone's life 
easier. Plus its not entirely selfless. Baker is a sharp 
passer down there.

Vin's going to be a major disappointment in Boston if all 
he does is try to score on offensive put backs.  Of 
course it should be a point of emphasis for him (get 
aggressive down there), but it should also be a point of 
emphasis for the rest of the team to practice feeding the 
post during practices. 

Any player who have been with the Celtics for longer than 
one season might not even remember how to do it. Obie can 
change that. And Vin's got to start acting more hungry 
and greedy too. If he wants to, he can manhandle Shawn 
Bradley and Raef Lafrentz. They'll still block a few 
shots, but he needs to be relentless against them.


Joe H.
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