Fwd: Kenny points to Nets

[JB <jimmetz@xxxxxxx>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jim Metz <james.metz@verizon.net>
> Date: Thu Sep 19, 2002  10:33:20  PM US/Eastern
> To: Tammo29@AOL.com
> Subject: Re: Kenny points to Nets
>
>
> On Thursday, September 19, 2002, at 12:14  PM, Tammo29@AOL.com wrote:
>
>> There is no question that Anderson was the best ball handler on the 
>> team and
>> because of that the team ran much more smoothly when he was in. BUT 
>> running
>> smoothly does not always mean winning and we did win without him 
>> (5-1...the
>> one loss being Dallas).
> Tammo
>
> *******************
>
> 	There you go again, clouding the issue with facts.
>
> JB
> *****************************
> And that reporter (Bulpett I believe) was wrong.  Pierce led the team 
> in +/-.
>  Anderson led the team in per minute +/-.  Saying Anderson led the 
> team in
> +/- is like saying Battie led the team in rebounding.  His per minute
> rebounding was top 15 in the league, Antoine's was #66.  But Antoine 
> was
> still our leading rebounder because the league doesn't deal in 
> hypothetical.
>
> Tammo
> *************************
>
> Would you have those statistics? I'd love to see the whole teams 
> numbers.	JB
> ************************
>
> JB, you and I always saw eye to eye on the importance of a good
> 'distributing' point guard.  In fact I think I brought up Sanchez, 
> among
> others, as a possibility the year he entered the draft, and you've been
> running with him ever since.
> Tammo
> *********************
> 	Could this also be true? My recollection, is reading about him, on 
> some draft guru's page of point guard possibilities and doing a 
> "Sherlock" search on several of them and finding and posting a long 
> article, which included a phrase, to the effect; that when he 
> dribbled, the ball seemed like an extension of his body and that he 
> was truly "a point guard born," but I'm sure if I stick to that story, 
> too vehemently, you will come up with the article and the one of yours 
> with an  earlier date. LOL
> 	All in all, Tammo a very good post. I don't begrudge you your inside 
> information, in fact, au contraire, it just adds to all of our 
> insights here.
> 	In closing, though, I'd like to add that Anderson's legs were shot, 
> before he ever got to Boston.  He missed a lot of games, yes. He was 
> not a "smiley face" personality, but he was the best point guard the 
> C's have had in many years and he played his ass off last season.
> 	I'll still wonder why Jimmy O'Brien, who gives all appearances of 
> discounting pure point guard skills, had to play Kenny for so many 
> minutes and still seems in denial, over needing those skills on this 
> seasons team.
>
>
> 		JB
>
> 	Unchain My Heart !