Misc.

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

For those who may be wondering, one reason that Kedrick 
got a DNP-CD versus Indiana (apart from clearly being in 
Obie's doghouse) may be the five fouls he accumulated in 
just 14 minutes in the previous 98-93 win over Indiana.

On the other hand, Kedrick did get 5 offensive boards in 
that puny span while Artest (1-10) and Reggie Miller (1-
7) were non factors. In fairness, it was also Kedrick's 
first time around against this team, so presumably he 
could learn from his mistakes too.

I point this out because it was right after that 14-
minute Kedrick stint versus Indiana (in the wake of a 15 
and 16 minute games of the Texas trip)that Kedrick first 
started getting bigger minutes.

Over the next five games he played half the game (24 mpg) 
as a regular part of the C's rotation. Boston went 4-1 
and held teams to 88.2 ppg and a low FG%.

Coinciding with his subsequent benching in favor of 
others, Boston is 0-3 and allowing 104.3 ppg. In the last 
two, we've allowed 87 ppg after just THREE quarters. What 
the heck is that?

It would not be very intelligent to overstate this 
causality. Its not really about Kedrick.

But let's just say that the PROBLEM against Indiana 
wasn't how we ran our offense. To wit, if Boston scored 
100 points like that in every game this season, our 
record would be freaking 35-12.

I'm really not comfortable with Tony Delk at shooting 
guard defensively, nor ANY minutes we give to Shammond 
especially in combination with another puny guard. 

Obie seems to like Shammond a lot publicly, and some may 
also feel he's trying to showcase him for a trade to 
improve our team.

But it's not working. 

The following stat is not a typo: Shammond has 1 assist 
in his last 80 minutes of playing time (5 games). He has 
a 1:5 assist-turnover ratio in that span. Puh-lease. 

With a small shooting guard tonight in Wesley, its hard 
to say which direction Obie will go with his rotation.

I don't care who plays as long as we play defense. 
There's nothing I long for more than a game where we 
don't allow ANY 30-point quarters. We've allowed 28 
points (a 112 ppg pace)or more in six of the past eight 
quarters. That's garbage.

Does anyone out there want to see us keep giving up 28-32 
point quarters? Of course not.

Leaving one weak link out there (e.g. Shammond or others) 
is one link too many. It throws the whole system out of 
whack when someone can't stop penetration or move as 
fluidly as our most committed defenders.

Whatever the scoreboard reads, no matter the deficit, 
Obie needs to rotate in guys in who are eager to play 
shutdown defense, and have the bodies/athleticism to do 
it well. 48-minutes of hell.

Instead Obie's trying to stem the bleeding (and/or launch 
double digit comebacks) by putting in frail or gimpy 3-
point shooters who don't pass the ball. That's retahded.

Defense is what its all about. Its why we could lose 3 in 
a row and why we could win 6 of 7 just prior to that. 
That's basically what Walker said this weekend. Its true.

Joe H.













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