Re: Donnell Harvey & leaving early for the NBA

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

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> From    : owner-celtics@igtc.com
> To      : celtics@igtc.com
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> Date    : Thu, 20 Feb 2003 15:37:29 EST
> Subject : Re: Donnell Harvey & leaving early for the NBA
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> >Secondly, I'm developing some doubts about Bremer even 
> >when he shoots well.
> 
> >>>>Not that Shammond was much better lately at getting 
the 
> >>>>half-court going with 18-20 seconds left on the 
clock, 
> >>>>but at least he wasn't a risk to crash and burn 
under a 
> >>>>full court press like Bremer and Delk.
> 
>   Whoa....I usually agree with much of your analysis, 
but I think you're way 
> off the mark here.  Williams is the player that has 
struggled getting the 
> ball across halfcourt when pressed. Delk is a little 
better but not great.  I 
> don't recall a single turnover from Bremer under the 
same circumstances.
> Bremer's assist/turnover ratio of 3.08 is ninth in the 
league.
> Shammond's a/to ratio is 2.10
> Delk's a/to ratio is 2.22
> 
> Whatever the case, Shammond is now a Nugget. 
> 

Your numbers don't lie, and that's the bottom line I 
guess. Coming off a great shooting game like GS, its odd 
I would feel such unease about JR.

I find myself feeling impatient with Bremer in getting 
the offense running as quickly as is feasible. Even 
without any press, he sometimes takes his sweet time 
bringing it up court.

Bremer's a lead guard type who thrived last month on over-
dribbling until he could take it to the hole for a layin. 
It's fairly safe to say, at least in my opinion, that 
he's not yet much of a setup point guard. 

But what worries me is that ever since the Seattle series 
he's gradually reduced his performances to (aggressive) 
spot-up shooting rather than honing the more complete 
game he had. That's not what I want (standstill shooting) 
from a 30% bomber. When he tries to explore driving 
opportunities, the defense has adjusted to take it away 
with relative ease. And the nicest thing to say about his 
passing is that he's highly risk averse (hence, in part, 
the high a-to ratio).

I don't know how this will turnout. Truthfully, I was 
never that comfortable with Eric Strickland either, and 
basically Bremer brings the same genre of two-way skill 
and aggressiveness.

Honestly, I appreciate Bremer's aggressiveness. What 
separates him most from Kedrick is a total fearlessness 
about incurring wrath by dominating the ball, holding it 
too long, being slow getting the offense going. He 
doesn't have a rookie's sense of shame. He's too hungry 
for that.

While he's tremendously prudent about not turning the 
ball over, I would love a 3:1 assist to turnover ratio a 
lot more from a starter if he actually was effective 
enough to even AVERAGE 3 whole assists instead of 2.2 per 
game.

At his best, he's a fearless lead guard who looks for his 
own shot. If he loses that aggressiveness and starts spot-
up shooting, I sense he is at risk falling into the same 
slump Shammond fell into for a month. That's the vibe I 
got this past week. Maybe its irrational.

But if he's TOO aggressive with the ball, well frankly I 
think we have other and better scoring options. How I 
felt about Strickland is how I feel about Bremer. I guess 
that's not so bad.

I'd really like JR to have a great Celtics career. I love 
his general comportment. But since he's not a setup guy, 
I want him to at least race the ball over and get it to 
Pierce or Walker quickly.

And in the long run, I worry. I find myself blaming our 
point guards (including the starter Bremer) for these 
near disastrous scoring droughts and 18-2 runs.

Maybe these impressions are unfair. Like I said-- and you 
said-- the statistics look good.

He and Delk are tough guys, and maybe they can make a big 
splash in the playoffs. I hope the Celtics can address 
our inconsistency and scoring droughts by then.






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