Re: Post West coast trip notes

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good points. The present looks entertaining at best. The future bright.
Being in the bottom of the top 1/3 of the League will have to do. Aside from
a few blow outs which I expected, the team is keeping the fans and
turnstiles interested.

DanF

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Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 8:05 AM
Subject: Post West coast trip notes


> Van Gundy said that Obie instructs his players to either shoot the three
or 7
> foot inward. He discourages the midrange shot....
>
> Grant Long is taking over Kedrick's role as 3 point shooter....
>
> I don't think Dick Harter's defense work against the Princeston offense.
Both
> the Nets and Kings run the Princeston offense....
>
> I think we finally found a player who can stop PP one-on-one in Doug
> Christe...
>
> I look like to see Kedrick just take the ball on the left side and explode
to
> the rim and cram it with his right hand. I hate seeing him waste his
athletic
> ability trying to be a jump shooter....
>
> Obie finally admits that it isn't defense that puts players on the floor.
It
> is whether you can shoot the three or not....
>
> Van Gundy thinks Baker is out of the rotation now. I have to agree
unless.....
>
> Getting hot on the three against the Warriors sure enough made the Cs
think
> they were a good three point shooting team. They took so many rushed or
> offbalance threes last night. When will they learn?....
>
> I don't like it but Obie just may have a chance with his three-point
shooting
> strategy. However, I believe it can only be successful it you have a guy
who
> can penetrate to open things up for the three-point shooters. It is too
much
> to ask PP to do that the whole game. If you really want this offense to
work,
> you got to get a point guard who and dribble around and suck in the
defense.
> I don't think the Cs have enough to go to the finals until Bremer develops
a
> little further or they get better in the point guard area next summer...
>
> The Czar said that Obie said that Battie is one big bang away from getting
> surgury. That makes the Blount deal make a lot more sense. However, the
thing
> that really makes the deal nice is that we get the 2 million trade
exception.
> Since we know that Obie can't develop players, look for the Cs to take
their
> two no. 1s plus Kedrick and the 2 million exception and get a significant
> players next summer....
>
> Walter is really playing great right now (what an understatement). I might
> want to add most of his shots are coming from the baseline which is the
same
> position he played in college.....
>
> DJessen33