Shammond = Sam Vincent?

["Donald Liles" <dliles@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I will admit I do not have many opportunities to see the celts, 
but in the last week I have been able to see the New Orleans, 
Dallas and Houston games. My initial take on Shammond is that 
he does seem to take some crazy runs to the basket without 
allowing his teammates to get back. There was one point last night 
when I think Mobley or someone blocked his shot, he could have 
slowed up and hit someone cutting to the basket perhaps but no 
he took it alone. 

It seemed very reminiscent of the mid-late 80s when Sam Vincent 
would get the rebound and do the same thing. Again, I don't get to 
see them so often so perhaps an unfair comparison.

One thing that continually frustrates me is the Celts inability to 
know how to trim leads and get back in games. In last nights game 
they could have switched to 2pt shots easily enough after it got 
down to 2-3 points. One shot by Kedrick from the corner was a 
perfect example of how not to get back in games, I don't even think 
anyone was on him. It was a 2-3 point game with what 1 min or 
1:30 left, plenty of time to take patient shots, or God forbid make 
some drives to the basket. 

As a side note did anyone else think it just looked funny when Vin 
Baker drove in against Yao Ming only to get blocked?