RE: Stay patient with Kedrick

["Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To be fair, Mark, I think that his ankly injury slowed him down immensely
and scared the shit outta the Celt's management.  Imagine if they had
brought him back too quickly and he reinjured it.  There would have been
plenty of folks lambasting them for poor judgement.

Besides, the team was winning at that time, so their thought was probably to
go with what was working at the time.

I have seen those "flashes" and also wish I could see them more regularly.
You would have found the same thing in McGrady during the first half of year
2 for him and he wasn't as injured as Kedrick has been.  

I agree with Barkley when he says that by drafting these young guys, you are
probably just investing in another team's future. 

Cecil  

-----Original Message-----
From: Berry, Mark S [mailto:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
Sent: January 17, 2003 11:50 AM
To: 'Michael J.King Sr.'; Berry, Mark S; celtics@igtc.com
Subject: RE: Stay patient with Kedrick


Don't you think Kedrick has to show something either in practice or games to
get that playing time? It's not as if he has to steal minutes from Pierce.
He just needs to take time from Eric Williams and Walter McCarty, for crying
out loud. If he could accomplish ANYTHING while he's in there, Obie would
play him more. They've been begging Kedrick since the summer league to show
something and they're still waiting. He's not a rookie anymore. He's had two
training camps, two summer leagues and more than 130 games. It would be one
thing if he was showing progress, but he isn't. He isn't showing much of
anything.

Mark



 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Michael J.King Sr. [mailto:kingpin@primenet.com] 
Sent:	Friday, January 17, 2003 10:31 AM
To:	Berry, Mark  S; celtics@igtc.com
Subject:	RE: Stay patient with Kedrick

At 06:43 AM 01/17/2003, Berry, Mark  S wrote:
>Look guys, I don't enjoy the thought that Kedrick is a bust anymore than
you
>do.

Could have fooled me then.


>I think characterizing Kedrick's "flashes" as anything significant is
>showing some real green-tinted observation skills.

Not everyone' s productivity is the same and most rookies do take time to 
develop especially when they are young and very inexperienced such as 
kedrick. The above makes it sound like if one doesn't agree with you that 
we are dumbasses. I'm sure that isn't your intention but.... 
Anyway  overall KB hasn't been overly impressive but his defense has been 
very good and those "flashes" are at the least encouraging.  Lastly  KB by 
your own post has only played about 153 minutes in 15 NBA games this 
season. That is surely not enough time to label someone either a bust or a 
phenom IMO. Obie must take some of the heat for not playing KB on a regular 
basis and allowing him to get into some type of rhythm and building up his 
confidence.  Look I am not saying that you are wrong but how about waiting 
for the sample size of his PT to be more than just a total of just over 3 
regulation NBA games!
Just my thoughts and YMMV. Later.Mike