Re: In the hunt

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

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 If Obie has demonstrated so little confidence in Kedrick 
while AW was out, then it seems like Kedrick's future is 
written, at least while he is with the Celts.  Same for 
the non-productive Baker.  
 
These two players are not the only examples of the 
unpublicized battle-of-the-wills between Obie and 
Wallace.  I do not blame Obie for not utilizing the 
square pegs with which Wallace has burdened him.

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I hope you don't mind my saying that there's a risk of 
over-stating things with all this talk of vindictiveness. 

In that specific game (Detroit), the Celtics were 10 down 
for a lot of the half, and Obie needed a hot perimeter 
shooter (Walt) more than he needed Kedrick to come in 
defensively to help stop a team that couldn't hit the 
broad side of a barn.

We'll see what the future holds (I'm as curious as you), 
but I think this may have been a matchup issue and game 
situations. It happens a lot.

I say this because, although Kedrick hasn't played 
notably better since first joining the rotation back in 
Texas, he actually averaged barely 16 minutes in those 
first five games starting with Dallas (high of 21, low of 
14). 

In the five most recent games that followed, he upped 
that to 24 mpg, or half the game. Boston was 4-1 in those 
games too, thus Obie could have done a better job of 
being vindictive. Hopefully the Detroit game was a blip, 
in terms of playing time for Kedrick.

Incidentally the stats you gave show Kedrick at .500 (1-
2) on treys when in fact he was 1-7. He also has missed 3 
of his last 8 freethrows. For the most part, he only 
suffers from that one glaring deficiency (shot accuracy). 
For the life of me, I can't get how he could be that bad.

This doesn't resemble a slump so much as poor shooting 
technique. Sometimes a persons shooting form will be 
completely different in games than in warmups. Somehow, 
the hand in your face and motion on the court will 
distract you. Because there is NO WAY this kid is making 
10-15 shots in a row in warmups, with those kinds of 
mechanics. He's either lying or he's shooting it 
differently...maybe jumping a little less or more, maybe 
following through better, maybe hesitating and jerking a 
little less. 

If he could shoot it, he'd be a fascinating NBA ball 
player. I'm used to watching all the big jumpers since 
the Jordan era, but this guy jumps like out of a cartoon. 
Maybe the other guys just saved it for the offensive end, 
because no one in the NBA goes up as high as fast for a 
defensive rebound as this kid. 




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