Re: Tales of a former All-Star

[Kim Malo <kimmalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:12 PM 1/30/03 -0500, Celtic4Hire@AOL.com wrote:
> Baker tries to keep his position as close as he can to the box and
> keep his guy pinned and bends over and reaches for the ball where the other
> Cs will leave the box position to receive the ball.
Hmmm, interesting.
OK, He certainly does do that. And you at least give a reason why it might 
be intentional vs just lazy/slow/etc.. It's been especially noticeable with 
Walker out, because Pierce almost always leads away with his passes. I'll 
even buy into it as a factor -if far from the primary one- for why he has 
such difficulty catching and hanging on to passes into the post when he 
does get them, since he's reaching for them and maybe concentrating more on 
pinning his man than on the pass itself.

>  This is why the same pass
> can make a difference between two different players. A legitimate point guard
> knows the right time and right place where each player wants the ball. Pretty
> straight forward BB stuff.
Yup, good points. Although I'll still say that Vinnie just loses the ball 
too often when it does reach him (passes and rebounds). He's gotten a bit 
better over the season, but not enough that I'd want to risk the likely 
turnover by passing it to him with any regularity. That's something to be 
laid at his own door and not to be excused as always just a bad or wrong 
pass, even if some of his problems stem from that. It's not as if he's just 
got Vitaly-like hands of stone, so my hope is that it's something that can 
and will be worked on with some targeted strengthening workouts there and 
improved technique (like not bringing the ball down in the first place).

Kim