Re: Kedrick's playing time

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe wrote:

If in a few years he's only as good as Michael Curry, 
that's fine with me. "Pitching beat Offense" on Tuesday, 
with the hottest player in the NBA getting held to a 2-11 
start by Curry on his way to 21 missed shots or whatever.

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Joe, Pierce's FG percentage only recently creeped to 40 percent. It doesn't
take a defensive stopper to force Pierce to miss 21 shots. It just takes
time. :-)

But in all seriousness, Joe, do you think Detroit would trade Rip Hamilton,
one of the worst defenders in the NBA, for Bruce Bowen, one of the best
defenders? No way. I'm not discounting the value of defense, just pointing
out that none of us as fans should be satisfied when the BDT has three picks
in one of the deepest drafts in recent NBA history and comes away with a
Michael Curry at the 11th pick. Celtics fans have high standards, not just
for our team and players, but for the people running the team. The BDT isn't
even approaching those standards. Not even close.

Mark