Re: [Celtics' Stuff ] Re: Free agents

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Correct, it's time to see what K. Brown can do. I don't care about making
the playoffs. Unless you can come in the top 4. 7-8 are strictly welfare. So
let's play these young guys no matter who they are. OB has this thing about
earning a spot to play. Maybe just maybe one of these new players will be a
bonus and we'd have 3 players on the team.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GuyClinch@xxxxxxx>
To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff ] Re: Free agents


> > AS I said you keep PP and AW on the floor like last year and they're
just
> > about guaranteed for a major injury - we've skirted it too long. Second,
> > you're entitled to think that all those guys (Banks, Perkins, Hunter)
getting
> > major minutes (20-25mpg is MAJOR minutes) will get us to the playoffs -
I think
> > it will get us a lottery pick (high lotto maybe if AW and PP stay
healthy, and
> > produce to the same level or better then last year, but lotto
nonetheless).
> >
>
>
> No, Celts would probably win more games with some of the younger guys on
the
> floor. I am not sure about Hunter and Perkins, but Banks and Brown should
> definetly get major minutes. We would lose nothing..
>
> Don't believe me? Look carefully at some of the "production" of the guys
that
> we used last year.
>
> In 99-00 Walter McCarty shot .339 from the floor and averaged 3.8  points.
> The year after that he shot .357 from the floor averaged 2.2 points. And
this
> is already from an older "veteran". There is a reason why he barely
played.
> He is "barely NBA" guy.
>
> In 00-01 E. Williams shot a whopping .362 from the floor and averaged 7.2
> points.
> Neither Williams or McCarty can rebound worth a damn.. E. Williams is
another
> marginal NBA player. That's the truth. Neither of these guys would
dominate
> in the summer league...
>
> Honestly with PP and AW you could replace the entire 11 other guys on the
> team with minimum pickups from the FA market and still win 40+ games. The
Celtics
> "bench" had virtually no talent whatsoever.. Save perhaps a glimmer of
hope
> in K. Brown.
>
> We aren't talking players on the Kings here.. Anyone can see that our
rookies
> could EASILY match the production of some of the "veteran" guys who were
> getting time. Heck even the much malinged K. Brown would have vastly out
rebounded
> McCarty and E. Williams if he was given similar minutes last year.
>
> The plays that Williams and McCarty made come almost solely off of the
> existence of Paul Pierce and AW. PP demands a double team and sometimes a
triple
> team routinely. Even summer league guys could score off that kind of
defense..
>
> Your vastly overrating the talent of some of our guys. We don't need to
give
> all our rookies 20-25 minutes.. But there is nothing wrong with playing
say
> Banks and Brown alot, IMHO. SF and PG were very weak positions last year
and
> that combo would significantly outplay them.  Brown should only play with
Banks,
> BTW.  He isn't much of half court player..
>
> Hunter (if he makes the team) and Perkins might be able to find some
time..if
> they look good in practice. Probably no more then 5 minutes for Perkins
and
> ten for Hunter though.
>
> Pete