RE: Obie's guys vs. Danny's guys

["Enrile, Roy" <renrile@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good point about the contest of wills that we'll see between Obrien and
Ainge.  Obie will win out.  Ainge won't meddle in player rotations much,
because the C's will be a winning a lot again.

Battie, Williams, Delk, Blount, McCarty basically gave Jimmy this dream
job and big money, with their overachieving defensive stops the past 2
years(The captains offensive talent didn't do it alone).  He'll always
be fiercely loyal to those five.  They've grown together and are in sync
in 4th quarters, kind of like the 90's Pacers or the Lakers championship
roleplayers.  

Ainge's guys: Kedrick, Jumaine, Hunter, James are great NBA athletes,
and I like their games.  But to Obrien, they're practice bodies,
unproven defenders, and insurance against injuries.  The coach will make
all of them(except Brown) pay their dues with small minutes, and
rotations through the injured list for a year.  "...The NBA is a mans
game...I'm going to play the men who give us the best chance of winning
that night...".


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Michael Joseph Byrnes

 Looking at
who gets the PG minutes will be a good way to get a feel for who is
really
running things, Danny or Obie.

Also, Obie likes to have his 8 man rotation.  An "Obie's guys" 8 man
roation would be: Battie, Walker, Williams, Pierce, Delk, Blount,
McCarty,
and Banks or James.  Ainge is going to want Banks, James, and Brown
and/or
Jones to be part of to regular rotation.