RE: [Celtics' Stuff ] Jones escapes purgatory: New Celt out of Cleveland

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

The Jumaine Jones trade was Jones and Ty Hill for Harpring, Ced
Henderson, Tractor.  Apparently Larry Brown was after the more rugged SF
(Harpring), to mirror Mckie/Snow.

As for Jones's defense, I watched a tape of last years Celts/Cavs game
and he had a monster first half on D and O.  Hustled the whole time, got
stops when assigned to Antoine and blocked a Pierce baseline dunk.  He
forced JR into turnovers several times on some fullcourt pressing.  So I
think his horrible defense could be a myth.

On offense he had 3 three-pointers (with Brown on him), in the first
half and a couple of assists.  Gorman was impressed.  But Jones isn't a
freak super athlete like Kedrick/RickyDavis.  His athleticsm, bodytype
and game pretty much match McCarty.  


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx

 Does anyone know what the Sixers traded 
him for? For those of you who have been mentioning a new pressing unit
that 
includes Jones, be forewarned that the Cleveland folks think he plays
horrible 
defense. That could be why Larry Brown, a defensive, toughness oriented
coach, 
traded him....

DJessen33