Re: Minutes

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OB is still trying out how to use this roster. Watch him as he kneels and
crosses an index finger over pursed lips and squints in deep thought.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: <Eggcentric@AOL.com>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:45 AM
Subject: Minutes


> Walter is basically a tall SF. So it is not surprising that when Battie
> plays,
> Walter's minutes at center are those of a third or fourth stringer.  What
is
> surprising is that when Battie does not play, Walter's minutes at center
> strangely skip all the way to first string.
>
> Several weeks back, McCarty was playing the best bball of his career.
> Then suddenly without warning, even his minutes at SF were turned over
> to Kedrick who temporarily arose from the dead to once again jog up
> the floor and standeth at the right of the three-point stripe. The
> additions of Long and Blount further impacted Walter's playing time
> eventually leading to only seven minutes against Denver. Then suddenly
> last night, in the absence of Battie, Walter (not Blount) logged
thirty-five
> minutes against Utah.  He even won the Tommy Award.  And Kedrick,
> after seeing only six minutes against the Nets, five minutes against the
> Pacers, and a DNP against Denver, was allowed twenty-one minutes.
>
> Obie's utilization of his roster, in particular his concern in waiting for
> THE PERFECT matchup to unleash these two secret weapons is - well I just
> cannot find the appropriate word for it.
>
> Eggy