re: Re: Kedrick

[wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

And Kedrick's time to shine is running out. 

Soon, Ainge favorite #1 Jones will debut in the starting lineup.
Then Ainge favorite #2 Welsch needs playing time to develop.
And O'Brien fave McCarty is still around, killing us loudly with his
song.
Ray

> ** Original Subject: Re: Kedrick
> ** Original Sender: Tammo29@xxxxxxx
> ** Original Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 12:32:11 -0800 (PST)

> ** Original Message follows... 

>
> >>>Kedrick, for all his passiveness so
> far, at least doesn't NEGATIVELY affect the game).  <<<
> 
> I would have to disagree with that.  I think any time a player isn't making 
> his mark on the game in some way, be it shooting, rebounding, defending, 
> whatever, he is negatively affecting the game.  You can't just sleep walk through 
> the game without it affecting your teammates.  Someone has to pick up the slack.
> There was one time last game where the ball was worked around to a wide open 
> Kedrick and he absolutely froze.  He ended up throwing the ball to Pierce who 
> was about 2 feet beyond the three point line with one-second on the shot 
> clock.  That's not good.  And it's nothing new.  I remember complaining about the 
> same thing his rookie year.
> 
> 
> >>One other thing:  Some have wondered out loud why
> Kedrick isn't getting that many rebounds.  Well, he
> plays the other teams' best wing player, thus keeping
> him on the perimeter more often than not. 
> Furthermore, he usually is running the break instead
> of coming back to garner the rebound.  Lastly, on
> offense, he's often protecting against the other
> teams' fast break and is unable to get any offensive
> rebounds.  <<
> 
> I don't know.  These sound like excuses to me.  Pierce has all the same 
> responsibilities yet he had 10 rebounds the last game to Kedricks 3.  Is Eddie 
> Jones any more of a perimeter player than Dwayne Wade?  Is Posey any more of a 
> perimeter player than Miller?  Paul spent a significant amount of time guarding 
> both Wesley and Davis last game because the Hornets went small a lot.
>   You could point to playing time, but that doesn't really explain it either. 
>  Pierce is averaging 39 minutes 8.3 rebounds.  Kedrick is averaging 23 
> minutes, 2.0 rebounds.
> To me it looks like Kedricks main problems in rebounding are twofold.  He 
> doesn't anticipate very well (this has been Battie's biggest problem as well), 
> and he doesn't fight for position. If the ball comes right to where he happens 
> to be, he's just fine.  Unfortunately that doesn't happen very often in the 
> pro's. 
>  I think these both stem from his being able to just out "athlete" players 
> all of his life.  He's finding he can't do that now and he's not adjusting well 
> so far.
> These are fundamental things that can be learned if a player wants to take 
> the time to learn them and has the discipline to use them.
> 
> 
> TAM

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