Re: re:Kedrick is tying Danny's hands

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Way, your Way lost again. You can't predict such things. I'll give you
credit for digging up the stat stuff and mathcups but your crystal ball is
very dim...

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:59 PM
Subject: re: re:Kedrick is tying Danny's hands


> As regards the Hornets game, remember people they were missing Mashburn.
> Healthy Mashburn = NO blowout.
> Ray
>
>
> > ** Original Subject: re:Kedrick is tying Danny's hands
> > ** Original Sender: Tammo29@xxxxxxx
> > ** Original Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:38:10 -0800 (PST)
>
> > >>>>Finally, I'm going to give Obie a mulligan on the NO game, but I'd
better
> > see a trend toward the style of the opening game tomorrow night, and not
> > toward the style we saw in NO. I know Josh was encouraged because it was
a
> > close game, on the road, and the third game in four nights. True enough.
> > <<<<<<<<
> >
> > I agree with Josh there.  I think last years team loses that game by 20
> > points.  Instead, we had stretches were we matched them shot, stretches
were we
> > made some stops and we were in it till the end.
> >
> >
> > >>>>But watching it was discouraging because they went back to last
year's
> > style of
> > trying to force it to Pierce, who then started forcing shots. There
wasn't
> > much ball movement. They didn't recognize any mismatches. And the
rotation
> > was shortened quite a bit with the emphasis on Blount and McCarty
(Walter
> > looks as bad as he ever has right now). <<<<<<<
> >
> > My thoughts exactly.  I've never been a huge O'Brien fan.  I think games
like
> > Saturday nights just magnify his lack of offensive ingenuity.  He's just
> > so......vanilla.
> > Is there any question who was the better coach out there Saturday?
Floyd
> > changed the tempo of the game with pressure on the ball.  Floyd dictated
how the
> > game would be played on the Hornets offenisive end by playing a three
guard
> > offense for a good portion of the game and we never tried to exploit it
at the
> > other end.  We never tried to force a change ourselves by just pouning
it down
> > low, play after play.  We had an advantage in height and numbers and
never
> > once used it.  Magloire was in early foul trouble and we never took
advantage.
> > West, a rookie,  was playing Baker for a stretch and we never went at
him.
> > Why?
> >
> > >>>>But they have to find ways to handle this pressure. I was really
> > disappointed to see less and less of the high-low offense in the last
two
> > games. They have big men perfectly suited to that attack, but a little
> > pressure on the ball seemingly took them out of that altogether. <<<<<<<
> >
> >
> > I don't understand why Raef and Vin aren't on the floor together more
often.
> > They would be perfect for the high low game.  I think O'Brien puts his
> > lineups together with defense in mind, and I can understand that I
suppose.  He
> > thinks Baker/Blount and Battie/LaFrentz give the best combinations of
offense and
> > defense.  Still, it wouldn't hurt to mix things up a little bit.
Especially
> > down the stretch when you need points.
> >
> >
> > >>>And the way they were trying to force it to Pierce when he was being
> > overplayed was
> > embarrassing. What about a down screen? Or using Pierce as the pick man
on a
> > pick-and-roll? It's like Obie forgot Basketball 101. There are plenty of
> > ways to get a guy the ball when the defense is overplaying like
that.<<<<
> >
> > More of the same basic vanilla.  I think O'Brien called his number every
> > single play down the stretch and the Hornets just weren't going to let
that
> > happen.  Forget the double teams on the sidelines 23 feet from the
basket.  Forget
> > all the over playing and denial.  How much time did we waste just trying
to get
> > him the ball?  Yet O'Brien made no changes.  I just find that
mind-boggling.
> >
> > If you want more proof as to how unimaginative O'Brien is, just look at
the
> > quotes from James about the last play against Memphis.
> > Get James the ball, clear out.  Let him go one on one and everyone else
get
> > to the baseline for a possible rebound.  Wow!
> > Ok, so it worked, this time.  I give Mike James all the credit in the
world.
> > But you would think that we could have come up with something better
than
> > that for the last play of the game.
> >
> >
> > TAM
>
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