Re: Jersey

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well maybe till he cuts more teeth, he could spread it around more till he
gets to the point he can handle it. He's no Jordan. He has trouble making
his way..he's best coming off a screen or popping out...there are definitely
skills he has not polished..there were points in the game the team actually
functioned better without him...

This is not a knock on Pierce...just an observation...of 5 games I think he
had 2 bad ones..

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frederick Hurley" Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: Jersey


> My thinking on this is that perhaps Pierce feels like he is the only
> one on the team who has a lot of "crunch time" experience, at least
> over the last few seasons.  With Kenny Andersonlong gone, and now
> Antoine, it wouldn't be unexpected for Pierce to feel a little more
> pressure to make ALL the big shots.  If you were a veteran, would you
> particularly trust that Kedrick, Banks, Battie, et al are better at
> making a big shot than you?  Maybe Baker would be an obvious #2 option
> down the stretch, but he has a couple more months of this type of play
> before he begins to really regain some stature as a big-time player.
> Perhaps as he further establishes his role as the #2 guy, and proves he
> really is back, the Paul will feel less pressure to try and shoulder
> the entire crunch-time load.