Re: [Celtics' Stuff ] What to do, when you are dealt five threes?-Herald

[CeltsSteve@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 11/27/03 7:26:21 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx writes:

> This is what scares me about Obie and Banks. We need Banks to be creating 
> offense and at this level of his development, he needs to be playing on the 
> edge.  . .  Maybe Obie is just coaching and trying to get him to improve. But 
> based on Obie's history, I'm afraid he is going to take his offense from 
> him....
> 
> DJessen33


DJ,

I'm not trying to single you out but with all due respect, which is it?   A 
day and 1/2 ago you almost blew a blood vessel in your rant against O'Brien for 
"not coaching" after a tough loss and now you lament the fact that "maybe 
Obie is just coaching" after a hard fought, much needed road win that saw Paul 
finally shake loose in the 4th quarter (how welcome of a sight was that?). 

We witnessed EWill continually go inside and draw contact to get to the line, 
we witnessed Vin continue to do his thing, and we witnessed a grand total of 
a mere 11 shot attempts from 3-point land for the entire game. 

Yet I'm still reading occasional posts about Obie's reliance on the 3-ball or 
Obie's lack of creativity to devise motion offense. The team recorded 21 
assists on 35 made baskets.  

The one stat I want to see increased is shot attempts. The team only had 72 
official shots last night vs. Orlando's 85. I'd like to see the shot 
attempts/game increase to at least the 90-95 range. That tells me they are pushing tempo 
and also doing a better job on the offensive boards to create second chance 
opportunities.        
    
CeltsSteve