Re: re:A quick review

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Real bad sign if Walker is throwing up 3,s galore. This is just one reason I
don't like Dopy Obie. He has control of nothing. If Banks is picking up his
dribble too far out why wasn't it worked on in camp. Don't we have scouts
that have any insight?????

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Tammo29@xxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: re:A quick review


> ***Once again my post was cut off.  Don't know why this keeps happening
but
> (hopefully) here's the rest of it.
>
> >>Blount seemed to be the worst of the four centers we had but he was
> starting.
> Didn't show me anything that Obie was raving about. Completely lost on the
> offensive end....<<
>
> Par for the course where the Celtics and Blount are concerned.  What would
a
> new season be without the Celtics blowing Blounts horn and then Blount
coming
> out and showing nothing?
>
>
> Only one Celtics starter had a positive assist to turnover ratio in this
> game...I'll let you all guess which one since no one else seemed to
notice.
> Vin Baker and Kendrick Perkins were the only players who saw more than 10
> minutes of playing time without a turnover.  Both had 2 assists.
>
> Despite playing only 22 minutes Antoine still took the most shots in this
> game and 1/3 of them were three pointers.  I don't think he has fully
bought into
> the new system.  I suppose time will tell.
>
> The thing that ultimately put this game out of reach for the Celtics was
the
> Piston's press.
> We not only couldn't run, we couldn't even get the ball over half court.
> The was especially so with the second string.  They had a ton of turnovers
> and also had problems scoring outside of Brown, who had a stretch where he
was a
> turnover machine.
>
> The defensive play of this game was put in by a hustling Paul Pierce who
> blocked what should have been a lay-up after a Walker turnover.
Unfortunately it
> went for naught when the Pistons were the only ones hustling with him and
got
> the put back basket.
>
> All in all it wasn't a terrible showing, but I certainly wasn't giddy over
> this game.
> We have a lot of work to do.
> I see more talent and athleticism on this team than I have seen in quite
some
> time.
> Now we have to translate that into a good basketball team.  A lot of that
is
> on the coaches shoulders.
>
>
> TAM