Re: Faith in Ainge

[David Van De Griek <davev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I like it, but where does Jiri fit into your plan?
With a summer of rest and a good training camp, Jiri could be a very important piece of the puzzle next season.
He is still very young.

Also, we have GOT to find at least 10-15 minutes a game for Hunter and Perkins the rest of the way.
How bad can it be with them in there.  We are already losing by 20 a night without them.  It can't get worse!
GIVE THEM SOME EXPERIENCE NOW!
If Carroll doesn't start playing these guys, Ainge better fire him and put someone else in charge for the last 24 games.

Dave

At Monday 09:16 PM 2/23/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I think Danny knew that the best he could hope for with the team he inherited
>was  at best a  4 or 5 seed. He probably thought that Pierce was the more
>talented than Walker and he is right; I loved Walker, he always came to play
>and honestly can't remember too many games that  Toine mailed it in. He was
>right  that PP has more talent than AW, but  Ainge did not realize that  PP
>doesn't have the Heart or Guts of AW.
>
>This team has a future with draft picks and what I think is pretty decent raw
>talent that has to be taught how to win and play in the NBA. They have some
>nice young  players that can be pretty darn good with the  right coaching,
>Banks, Hunter, Mihm, Davis, LaFrentz, Perkins and even PP, if he gets on the
>page and acts like a Captain. The jury is still out on Atkins and
>Jones(although he showed a little talent in Cleveland. Walter at best is an 11
>or 12 off the bench, Stewart is an 11or 12 Blount (he has the same hands as
>Sidney Wicks, UGH) is a back-up at best and loafer much of the times.
>
>IMHO, I think the starting 5 the rest of the way should be:
>
>Banks and Ricky @ the 1 & 2
>PP and Hunter @ the 3 & 4
>Mihm @ the 5
>Bring off the bench:  Perkins (who has shown enough in the few minutes he has
>played that there may be something there), LaFrentz (Blount today)if he was
>Healthy and Atkins, a young team but not a terrible team.
>
>They are getting annihilated on the boards. This team could get another 10
>boards From Hunter alone. They probably wont win much , but they sure as hell
>will learn how to play the game and for christ sakes RUN, RUN, RUN.
>
>Hart