RE: Win at Minnesota

[Kim <kimmalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's not just the missed shots though. It's things like the failure to relinquish control of the ball paired with the bad decision making.

As to Stockton, I expect he would be much the same sort as his long time head coach because that's what he was trained to believe in and because of how he himself played. So same objections to Sloan as The Answer. Sloan is a fantastic coach, but his style plays completely against Ainge's vision - against our best assets and into our biggest faults. Sloan reportedly prefers a highly structured and disciplined on court system where the coach does a lot of play calling and options to free lance are very limited. With a fast Stockton smart PG to run it, it might turn into Danny's free wheeling fast breaking vision, but I really doubt it. Danny's vision centers around creative and entertaining use of athleticism to create an offense run from opportunism (which is the sort of talent he has been targeting) vs structured play calling. Yes, we need more structure and control, but I don't think Danny wants that much of a pendulum swing and I don't think it plays well into our best offensive talent - Pierce and Davis at the top, and including guys like Banks.
Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: "A. K." <karadag1@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mar 8, 2004 4:41 PM
To: Celtics@xxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Win at Minnesota

Hi,

I don't think Pierce was that bad. Unfortunately, he has the attitude of a shooter to keep
shooting until they fall for you. If he attacked more he could have gone to FT line more. Other
than a poor shooting night I think he played very good D. By the way, I agree other than playing
Walter more time Carrol does a good job so far. My choice is still John Stockton, surprisingly,
nobody has made a comment about it so far.

Abdullah,


--- "Pereira, Jorge M" <jpereira@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From Jorge Pereira - Jpereira@xxxxxxxx
> 
> Sorry Dan, forgot to tell you we won. Blount outplayed Garnett.  Can run with him and took
> advantage of his poor ballhandling in traffic to constantly push him our of dunk range.  Carroll
> said in his post-game:  "... For a guy who didn't score a single point, Blount had probably his
> best game..."  Ricky, Hunter and Banks did good things, especially on defense, but the stars
> were Mihms and Jiri who played their best games yet as Celts, by far.  Pierce...I'd rather not
> comment.  The hero, team defense and intensity.  
> 
> Just for those who did not watch.
> 
> Jorge


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