Re: DJessen Net game notes

["Josh Ozersky" <jozersky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

46 minutes for Walter...I'm still shaking my head.

The thing that struck me in the this game was the play of
Richard Jefferson.  Why can't we get a guy like that?  He
isn't particularly talented, but he's a good athlete and does
everything you can do to be a good player in spite of it.
He's aggressive, intelligent, always working hard to play
well, and his fundamentals are rock solid.  After a game in
which he basically matched Paul Pierce offensively, his
comments in the locker room were all about missing
"five or six" blockouts.  Talk about a guy who gets it.  Ray
and everyone else were so right.  He's so much better than
Kedrick Brown.  It wasn't just Obie's retarding Brown's
development.  Banks, though, is a different story.  Playing
behind a real point guard and with a real coach, he would
definitely have been the most NBA ready of these year's
points, except for the part about getting his shot off near the
basket.  LOL....seriously, he did make some very nice passes
in this game and I still like him long term better than Ridnour.
Heinrich is another story.  Finally, on Devin Harris, keep him.
Just another Mike James.  Forget the combo guards.  Play
Chucky or someone like him, and Marcus big minutes behind.
Get a rebounder / shot blocker in the draft, because you have
to overpay when you buy them ready-made, and we're losing
Mark Blount, that bum.  I can't even stand to look at him or
Walter anymore.  Obie Delaga est.

Josh
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Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: DJessen Net game notes


> The other day when Carroll made his pronouncement about lineup changes for
> rebounding and turnovers and talked getting minutes for Mihm, I think
Carroll
> was throwing a spitball and we all missed. First, we concluded correctly
about
> Hunter going to the pine but Carroll pretty much said as much. But the
spit on
> the ball was the stuff about Mihm. What Carroll was rationalizing was
starting
> Walter and playing him practically the whole game and his plan on reducing
> Bank's minutes for Chucky to reduce the turnovers. You see, Carroll was
> misdirecting on Mihm by saying Mihm's minutes will increase (ever so
slightly) by
> being Walter's backup. Therefore, Mihm's minutes will increase from his
normal 14
> minutes to 18 minutes. Now there will be games will Walter may get into
foul
> trouble. We will see if Mihm is the true backup or they go with JJ. Don't
> forget, his moniker is Chris Mihminal Minutes.
>
> I, for one, don't think Mihm plays that well with Blount. But it is
> irrirating when Carroll does all this spinning......
>
> I'm afraid, right now, I agree with PScottman that Hunter is the odd man
out
> for the expansion draft. Blount will not be protected because he is going
to
> opt out anyways. Raef will also be protected because it is so difficult to
get
> skilled big people. I had Chucky pegged as the guy to leave unprotected
> because of his salary and ability but he seems to really have found a home
and we
> need to start the season next year without instability at the point guard
spot.
> I don't think Hunter, although talented, matches what Danny looks for in
the
> prototypical power forward so from a long term perspective, that hurts him
> also. But it will hurt to give up a player like that with potential....
>
> Danny continued with him being the most assessible GM around with some Q&A
> with Tommy. Danny is also one of the most recognizeable competing with
West,
> Isiah and Bird.....
>
> As for the discussions about Banks last night and how he fits in, here is
> what I have to say. There is no doubt that the team plays ten times better
with
> Chucky in there. Marcus did spark an early run with his defense. But like
Danny
> said, the team was so lacking in leadership. These guys are playing
offense
> and uptempo basketball for the first time. They don't have the confidence
in
> the play, style or with each other without someone to hold their hand.
Banks
> can't do that right now and also has to learn how to be a NBA point guard.
So why
> not just shelf the Banks expectations until next year or a couple years
from
> now like we do with Perkins? We all agree how devastating Banks can be
with
> his quickness and he does have range. And we all lament how we gave up too
> quickly on Billups and JJ. So let's put away those expectations and
sometime in the
> next couple of years, we will amazed how Banks now "gets it" or how much
he
> has improved and we will have truly talented point guard in our hands.
Chucky
> is for now, Banks is for later....
>
> It is quite entertaining how Danny, at the beginning of the show, says he
> needs to have Hunter, Mihm and Banks get meaningful, crunchtime minutes
and
> Carroll to go out and continue to do the opposite. Carroll has pointed out
he is a
> dead man walking and that his only motiviation is to prove to people that
he
> can coach in this league. He could care less about the Celtics long term
or
> even next year. That is why he may the pact with Blount. They would work
as hard
> as they could on short term performance to help each other get a better
> job/contract next year. But I would have preferred that Carroll would have
> concentrated on the developmental side of the coach. I will throw Carroll
a bone by
> saying that he IS teaching these guys offense and uptempo, fast break
basketball,
> something Obie would have to lookup in the textbook, Basketball 101. So he
> has a lot on his plate and I give him credit for that.....
>
> Dallas loses again which furthers our opportunity to get Nellie as our
coach
> next year. Nellie uncovers another gem in Marquis Daniels but that won't
be
> enough for Cuban. These guys have tuned out Nellie as he has reached his
> expiration date for this gig. So continue to root against the Mavs but we
are likely
> have gotten the maximum drop for the draft pick. However, we have to
combine
> our physic (for you, Ray) powers against the Pistons because that pick is
> getting out of hand low. We got to keep them under the Griz and Spurs.....
>
> Walter shot (attempted) a gazillion threes last night....
>
> The Cs could very well go 8-2 on these last ten games and end up just 4
> losses worst than last year, just like Danny said at the beginning. And
all the
> fuss, hubbub, lamenting and gnashing of teeth over Obie leaving and the
trades.
> Now do some of you feel a little silly?....
>
>
> DJessen33