Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V11 #168

["Jaims" <jaimscastillo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Amen to that!  I'm with Shawn here.

Shawn is so right about Hunter commanding another man to box him out coz of
his stellar stretch of great games.  Has Blount gotten great rebounding
numbers now that Hunter's not playing? Maybe a game or two... but with Mcarty
around Blount really has to bleed for rebounds...  It's not only Blount who
benefits to Hunter's rebounding prowess but also PP, it only means less
banging and more rests for Pierce rather than having him get banged up all the
time by positioning and rebounding more against the opponents big bangers.

Of course Mcarty will produce (you call this producing by shooting less than
30 percent most of the time?) anytime he gets 38 to 40 mins a game, Dan. Try
giving 30 mins to Hunter and see what he'll give the team.

So I guess it's still absurd to me why this dumb coach chooses to bench a
player who the team sorely needs... just dumb dumb dumb


Jaims


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Shawn Niles
  To: dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx ; Celtics@xxxxxxxx
  Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:31 PM
  Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V11 #168


  If that's your only reason, then you're wrong. You have every right to your
  opinion.... but your still wrong. Hunter did nothing to deserve being
  initially benched. He struggled a little against Garnett and Olwakandi. I'm
  pretty sure other players, better than Hunter, have struggled against those
  two as well. I also watch every single game and I don't see Hunter getting
  smothered. He's not getting the same numbers now, but that's because other
  teams have learned that they need to respect him and Brandon has 2 guys
  boxing him out on every rebound. All that is doing is freeing up YOUR hero
  Blount to get more rebounds. People forget that Mark was still averaging
  less than 5 rebounds a game before Brandon started those 6 games in a row.
  Brandon freed up Mark and also showed him how to rebound. Mark should give
  Brandon half of whatever his next contact is because Brandon earned it for
  him.


  >From: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  >To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
  >Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V11 #168
  >Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 06:24:47 -0500
  >
  >Last attempt at this. I can't say it any plainer. He hasn't shown didly
  >since his run of what we seem to agree on was 4 games. In fact he has been
  >lost so coach lost confidence in him. Celts are trying to make the
playoffs
  >and *testing* Hunter won't get us there. McCarty for all his faults gets
  >hot
  >from time to time and helps put points on the board. I watch all games and
  >see Hunter getting smothered out there. He's not ready for prime time. My
  >last comment on this subject.
  >
  >DanF
  >
  >
  >----- Original Message -----
  >From: "Shawn Niles"
  >
  >  You still didn't answer the question as to why you
  > > think he is a dud and a lost cause at this point.

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