Same as it ever was

[Sean Giovanello]

I dont necessarily consider Pierce a ball hog.  I just think that for far
too long he has not had a coach that has forced him to let someone else get
him his shots.  Doc made noises about this, but Pierce resisted and Doc let
is slide.  The last time I saw Pierce willing to see the ball not in his
hands for long stretches was when Toine was in town.  Antoine - for all this
faults - consistently got the ball to Pierce in places where he could
maximize his chances with it.  Still, ideally, we want it in the hands of a
PG.

As for Toronto, I totally agree as well.  That team has a good bit of
maturing to do, but I love the way it is set up.  Barjani is going to be a
STUD with capital letters in this league.  Bosh is excellent and they play
really hard and fairly smart.

On 12/3/06, Kestas <Kestutis.Kveraga.Adv04 at alum.dartmouth.org> wrote:
>
> Sean Giovanello wrote:
>
> >I dont think this is the case at all.  Pierce handling the ball so much
> gums
> >up the offense - basically everyone else is there to get him shots and to
> a
> >much lesser extent Wally.  It means he isnt getting the ball in the best
> of
> >positions much of the time, leads to lots of turnovers cause he isnt a
> great
> >passer, and gums up the offense by not putting  the ball in the hands of
> >people paid to distribute it.
> >
> >
> >
> While it's generally true, Pierce was passing it last night like they
> were fining him for every shot attempt. His ball hogging wasn't the
> problem. Made some really nice passes, too.  It was nice  to see. Too
> bad they lost - might reinforce his impression that he can't let the
> others do it.
> But that Toronto team is going to be good. I really like their nucleus.
> For stretches they were moving the ball around like Argentina ca.  2004.
> Of course, they had four Euros (OK, three Euros and one converted Euro
> in Parker) on the floor at the time.
> Kestas
>
>
> >
> >
>
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