Doc hits the panic button and it looks like Delonte's red dome

[Ryan W]

Yeah, I remember what West did last season--he played
well and I still think he will play well this season. 
But you don't hand out playing time based on what
happened last year.  He's sucked this year and doesn't
deserve to start.

As for Telfair's defense, it is not preventing us from
running.  Steve Nash plays about the same caliber of
defense yet Phoenix still manages to run.  It's about
mindset and coaching philosophy, of which we have
none.  We talked about running, but our coaches didn't
implement it.  And now we're talking about putting our
slowest, worse-dribbling, most plodding point guard
into the starting position.  This spells the end of
the so-called running game, not Telfair's defense.

Oh, and I think it's time to dispell the myth of
Delonte's 'great' defense.  He's not that great
one-on-one, and he gets killed on pick-and-rolls
regularly.  Yes, he's good at team defense, and weak
side blocks, and help defense, but his man-to-man is
weak.  This move is about Doc's panic attack.  There
are no brains involved.  

Ryan
--- Alex Goldblatt <alex.goldblatt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ryan,
> 
> I'll have to disagree - moving West to play the
> starting point will finally
> give this team a chance to get back from the lineup
> mistakes he's made by
> putting Bassy in his spot. Check West's stat line
> the last season,
> and remember how good he was running the point on
> both sides of the court.
> I, for one, getting really sick by watching Bassy
> screwing the D rotation
> night in and night out. He brings absolutely nothing
> to uptempo, he
> actually leaves no chance for this team to run
> because we cannot get any
> stops with him guarding anyone.
> 
> I think that would be the first positive move we've
> seen this season from
> Doc - maybe he's got some brain after all....
> 
> 
> On 12/6/06, Ryan W <ubiquitous_am_i at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > According to the crack staff at the Globe:
> >
>
(http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/)
> > Doc might be starting Delonte at the point on
> > Wednesday.  Bad move, Doc.  II don't see what this
> > accomplishes, other than messing with the psyche
> of
> > Sebastian.  Does Doc even watch the games anymore?
> > Delonte has been horrible all season--I take that
> > back, he had one good game, but the rest of the
> season
> > has been crap.  Last game he was 0-1 with 4
> turnovers.
> > He must be really tearing it up in practice
> (sorry, I
> > had to say it).  Doc will undoubtedly justify it
> by
> > saying that he wanted more defense, but there are
> > worse defenders and/or matchups in the starting
> lineup
> > than Sebastian (Wally struggles all the time on
> > defense, even when his butt muscle and/or ankle is
> 100
> > percent, and Gomes has matchup issues with about
> half
> > the power forwards out there) and he shouldn't be
> > scapegoated like this.  Yes, his defense can
> improve
> > and hopefully this motivates him to play more
> > consistently (he has the ability, but he doesn't
> > always use it, kinda like Pierce on defense), but
> when
> > was the last time Doc sucessfully motivated
> anybody?
> > I can't remember it happening...all he seems to do
> is
> > make players worse the longer they are subjected
> to
> > his coaching.  We'll see; this is all just
> conjecture
> > on the Globe's part, so it might not be anything.
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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