Summer League 5

[Pereira, Jorge M]

Kim, 

Very funny about the statue.  

I can see why the C's would give Orien and Olowakandi another look.  Not
so much for what they showed initially but what they showed in the last
few games, their progress.  These were the games I'm sure very few cared
to watch, after the pseudo-playoff run.  Orien showed improved outside
shooting, quite a bit, let's say 50% both in technique, confidence and
consistency.  Judging from the comments on Orien, most people missed
that very important change in his game. Once that happens, he has the
athleticism, defense and passing skills to be way above our
expectations.  

Olowkanki was very lethargic at the beginning of his stint but I also
noticed more  mobility and fluidity in his short playing stints late in
the season.  That's a very tentalizing comparison between Olowkandi and
Blount.  I'm gonna have to think about that one.  My gut feeling is that
Olowakandi could help given the right environment.  And as someone very
wisely stated - 'big men, big men, big men'.

Jones doesn't convince me.  He's nowhere near 6'10" and looks smaller.
Great efforts though.

jorge

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Kim Malo
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:14 PM
To: celtics at igtc.com
Subject: Re: Summer League 5

At 06:36 PM 6/1/2006, Piotrowski, Mark A wrote:
>Celticsblog is passing along that the C's have chosen the vets being 
>sent to the summer league -- there's some heartening news therin 
>IMO....
>
>Orien Greene -- This to me suggests he's in our plans next season... 
>even if it's in the D-League.

Thanks for passing this on. That's heartening. At a minimum it means
they're giving him another shot and I think part of the year spent in
the D-league could do wonders for his confidence and experience in
running a pro level offense (that shot clock difference and what it
means to decision making and options has to affect PG making the
transition to pro more than any other position, I would think).

>Dwayne Jones -- see above.  He's a legit 6-11 and has shown an ability 
>to rebound.  Can he do it consistently in the Bigs?  who knows but 
>what's the harm in taking another year to see.

Yup, with you here too. It was largely garbage time, but he he's an
active, eager big body who looked better as he got a few more minutes
under his belt. I wasn't has excited as some people were after his first
game, but I liked what I saw for potential as I saw more of him.
Probably just back-up potential, but solid specialist back-up, and
that's not wholly to be despised.

>West / Greene / Dickau
>Szczerbiak / Allen

Tony's trial date has been set for Aug 14th. We'll see if he has a prior
commitment.
Funny isn't it that the built more like a classic forward big, slowish,
muscular Szczerbiak gets slotted here, but you're right in doing so. His
game is really more SG and Pierce's more SF.

>...or possibly even resign Olowokandi for the minimum (anything above 
>that I'm against... but for the min?  sure, why not?)

Because he barely bothered to move much of his time on the court. 
Yes, he'd occasionally come alive for a play or two, not always
intelligently, but at least show evidence of a pulse, but that was about
it. I really don't get it that so many people who couldn't stand Blount
for the same things are pushing the idea of re-signing Olowokandi for
any money. Why? For cripes sake, you can hire the guy who did Larry
Bird's statue to create an inanimate object in uniform for less than the
veteran minimum.

Kim 


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