Cs to draft J.J. Redick?

[R Howe]

In general if the C's are considering drafting a player based primarily on ability to consitantly hit an outside jumper to spread the floor that should not come from the pg, sg, or swing/small forward positions in that we have many options at those positions already that can hit jumpers: West, Wally, Pierce and soon Green (if no trades occur). You can make the case to draft a second PG w/that skill but that decreases play time for Allen and real need to have a decent floor general backup/alternative to West. I am perfectly ok to see if Greene can grow to fill that need.
   
  I think where we need that skill is at the power positions, preferably at the PF position. Of our bigs only LaFrentz can hit a long range jumper consistantly. It is what frustrates us w/Scallops isnt it? He takes good wide open shots that he almost automatically misses. We have a banger in Perkins, an athletic big in Jones, nifty low post players that can run the floor in Jefferson and Gomes but of the group only LaFrentz can hit a long range jumper semi-reliably- and Lafrentz does not really do this well enough to make teams consistantly pay when leaving him alone to double Pierce. I like LaFrentz but more in the backup situational role that Scallops played. We need a good rotational big that can hit outside jumpers and not be a liability playing defense and defensive boards to be a compliment to Perkins and Jefferson when they play down low and to spread the floor for Pierce and mabe Green in the future. My guess is that a decent euro big brings that skill almost
 automatically, question would be on the defensive end.
   
  Go C's 

Kim Malo <kmalo17 at verizon.net> wrote:
  At 08:48 AM 6/8/2006, Berry, Mark S wrote:
>The Celts have become a very stats-oriented operation. They have
>formulas that calculate efficiency at both ends of the court and rely on
>those numbers quite a bit.

Considering how inefficient they usually are, even when the results 
come out right, that's not exactly warm fuzzy territory.

>I point this out because I'm guessing
>Redick's offensive efficiency numbers are off the charts. He shoots a
>high percentage from the field and from three and is automatic at the
>free throw line. I'm sure his PER numbers and whatever else the Celtics
>use, are very impressive.

Mmm, but likely off the charts in the wrong direction on the other 
end of the court and the mumblings from Cs management indicate they 
do recognize the serious weakness there... And we already have the 
defenseless Wally's World and Buddy you're a Dickau. Not to mention 
that I don't think they're stupid enough to miss the likely problems 
arising from putting someone on the same team as Pierce who *only* 
does good things with the ball in his hands looking to score himself. 
Not that Pierce will have a nutty or anything, but tough to see how 
that really improves us all that much and it does create conflicts 
(not just with Pierce). We can already shoot and those same stats 
prove it (what did we finish, 5th in the league?). I don't often 
agree with whatsisface in NY, but he's right - the answer to our 
periodic offensive problems is better ball and person movement 
leading to better shots, not adding more shooters who are only shooters.

>I'm actually becoming more and more optimistic that someone from that
>Big Six will fall to the Celts. I think Marcus Williams and Patrick
>O'Bryant are doing enough that one or maybe even both of them could go
>in the top six. And if that happens, the Celts are going to see a good
>player slide into their laps.

I'm starting to hope a meteor falls on the draft hall before we have to pick...
Kim 


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