Congratulations to Ryan Gomes

[keltsfan]

Kim,

Because to play the three at a high level, which I believe he can do, he's
going to have to be able to hit the 20 footer consistently and he's going to
have to be able to take his man off the dribble in a one on one situation.
Given, his high bb IQ, his physical strength and his ability to find the
open man, enhancing his ability to take his defender off the dribble opens
up both his inside and outside game as well as those of his teammates. In
order to take a smaller, quicker defender off the dribble, he's going to
have to develop his ballhandling skills to compensate for his lack of
quickness.  Of course, playing the four allows him a quickness advantage
against most of his opponents and it isn't as much of an issue. 

Ryan Gomes is gifted when it comes to the fundamental and mental aspects of
the game.  Why not add to those abilities so that he can really shine? 

In any event, expanding his offensive repetoire doesn't mean he can't play
to his strengths of playing inside when the opportunity presents itself but
he should become as complete an offensive weapon as possible to have the
greatest impact on the game.  He's so good at moving without the ball and
getting to the rim, playing outside when warranted won't hurt his ability to
rebound the basketball. 

Lateral quickness when defending smaller, quicker threes is still
inconsistent and thus my comments about learning from Artest. 

Ravi  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com 
> [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On Behalf Of Kim Malo
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 1:49 PM
> To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Congratulations to Ryan Gomes
> 
> At 04:34 PM 5/4/2006, keltsfan wrote:
> >Yes, Gomes came on strong when he got the opportunity and it 
> was great 
> >to see him get some pub for it.
> >
> >Hopefully he stretches the range on that jumpshot, works on 
> his handle 
> >and lateral quickness on defense this summer so that he can  
> play the 
> >three as well as the four next season.  He should watch film of Ron 
> >Artest, who despite not having exceptional athleticism, plays star 
> >caliber basketball on both ends of the court.
> 
> OK, this is a question I've never understood. Why do people 
> always want someone who plays best close to the basket to 
> become a longer distance jump shooter. Just as back when Ron 
> Mercer was here, I never understood why everyone insisted 
> that someone who had something no one else did - a dead 
> reliable sweet mid range jumper - had to become a (bad) 3 
> point shooter. Yes, I understand that Ryan is undersized for 
> the 4 so some people seem to think he needs to do that to 
> become a big 3, but frankly I don't want him way out away 
> from the basket. I want him in there rebounding, getting his 
> hands in on every loose ball in traffic (and the traffic 
> tends to be inside) and moving without the ball in the high 
> percentage midrange to provide an outlet we otherwise don't 
> have. I really really really really don't want him out there 
> heaving up long range bombs, even if he gets fairly good at 
> it. We have other people who can do that who don't do what 
> Ryan does closer to the hoop. I don't mind if he works on his 
> range, I just don't see it as the thing I want him most 
> concerned about. Insistence on that turned the earlier, less 
> talented version of him - EWill- from a wonderful 
> slasher/scorer with a quick first move even after the knee 
> problems began, with a real knack for drawing fouls, into a 
> poor to medium 3 point shooter who occasionally got hot 
> after-thought on offense. Why???
> 
> And Al was the one with lateral movement issues. Ryan 
> actually does a fairly good job. On this team, a great job, 
> although that's damning with faint praise Kim 
> 
> 
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