a few thoughts

[Philip Maymin]

No, he's not THAT good, that's for sure. But he has a decent shot at
beating out Greene.

To be fair, I did like Blount's passing ability, except for his
turnovers. He can definitely loft in the post pass better than Perk or
Al or Raef. Though maybe still not good enough to make him want to do
it regularly.

I also did think a year or two ago that Ricky would make a good PG but
the little time he spent at that position last year showed me I was
WAY wrong.

Phil

On 5/29/06, Kim Malo <kmalo17 at verizon.net> wrote:
> At 09:07 AM 5/29/2006, Philip Maymin wrote:
> >I'd just add that Dan Dickau is not all THAT bad. He is a very good
> >offensive player, sort of a mini-Nash.
>
> Well he's certainly not THAT good either. Or do you maybe not
> understand just how good Nash is.
> I didn't care about his lousy shooting during the brief time he
> played last year (and make no mistake, it WAS horrible), because the
> one thing we know he can do is shoot. But he absolutely could not run
> the offense, which completely bogged down whenever he was in there,
> which is sort of the anti-Nash. While Nash may not be a defense first
> PG but he does play some defense. Nash makes great decisions, Dickau
> made few of them (waaaaaay too much shot clock time wasted standing
> around trying to decide what to do rather than make a decision to
> actually run an offense - again very anti-Nash) and most of them bad
> (including the decisions behind a lot of his shots).
>
> >There were two Celtics passes
> >from the preseason last year that made my mouth drop and my TiVo
> >rewind button wear down: the fast break dish from Orien Greene to Big
> >Al, and the bullet pass from Dickau from nearly half court in a
> >non-fast break situation to a microscopically open Pierce under the
> >basket.
>
> If all it took to be a PG was the ability to make a spectacular pass,
> then Ricky would have been the perfect PG or if you want to go really
> absurd, Mark Blount, who a couple of years ago actually lead the team
> in assists for the first month and a half or so of the season.
>
> >He's a defensive
> >liability but not for lack of effort or switching ability or anything
> >like that. He's just not very quick with his feet and gets faked out a
> >lot.
>
> And that's not a problem? One that could be addressed with a little
> more effort? I disagree that effort is a complete non-issue there, in
> large part because defense is all about effort, including addressing
> your weaknesses. If you're too slow, you find other ways to beat your
> guy. You spend time with tape learning guy's tendencies so you don't
> get caught by some average player's upfakes. Etc. etc. Nor do I see
> him exactly running around like a madman trying to play defense on the court.
>
> >On 5/29/06, gene kirkpatrick <gk_tyler at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >So, do we add a fourth pg and jettison Greene because his contract
> >is expendable and Dickau's is not?
>
> That's not all there is to it, Gene. When you're on the edge of
> making/staying with the team, you don't do dumb things to tilt the
> balance the wrong way like that little 90 miles an hour run through
> Waltham not stopping for the cops. If you're Gerald Green you can
> maybe get away with looking like a headache we don't need, because
> you've talent that's tough to replace. But if you're Orien Greene...
>
> Kim
>
>
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