Scal has such bad confidence compared to Rondo

[Berry, Mark S]

Kedrick never dominated anything. I've also seen comments along the
lines of "people loved Orien Greene last year ... " but that's
ridiculous. I liked Orien in the preseason last year and thought he had
a chance to be good. But in the preseason, Orien had one game of 10
points and his high assist game was 4. It's just not in the same area
code as what Rondo has done. Rondo, Pierce and Bosh were the three best
players on the court last night and no one else was close.

Now ... It will get tougher. NBA defenses will adjust to Rondo and make
it more difficult for him to get in the lane. But the new rules help
guys like him. I think the young Tony Parker comparisons are pretty good
-- although Rondo is a better defender. Parker always was able to get in
the paint and had a knack for finishing. Rondo is the same.

No one expects 29 points a night. But he's not going to be a one-game
preseason wonder either.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Kestas
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:35 PM
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Subject: Re: Scal has such bad confidence compared to Rondo

ryanmnelson at verizon.net wrote:

>is saying scalabrine played worse than usual like saying rosie
o'donnell gained a pound or two or like saying Stephen Jackson's temper
tantrum was a bit worse than usual?
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It's like saying the temperature went below 0 K -  impossible.

>and before we all anoint rajon rondo the point guard of the future,
remember kedrick clown used to drop 15-17 ppg in the pre season.
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I don't remember Kedrick dominating games in any sanctioned events.

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>>From: "Enrile, Roy" <renrile at qualcomm.com>
>>Date: 2006/10/12 Thu AM 11:41:43 CDT
>>To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List <celtics at igtc.com>
>>Subject: Scal has such bad confidence compared to Rondo
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>>I'm surprised no one's mentioned Brian's worse than usual play last
>>night. He got big minutes as the veteran influence playing with four
of
>>the kiddie corps in the 4th & overtime.
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>>First a PG found him wide open right at the basket for a layup that
>>every player in the league would take, and Scal just looked at the
>>basket, hesitated for a few seconds & passed back out.  Then near the
>>end while the C's were making the comeback he launched an open 3 from
>>about the 45 degree mark on the arc, and it airballed to the right and
>>long, by 5 feet (not exaggerating).  He controlled himself from doing
>>his Antoine dribble drive act, yet still had 3 turnovers.
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>>Some good news is, Rajon has been gutsy enough to carry the team in
4th
>>quarter comebacks (defense & offense), in the summer & preseason.  The
>>guy doesn't seem to give up on games, and showed patience directing
the
>>halfcourt player movement when every basket was crucial.  He'll take
>>pressure off of Paul at the end of close ones for years. 
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>>P.S.  Gerald took almost all his shots off of an assist type pass,
>>instead of his usual iso plays. 
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