thoughts on the celtics-sixers

[Jeff White]

Perk had two outstanding passes to Al from the high post late in the Sixers
game.  Both led directly to baskets.  They were passes Steve Nash would have
been proud of.

Against the Cavs tonite, Perk had five assists (to go with 12 points, 9
boards and two blocks).  For a guy who's not a good passer, he's setting up
a lot of baskets.

JPW



On 4/1/07, ryan nelson <ryanmnelson at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> He may be a better passer than shooter, but that still doesn't make him
> a good passer.  I bet stevie wonder is better at photography than
> driving a car, doesn't mean I would want him to do either.  It's all
> relative.
>
>
> rmn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
> Behalf Of Kim Malo
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 8:19 PM
> To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List; The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> Subject: Re: thoughts on the celtics-sixers
>
> At 07:24 PM 4/1/2007, Noah Evans wrote:
> >A quick note on passing to perkins at the top of the 3 point line:
> >
> >Teams with offensively challenged centers do that a lot. Rather than
> >having a defensive center clog the lane and get in the way of drivers
> >and more competent post players the center initiates the offense
> >giving the other players more time to operate. It could also provide
> >advantages for a slower center getting back in case of turnovers and
> >crashing the boards, but I'm not familiar with the NBA theory. Greg
> >Ostertag and Georghe Muresan were used a lot in this way.
>
> Just to fine tune your point about offensively challenged - Perk also
> happens to be a much better passer than he is shooter (and a better
> passer per se than I expected him to be), making it make even better
> sense to have him out where he will be passing rather than shooting.
> Especially since he's also one of the very few players on our team
> who isn't going to think shoot at that spot, thus further encouraging
> ball movement - a major issue with this team. My only issue with it
> is that it can leave him too often out of position for offensive boards.
>
> Kim
>
>
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