RE: Re: road report

[Berry, Mark S]

Wow, you really hate Al, don't you?

People are slow to notice this stuff, but the Al-Howard argument is becoming a good one. Howard isn't progressing as an offensive player the way some hoped, and Al is making quantum leaps. Let's see how it plays out.

This is from Simmons' column today:

63. Al Jefferson
Did you know that the best young low-post player in basketball right now is only 11 months older than Dwight Howard? It's true. Howard is a more powerful player than Jefferson, and he's definitely a better rebounder, but as we witnessed on Sunday night -- when Jefferson soundly outplayed him, by the way -- Big Al is a much more polished offensive player and needs to be double-teamed at all times. Howard's points come on fast breaks, finishes and putback dunks and that's it. I don't know who's better, but it's definitely up for debate. Check out their post-All Star break numbers: 

* Jefferson: 19.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, 1.7 blocks, 56 percent shooting.
* Howard: 17.8 points, 12.9 rebounds, 2.1 blocks, 62 percent shooting.

(I'm just sayin'.)



Mark


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From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On Behalf Of ryanmnelson at verizon.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 1:16 PM
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Subject: Re: Re:  road report

i am betting 99.99% of non-celtics fans and 99.9% of people not on this list would prefer Howard over Big Al.  Usually the masses are wrong, but not here.

Al is a decent player, Howard is a franchise. 

I can understand maybe thiking Al is an all-star, but he is not nor ever will be dwight howard.  let's see if he gets lazy again after danny signs him to a big contract.  Even danny has remarked about how lazy al is/was.  He's not only not a leader, but will be the third best player on a lousy team next year if we get the 1st or 2nd pick.

rmn


>From: gene kirkpatrick <gk_tyler at yahoo.com>
>Date: 2007/04/18 Wed PM 12:07:33 CDT
>To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List <celtics at igtc.com>
>Subject: Re:  road report

>There's a reason why so few plays are run for Howard.  At the start of the season, my preference for Al was a lonely one; now, I suspect that your preference for Howard is, at least, in the minority.  Gene
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>Eggcentric at aol.com wrote:  
>I'm happy to have Jefferson, but certainly would be happier to have
>Howard.
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>Egg
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