Just rub some dirt on Tony's knee

[Noah Evans]

Isn't that what Manuel, Tony A. and Pollard are for? I've hated Ainge
for a long time, but his currents moves have won me over.

Noah

On 8/9/07, Patrick.Ryan at westover.af.mil <Patrick.Ryan at westover.af.mil> wrote:
> No, some of us want the exact OPPOSITE off the bench - some guys that
> can defend. And regardless of anything Miller MIGHT still bring on
> offense, even when he was 32 and not 42 he couldn't defend a streetlamp.
>
>
> Ainge's biggest flaw continues to be an inability to recognize that the
> team's biggest weakness was/is defense; and that somehow magically
> kissing Tony Allen's knee makes it all better as the team's lone
> perimeter defender of any note this coming year.
>
> If you're running an eight or nine man rotation you don't need 30 points
> a night off the bench. You probably don't need combined twenty-five for
> that matter. If you can get a consistent 18-20 ppg from the cumulative
> bench with an NBA nine man rotation you'll win (with starters the
> caliber of Pierce, Garnett and Allen). Even better if your bench is
> defensively strong you can not only bog the game down, but slow it down
> in real time (not game clock time) to get those Three Amigos additional
> bench time to recuperate.
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Folks seem to want instant offense off the bench and Ainge is trying to
> bring in a guy that has done it, under pressure, in big games.  - Jim
>
>
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