Dulling our point

[Steve Ouellette]

My threshold for backup point guard is very low. I think it's ridiculous how many people feel that we're doomed without the elusive "pure" point guard who can't hit a jump shot but can dribble four basketballs with his eyes closed. Rondo is going to be great as the starter, and for the remaining minutes, Ray Allen, Eddie House and/or Gabe Pruitt can certainly bring the ball upcourt and start the offense -- even if they might not be able to drive at will to the basket and make no-look alley-oop feeds. Completely overblown. People are looking for problems where there aren't any.

That said, Tony Allen is a disaster at the point. He is NOT capable of bringing the ball upcourt and starting the offense. His dribbling skills are that poor. As Tommy Heinsohn would say, two dribbles and a shot and he's fine; more than that and it's trouble. Tony Allen at the point makes me long for Antoine Walker at the point.

Steve O


---- asterix ninetynine <asterix_9_9 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> I guess it is a matter of perspective.  Going back and looking at the stats, he doesn't seem that impressive.  Asccroding to the season splits at basketball-reference.com his assist to turnover ratio was a flat 1:1 in the second half.  But if you look at the last three months of the season, you see a definite month to month improvement in all statistical categories, and he had his career highs in assists in that period.
>    
>   Isn't that what you would want to see of a guy being converted from SG to PG?  This meshes with my recollection that he was a servicible third PG on that team, who definitely caused matchup problems for the other teams backcourt.
>    
>   Would I want to see Allen starting at at PG?  Hell no.  
>    
>   Is he a viable third option PG after Rondo and House?  Absolutely.
> 
> Patrick.Ryan at westover.af.mil wrote:
>   Our offense was more efficient when Tony Allen played point? Isn't that
> like saying "When Jaws sank the Orca, at least he didn't eat the life
> vests."? I guess being floating fish food IS more efficent then sinking
> fish food.
> 
> Spin Spin Spin - at least that part of Ainge's "game" remains constant.
> Note to Danny - the Garnett acquisition sold your season tickets man -
> you can ease off the "Spin-ometer". 
> 
> To the point however, I actually don't mind R. Allen at the point some.
> He's not a creator, but he, like Wally, knows how to move the ball and
> when especially in a half court set where the ball movement this year
> isn't exactly going to be blindingly fast. Plus if he's at the point we
> can balance our defense better with either Posey or T. Allen in the
> game.
> 
> It's not ideal, but the following words will be uttered and written a
> lot this year: with Pierce, Allen and Garnett - how much spectacular PG
> play will be called upon to carry a game. Answer: not as much as you'd
> think.
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> "Here's the thing with point guard," Ainge said. "You know how much we
> love Rajon, and that's really important, but Ray Allen wants to play
> minutes at point guard, and Tony Allen two years ago, when he had a
> chance to play point guard, played fantastic. Our offense was more
> efficient with Tony Allen playing point guard than with any other guy
> during that stretch. 
> 
> 
> "And we think Gabe Pruitt can help us there. Even though we don't
> want to count on Gabe as a rookie coming in and playing a major, major
> role, we feel very confident with him (in that) role in case of an
> injury. We think he can help us there as his game evolves. 
> 
> 
> "And then Eddie House has played the point, and we think Eddie is
> actually a very good fit playing alongside Ray or Tony," Ainge
> continued. "So we think we have five guys more than capable of playing
> the point." - Boston Herald - Steve Bulpett
> 
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