chemistry issue

[Pereira, Jorge M]

I agree, overall our talent is not bad.  Without Allen, though, we can't
win.  Whatever hidden reasons there are for the losing, we just don't
have a 2 guard who can stop their 2 guard. It's that simple. This is
usually their best scorer.  No one can stop Kobe, which is obvious, but
did anyone see Mobley and Magette isolate every possession, last game?
It was like taking candy from a baby and they were salivating. This hole
in the defense put too much pressure on Al and the bigs.  I think that's
why we couldn't stop Brandt, who could take advantage of this
instability inside. 

jorge



-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of gene kirkpatrick
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 1:45 PM
To: celtics
Subject: chemistry issue

I don't think I buy the argument that these guys just can't play
together.  True, they continue to make mistakes individually, but I
don't see a failure of team work.  My feeling is that any six young
players in the league would soon develop the ability to play together.
As long as they share the ball and work on defense, I think they could
play well together as a team.  They have been forming teams all their
lives.