Another horrible loss because of FG%



Enrile, Roy renrile at qualcomm.com
Mon Jan 1 00:40:02 CST 2007


The C's have been a bad defensive team all year, but the 5 straight
losses w/o Paul, are because they're now a terrible halfcourt offensive
team.

The C's FG% in the games w/o Paul (and his team high 4.3assists 27ppg),
is 
40.7 compared to opponents 49.8.  C's are normally a respectable 45.3
this year.  This is the fault of Doc & the PG's.  They're responsible
for finding some way to make the offense flow & make plays w/o their
only assist-man this year (IE they should've fast breaked w/ Sebastian
Gerald Tony).

As for Gomes vs Scal: it's no contest.  Even w/ Scal's huge temporary
improvement & Gomes' TERRIBLE play in this stretch, Scal still brings
less to the table.  For the past 5 games 
Ryan's at 27min 7.6ppg, 29.7fg% 4.2rb  
Scal's at 14.4min 2.2ppg 35.7fg% 1.4rb   

Ryan longterm, gives physical inside production & intangibles, not just
midrange J's.  Scal is a penetration dribbler who plays slow & soft on
the boards, and is a proven low percentage jumpshooter over the
longhaul.  Scal can NEVER make Ryan expendable.  






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