on tony

[Alex Goldblatt]

Gene, good point - probably had to elaborate a bit better on what I meant:

It's not about the immediate outcome (it would be stupid of me to argue with
the today's facts), but the future - Green has much higher overall ceiling,
and he needs his minutes to get there. So, eventually, you'll have 2
choices: to trade Paul, or to put Tony on the 6th man spot. Another thing to
consider is that Tony's game is solely based on his speed and quickness of
his crossover. He's one injury away from calling it a career, he has no
tools to offer if slowed down, nor he has IQ to adjust (IMO). I think we can
trade him right now when his stock is maxed out. My dream is to send a
package of Telfair, Tony, Theo for a REALLY good starting 5. It would
automatically put us in contention - IMO.


On 1/5/07, gene kirkpatrick <gk_tyler at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Alex, I'm still not ready or able to respond about whether a winning
> second half will make Doc a good coach.  It's an enigma.  But I think if we
> turn it around that Tony will be one of the key reasons.  So, that's one of
> Doc's good decisions.
>
> Really, I don't know any team that wouldn't want a high energy, slasher
> who puts up points without many shots and plays the opponents best outside
> scorer.  I think he's playing at a very high clip, his shooting is a bit
> better and he's coming off a good defensive game vs. L. James.  Why not
> start him?   He's defending two or three positions as needed, makes
> excellent entry passes, rebounds extremely well and pushes the ball with
> gusto.  Green may need minutes but not at the expense of Tony.  Earlier,
> when we were bemoaning his woeful play, it was this Tony that we were
> longing for.  Well, here he is and he looks like a fixture.  And he's one
> who plays the style of ball most of us love, as opposed to the half-court,
> let Paul bail us out style.  We may argue about West and Telfair, but I
> think the grousing about Tony is done.
>
> Look at how many times he causes a turn-over.  There's no stat for
> that.  He goes for a steal and the guy loses the ball out of bounds.  He
> forces a bad shot--no stat.  Put those plays in the hopper vs. his turnovers
> and dribble blunders and he evens out.  Then consider that he's performing
> at a 20 and 6 clip, keeping the energy flowing for 40 minutes and only
> taking one of his signature miss-the-rim three shots a game.  I'll stop now;
> old-timers remember that I'm an original Tony backer.
>
> I hope for a win vs. Memphis but don't expect us to put it together; Al
> and Delonte need to rest.  Cheers, Gene
>
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