bball?

Wed Nov 28 09:26:29 CST 2007

I caught some of the game last night.  Thought big baby looked decent, brought energy to the game.  This is the second time i have seen big baby in extended minutes and i don't see how he is ever going to be able to consistently finish under the basket.  He just doesn't have the height or lift.

That said, he could have a decent career as a 10-15 minute a night change of pace energy type guy.  bring him in and have him knock people around for awhile.

I would be happy seeing him get more (or all) of scalacrappi's minutes but also realize the more mintues he plays the more his flaws will be exposed.

Not sure if he'll ever be as good as Ryan Gomes (another undersized forward, albeit with a slightly different game), which is probably not much of a compliment though as Gomes seems to regress every year.

11-2 works for me, but playing RA, PP, KG, and RR 44+ minutes as they did last night (and yes i know it was OT), is only going to open us up for injuries down the road.

We have the best team in the east if healthy, so let's rest the 3 vets and go into the playoffs with the 4th, get home court in round 1, and then take it from there.

rmn

>From: "Berry, Mark" <Mark.Berry at Fahlgren.com>
>Date: 2007/11/28 Wed AM 09:16:05 CST
>To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List <celtics at igtc.com>
>Subject: RE: bball?

>He sets a good pick, has good feet and footwork, soft hands, and knows
>how to finish or pass. Makes him a good pick-and-roll guy. He also holds
>his own defensively. 
>
>He doesn't stretch the floor like Scal theoretically does, but is anyone
>really telling their guys "Whatever you do, don't help off of
>Scalabrine!" Scal is a better defender at this point. But again, the
>goal is June. Personally, I think Big Baby can be a better player than
>Scal by playoff time if he continues to improve and get the experience
>he needs.
>
>Doesn't hurt that Big Baby is a good 10-12 inches taller than Scal. 
>
>As for the other point of note from the game last night ... I liked that
>we put the ball in Ray Allen's hands at the ends of quarters. I thought
>he did a good job of creating good scoring opportunities. He made one of
>those shots, missed one, and was fouled on the final one (unfortunately,
>he missed the FTs). I'll take that over the Pierce dribble, dribble,
>dribble, fallaway 20-footer any day.
>
>Mark 
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
>Behalf Of steve knight
>Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:04 AM
>To: celtics at igtc.com
>Subject: Re: bball?
>
>you have to think that once big baby gets some time
>under his considerable belt, someone's going to be
>freed up for us to trade for another piece. i'm
>guessing that someone is scal. 
>
>big baby looked great in the little time he was in
>there. did some very nice things, even defensively. 
> 
>
>
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