Who you going to believe? Me, or your lying eyes?

[Alex Goldblatt]

The only posted hint was about Ray's poor shooting - for whatever reason
he's lost his touch. The best one so one was the note on Batista not backing
up on Paul's drive.

No mentioning of Manuel, he's obviously the odd man out. But after that -
pretty tough decision.. I'd assume Dahntay Jones will not make the team as
well.


AG


On 10/4/07, Patrick.Ryan at westover.af.mil <Patrick.Ryan at westover.af.mil>
wrote:
>
> Only what I've read in the Boston papers.
>
> Batista, Pruitt and Powe have got some little pub in this morning's
> paper with the 2nd and 3rd teams beating the 1st (white) team.
>
> So what does that mean? Who knows - it could mean anything.
>
> It could mean the three amigos are over-passing or they could be not
> passing at all. Rondo could be left open to shoot and not hitting or
> hitting everything. Or maybe the 2nd and 3rd team are simply better
> (HA!) - We have no idea.
>
> One of the drawbacks to today's reporting style is we don't get real
> "analysis" out of practices anymore. One reason is practices are closed
> until the last ten minutes when all they're doing is shooting free
> throws and stuff most days. Makes it hard to form an opinion.
>
> Second, reporters trade access for being able to really report how folks
> are doing. The days of beat reporters saying "player x is having trouble
> getting by his man or hitting the jumper or guarding a fencepost" are
> over unless it's part of a "pile on" (usually started by an "outside"
> media presence) - like what happened to Randy Moss when the Pats made
> their trade this off-season (He'd lost a setp. He was surly. Etc). We
> bloggers will have to wait until we form our "own opinion" based on
> seeing the players play, reporters usually just don't do the opinion
> part unless it's an opinion piece (Bob Ryan article anyone?). We have
> that freedom of not having to try and get a quote before deadline from
> Paul Pierce after theoretically throwing Rondo under the bus in a piece
> the day before.
>
> Third, because access is so limited the reporters notes pages come not
> from seeing the players themselves, but what Doc and Danny tell them. "X
> looks great." And other pablum, spin, what have you that is repeated to
> generate ticket sales and positive buzz. The stuff about Pruitt et al -
> didn't come from the reporter seeing it - it came from what Doc told
> him.
>
> Soooooooo, long story short 2pm Saturday we'll have some answers as
> we'll get to see things with our own lying eyes. Comcast Sportsnet - Ch.
> 52 on Comcast cable (don't know if it'll be on HD ch.881, but I doubt
> it.)
>
> --------------------------
> anyone have any info on how pruitt, wallace, davis and
> powe are doing in practices?
>
> how rondo looks?
>
> how tony looks?
>
> our young guys are going to be important this year, if
> for no other reason that to push the older guys.
>
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