first game

[Jeff White]

Tony Allen may be more of a natural 2 than Posey, but I think it's a huge
stretch to say he's "better than Posey."

Posey has more basketball IQ in his fingers than Tony has in his whole body.



On 10/8/07, Ryan W <ubiquitous_am_i at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I think Doc is already kinda trying to do what you
> suggest Mark, though he's doing it without benching
> Ray Allen.  We can't read everything into the first
> game, but Ray Allen was the first to go to the bench
> (of KG, Paul, and Ray) and came back into the game to
> relieve Pierce.  I think that's what we'll see all
> season, Ray Allen to the bench early, followed by a
> sub of Ray Allen for Paul Pierce late in the first
> quarter, much like Doc used Ricky Davis (when he was
> starting).  Down the road, though, I think he will be
> a 6th man.  Good call on that.  But I think Tony Allen
> starts for him when that happens.  He's more of a 2
> guard and when healthy he's better than Posey.
>
> As for Scal in the starting unit, I just don't see it.
> Right now, Scal is KG's personal back-up and I can
> live with that.  He might look better with better
> players around him, but what does that really say
> about him as a player?  I would hope all players look
> better with better players around them, and I would
> rather develop Perk, Powe and Big Baby and let them
> benefit from playing with great players than give that
> away to a scrub like Scalabrine.  Of the all the crap
> play that we've seen from Brian in the last 2 years,
> the only thing that possibly can improve is his shot.
> Do we want to sacrifice Big Baby's development, or
> Powe's or Perk's just to see of few more Scal jumpers
> go in?  Not at all.  Not in the short term and
> definitely not in the long term.  If all goes well,
> Big Baby is in Scal's current spot in about 2 months.
>
>
> Ryan
> --- "Berry, Mark" <Mark.Berry at Fahlgren.com> wrote:
>
> > I thought they looked pretty good. KG was great. We
> > knew that. He spent
> > more time in the post than he has in recent years,
> > which is a good
> > thing. Pierce was very good. The Ray Allen thing
> > bears watching. Can he
> > adjust to being the third wheel? That's what he
> > seems to be with this
> > team. He'll get open shots, but they're in a
> > different rhythm than he's
> > accustomed to seeing. The balance would feel better
> > if he were the sixth
> > man, but I don't think we'll see that anytime soon.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rondo was pretty good, but needs to look to
> > penetrate more often. Perk
> > was solid. Eddie House was very good off the bench -
> > he's a perfect 15
> > mpg gunner, but he's not a point guard. Posey was
> > OK.
> >
> >
> >
> > Everyone is going to think I'm nuts, but I'd love to
> > see us start the
> > game with KG at center, Scal at PF, Posey at SF,
> > Pierce at SG and Rondo
> > at PG. That just feels like a really balanced group.
> > Then you bring Ray
> > Allen, Perk, Tony Allen and House off the bench.
> > That gives Ray a chance
> > to come in as the designated scorer and Perk a
> > chance to come in when
> > the game has loosened up and they aren't calling
> > every foul. It also
> > gives KG even more room to operate in the post. It
> > also makes KG the
> > anchor of the defense. I don't know. Right now, that
> > starting unit just
> > feels like it's wasting Ray Allen's talents.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
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