first game

Tue Oct 9 18:52:58 CDT 2007

Another person with some basketball IQ, John
Hollinger, just came out with his Player Efficiency
Ratings and Posey came in with a sterling 10.53 PER
(just below Kendrick Perkins who's at 10.96) while
Tony Allen came in at 15.15, good for 4th best on the
team, after KG, Paul and Ray, respectively. 
Hollinger's ranking system is not perfect, but Posey
is nowhere near Tony in terms of sheer ability and
effectiveness.  You can talk about BB IQ all day long,
but unless it comes with numbers then usually it's
overrated.  Posey is a great glue guy for the bench
and an occasional stopper, but Tony is better at most
aspects of the game.  And his BB IQ isn't that bad
either.  If he had Posey's game experience, he'd
probably have a greater BB IQ too.

Just for those of you that are interested, after KG,
Paul, Ray, and Tony, the highest PERs on the C's
belong to Powe, House, and then Rondo and Perk. 
Scalabrine (another high BB IQ player) comes in dead
last.  

Ryan

--- Jeff White <jwhite128 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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