Teaching my 2 yr old to share is quite the chore

[Berry, Mark]

I basically agree, but this team needs 60 points a game from those three
guys. It's great if they're doing other things too, but they need those
60 points. That may mean 30 for Pierce, 20 for KG and 10 for Ray Allen
some games. But the team is built in such a way that those three have to
do the heavy lifting offensively. And that's not a bad thing. My concern
is that if they spread out the minutes a little so one guy isn't
standing around watching. They need them to be productive every minute
they're out there.

I'll go back to San Antonio. They have Duncan and Parker on the floor at
the start of every game. With those two and support players like Michael
Finley, Fabricio Oberto, Bruce Bowen, they feel they have enough
offense. They could replace Finley or Bowen with Ginobli -- a far
superior player and scorer -- but he wouldn't have the ball in his hands
much. So they bring Ginobli off the bench and always have two of their
big three on the floor at the same time. And they're all out there at
crunch time. It maximizes what they get from all three guys.

It's a good problem to have.

Mark 

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of asterix ninetynine
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 9:54 AM
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Subject: RE: Teaching my 2 yr old to share is quite the chore

I don't see it is "defering" with the negative inference.  I think these
three guys are savvy enough to see who has the hot hand or is making the
most of a mismatch and they will feed that person.  I also think they
are hungry enough for a ring to know that they can contribute in a host
of other ways with defense and rebounding when they don't have the hot
hand.
   
  What would concern me would be to start seeing one of them force their
shots.  If these guys start averaging career highs in FG % , hello #17.

"Berry, Mark" <Mark.Berry at Fahlgren.com> wrote:
  Even if that's the case, it's not a terrible thing. They need all
three of them, and if that means KG or Pierce have to take a back seat
to get Ray Allen started, then that's fine. The problem is if it
continues -- if someone has to defer from game to game to get someone
else going. That's not maximizing what you have.

This actually goes to my point about bringing Ray off the bench. Right
now, that starting unit is a four-ounce glass we're filling with eight
ounces of water. Someone else made the comparison to San Antonio and the
way they use Ginobli off the bench. I think that's a great example.

But it's early. It should all shake out over time.

Mark 

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Eggcentric at aol.com
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 9:39 AM
To: celtics at igtc.com
Subject: Re: Teaching my 2 yr old to share is quite the chore


In a message dated 10/12/07 9:32:04 AM, Patrick.Ryan at westover.af.mil
writes:


> Did it really seem like "turn taking" to you? I was much more of the
> opinion that Minnesota doubled Garnett and Pierce every time they
> touched the ball so by default Allen was the guy left open. 
> 
Toronto doubled Garnett and Pierce in the first game as well, and 
teams will likely continue to do so all season. The difference:
against Minny G and P did not attempt to shoot the ball near
as much. Whatever ... just what I've heard. No big deal.



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