Charley Rosen - another columnist on grouchy pills?

[R Howe]

Great reply, I would add "for this year" have to
factor the picks down the road.

Not worried about the pundits thoudhts, This team is
fine as constructed, still think an extra bench wide
body would be nice. but camp cuts might net us a
player for tht role.

Go C's
.--- asterix ninetynine <asterix_9_9 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Egg-
>    
>   The question not whether Posey/House/Pollard are
> better than Pruitt/Wallace/Manuel (why did you leave
> out Davis?).
>    
>   It's whether Posey/House/Pollard are an upgrade
> over Green/Telfair/Olowakandi.
>    
>   
> 
> Eggcentric at aol.com wrote:
>   Good thing this Rosen dude wasn't grading my
> college papers
> or I might never have reached the heights of being
> an IGTC list 
> contributor. 
> 
> And yes, Virginia (Douglas) there is a Pops Mensa
> somebody. 
> But as you say, who cares? Rosen's column (see
> below) is a bit 
> more interesting, albeit controversial, during this
> quiet period. 
> 
> Surely House/Pollard/Posey are immediate upgrades
> over rookies 
> Pruitt/Wallace/Manuel, but what vets wouldn't be?
> Were any other
> teams even interested in signing journeymen House
> (eight teams 
> in ten years) and Pollard (five teams in eleven
> years)? And Pat Riley 
> didn't exactly break a sweat in attempting to
> re-sign the troubled 
> Posey as he apparently feels Dorell Wright can
> contribute more at SF. 
> --------------
> Celtics' pickups are puzzling
> 
> Charley Rosen / Special to FOXSports.com 
> 
> Now that the late-summer night's dream team has
> copped the gold, it's time to 
> get back to reality.
> 
> Since our last report on the continuing free-agent
> roundup, several teams 
> have inked players who they hope will fulfill
> specific roles. And nobody has been 
> more active in this market than the Boston Celtics.
> 
> With the much ballyhooed addition of Kevin Garnett
> and Ray Allen, combined 
> with the subtraction of Gerald Green, Wally
> Szczerbiak, Al Jefferson, Delonte 
> West, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff and Ryan
> Gomes, the Celtics needed to 
> complete the drastic restructuring of their roster.
> Danny Ainge's design was to 
> sign only those players who would complement the
> specific talents of Boston's 
> brand-new Big Three.
> 
> Here's whom he came up with, and here's why they
> either will or will not fit 
> Ainge's master-plan:
> 
> EDDIE HOUSE — There's no question that the offense
> will rely almost 
> exclusively on Paul Pierce, KG and Allen. Last
> season, this trio combined for 73.8 
> points per game, and there's no reason to doubt that
> their totals will be similar 
> next season. It's also highly probable that Doc
> Rivers will take pains to keep 
> at least two of them on the court at the same time.
> So why do the Celtics 
> need a shoot-first-last-and-only point guard who
> can't even defend?
> 
> Based on his previous seven years in the NBA, House
> has amply demonstrated 
> that he's incapable of running an offense. And,
> despite his claims that he'll 
> adapt his personal game plan to suit the needs of
> his new team, there's no 
> reason to believe that he can make the adjustment.
> 
> The Celtics are hopeful that the untested Rajon
> Rondo can assume the starting 
> point-guard slot. For sure, the youngster can run
> with anybody, but he can't 
> shoot a lick and he has a tendency to be somewhat
> wild with the ball. The 
> other semi-credible candidate is Tony Allen, who has
> a scorer's mind-set, and will 
> most likely back up Rondo. There's also been some
> talk about Ray Allen 
> playing some point, but not much good will come of
> this if it ever does happen. The 
> reason being that the added stress is risky business
> for an aging player who 
> had surgery on both ankles during the summer.
> 
> That's why Ainge might have been wiser to recruit a
> point guard who's more of 
> a facilitator than a scorer. Somebody like Brevin
> Knight, for example.
> 
> Ainge recently stated that since most of the
> Celtics' offense will run 
> through either Pierce or Garnett at the high post, a
> traditional point guard won't 
> be absolutely necessary.
> 
> Hmmm. Apparently Ainge isn't at all concerned about
> the importance of having 
> someone who can safely carry the ball across the
> time-line, make appropriate 
> decisions whenever the Celts are on the run, and
> execute timely passes into 
> Pierce/Garnett. Could it be that Ainge — who
> believed that Antoine Walker was, 
> then wasn't, then was, then wasn't Boston's savior
> — is once again deluding 
> himself?
> 
> Because it's a reach to envision House being
> compatible with the new-look 
> Celtics, the grade for this particular mismatched
> signing is D-plus.
> 
> 
> SCOT POLLARD — This guy is a banger and a screener
> with a penchant for 
> grabbing offensive rebounds and committing fouls.
> Indeed, he fouls too often to stay 
> on the court long enough to function as a reliable
> backup big man. At best, 
> he's a fifth front-liner in a four-man rotation. He
> will, however, push (and 
> shove, and hack, and whack) Kendrick Perkins in
> practice. This late in the 
> off-season, the Celtics are still lacking a potent
> man in the middle.
> 
> Oh, yes. Pollard will also sport more 'do's than
> Mister Potato Head.
> 
> Grade — C-minus
> 
> JAMES POSEY — This could possibly be the jewel of
> Ainge's free-agent 
> signings. At his best, Posey is a lock-down defender
> and a consistent plugger of 
> treys. However, Posey hasn't been in game-shape
> since his breakout 2003-04 season 
> with Memphis.
> 
> Grade — Anywhere from A-plus to D, depending on
> Posey's off-season workouts.
> 
> Here's an evaluation of the other significant FA
> signings around the league:
> 
> BREVIN KNIGHT — L.A. CLIPPERS
> 
> A nifty, shifty point guard who can do everything
> except defend and stay 
> healthy, Knight has evolved into an above-average
> backup. Knight provides adequate 
> insurance if Shaun Livingston can't make it all the
> way back and Father Time 
> finally corrals Sam Cassell. But if Knight is thrust
> into the starting lineup, 
> who will back him up?
> 
> Grade — C-plus
> 
> RUBEN PATTERSON — L.A. CLIPPERS
> 
> He'll be extremely helpful during Elton Brand's
> recuperation. Patterson can 
> attack the basket, the boards, and anybody he
> guards. What he can't do is shoot 
> the ball — indeed, he couldn't hit himself in the
> butt with his right hand. 
> The problem will be how to keep Patterson happy once
> (and if) Brand does return 
> to action. In the past, Patterson has loudly groused
> in public whenever he 
> wasn't getting enough time and enough shots to
> satisfy him. There's also the 
> problem of keeping Patterson out of handcuffs.
> 
> Grade — C-plus
> 
> 
> IME UDOKA — SAN ANTONIO
> 
> 
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