leon

[Alex Goldblatt]

'Toine is FAT.... His game always was defined by his quickness - he used to
be a tweener forward hard to match up with. Now - just another slow short
stiff on the floor with the low percentage 3-bricks as the only tool he's
got... Sad..

Powe/Scal: I'm with Kim on this one. Everybody was jumping on Doc for
starting Scal - but in reality he just started a player that will not screw
things up on the vet team trying to win. Otherwise you have exactly the same
situation we had just a year ago - missing assignments, dumb decisions, etc.


I was really impressed with Baby matching up against TimD - upper body
strength, quick feet allowing to stay in front, high IQ. Just cannot ask for
anything better than that. The only problem is that he's not a shotblocker,
I wish he could get some lift...  That's why Perk's job is pretty much
secure - with all his disadvantages, he's the only true stopper for the C's
in the paint...

AG

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 7:46 AM, steve knight <stevebknight at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> kim,
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> thanks for the note on powe. makes sense.
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> as for scal, i wasn't trying to say he was worthless, just thought it was
> funny that he got a goose egg in a game where they pointed out his worth in
> intangibles. i'm actually one of the few who think he belongs in the league.
> and on this team. can he look bad? yep. can he look good? yep. we have to
> live with that.
>
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> i remember pat riley saying one time that he wanted magic to play a game
> where he scored 0 points but totally dominated play. i always liked that
> thought. i guess rondo was close against the spurs.
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> rondo definitely has a problem with confidence, but the kid is only 21.
> he'll get there. and when he does, he'll be the one people will be comparing
> other point guards to.
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> btw, i forgot to bring something up about the minny game. anyone else
> notice how little game antoine now has? the dude shoots threes and tries for
> steals. that's about it.
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:46:36 -0500
> From: Kim Malo <kmalo17 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: leon
> To: celtics at igtc.com
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> At 12:16 PM 2/9/2008, steve knight wrote:
> >someone tell me why leon was a dnp for so long? that kid is tough as
> >nails and will have a long nba career. i'd love to see him perfect a
> >15-foot shot. he reminds me of the sage advice that if you hustle,
> >good things happen.
>
> Reportedly difficulty understanding the plays and defensive sets,
> which seems to be somewhat backed by the recent posts from a Cs
> practice seeing that as still somewhat of an issue. He did look lost
> and out of place a lot on the court last season, and regularly had
> his shot stuffed on offense until he learned a bit better, so between
> that and the practice report, seems there might be some credibility
> to the claims that that was the basic problem. Other than PF game in
> SF body, of course.
>
> >funny to hear the announcers talking about the little things scal
> >does, then look at the box and see that he he had a goose egg in the
> >scoring department.
>
> OK, now don't get this wrong, because I'm not defending Scal in the
> slightest or even agreeing about those "little things" and their
> worth, but aren't you comparing apples and oranges The "little
> things" they're pumping up are exactly the antithesis of things like
> scoring and other box score stats. Can't watch a game by the boxscore
> anyway. You really can't. Or if you can, then you don't care about
> the game itself, just accumulating fantasy league-type stats. Hell,
> IMO you can't even really watch the game on TV because of how much
> they focus the cameras on the ball rather than all the other things
> that go into the play.
>
> >rondo's jumper is looking much better. he'll never be a flat out
> >shooter, but all he needs is a little respect for the jumper to open
> >up his drives. i see that kid shining in the playoffs.
>
> Which means he has to be willing to take it even more than make it.
> They don't need to actively respect it so much as not be so positive
> he won't take it that they can use his man to double someone else or
> cheat in the lanes. That's another area where confidence plays into
> it with him - when not confident he not only misses more, but unlike
> a pure shooter like Ray, he won't take them either.
>
> Kim
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