TA

[steve knight]

since i started the TA thread, i suppose i should jump in and put another 2 cents in.  

TA should be getting some minutes, warts and all. we are a better team when the bench is playing, engaged and contributing. that includes tony. i don't expect everyone to see the same value in any of the players, but if we were benching people because they have lots of warts, we'd be mighty damn thin. i know tony can be a knucklehead and he doesn't have much confidence right now, but we will need him as we advance to spell ray allen and paul on the league's best 2 and 3 scorers, and we'll need him to be confident when he does comes in. he can't get there if he doesn't play. you could say the same thing about davis, house, cassell and powe--they need the confidence to compete at a high level. that only comes from playing and contributing. i hesitate to throw this comparison out because so many people think scal is useless anyway, but he's exhibit A. he's gone from a somewhat useful rotation guy to someone who would have trouble keeping up in the ndbl
 playoffs, all because his confidence is shot from not playing. i'm not saying he should be out there, just that confidence is such a huge deal for athletes in any sport. i see one of doc's primary jobs right now to keep the team's confidence up. that includes the bench.     

on to tonight's game. looking for a big win. will be disappointed if we don't get it.    



Message: 11
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 18:02:28 -0400
From: "Pereira, Jorge M" <jpereira at rwmc.org>
Subject: RE: Atlanta
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Well, thanks for understanding.  I feel a lot better now.

jorge

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Kim Malo
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:52 PM
To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List; The Boston Celtics Mailing List
Subject: Re: Atlanta

At 03:58 PM 5/1/2008, Pereira, Jorge M wrote:
>Kim,
>
>First, I said "miniscule" because TA is not in Doc's plans and by
>harping on TA I'm really taking up the list's time for a miniscule
issue
>and I was apologizing for that.

Whatever.

>It was not directed at anyone.  2nd,
>some people (you've voiced it) think TA is not ready

No I didn't "voice it". Read what I actually said, not what you want 
me to have said to suit your agenda.

I said nothing about his not being ready That's a different category 
of problem and makes assumptions about him I'm not making and did not 
say. I said he's thoroughly earned his place on the bench this time 
despite being given a bunch of opportunities. I did also say I'd have 
tried him on JJ regardless, but of course that doesn't suit your 
apparent agenda either. I didn't actually state the corollary issue 
with playing him regardless of his recent play, that you try to 
minimize risks even more during the playoffs than during the regular 
season, because I thought that was a given, but if it needs to be 
stated I just have.

>  and others (me
>included) think he's not used enough and correctly, nothing else.  Doc
>pulling him at that time was atrocious; there is no sarcasm on that,
>just a way to get my point across.

Whatever.

>But really, the TA issue goes a lot deeper.  It is really not about TA.

Whatever.
I was simply answering a point made about TA, so yes, that was about 
TA no matter how many times you try to turn it into 20 other things.

Kim 



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