RE: Pitino or Walker

["Noah P. Evans" <ishbak@conknet.com>]

>Mashburn is a mediocre shooter,
> defender, ball-handler, who takes a ton of ill-advised shots....but
> otherwise he's just what the Celtics need at small forward.

While Mashburn's defense is not the best and his shooting only marginally
better(for an NBA player), Mashburn's ballhandling skills are well above
average in the NBA for someone with his size. Mashburn is a *very* skilled
offensive player. The fact that he didn't exhibit that in the offensive
nightmare that is Miami has to do more with Tim Hardaway and Alonzo
Mourning's domination of the offense than Mashburn's short comings.
	As for the celtics, with the drafting of Pierce, Mashburn is superfluous.

Noah