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Post by mev17 on Sept 22, 2005 3:53:26 GMT -5
Al Jefferson: What's not to like?
Kendrick Perkins: Defense, outlet passing, bone-jarring screens
Delonte West: Pass-first mentality with a good jump shot and defensive instincts
Gerald Green: Never seen him play, but too many people rave about his limitless ceiling
Tony Allen: DEFENSE, DEFENSE, Intensity, great rebounder for his size, attacks the rim and finishes well on the break, showed improved shooting in summer league, and DEFENSE.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Sept 22, 2005 10:37:53 GMT -5
Mev, you must be peeking over my shoulder--that's exactly who I'd keep (though still debating about Perkins). Its just too difficult not to include Tony Allen on the list.
You also don't have Pierce on your list. Interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2005 12:22:09 GMT -5
Jefferson
Green
Davis
Perkins
Gomes
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Post by eja117 on Sept 22, 2005 12:30:30 GMT -5
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by only can keep 5, seeing as how if you traded someone you'd get someone back, but I'll think in terms of if I were starting a team or if the other players had to dissappear like in Back to the Future
Al J
Perk
GG
Tony Allen
Gomez
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Post by freshnthehouse on Sept 22, 2005 18:59:01 GMT -5
I think what hes saying is who woud you keep if we could only keep five players. A purely hypothetical question
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Post by eja117 on Sept 22, 2005 19:48:48 GMT -5
I admit I am sometimes very linear in my thinking. I just find sentences like that odd because I mean where would the others go? It implies 5 man rosters. Saying who would you put on a 5 man roster is totally different than who are the 5 best players or who would you start a team with. So I just made my assumptions of the others disappearing.
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Post by cfoo on Sept 22, 2005 19:52:16 GMT -5
Im also assuming we would have to keep these players. If we are talking pure value, I would keep
Pierce
Ricky
Jefferson
Green
Allen
because they have the greatest value and i could use Pierce to deal to get additional players. But if im starting a team and want players to build around I would keep
Perk
Jefferson
Gomes
Green
West
Still hard to keep Allen off of there but I really like Gomes and West's potential too. It's really a toss up though
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Sept 23, 2005 1:44:40 GMT -5
The main thing I'm trying to get out of you folks are the top 5 players you'd want to keep. You can look at it in terms of pure value or which players you like the most. Doesn't matter.
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Post by eja117 on Sept 23, 2005 8:30:42 GMT -5
I guess pure value makes a lot of sense. MJ had the most pure value, so that makes sense. I guess I've caused trouble since my answers don't really change no matter what
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Post by freshnthehouse on Sept 23, 2005 14:56:14 GMT -5
I just cant believe some of you left Pierce off of your list. I think thats going a little overboard.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Sept 23, 2005 18:49:02 GMT -5
Well, its a bit of how things are viewed. A lot of us have a feeling toward Pierce that he needs to prove that he can be a good fit with this new era of Celtics basketball. The old regime is gone. The days of Pierce (and Walker back in the O'Brien/Pitino era) doing all the scoring while the other guys are standing beyond the arc is no longer the way things are done here. While he did make big improvements last year as the year progressed, he did stagnate things at times with his actions. And while he doesn't go one on one nearly as often as he used to, he's still not giving up the ball quick enough to keep the ball moving around the court.
But I must admit that I feel a lot better about Pierce's future here than I did in the past 2 years, and that trend may continue.
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Post by meltinjohn on Sept 23, 2005 20:29:21 GMT -5
Lets hope Pierce can retire a celtic given that he can accept a big paycut seeing no team will pay him his current money PLUS buy into the team system. I just have a feeling Ricky will be here for the long run instead of Pierce though. I can't see Pierce totally changing. Ricky has.
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Post by Celtic17 on Sept 24, 2005 22:25:47 GMT -5
I just cant believe some of you left Pierce off of your list. I think thats going a little overboard. I don't see him on the team after this year, if not sooner.  |
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Post by meltinjohn on Sept 25, 2005 2:12:24 GMT -5
And chances are, PP won't want to reduce his role and play with a better attitude.
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Post by freshnthehouse on Sept 25, 2005 3:47:37 GMT -5
Still though, If you could only keep 5 guys off of this roster, Pierce wouldnt be one of them? Jeez, his trade value alone makes him incredibly valuable if nothing else.
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