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Aaron's Baseball Blog - Basketball (February 9, 2004)
Discussion ThreadPosted 7:05 p.m.,
February 10, 2004
(#48) -
Cooper
I like Hollinger's stuff...it's well thought out and well conceived. What i like most is his use of points per possession. That equals out the differences between the generations. Is Russell snapping up 30 rebounds that impressive when you factor in that the typical game had so many more possessions and they shot so much poorer (FG%). Btw, wasn't Russell's FG% terrible for center? Dint he shoot in the high .300's? Hollinger does a nice job of weighting all these different factors.
If you get the chance check out his Alley Oop site or read Basketball Prospectus.
Kevin , I seem to remember Kareem throwing that over hand outlet pass to Magic an awful lot of the time.
Aaron's Baseball Blog - Basketball (February 9, 2004)
Posted 7:41 a.m.,
February 11, 2004
(#55) -
Cooper
Kareem went to the playoffs and won pretty dang often. Kareem was smart and he took care of his body, thus never missing games. There's alot of value in being in the lineup every game.
Kevin, you are wearing green colored glasses and you have brought in to everything Tommy Heinson has ever said. I thought you'd have more to offer beyond "every celtic good -everybody else bad". You might get more of the response you are looking for on a Celtic's message board. Good Luck.
Aaron's Baseball Blog - Basketball (February 9, 2004)
Posted 9:38 a.m.,
February 11, 2004
(#59) -
Cooper
Kevin -with all the talent the Celtics had on the team from 80-89 -they never should have lost a game.
Walton better than Kareem. The Big 3 have to be top 20 players in your estimation (i'm assuming). Dennis Johnson "take guys right out of a game"-what's next "Greg Kite was better than it appeared.... he really knew how to foul a guy and those kind of things aren't listed in the stats".
The Celtics were a great team, but if they were as good as you claim then they greatly under performed and fell below expectations. Couldn't it be possible that your perception is clouded a bit?