Comments on: The Big Ol’ Honkin’ Celtics-Magic Post http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/01/29/the-big-ol-honkin-celtics-magic-post/ Unbiased opinions from extremely biased people Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Peter Longfield http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/01/29/the-big-ol-honkin-celtics-magic-post/comment-page-1/#comment-39342 Peter Longfield Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:30:30 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=5593#comment-39342 Fascinating! Fascinating!

]]> By: magicfaninTN http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/01/29/the-big-ol-honkin-celtics-magic-post/comment-page-1/#comment-39319 magicfaninTN Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:10:46 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=5593#comment-39319 @Francis Stats say you're wrong about Mickael Pietrus' defense. In general, swap Pietrus in for Barnes in just about any of the 5-man units on the Magic and the DEF ratings improve. Barnes is no slouch and having him start at the 3 seems a good move, but don't knock Mickael and say his defensive rep is a myth. Some of the best defensive units come with Barnes at the 3 and Pietrus at the 2. But, I have to agree MP's [lack of] ball movement and stepping out of bounds on the corner 3pt can be infuriating. @Francis Stats say you’re wrong about Mickael Pietrus’ defense. In general, swap Pietrus in for Barnes in just about any of the 5-man units on the Magic and the DEF ratings improve. Barnes is no slouch and having him start at the 3 seems a good move, but don’t knock Mickael and say his defensive rep is a myth. Some of the best defensive units come with Barnes at the 3 and Pietrus at the 2.

But, I have to agree MP’s [lack of] ball movement and stepping out of bounds on the corner 3pt can be infuriating.

]]> By: Francis http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/01/29/the-big-ol-honkin-celtics-magic-post/comment-page-1/#comment-39313 Francis Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:05:44 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=5593#comment-39313 Burying Pietrus makes total sense to me. The belief that Pietrus is a good defender is a terrible lie perpetuated on NBA-dom when he was the only one who even tried to play defense on the Warrior teams. He's a good athlete but gambles a lot and exhibits poor footwork. On offense, he takes tons of ill-advised, poor percentage shots which will probably cause SVG to have a heart attack one of these days. He's completely frustrating. Matt Barnes is much better on both ends. More Redick would make a lot more sense. Redick appears to be the most reliable (non-point) post-entry passer for Dwight Howard. Watching Rasheed rip the ball away on the post entries was infuriating. Burying Pietrus makes total sense to me. The belief that Pietrus is a good defender is a terrible lie perpetuated on NBA-dom when he was the only one who even tried to play defense on the Warrior teams. He’s a good athlete but gambles a lot and exhibits poor footwork. On offense, he takes tons of ill-advised, poor percentage shots which will probably cause SVG to have a heart attack one of these days. He’s completely frustrating. Matt Barnes is much better on both ends.

More Redick would make a lot more sense. Redick appears to be the most reliable (non-point) post-entry passer for Dwight Howard. Watching Rasheed rip the ball away on the post entries was infuriating.

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