Ya Grows Up and Ya Grows Up

He seems to have good hands and appears to have an idea of what
to do when he is on the court,especially with the ball in the paint. He also seems to be able to get his shot off in traffic
better than Powe does.

Big Baby’s breakout game against the Nets raises some interesting issues about our bench. Pre-season, Tony Allen, Scalabrine, and Pollard were thought to be among the primary reserves. Posey and House have definitely supplanted them. Now, if he can keep his play up, Baby should be a big part of an 8 or 9 man rotation, leaving at least two of the original three out. Our bench, considered by some pre-season “experts” to be a liability, could become a strength, which is real bad news for the rest of the league. Don’t want to get too crazy too early, but Big Baby definitely creates a new paradigm.

I would love to see him develop a little Barkleyesque in him. I’ve been very surprise in his game. I honestly thought that Powe would also have taken advantage of the situtation, but Davis has that persona about him.

He has good feet work for a big man and great hands. That’s something you can’t teach.

I only question his Maturity at the moment, but he is a rookie. I’m sure the staff is keeping their thumb on him so he doesn’t sway away.

For a second round pick, He really is a steel.

big baby is a big weapon and i hope he does not get lost behind scalabrine. doc manages to lose powe frequently.

big baby is a big weapon and i hope he does not get lost behind scalabrine. doc manages to lose powe frequently.

yah big baby should def take whatever of scabs’ minutes are left once posey gets through w/them. of course ive always been in the anyone but scabs camp. baby’s stint in jersy was way impressive, v skilled that one. now if he can loose weight in the next few months he might get some lift and actually covert on some of those put backs.

plump toine = fattay

All the Scalabrine bashers have a natural lead in with this story. Since no one on this blog was smart enough to dream up the team we have now why don’t we give Doc and Danny credit re. Scal. You don’t watch practice, they do.
BBD was exciting against Nets but one game does not a career make. I trust that if he keeps it up he will supplant Scalabrine.
Powe needs to stay ready. Injuries will happen.

…you’ve got to run the rotation by execution, not talent….if talent was the pre-requisite for PT then the team would be a bunch of cut-throats whining about PT because they thought they were better than their teammates…Scal, Pollard, Posey, and House are getting the minutes early because they make the fewest mistakes…its up to TAllen, Davis, and Powe to match their accuracy, then they’ll get a chance to get on the floor….Baby had a good game and he’ll get a chance to build off of it, but its the right thing to do to play the vets first and set the bar higher…this is a winning team, not an experimental team…

“He reminds me of a plump but effective Antoine Walker.”

Except that he is not a chucker, is much more athletic, and doesn’t have dellusions of grander and won’t demand a max contract.

Just to get this out of the way—Scals is a good role player on a GOOD team, as he was with the Nets. Scals abilities were wasted on the team we had. Let’s give him a chance to see how he does with this team, but also let’s give him some space to re-adjust. As to Big Baby, I compare him more to Al Jefferson, than Barkley, but he has many advantages over Big Al and thus his potential may be realized more quickly if he stays here. What he has going for him over Al is his time at LSU and the fact that he is learning the NBA game with true veteran players. He is also one of a few guys learning the game here as opposed to the many all learning at the same time as was the situation when Al was here. He shows all the signs of having natural gifts, but it is still potential and he’s shown his stuff in only one game so let’s not get overexcited. With that said, I’m overexcited about BB. But what this team needs now is someone who knows how and when to set a pick on the perimeter and I think that is where Scals comes in and one of the reasons he is higher on the depth chart at this time.

several of us loved bb from his days at lsu. if you look at this year vs last, its hard to see what the scouts thought was so bad this year to have him fall to us. Hey it happens and we got him and c’mon is it not obvious he is an incredible fit next to KG???

if baby posey and house play a total of 16 22 24= 62 minutes and the starters get 24,37,36,36, 28…that is a total of 223 minutes spread around to 8 players who fit each other VERY well. there would be 17 minutes left is all, for Pollard, Tony, and Scal or whoever as 9-12 players.

This is a DEEP team that has little wasted talent that will languish. The parts fit so well!

I guess my point is that if Baby is for real, and imho, he is, and we know Posey and House are at least as good or better than we thought, that is a heckuva first 3 off the pine. We know TA has talent and needs time to heal anyway. Pollard can come in and play hard d and board for 0 to 8 minutes no problem and we will need that here and there. Scal can roll play well with the studs and we don’t need him really if bb becomes a Baby Barkley…heck he is bigger than Charles by two inches or more

If we needed anything more its luck, health for the key 8, and someone better than Pollard to replace him as a emergency back up

hmmmm

Coach of the Year: Doc Rivers

GM of the Year: Danny Ainge

MVP: Kevin Garnett

Rookie of the Year: ?? GLEN DAVIS ????? well it’s a reach

But wouldn’t that be something

I was impressed with him defensively. He spent a bunch of time matched with Nachbar, who is definitely a three, and managed to stay with him on the perimeter pretty well.

It was only one game. Let’s see how Doc uses him Tuesday.
If I had to bet, it would be DNP.

Comments from both BB and from within the organization suggest that he has really had to learn to approach the game and the job more professionally—and that he’s now doing that. If it’s at all like Big Al, it’s a lesson he’s actually got to learn several times.

So perhaps his having to work a little to make it into the rotation is a good thing for him, and by playoff time it will pay off for the team. Meanwhile perhaps having Scal, who knows when to be where but has limited talent, take more of a role as the team is just getting started isn’t a bad thing either.

I like the Perk and Davis front court for spurts, and depending on matchups the KG and Davis front court. If Glen continues to prove himself I would start with KG/Perk then sub Scals for Perk, then bring Perk back in for KG, then Glen for Scals. Or something along those lines depending on matchups. Davis brings a little something extra to the lineup, he could be a real important part of this team.

Barkley practically had over a 3 foot vertical. Big Baby doesn’t spend much time in the air up there. Let’s not go overboard with the comparisons. However, if Baby can improve his leaping ability to being somewhat average, he will have a shot to be successful at power forward, but not like Chuck.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_v9XE7BijJA

I like your line of thinking Ancient Red. It is a stretch, but possibly less of stretch would be to toss in Eddie House as “Sixth Man” of the Year. What a team they’ve shown themselves as so far.

I would be happy to see BBD continue to carve out a roll , um role, for himself. I think it is still too early to say BBD>Powe, but we are probably headed in that direction. For me questions still linger about how long BBD can be out on the floor — he will have trouble getting up and down the floor against teams like GSW, PHX, etc.

Two of these were absolutely phantom fouls. Officiating has been a disgrace for these first five games.

He would have been a lottery pick if he had any hops… He seems to have a 12 inch vertical leap, if that…

Big Baby decision to shut down his blog is a shame. He’s got such a great personality, and it’s way to let the fans into the ups and downs of a rookie. I think he must’ve been pressured by people in the organization to shut it down, because he seems pretty honest and gregarious in it.

Po you are all wet on this BBD and Scal have played in four games. Doc is bringing BBD along just fine. you seemed hard pressed to stick it to Doc lighten up and let time tell its story. your interpretation is tinted by your disregard for doc. you will always fine a way to be negative toward him.

Thanks Freease! Master Po finds too much wisdom in his conviction that Scal is not your typical NBA talent. I’m frustrated too that Scal chokes on too many open 3’s yet thinks of himself as a 3 maker. However I do concede to Danny/Doc that they know better than bloggers who puts it up in practice and therefor gets PT. No one is saying Scal’s misses are baskets, only that the coaches know better who is better. Thanks Po, the comments are always colorful but the content may be ripe cheese.