Another Warmup Win

by Jeff Clark on Oct 14, 2008 9:38 PM EDT in Games Comment 12 comments

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I only got to see the first half (so far) but here are my impressions anyway:

Nice to see Perkins on the floor. He's in mid-season form with fouls at least.
The starting unit just looks so good out there. Crisp passes, smothering defense, open looks. Fun to watch.
Ray just abused Wally left and right.
I liked seeing O'Bryant (PO Box 26? Notorious POB?) block a LeBron shot.
It is good that Tony is being aggressive, but he's still out of control too much.
Saw one nifty baseline move by Miles, but that's about it.

Some box score observations:

DNP-CD's for the two rookies, Cassell, and Scalabrine. Hmmmmm.
Powe put up a nice stat line.
Tony pulled down 6 boards.
Not much else from the bench. Other than Powe, the bench shot 6 for 25 from the floor.

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pruitt reminds me of gerald henderson who was one dang good player.

by nazzbo on Oct 14, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

did they talk about the lack of PT for the rookies on the telecast in the 2nd half?

by Jeff Clark on Oct 14, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think they mentioned they just wanted to give other guys a look tonight so not everyone would play.

by JBcat on Oct 14, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The more Sam doesn’t play in preseason, the more it looks like a plan for him not to be on the regular season roster.

by clover on Oct 15, 2008 1:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The bench was absolutely brutal, for the most part. Powe picked up a couple quick fouls and struggled until the 4th quarter when he finally broke out and played a key role. Eddie House looks OK, but otherwise the bench made waaay too mant mistakes and didn’t capitalize on opportunities.

I think Pruitt has earned himself a roster spot. Miles should be cut. He had that one post move where he slipped by his man to reach the cup, but otherwise looks “stale”.

Tony is still wildly inconsistent, swinging from looking like the best player on the floor to absolute knucklehead.

POB is just OK. Great block on LeBron and his long arms help him keep balls alive and rebound, ubt otherwise he looks like a 3rd string center. Perkins also looked just “OK” for a first time out there. Still a foul-commiting machine.

Baby plays with energy, no doubt, but sometimes can’t get out of his own way.

I thought Bill Walker would get a little burn in the 2nd half, but Doc wanted to see other guys tonight.

Other than the starters, this was a painful game to watch. This team’s bench is a work in progress and it’s concerning to me. It’s not as deep a team as I thought.

by Surferdad on Oct 15, 2008 6:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The young guys on the Celtics bench will have to develop. That’s no surprise. The young guys on benchs everywhere have to develop. That’s why they’re there. That’s what you have benchs for.

by no kidding on Oct 15, 2008 7:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Surferdad sums it up well. Nothing to get excited about with Miles. O’Bryant with the 2nd team shows what a lift to anyone it is to play with 1st team.
Rondo and Leon both look better.

by Wildblu1 on Oct 15, 2008 7:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Starters = great, benchers = bad but we’ll need some patience. I kept looking for something to get excited about from the bench and I kept not seeing anything. It was not POB’s best game. Miles is almost invisible. Powe scored because they kept feeding him, but he was not getting it done defensively. It was clear to me that House was the best of the bunch because of his experience, but we all know what we’ve got in him. In a real game we would have seen much more starters who looked great. When Pierce or Ray played with the benches it was painfully clear how much better than everyone else they were.

by GreenBalls on Oct 15, 2008 7:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it’s a lift to play with the 1st team. But it’s also easier to score against the opponent’s 2nd team.

by no kidding on Oct 15, 2008 7:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

nazzbo, nice observation. Gabe Pruitt really is a good approximation of Gerald Henderson, in both build and game (though maybe a couple inches taller).

by no kidding on Oct 15, 2008 8:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Is Tony being showcased? He’s played a lot of minutes and he’s still an okay slasher and defender but he also still doesn’t make good decisions with the ball. I don’t see this improving.
POB looks adequate as a backup center. Would Tony even have a job this year if we hadn’t brought him back?
Miles shows flashes of brilliance but I get the sense he’s hanging on by his fingertips.
Pruitt, slightly better with the ball than Tony but not by all that much.

by GregKite on Oct 15, 2008 9:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tony is worth more than other teams would be willing to give up. Would be mistake to trade him. Our best player off the bench, why consider trading him?

by footey on Oct 15, 2008 10:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs