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There are several apparent flaws wrong the C's in this young season !

They are hoisting too many 3's I mean way too many, and why Doc hasn't addressed this is beyond my comprehension. Paul is taking too many, and when Rasheed comes in I'm starting to feel that's all he wants to do is shoot 3's. !  Besides the 3's the C's have become a jump shooting team I'm saying nearly every player on the team is settling for jump shots except for Perk & Sheldon Williams and Rondo.  Settling for jump shots is pretty typical for aging players at the same time it takes them out of position to get offensive rebounds. Those jump shots when they're not falling will eventually cause the team to look at each other and quietly blame each other. There could be an avalanche of problems resulting from these miscued long shots. Rondo isn't leading the team to play closer to the basket as it appears he's happy to pass the ball to the man who is 25ft from the basket. When all is said and done its Doc's  decision to have the team play or not play this kind of basketball. The C's could have won  those last 3 games if they continued to pressure the defense with better offensive choices . Rasheed's offensive play is disappointing to me thus far, the number of 3's he's taking is mind boggling to me for a man that stands nearly 7ft tall , more than half of his shots are 3 point shots !!! Then we can talk about too much dribbling by Paul and Ray, they're holding onto the ball too long and it results into bad passes and pressured shots not to mention turnovers . Doc seems content to allow the team to play this way because I'm guessing they are considered a veteran team, well it's not working. This aging team isn't exerting the energy it should to compete from start to finish and it's showing in their defense and offense !

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shooting alot of 3’s is more of a sign of laziness, rather than aging. I’m sure when it comes to playing in the important games, the Celtics will get their act together. A worrisome trend, but nothing to really freak out about.

In Kobe we trust!

by robi s on Nov 23, 2009 2:33 PM EST reply actions  

I have to respectfully disagree with you for the most part regarding the laziness vs the aging but the perspectives are quite close.
As players get older they get smarter but they also get slower and they try to compensate their aging and ebbing athleticism by playing with less athleticism, meaning they will take more jump shots as it doesn’t require as much energy to shoot a jumper as it does to drive and play closer to the basket !
In the case of excessively shooting 3’s I am wondering why Doc hasn’t made any changes in his offensive strategy. Rasheed is hurting the C’s offense with those very long shots and no other offensive contribution !

by martin kenneth on Nov 23, 2009 8:35 PM EST reply actions  

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