Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Boy, is he in for a rude awakening
Mavs' coach Don Nelson on newly-acquired ballhog and notorious chucker Antoine Walker:
"There's plenty of balls to go around if [Walker] is willing to pass -- and I think he is. If he wants to shoot all those threes, there won't be enough balls. We're not going to keep him out there shooting eight threes a game."
Fascinating to see how Nellie, Steve Nash, Nowitzky & Co. respond the first (and 20th, and 50th) time Antoine grabs a rebound and heads upcourt on one of his patented one-on-four excursions to nowhere. This is going to be the classic trade that makes both teams worse.
"There's plenty of balls to go around if [Walker] is willing to pass -- and I think he is. If he wants to shoot all those threes, there won't be enough balls. We're not going to keep him out there shooting eight threes a game."
Fascinating to see how Nellie, Steve Nash, Nowitzky & Co. respond the first (and 20th, and 50th) time Antoine grabs a rebound and heads upcourt on one of his patented one-on-four excursions to nowhere. This is going to be the classic trade that makes both teams worse.
