Mark Murphy penned a surreal article for today's Herald. It's about Scal, and I am going to have to take it at Mr. Murphy's word that these quotes aren't made up:
Brian Scalabrine, who started in place of the injured Kevin Garnett during last week’s win against Dallas, is expected to fill that role again tonight.
Though his start against the Mavericks was statistically empty - the forward did not take a shot or grab a rebound in 17 minutes - that’s not how the forward measures his game.
“I’ll never look at Scal’s numbers,” Rivers said. “He’ll always wow us with the little things he does.
This is alarming to me. NEVER look at Scal's numbers? Asinine! Is Scal somehow exempt from having to get rebounds when he STARTS AT POWER FORWARD!? Is anybody (other than Doc) ever "wowed" by a power forward who gets no rebounds in 17 minutes?
“One thing the other night against Dallas that someone would never think of is the way he shadowed the ball coming down the floor. I think that took nine seconds off their time on the shot clock, he was doing that so well. That’s the kind of thing you look for with Scal.”
Amazing. This is the coach of the team with the best record in the NBA. He truly believes that the way Scal "shadows the ball" cripples potent offenses like the Mavericks.
I am astounded. Don't most teams take about 9 seconds to set up their offense as it is? Can you give Scal credit for that? But after all, I am not a professional basketball coach, so what do I know. Perhaps, in order to properly shadow the ball down the court, you can't be encumbered by responsibilities such as rebounding and scoring. You need to be singularly focused on shadowing that ball.
Here's to Scal and the Celtics- who have been inventing new ways to impress without contributing anything statistically for years now. From the Scalabine Effect to the Brain Typing study to the Ball Shadowing Skills, he's always doing something when everyone other than Doc thinks he's doing nothing.Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2008/02/mark-murphy-article-today-serious.html
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