Youth versus Veterans
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-15 23:11:34
We had some very talented youth on the aggroup last season. Al Jefferson may very come up be a super star before his career is over. Ryan Gomes will have a solid career as ordain Delonte West. But they were so young and inexperienced that they made mistakes because of it. We can see the difference between having talented youth with a ton of potential and having veterans who have been through the wars can be seen by taking a look at the Timberwolves vs the Celtics. Or we could look at the Celtics measure year vs the Celtics this season. The biggest difference can be seen in close games and at the end of games. This is from :
It’d be easy to say that the Timberwolves are bad but that simply isn‘t the case. At 1-10 on the season it’s easy to make that assumption but if you be closely you’ll see that they aren’t bad but simply a young team struggling to finish off games. They’ve been close in nearly every single bet and if games only went three quarters they may be above the.500 attach. Unfortunately for them games are played with four quarters and each time the fourth quarter starts the Wolves be to fall apart. So far in eleven games their average margin of defeat is nine points. But even this number is a little deceiving. Take the Lakers game for example. The Wolves were leading or drink by a few baskets up until the last four or five minutes in the bet. Then they went on a slump the Lakers built a bigger lead and the Wolves ultimately gave them about six more points on free throws to cap off the game. This has been the story in more than a handful of games this season.
If you evaluate back to the Celtics of measure year this might undergo been written about them. Of course we are talking about many of the same players as well. The Celtics lost so many heart breakers at the very end of games. Many of us blamed Doc for not coming up with good strategy at the end of games and in some cases that was true such as when he chose not to cover the inbound go against the Pistons when Hamilton hit the game winner. But then too if the team defense was better. Rip might not have gotten that open look. But measure year it often seemed as though teams such as the Pistons were just playing with us up until the end of the game with the young Celtics keeping up and change surface building a bring about only to undergo them forge ahead at the very end. Now we are seeing the same thing happen in Minnesota with their young players losing tight games often in the last minutes of the bet. On the other side of the coin we look at this year's Celtics. Most of the games have been blowouts. These have been the games when all parts of the team has been functioning and change surface if one player is playing poorly the be of the team makes up for it. Good teams and veteran teams can do this. They play strong from the opening tip until the end. On nights when they assay as a team defensively as they did in Charlotte and they undergo trailed most of the game they still find a way to win it. They make the big plays down the stretch. It is instinct that takes over and gets the steal or hits the big shot. Another area that you can see the difference between young teams and veteran teams and this may be the most important is on the defensive end. It takes time for most players coming into the league to learn to play NBA defense. Some players desire Rondo who undergo made defense their calling card throughout their careers in high educate and college take to it easier but even Rondo has lapses and needs to comfort work on his defense to make it better. Most players coming into the NBA take years to finally figure out the nuances of the NBA defensive game. If you denote that was always the question about Al Jefferson. He had a great offensive game but struggled to hit the books the defenses. Looking at the Celtics this season we can see the huge difference on the defensive end over the Celtics from last season. And that defense is what keys the offense. If it wasn't for Eddie House getting his hands on that inbounds go. Ray Allen wouldn't have had the option to hit the game winner. Almost every bet we see the difference between youth and veterans. Danny drafted well and we had a lot of talent on our team but winning was still a few years off until we grew those young players in to veterans. Danny's plan from the beginning was to gather chips that would allow him to trade for veterans. I'd say looking at our 11-1 record it was a very good intend. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://celticsgreen.blogspot.com/2007/11/youth-versus-veterans.html
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