I am really starting to think Scal just doesn't try in the preseason and garbage minutes. He has looked terrible in those stretches, but over the last two years, has looked very solid whenever he has gotten regular rotation minutes. I have a feeling we are going to see Scalabrine getting much more regular minutes going forward.
I agree that he has played better when he has had regular minutes but I don't think its a matter of not trying but its hard to prove your worth in a few minutes of game time. A lot of times you'll take bad shots and try to create something that is just not there. If you know you're going to get playing time its easier to sit back and let things come to you. I'm don't think Scalabrine is Posey but he is the best back-up three man we have on this team.
Yeah, not trying was a bad choice of words. What I meant was that he plays differently when the games matter. He seems to have a different focus, and plays within himself more.
Perhaps the focus Scal has when he gets meaningful minutes has something to do with not having the entire Garden sarcastically chanting his name.
hmm....maybe.....
i hated that. it made celtics fans look like such morons.
It's funny how all the diehards (assuming all the people on this blog are diehards) hate the chants - you can bet that most of the Scal chanters are drunken idiots/bandwagoners who think Scal has no basketball ability whatsover (even the Scal haters on the blog can admit that a guy has to have some ability to make it to the NBA).
he's the perfect end of the bench guy. alot of 10th 11th 12th men are either young kids that are trying to prove that they can score, veterans that are over the hill that think they still have the skill of their younger versions, or players that think they should be starters and therefor aren't very good for your team chemistry.
scal is 30 years old, he understands his abilities, and most of all, his role on the team. he knows what he has to do out there and is happy to do it. always a smile, always working hard, always helping with the younger players and keeping composeur when theres some sort of scuffle. i love scal, and i'll admit that he's getting paid too much but its not like he's some worthless idiot that sucks at basketball.
