he still provided the best big man defense off the bench.
this is most definitely false. He blows as many rotations as someone like Powe does, just Doc doesn't immediately act like a ****ed off granddad with him and yank him. "veteran", "experience", and all that. Whenever Sheed actually got going, it was because PJ was guarding him. Or if they put him on McDyess, we saw McDyess stroking 15-17 footers with no one near him.
And here's a major [dang]ing bit of evidence: he's HORRIBLE at crashing the glass. Powe, Baby, etc.. when that shot goes up, they aren't worried about their man standing 15 feet from the hoop anymore.. they're going to go get that rebound. PJ constantly was caught sleeping 12-15 feet from the hoop as Perk went 1v2 on the defensive glass.
I just don't get why everyone is ignoring how [dang] productive Powe was all season long. Game 6 was infuriating.. KG gets in foul trouble, and Powe comes in and IMMEDIATELY starts impacting the game. Forces a TO (didn't go in the books because we never got possession and Rondo I think knocked it out of bounds), then gets to the line twice. He's the only celtic big man who is guaranteed to go right at the basket if he catches it anywhere inside of 4 feet. None of this extra pass crap we keep seeing KG pull, or even PJ on that one woeful drive of his. Goes up with two hands and he's trying to dunk it, and if not he's going to the line.
So we're all sitting around like, "see! This is why you play the kid." And of course Doc goes right back to PJ in the 3rd quarter, and the Celtics proceed to go down 10 as we give up buckets on one end and struggle to score on the other.
I generally disagree with this. Big Baby and Powe have made their share of mistakes as well. Furthermore, let's not forget simple size. Powe and Davis are closer to 6-6 than 6-9 and P.J.'s almost 7-0 tall. Against L.A.'s all 6-10 or up front court, his size is going to help.
