Where Ellis is unselfish and Maggette is not is an interesting distinction considering they both pass about equally frequently (not very) ... but Maggette takes FAR fewer shots to get his points and gets to the line a ton. Shots he doesn't take - possessions he doesn't waste are possessions other people can use. Defense is bad - but going to a defense-first culture will help. Also, he is used to being a 6th man - this team has nearly zippo in depth, he would be invaluable. His contract seems bad - but for what he provides (proven, sustainable scoring because of his ridiculous ability to draw fouls) the price is not bad.
Well, unless he's always drawing flagrant fouls, which he isn't, that's not true - you don't need to take a shot to waste a possession.
Maggette's usage rate is 26.1%. In the Celtics, the player with the highest usage rate is Paul Pierce, with a 22.9%.
Of course, Ellis is in Kobe/Wade/Arenas territory with a 29.1 usage rate, but, in all fairness, his assist rate is almost the double of Maggette's.
In any case, I disagree this team has nearly zippo in depth. When healthy, they have a solid 8/9 men rotation. For the playoffs, that's all that matters. I suppose a player like Maggette can help an offensively challenged unit (it needs to be a really bad one), but I fail to see how an unit with 2/3 out of Rondo/Ray/Pierce/Garnett plus Daniels/Wallace comes even close of being offensively challenged.
Plus, is there a player in the league more unpleasant to the eye than Maggette?
Haven't you been watching the games where this same group of players don't move the ball, chuck up 3's and have ice-cold scoring droughts for the past 2 months?
When the ball is moving and shots are falling, this is indeed a very potent offensive group but there have been an awful lot of games where this team went right into an offensive funk for quarters, halves and even full games.
One other thing to keep in mind, Ray and Eddie have had a some really ice-cold games (Eddie's been pretty cold all year). When they're cold and PP is out of the game, the offense has just died. Having another shooter on this team off the bench certainly wouldn't hurt.
No.
For once, there have been plenty of injuries.
More importantly, Doc Rivers uses a very large rotation during the regular season, often putting on the floor units of only 1 starter + 4 bench players.
No.
For once, there have been plenty of injuries.
More importantly, Doc Rivers uses a very large rotation during the regular season, often putting on the floor units of only 1 starter + 4 bench players.
So no, nobody has been watching that group of players doing anything in the last 2 months.
I really don't care how the bench unit performs during the regular season. I never understood why would anyone care for that.
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