Rasheed
A lot of people are going to jump on Rasheed's bandwagon now....It's funny what happens when you win.
Many people will assume that it's because of a new changed attitude and Larry Brown, but I thought Chris Broussard's article in Sunday's New York Times really pulled out some great information.
Since his days at Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia, Rasheed has always been part of a system. He's best when he is the second or even more so the third option in an offense...Kind of like Method Man's role in the Wu-Tang Clan...He shines when his time comes to step up in the rotation. He's not the whole show...
Although Coach Smith was able to handle him well at Carolina, the reason why Rasheed was able to excel there is because of the team concept. Jerry Stackhouse was the main option, and he had Jeff McInnis to run the show with Dante Calabria hitting the open 3 on kickouts. All Rasheed had to do was play his part in the middle.
I like this comment from Broussard's article. "That comes from the system I grew up in when I was in high school and playing rec league ball...We were always loaded, so it was never no big thing to score 4 points or 6 points. We were always loaded, so we could spread the ball out...I only played the first and third quarters in high school. So early on, I bought into the team concep because you can do more. You can do more with five than with one. That's my opinion. That's the way I was brought up."
Yes,..."The Oregonian" and people are surprised. Rasheed was a wacko. However, when you manage Rasheed, you have to remember. He needs to be surrounded by a team that has serious intentions. He's a piece not the whole. He has respect for the "Whole".
True Carolina Philosophy,
BD
Many people will assume that it's because of a new changed attitude and Larry Brown, but I thought Chris Broussard's article in Sunday's New York Times really pulled out some great information.
Since his days at Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia, Rasheed has always been part of a system. He's best when he is the second or even more so the third option in an offense...Kind of like Method Man's role in the Wu-Tang Clan...He shines when his time comes to step up in the rotation. He's not the whole show...
Although Coach Smith was able to handle him well at Carolina, the reason why Rasheed was able to excel there is because of the team concept. Jerry Stackhouse was the main option, and he had Jeff McInnis to run the show with Dante Calabria hitting the open 3 on kickouts. All Rasheed had to do was play his part in the middle.
I like this comment from Broussard's article. "That comes from the system I grew up in when I was in high school and playing rec league ball...We were always loaded, so it was never no big thing to score 4 points or 6 points. We were always loaded, so we could spread the ball out...I only played the first and third quarters in high school. So early on, I bought into the team concep because you can do more. You can do more with five than with one. That's my opinion. That's the way I was brought up."
Yes,..."The Oregonian" and people are surprised. Rasheed was a wacko. However, when you manage Rasheed, you have to remember. He needs to be surrounded by a team that has serious intentions. He's a piece not the whole. He has respect for the "Whole".
True Carolina Philosophy,
BD
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