Found August 25, 2009 on Red's Army: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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In preparation for the upcoming season, John and I will examine all the players on the Celtics roster and offer up opinions on what we should and should not expect from them in 2009/10. We begin with:Brian ScalabrineLast year's stats:  5.1 ppg, 0.5 apg, 1.3 rpg, 0.2 spg, fg% 42.1, ft% 88.9%Projected Stats:John:  2.5 ppg, 0.5 apg, 1.0 rpg, 0.1 spg, fg% 43.5, ft% 85.0Chuck: 3.3 ppg, 0.9 apg, 1.5 rpg, 0.2 spg, fg% 39, ft% 80What will help him the most? John:  The need to reduce Kevin Garnett's minutes and his familiarity with Doc's system.  Scal has been in one of those weird spots over the past couple of seasons where he could go from DNP-CD to starter in back to back games.  With KG's minutes very likely under heavy management, Scal could pick up a few minutes here and there.  And there are some questions still to be answered with Doc when it comes to KG... like how will he be handled on back-to-back nights. If the Celtics dec...
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