Pinckney has Bound in Step

Pinckney has Bound in Step

March 21, 1994

As Ed Pinckney noted, there were many rebounds to be had during the Celtics' loss to Atlanta yesterday. The problem for the Celtics, though, was that most of those rebounds were going to the Hawks.

Pinckney ready when needed

May 3, 1990

Pinckney ready when needed

The guy who returns to his hometown for a playoff game has the task of finding tickets for friends and relations. And when the hometown's the largest city in the nation, the task is compounded. Seems that everyone's a friend or a relative.

Fast Eddie strikes

Fast Eddie strikes

December 7, 1991

Every summer, he goes home to New York and tries to give something back to the city kids. And the kids? Those little ingrates, they always seem to delight in really giving it to Ed Pinckney because he wears Celtic green.

Quick break from gate puts Pinckney on a roll

Quick break from gate puts Pinckney on a roll

November 17, 1989

You don't see fire in Ed Pinckney's eyes when he gets off to a good start. He doesn't point at the crowd or give high fives to his teammates or hurl a clenched fist. He's not the cocky type.

But the veteran Celtics forward is a different player when he gets out of the blocks quickly. You can sense his confidence building after every successful jumper or blocked shot or dunk. It is important that he establish himself early in a game; the quicker he finds his range, the better he plays.

Is Michael Finley Better than Kobe?

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	FG	PCT	3P	PCT	FT	PCT	STL	BLK	TO	PF	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	PTS
Begins Playing for BOSTON CELTICS
3/7	Was	W 86-83	0	0-0	--	0-0	--	0-0	--	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/9	@Mil	L 86-84	8	2-3	.667	1-1	1.000	0-0	--	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	5
3/10	Mem	L 111-91	14	4-6	.667	2-3	.667	0-0	--	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	10
3/12	Ind	W 122-103	18	4-5	.800	0-0	--	1-2	.500	0	0	1	3	0	3	3	1	9
3/14	@Cle	L 104-93	16	2-7	.286	0-3	.000	0-0	--	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	4
3/15	Det	W 119-93	14	6-7	.857	3-4	.750	0-0	--	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	2	15
Numbers for March			14.0	18-28	.643	6-11	.545	1-2	.500	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.8	8.6

With last night's 6-7 outing, Michael Finley is shooting a blistering64% since joining the Boston Celtics. If you throw out his Cleveland outing as an aberration, Finley's shooting percentage improves to better than 76%. He's shooting 54% from range, or 66% excluding the Cleveland game.

The Celtics don't have a long history of making mid- to late-season acquisitions who adjust quickly. Ray Williams and Artis Gilmore never really adjusted. Ed Pinckney and Joe Kleinie earned Cs. Sam Cassell and Derek Smith probably deserved a B-. Jim Paxson, Tony Delk, and Rodney Rogers probably earned a B+ in their first seasons.

Right now I'm gonna give #40 a B. If he can replicate his hot shooting in a game that matters, I'll revisit his GPA at that time.