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Brian Scalabrine
Boston Celtics - Signed as a free agent in 2005
       Nicknames: "Veal"   NBA Experience: 8 years

    
Position: PF/C
    
Height: 6'9
    
Weight: 235
    
Hand: Right
    

Date of birth:
03/18/1978
    

Country:
USA
    

Drafted (NBA):
35th pick, 2001
    

Out of:
USC
    


   Stats (NBA)
    

"Enigma" would be one adjective for Scalabrine. Alternatively, so would "poor".

Scalabrine is what you'd be left with if you took a prime Chris Webber, made him white and ginger, and also rid him of his athleticism and talent. He is eerie in that he does a bit of everything, but you have to be very generous with the words "a bit". Because it's, very literally, a bit. He'll make a nice pass, once a week. He'll make a jumpshot, once a week. He'll make a tough rebound, once a month. And occasionally, he'll make smart basketball plays and do something correctly. In the interim periods, though, he'll just stumble around fouling, looking sexy and ginger, waving towels and bouncing his moobs.

Scalabrine's strengths are his hustle, his three point range, and his decent passing skills. Unfortunately, everything else is against him. Slow, unathletic and kind of fat, there isn't a defensive matchup in this league that favours Brian Scalabrine, nor is there an offensive position that best suits him. Scalabrine is not a good rebounder, not a good finisher, not able to penetrate, not a shotblocker, and not a ball handler. To a certain extent, you have to hide him on both ends of the floor. And that's not easy or fun to do.

At the very least, you can always be assured that Brian Scalabrine wants it really badly. But that only makes it all the more upsetting that he just doesn't have it.


- 17th February, 2009.

    
Anagram: "Lesbian crab rain", so pack an umbrella.
    

Agent: Arn Tellem/Bob Myers (Wasserman Media Group)




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