L.A. Times comments

[Douglas342@aol.com]

  This morning's (10/29) LA Times featured its annual NBA preview.  Of
interest to Boston fans:
   In a column of random predictions:  "At midseason, Rick Pitino will hold a
Boston news conference to announce, "I have absolutely no idea what I'm
doing.""  And later, "Chauncy Billups will be a Celtic rookie bust."
  In picking the Cs to finish 7th in division, the opinion is that he won't
win 35 games.  "[he signed several free agents}, capping himself out for
three seasons.  Pitino then watched his team lose its first four exhibition
games and traded Mills for four Knick reserves, who were being offered to
everyone.  [....]  At least walker will take a lot of shots and score a lot
of points.  Does Pitino think he's really their franchise player?  Is he
setting Walker up for a trade? Does Pitino know what he's doing?"
   Could some cap expert tell us, once the season starts, what all this
shuffling has accomplished?  Are we more flexible than we were before the
Mills and Massenburg trades?  

    Being out here in LA, I really want to thank all on this list for the
updates.  I feel like I've seen every game on TV, even though I probably
won't see a single one.  And, for the first time in history, the offseason
might be more entertaining than the regular season.  I feel like I'm watching
one of those TV cartoons where everything dissolves into a whirlwind until
suddenly there emerges... what??  As I sit here, I will listen to the
doomsayers ("15 wins, Pitino doesn't know what he's doing!") and the
cheerleaders ("The guy's a genius!  We'll win 45 games!")  and y'know what?
 I haven't the foggiest.  Either one could be dead-on right.  Let the games
begin!