Re: Veterans

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

I am an optimist, just that I factor in other possible injuries, other
teams getting better and our not improving for my conclusions. This is my
observation, not a desire. Now another player brought in could change the
whole equation. 

At 02:50 AM 1/15/00 EST, you wrote:
>Dan F. writes: 
>
>> I won't wager you because I don't want to bet against them. They won't win
>> half of their home games. I see maybe 7 of 22. You can't make a diamond out
>> of Zircon.
>
>Vancouver is the only "bad" team that they've lost to at home recently,
>and they were having a heck of a road trip. In fact the Celtics have 
>won 4 out of their last 5 home games, so I'm not sure there's reason
>for this pessimism. Why do you think the Celtics are suddenly going
>to be a much worse team (11-36 for the rest of the season is your
>prediction, which would probably be one of the two or three worst
>second half records in the league) than they have been? They haven't
>lost anyone to injury for the season (keep your fingers crossed on
>this one).
>
>Right now they're suffering a bit because they're missing Griffin,
>Pierce is clearly not playing at the level he was earlier, Anderson
>is ailing, Fortson isn't in shape, and no one else is playing
>outstanding - but many of these are temporary. Antoine's not shooting
>well, but his assists and rebounds are finally increasing. Fortson
>looks like he has some decent offensive skills to go along with the
>rebounding. Maybe we even get some veteran help before the trading
>deadline. There's still hope for this season. 
>
>Alex
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