Re: 31 Wins?

["Jim Meninno" <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>]

>From: Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
>
>I picked 31 wins for the Celts at the beginning of the season. Are there 7 
>more wins in the final 23 games?

Of course, that prediction was superseded by your bold statement on January 
14th, the day after a humiliating 103-85 loss to Minnesota, that the Celtics 
would win no more than 10 games for the rest of the season.  You didn't 
think we'd let you forget that, did you?  That was 9 wins ago, despite their 
horrible play of late.  Do you think there are 2 wins in the final 23 games?

But, to answer your question, yes, I do think there are at least 7 wins left 
in the season.  I'd be hard pressed to predict any more than 12, though, 
even being generously optimistic, which would give them 36 wins to match 
their '97-'98 mark.  How depressing is that?  Objectively the talent on this 
team is far superior to two years ago.  The only two negatives, that I can 
think of, are that in '98 Walker was playing like an unstopable stud, 
getting 20/10 night in and night out. And Pitino was in the running for many 
people's coach of the year honors (and deservedly so, looking back on it), 
while this year many are questioning if he can even coach in the NBA.

Jim
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