RE: Celtics=Playoff's???????

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

Come on Josh... you're getting Atlanta and Memphis confused-Atlanta has a
Ratliff-SAR-Kukoc frontcourt with Mohammed on the bench, and Jason Terry in
the backcourt. The David Wesley-led Hornets? How about the Baron Davis-Jamal
Mashburn-led Hornets, who also have David Wesley, P.J. Brown and Elden
Campbell and who finished 10 games ahead of the Celtics in the standings?
You do realize that the Celtics finished five games behind the Pacers for
that final spot? Have the Pacers done anything this offseason to lose five
games in the standings? Have the Celtics done anything to gain five games?
I'm not saying the Nets and Wizards are going to zip past the Celts. I'm
saying by adding Jason Kidd and Michael Jordan, they're in the mix-along
with the Celtics, Hawks and Pacers-for that final spot. I don't think that's
negative-I think it's realistic. The Celtics could make the playoffs, or
they could miss them. Injuries, chemistry, rookie development-all those
things will factor into it.

Mark

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Josh Ozersky [mailto:igtcjosh@yahoo.com] 
Sent:	Monday, August 13, 2001 12:21 PM
To:	Berry, Mark  S; 'Celtic4Hire@aol.com'
Cc:	celtics@igtc.com
Subject:	RE: Celtics=Playoff's???????

Well, it's not necessarily negative, Mark, but I
really think that it underestimates what we have, even
from a conservative perspective, to suppose that the
Nets and Wizards are going to pass us.  Philly and
Orlando are clearly better; New York, Toronto, and
Milwaukee will win a lot of games; but after that, I
don't see anybody that strikes me as an odds-on
favorite to beat us into the playoffs.  The David
Wesley-led Hornets?  Atlanta, with Jason Williams, a
Gasol/Kucoc frontcourt, and SAR getting his non-impact
20 and 10?  Detroit?  It's not like we have to play
the Spurs and Blazers every night.  


Josh
--- "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG> wrote:
> Look, you're not going to be happy unless I come out
> and say the Celtics are
> going to be in the playoffs. If I say the Hawks,
> Nets and Wizards are going
> to pass the Celts, you'll accuse me of being
> negative. If I say the teams
> who already were ahead of us are still ahead of us,
> you'll accuse me of
> being negative. It doesn't matter what I say,
> anyway. I hope you're right. I
> hope the Celtics make the playoffs. But looking at
> it objectively, it's
> going to be a tall order.
> 
> Mark
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Celtic4Hire@aol.com
> [mailto:Celtic4Hire@aol.com] 
> Sent:	Saturday, August 11, 2001 9:23 AM
> To:	berrym@BATTELLE.ORG
> Cc:	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	Re: Celtics=Playoff's???????
> 
> Mark,
> All you are doing is looking at last year's
> standings and teams. You again 
> are driving looking only in the rear view mirror.
> Anybody can do that. That 
> is what most of the sportwriters also do when they
> make their projections. 
> They do it because it is safer. It is like picking
> the tournament using only
> 
> the seedings. Yeah, the odds are that this year
> things will be the same as 
> last year (just like you project with the Celtics).
> However, we also know 
> that there will be changes. There always is. Step
> out and make some 
> projections. I am projecting that Miami will still
> make the playoffs but
> move 
> down, the Knicks won't and the Wizards with Jordan
> won't....
> 
> DJessen33
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