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

[Josh Ozersky <igtcjosh@yahoo.com>]

My bad.  But my point is that basically all of these
teams are in the mix together.  Orlando and
Philadelphia are locks at the top; after that, it's a
donnybrook.  Elden Campbell and PJ Brown don't scare
me particularly; the nets and wizards will both still
suck, unless Keith Van Horn turns out to be an
all-star caliber player who was being kept down by
Stephon Marbury, and even then they'll still suck;
Indiana could be much better this year as Jermaine
O'Neal improves, you're right about that; and Atlanta
still doesn't strike me as better than the Celtics. 
anyway, this is all time-killing till the season
starts; sorting this out is why they play the games.

Josh

--- "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG> wrote:
> 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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