Re: [Celtics' Stuff FW: Sports Guy on the Celtics

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

I'll second the *make the playoffs is important*. Who is worrying about
winning in the 1st round. It won't happen if we wind up 8 or 7 anyway. If we
don't make the playoffs, it would be a disaster, the East is very soft.

DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "bird" <birdwl@earthlink.net>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff FW: Sports Guy on the Celtics


> On Monday, January 7, 2002, at 08:32 PM, Orion wrote:
>
> > Yeah we will win games but with the worst shooting team in the league,
the
> > odds are against us going far in the playoffs.
>
> Hey, just *making* the playoffs will be a dramatic improvement.  I'll
> worry myself into a ball when we can't get out of the first rounds for a
> year or two -- *if* that happens.
>
> > Yes our "D" has gotten better, but we only had one way to go. Happy for
he
> > win but the Knicks are terrible.
>
> As you may know, they don't count degree of difficulty in the standings.
> A win is a win is a win.
>
> > As far as Walker , your right !  Who wouldn't want the 4 hanging around
> > the
> > perimeter shooting  10 3's a game and shooting 39% from the field! This
is
> > just too logical and something all the other teams in the history of the
> > league just haven't figured out yet.
>
> It's actually not my personal preference.  I was schooled in a traditional
> power forward style (a la McHale).  But I am observant enough to realize
> that this non-traditional style of play from our power forward has helped
> the team become seven games over .500 after 33 or so games.  Whether or
> not it's "right" or fits in to how we may think power forwards ought to
> act means very little to me.  Wins mean a lot.
>
> Bird