re: Offseason thoughts

[Kim Malo <kimmalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:47 PM 7/19/02 -0700, bird wrote:
> Perhaps the fundamental conflict here is between winning and money.  If 
> you conduct your NBA franchise entirely like a business, you will not 
> win.  If you say money is no object, then you pay a bucketload (and you 
> still may not win).  Seems to me this CBA sets it up such that teams that 
> wish to avoid breathing the same air as Dallas, Miami, the Knicks, the 
> Blazers, etc. but who do wish to win (e.g. *not* the Clippers) will, at 
> times, when the moon is positioned correctly, the stars aligned in the 
> right fashion (that is, when you've got the talent -- perhaps two stars 
> and a supporting cast), "make their run", bite the financial bullet for a 
> few years, and go for broke.  With the possibility of re-signing Rogers, 
> Kenny's salary coming off the books, a sleeper signing or two (Sundov?), 
> the emergence of K. Brown, it seems that this may be one of those chances 
> for the Celtics.
Masterly summing up of the situation as I see it too. Key word is 
*entirely*. Gaston's father ran it like a business too but had a love for 
the game that I don't think his kid shares that tempered some of his 
decisions.


>   In hindsight, it looks like the union was mostly interested in fighting 
> for the max contract and not the needs of most of their constituency.  Sad.
Wasn't this in fact a big complaint when they were negotiating and after?

Kim