Re: Selfish, self-centered, and really, really dumb

[Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kestutis Kveraga)]

--- Mark Berry wrote:
P.S. Boy was I wrong about the Mutombo trade for Jersey. It's not that it
was a disaster-they had to trade Van Horn because his teammates didn't
respect him at all-but it hasn't helped one bit. I think they're better with
Aaron Williams or the Collins twin in the middle. I also think they thought
Rogers would give them what Van Horn gave them last year. He hasn't. You
have to think Rodney will come around, just because his track record says he
will. But if he doesn't, and if Mutombo is as done as he seems to be, then
the Nets aren't the clear-cut favorites I thought they would be.
Unfortunately, Richard Jefferson has been everything they hoped and more.
Elsewhere in the East, it appears Isiah may have gotten out of his own way
in Indy. Thankfully, I have complete faith in his ability to screw up a good
thing. As for the Celts... If they play defense and hit threes, they'll look
great. If they play defense and don't hit threes, or hit threes but not play
defense, they'll be competitive. If they don't play defense and don't hit
threes, you have the Washington game.
--- end of quote ---

I think last night's game was just a bad game for the Nets. I'm not saying the
Celtics didn't have anything with that; I'm just saying they didn't have
*everything* to do with that. The Nets were simply off and the Celtics just the
opposite. This doesn't mean that the Celtics are that much better than the
Nets, or even that they're better at all. Just like we ran into hot-shooting
Allen and Cassell on Saturday, they ran into Delk and Shammond. It's  a great
win for us, but let it not skew your perception where the Celtics are at this
point w/r to the Nets. 

Kestas