Re: Simmons must be high

["Josh O." <igtcjosh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

If Simmons wants to make outlandish predictions, they
should be in favor of the Celtics.  Feel me?  Anyway,
it didn't take so much courage, since half the NBA
writers picked those shitty teams above us.  Simmons
should know better.

Josh

--- "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG> wrote:
> Josh wrote:
> 
> either that or this is some kind of reverse jinx
> going on...
> 
> he has us sixth and (get this!) Washington and
> Detroit
> third and second!
> 
> --- end ---
> 
> Josh, you of all people should appreciate someone
> willing to stick their
> neck out in predicting the upcoming season. You have
> hammered "experts" for
> repeating the same things and picking the same teams
> over and over. Now
> Simmons, a bigger NBA junkie than any of the
> "experts" sticks his neck out
> with a couple of picks and you jump him for it.
> Would you rather he go with
> the typical "the Celtics finished second in the
> conference last year and
> added Vin Baker... blah, blah, blah..." 
> 
> I think he has Washington too high, but the Wiz do
> look like a much improved
> roster. I don't know about the team, but the roster
> looks better.
> 
> As for Detroit, I'm really coming around on them.
> They're deep, they're
> committed to defense and I don't think they'll miss
> Stackhouse as much as
> everyone thinks. One of the reasons they had success
> last year was Carlisle
> was able to convince Stackhouse to take fewer shots.
> If you look at last
> year's scoring stats, Hamilton isn't too far off of
> Stackhouse's production.
> Obviously, Hamilton isn't the one-on-one player
> Stackhouse is, but he's very
> capable of getting 18 a night. That, with their
> defense, depth and
> unselfishness, makes the Pistons tough.
> 
> The East is hard to figure. Orlando adds Grant Hill
> to a team that won 44
> games. Milwaukee, Toronto, Philly, Atlanta, New
> Orleans and Washington all
> appear to be better. Jersey clearly is the class of
> the conference. Are the
> Celtics better? I don't think they are. I don't
> think they're much worse,
> but a drop of a few games could mean several spots
> in the conference
> standings.
> 
> Anyway, my point is... you always want these
> "experts" to use their heads
> and make predictions based on what they believe will
> happen and not simply
> on what happened last year. Simmons is doing that,
> whether you agree with
> him or not.
> 
> Mark
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