Charley Rosen on the State of the Celtics

[Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kestutis Kveraga)]

Did anyone catch Charley Rosen's evaluation of the Celtics a couple of weeks
ago on Page 2? Given that he's Larry Brown's buddy and Phil Jackson's
mouthpiece, I wouldn't expect him to give a fair shake to the Celtics, but this
is probably the worst evaluation of any team other than the dregs of the NBA.
It sound pretty Vescian to me. What do you think?

"Even though their record is almost identical to where the Celtics were a year
ago, their success now, as it was then, is accomplished mostly with smoke and
mirrors -- shoot unconscionable 3s, play outside-outside ball, dribble before
shooting, talk about playing defense, beat some good teams, lose to some bad
teams, and play in an arena named for a bank.

On defense the Celtics play a variety of extended traps and routinely look to
double- team post players. Yet, because their recovery rotations are slow, they
yield bucketsful of open shots if their initial pressure doesn't force
turnovers.

On offense, the Celts are a circus act led by Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker, a
pair of point-less forwards.

That's why, come the playoffs, Boston is not to be taken seriously."

Kestas