Re: Charley Rosen on the State of the Celtics

[Douglas342@xxxxxxx]

Gee, I dunno; that sounds sort of like the negative side of the consensus on 
this list, and pretty accurate.

message dated 3/11/2003 1:04:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu writes:

> 
> 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.