Re: NBA League Black Out Here

[Frederick Hurley <Frederick.T.Hurley.Jr.01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would amend this statement as follows:

I'll tell you, this team will either win the East, or lose in the first 
round.

I think this team will be all or nothing, because they have the talent, 
but they are almost all either young or streaky.  For example, Vin 
Baker could be the guy that balances Pierce's scoring with some true 
inside game, based upon the last few weeks, but we really do need to 
see him over the course of a few months before we can know that he 
truly is back.  Also, having watched what alcohol did to a member of my 
family, you never know.  That's why it's "recovering," and not 
"recovered."  It's also why I'm so impressed with him so far this 
season.  I hope he really does have his act together, both for the 
Celtics, and for him.  Also, Kedrick could be the scoring complement to 
Pierce, and Banks could be the distributor we've needed, while Battie 
and Blount could provide the interior defense and rebounding any team 
needs to reach the top, but in all of those cases, the question marks 
are fairly obvious.

So either this will all come together at just the right moment for a 
glorious run in May and June, or we get a couple of promising game in 
May, and we go play golf for the summer hoping that they can keep 
building.  As with the Patriots back in 2001 (and to some degree, this 
season), it'll be fun no matter what, as you said.

On Nov 9, 2003, at 11:48 PM, Douglas342@xxxxxxx wrote:

>  I'll tell you, this team may not get to the Conference Finals, but it 
> will
> be a lot of fun watching them fall short.