Re: The remaining games

["Josh Ozersky" <jozersky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Funny you mention Bird.  He's the example I always use
when arguing for the tank.  What would Celtics history
be like if the 1978 team, with Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe,
had pulled it together and won a few game late in the season,
making the playoffs and allowing the young players to get
winning attitude?  They would have been a better team next
year, and they would have lost Larry Bird.

Josh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx>
To: <jozersky@xxxxxxxxxx>; <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: The remaining games


> I'm on the other side of this one. If you have 60% of your team, they are
> very young and they are all except for PP playoff virgins, you want them
to get
> in their and see what it is all about. Get the jitters out. Give them
something
> to work in the offseason for. You can see incredible growth in the
playoffs.
> Having a top 3-5 player never guaranteed anything. That is just a stat
(Bird
> wasn't a top 3 pick)....However, we probably don't have to worry about it
> anyways with our leaky Harter defense.....
>
> DJessen33
>
> << Gotta say I'm with Ray on this one.  If you can't
>  do serious damage, you have to tank.  Have to.
>  Other than the current Lakers, there isn't a team
>  in the NBA in the last 25 years that wasn't built
>  around top five picks.  (And usually top three
>  picks.)
>
>  Josh >>