ryan

[Kestas]

Berry, Mark S wrote:
> God forbid anyone have an opinion contrary to "Hallelujah! The Celtics
> matter again!"
>
>   
That the Celtics matter again is incontrovertible; the question is 
whether they are championship contender.
My take on Ryan's piece is this: he has a point, but he overstates it 
and beats it to death, just to be different and provocative (the final 
sentence, "They might even make the playoffs.", should alert you to the 
fact that he's yanking our chain). While he's right that the rest of the 
Celticdom is too optimistic, I think he's too pessimistic, without hard 
proof. He's treating NBA teams as sums of individual talent, overlooking 
the fact that what matters is not just the overall level of talent on 
the team per se, but how it meshes. And at this point, we just don't 
know how it will all mesh,. However, there is some reason for optimism. 
The presence of KG (and, to a lesser extent, Allen) changes not just the 
talent level on the team, but also the mental makeup of the team, 
extracting the most of the other players. KG won't allow it to be any 
other way. Allen and Pierce it should be more efficient than they have 
ever been. Rondo and Perk may well be adequate starters because they're 
playing with KG, Allen, and Pierce. Some of the others may find and fill 
their roles well, which makes them better players. Of course, it all has 
to work out for the Celtics to be viable contenders, but it's the case 
for any team.
Kestas
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
> Behalf Of Josh Ozersky
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:08 AM
> To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
> Subject: ryan
>
> I never hated Bob Ryan as much as I do this morning. What an asshole.
> And how wrong can you possibly be? That column was as dumb and
> wrongheaded as any blogger, or Peter May on his worst day. I hope they
> take him off basketball forever, and don't let him write at all during
> the 
> playoffs. I hope he has to live down this column every day for the rest
> of
> his career. Putz.
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