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Get this guy some tapioca and a spittle cup. He's hopeless. Keep the death cat away.----- Original Message -----From: Eggcentric at aol.comDate: Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:40 pmSubject: Ask and you shall receiveTo: Celtics at IGTC.com> This 'n that> > By Bob Ryan, Globe Staff> > August 29, 2007 | 03:13 PM> > I'm not blocking out the dates of the 2008 NBA Finals, but I > now think > there's a better chance the Celtics might actually make the playoffs.> You OK with that?> I'll never take back what I said the day Danny Ainge pulled off > the Kevin > Garnett deal. I thought, well, yeah, that was all well and good, > but it was only > a start. Last time I looked, the NBA was a 5-on-5 league, not a > 3-on-3 > league, and there was the not insignificant matter of the rest > of Danny's roster, > which I maintained no other GM would trade for his. I said that > 4 through 12 > they were the least accomplished bunch in the league. And they were.> Now I haven't taken a close look at the rest to see where the > Celtics now > rank, but I'd say that with the addition of Eddie House, Scot > (Man of a Thousand > Hair-Dos) Pollard and James Posey, they're now a lot better.> House can shoot. Teams won't be designing defenses to stop him > or anything, > but he can legitimately put down as his occupation on his tax > return > "Professional Jump Shooter." Pollard is an experienced back-up > big man whose greatest > skill, as one Celtics insider puts it, is "getting in the way."> And then there's Posey.> That has me fired up a bit. Teams need guys like James Posey. > He's not > great, but he gets it, and he's versatile. Best of all, he can > guard, and if there > was one thing in scant supply on Danny's roster it was guys who > could guard. > He can guard your basic 3, he can guard your basic 2 and he can > even guard an > occasional 1. Posey is also a 34 percent lifetime three-point shooter.> Best of all, he's got a ring. He knows what it takes.> So now we're getting somewhere. Getting James Posey makes me > feel better > about giving up Ryan Gomes in the Minny deal.> And while I know there are those who really like Gabe Pruitt's > potential, I > still don't feel great about the point guard situation. Rajon > Rondo will have > a lot of pressure on him, and it would be nice if Danny can come > up with a > veteran to help the lad out. If he does that, I will relax.> None of this necessarily puts the Celtics on a level with > Cleveland, > Detroit, Miami and a few others, but it distances them somewhat > from the Sixers, > Knicks, Bobcats, Hawks and others who all think they're better > than they were last > year, and thus playoff possibilities.> So I move from Gimme A Break to Cautiously Optimistic. But > that's all for > now.> > > > **************************************> Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour> _______________________________________________> The Boston Celtics Mailing List> celtics at igtc.com> http://www.igtc.com/mailman/listinfo/celtics>