chemistry issue

[gene kirkpatrick]

I don't think I buy the argument that these guys just can't play together.  True, they continue to make mistakes individually, but I don't see a failure of team work.  My feeling is that any six young players in the league would soon develop the ability to play together.  As long as they share the ball and work on defense, I think they could play well together as a team.  They have been forming teams all their lives.
   
  Our problem is not in the relative talent of our guys, imo, but that they are not well-schooled for crunch time.  Further, we are asking too much of Al; not that he shouldn't be scoring and rebounding, too, but the load of winning or losing seems to be on his shoulders.  That's a result of not having Pierce.
   
  I think Peter May has sense, but not in this case.  I think he likes to "nail it" and thus gives us a simple answer--it's Ainge.  The truth is complex, but it may all clear up quickly with Pierce, or more likely with Pierce and a solid draftee. We can't make trades without offering up a big or a point; but now that we have them (Al and Rondo), we can't afford to give them up.  Thus, a Hobson's choice.  The most likely way out, Occam's razor, is patience.  We have most of the talent in place, Gene's theorem, and need patience and another Pierce-like piece.  And then there's Murphy's law.  Cheers.

 
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