Oden out for the season

[Noah Evans]

I don't get why people are feeling so much doom and gloom about our
"window". The current level of talent on our team we got as a result
of the trade is less important than the change of culture that the
trade signifies. NBA teams win with talent, but for the most part that
talent comes from free agents or trades. Even when bad teams draft
good players, the perennial losers just act as farm teams for talented
players who then sign elsewhere or demand trades. Until we got Garnett
and Allen we were seen as that sort of basketball siberia. Marquee
names didn't want to sign or be traded to boston. So we were stuck on
a treadmill, developing talent and losing it.

By getting Garnett and Allen we made a statement, that the Celtics are
a serious team and one to be reckoned with. This change in the overall
perception of our team will have positive changes long after the
"window" of our current stars is over.

Noah

On 9/14/07, Eric Albert <Eric at ericalbert.net> wrote:
>
> >"Frederick Hurley" <fth at hurleyit.com> wrote:
> >
> >On Thu, September 13, 2007 3:02 pm, asterix ninetynine wrote:
> >> That is really too bad for the kid.
> >>
> >> http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-oden091307&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
> >
> >Wow.  I'm glad the Celtics' draft and aftermath went the way it did, now.
>
> Me too. Oden may well still turn into the franchise player most people expect, but we Celtics fans would be dreading another grim year.
>
> I don't know if we have a realistic chance at a title, and I understand our window will probably be brief, but still: three years is three years, and it'll be a pleasure (and a relief) to spend them watching what promises to be an entertaining team.
>
> -- Eric
>
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