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[Douglas342 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/12/2008 10:26:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
dforant1 at nycap.rr.com writes:

I  believe that Cassell himself or another equal is needed to really take a  
run at a dream Championship this season. Rondo's doing fine as a starter,  we 
an off the bench point that knows the game and will accept the  challenge and 
position off bench player. It will lengthen Cassell's career  and enable 
Rondo to grow faster rather than carry the burden  alone.

In fact I would go as far to say providing Garnett comes back,  and we get 
Cassell, if we don't win the East, it would be a disappointing  season.


I agree, but have been having this strange feeling that NEXT year is the  
real goal here.  (Caveat - contract statuses don't come into this for me  because 
that's over my head.)  What happens next year?  PGA remain at  peak; Rondo 
has a solid year under his belt; Davis learns what NBA conditioning  is like; 
Ainge gets to add a couple of missing pieces, like Cassell.
 
But making it to, or through, the East is a very realistic goal for this  
season.  As some wise man (or wise guy) once said, "You don't know how to  win a 
title until you lose one."



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