Celtics Stuff Live: POST GAME, W/Elrod Enchilada, Sun. 2/24.

[JB]

At the immediate conclusion of Sunday's game (approximately 8:30, PM,  
EST) with the Portland Trailblazers, the CSL crew will put on their  
headsets and hopefully celebrate the conclusion of this three game  
losing streak that has coincided with Kevin Garnett's return from  
injury.

Our guest this week will be Elrod Enchilada.

      We all know Elrod as the seasoned Celtics writer for "Real  
GM ," but as his alter ego, Wink Dr. Robert McChesney, he is a  
professor and well known author and lecturer in the field of  
communications, focusing on keeping the internet free and open. You  
can visit his foundation's website; freepress.net , if you wish to  
help with the effort to: "...examine America’s corporate media  
machine and the dire implications of closed-door deregulatory  
decisions."
The enclosed photo was taken while on the Bill Moyers television   
program; "Now ."

Of course our attention with Elrod will be on the Celtics and we will  
certainly be looking at his recent, scholarly and imaginative  
features, on "Real GM. "

In part 1; "Frontloading: An Alternative Approach To NBA  
Contracts ," {http://www.realgm.com/src_feature_article/160/20080129/ 
frontloading_an_alternative_approach_to_nba_contracts/}Elrod outlines  
the concept and details the potential benefits for many teams of  
frontloading contracts.

    “ With frontloading, the era of NBA teams having many mediocre or  
worse players with massive long-term contracts grown mountainous due  
to huge annual raises making them all but untradeable except as  
salary dumps: Ratliff, LaFrentz, Szczerbiak, Miles, Walker, seemingly  
half the Knicks, the list goes on and on – will slowly fade into the  
past.”

In part 2; "Frontloading The Cs Past The Garnett Era ," {http:// 
celtics.realgm.com/articles/353/20080131/ 
frontloading_the_cs_past_the_garnett_era/}he presents the Celtics   
with a plan.

     “Ainge should attempt to frontload all long-term contracts  
between now and 2012. The idea should be to pay more now – even if it  
means luxury tax penalties – so as to be able to have a young core in  
place by 2012 and significant cap space for acquiring expensive all- 
star caliber veteran talent.”

Another of Elrod's recent Celtics topics has been Dave Cowens and the  
great teams of the seventies.I highly recommend the this recent  
thread {http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php? 
t=756221&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=36} from the Real GM message  
board.

    “ I wish those under the age of 40 or even 45 could have seen him  
play. I lived in Boston in 72-73 and saw many games in the Garden. It  
was impossible to watch a game and not have him draw your attention.  
He was a force of nature. There has never been a more intense player  
in the NBA or any other league that I know of. That was his truly  
great and singular talent. His intensity and hustle make Kevin  
Garnett look like Joe Barry Carroll after a quart of rum and a bottle  
of sleeping pills.”

  If you have a question for our guest or the show you can call our  
toll free number (1.866.751.9649) anytime leading up to tip off on  
Sunday and leave us a voice mail to air live or you can send us an e- 
mail .

As always we will take your calls live during the show and monitor  
the chat wars in The Pit.
We hope you will join us.