For want of an Egg, the omelet was lost

[dforant1]

Accept change. Some can't. If you think the Celts haven't been sharing, 
you've missed most of the success. Go ahead, go back to the Bird days. My 
take is at present this team is better than the Bird team of he, McHale and 
Parish. Can't ever remember them going 27-3!



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Malo" <kmalo17 at verizon.net>
To: "The Boston Celtics Mailing List" <celtics at igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: For want of an Egg, the omelet was lost


> No, you can always talk basketball (a shocking concept I realize, but
> it really is a nice alternative to trade talk and lord knows it's the
> one I've always preferred) without having to argue.  While people as
> willfully negative as you seem to be making out can *always* argue
> for their side, whether it's the haven't played the Spurs, lost to
> the Pistons, i.e. how good are we really compared to the big boys vs
> the weak stuff we've been up against or something else. If the
> blinders are that big, you're still only going to see what you want
> to see. And truly, while the Celtics are very good, and have meshed
> much faster than I ever hoped they would, they're still hardly
> perfect, so there's still plenty to criticize legitimately if you
> want. Or at least say how you'd do things differently, such as maybe
> use Ray Allen rather than Tony Allen to handle the ball more when
> Rondo is out.
>
> The void has more to do with posts that can't make a point - any
> point - without having to make it a personal attack of some sort,
> even a relatively minor one like a pot shot referring to people as
> "so called Celtics fans" (which I have to admit is a label I tend to
> think of with people who seemingly care about nothing but trades and
> deals - i.e. shopping not basketball - rather than people who
> criticize the team, even if I completely disagree with them)....  It
> gets really old really fast, even if you're just the one who has to
> watch it vs being on the receiving end, and kills off a list faster
> than anything short of actively malicious trolls.
>
> Kim, who finds one of the bigger shocks of all this year how rarely
> she mutters I HATE that shot when someone heaves up a 3 on this team.
> I still hate it, mind you, but it's amazing how much better it looks
> when it's just another tool, fairly well integrated into an inside /
> outside offense and used only by guys who should be taking it. Take
> me back to the Bird days when he used to fake the 3 to set someone
> else up for a better shot between him and the hoop (something I don't
> think I've seen since he retired) and I may actually learn to...
> well, like it. I don't think love can ever enter into it.