Off and on subject

[JoeFan11111 at aol.com]

Off subject but important: Five years in Iraq or 1,825 days since 
'Shock and Awe' lit up the skies in Baghdad. Since then we have 
suffered 4,000 military deaths, 29,000 military wounded, and 
$342 mill per day in costs.  

ON subject and also important:   It’s sure been an exciting year.   But   
good 
may not be good enough since we are maybe not quite up to the 
hype or our anticipation.

I had the good fortune to watch Sat. night’s game in person since 
my in-laws live just outside The Big Easy and then replayed the 
game tape yesterday,   And all I heard on the tape was Donny M.
(quickly catching Tommy in the Homer category), the usually fair 
Gorman, and good old Tommy (‘nuff said) constantly attempting 
to diss Chris Paul as an MVP finalist over our own beloved Garnett.   

I kept hearing them beat the drum that Rondo was
actually outplaying MVP candidate Chris Paul.   Yet Paul 
and lowly sub PG Pargo combined to record 12 of
20 shooting, 34 pts, 5 threes, and 13 assists to beat 
us along with our 20 turnovers. So how well did Rondo 
actually do?

At best Rondo is a split-personality player from quarter to 
quarter, half to half, and game to game.   Is Rondo now the 
best finisher in the league as Donny M. suggested Sat.
night?   Hard to believe. 

What I saw was Chris Paul come through like a champ when 
it counted in the final minutes while Rondo did not and our 
best player Garnettt as usual was nowhere to be found in the 
final minutes.   Some players live for the last shot while others 
avoid taking it. Garnett has never been one to put himself on 
the line with a final or penultimate shot.

Sure Garnett has made all the difference to us and certainly   
we owe at least 40% of our success to him,   25% to
defensive coach Thibodeau, 20% to Pierce, and 15% to 
Ray Allen and our bench.   But during his career Garnett has 
historically never been willing to put himself on the line 
in the final minutes, which I find strange.   But this Garnett 
flaw could well rear its ugly head in close finals series 
against either Detroit in the East or the WD champion.

I don’t really mean to diss Rondo, I like him.   In the future 
he’ll be a very good, consistent PG.   But he’s not there yet no 
matter how much other teams fall off from guarding him 
and our local announcers hype him.   And Cassell’s game 
doesn’t so far seem to fit our style or purpose.

Just one listers opinion.

Joe



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