Celtics Stuff Live: Sun.-Postgame, 8:30PM-W/Ian Thomsen.

[JB]

Ian Thomsen has been covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated since 1998.

His previous work history has included the "International Herald  
Tribune," "The National" and the "Boston Globe."

Being a Boston native with a national  perspective gives him the  
perfect position to evaluate the Celtics and their opportunity to  
claim their 17th championship this season.

Here is an example of that perspective from his column of March 17th.

[quote] Rivers feels that the Celtics have stolen 10 wins that they  
deserved to lose, but unlike other contenders, they've yet to develop  
bad habits or look like they're coasting.

     "That's the teams that have been together -- the Detroits of the  
world and all of those guys,'' Rivers said. "They've been in this  
chase so long, you can't blame them at times if they get bored. It  
gets exciting for our guys because we've been in this chase for four  
months. San Antonio's been in it for six years. And it's a big  
difference.''[/quote]

Ian was on board the Celtics bandwagon early  and clearly understood  
the impact of Garnett and Allen as described in his article of July 30.

     [quote]Garnett turns Boston into a potential champion because he  
is arguably the top complementary star in the league....The scoring of  
Pierce and Allen will enable Garnett to scale down his offensive  
production as he ages, keeping him fresh at the defensive end.[/quote]

  We will have a second guest this week, Joshua Motenko who covers  
European prospects for NBADraft.net and works with the non profit  
group: Peace Players International , using basketball to  bridge  
cultural, religious and political gaps in some of the worlds most  
dangerous, strife stricken regions.

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