From: bis@world.std.com (Bis)
Subject: Re: Celtics back... to inconsistency
Organization: Bis Information Services
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:49:06 GMT

In article <1jfphtINN659@bigboote.WPI.EDU> cor@wpi.WPI.EDU (Cory Shimer) writes:
>What an ugly game!! Chicago wins by 10, but really won by about 20+ pts
>before garbage time.
>
>Add to this the fact that the Bulls really didn't play a great game...
>and yes... The Celtics looked really, really, really bad.
>
>This may be the worst game they have played all year.

Worse than the one in Milwaukee?  Worse than the one in Indiana?  I
don't think so.  It's hard to top 10 (or something like that)
consecutive turnovers, or being down ~35 at the half, both to -.500
teams. 

>I'm really dissapointed. Not because the C's lost, but because
>they didn't come to play. Their hearts weren't in the game, and
>that is not how the Celtics used to be, back when every game was 
>played with heart.

Nah.  The difference was that in the 80s they had so much talent, they
could goof off most of the game and then get serious near the end and
win.  In the early 80s, their come-from-behind victories were
remarkably frequent for a team that had the best record in the league.
At least that was the impression I got.

>Being spoiled by the teams of the 80's...sigh.

I have faith that within a few years, they'll win another
championship.  Oh, I don't have any reason, it's just that, well,
they're the Boston Celtics.

>Celts need a pure shooter, a power forward, and a center.
>(Parish and McHale do NOT look good this season, except every once
>in a while).

McHale looks shabby.  He's headed for his first season under 50%
shooting.  On defense, he doesn't move.  It's hurts to watch...he used
to be one of the best in the league on defense.

Parish, on the other hand, is a completely different story.  He looks
great, and not just for his age.  His total-per-game stats don't look
so impressive because he's down to 26 minutes, but when he's on the
floor he's usually great.   He's not as consistent as he used to be,
though.

>And coach Ford... Start X!

Why?  X has been doing so much better ever since he went to the bench.
Probably because he wants to be a starter.  :)

>we need to trade one of : Douglass, Brown, Bagley.

Yeah, right.

Douglas?  With the disparity between his contract and his performance,
he's virtually untradable.

Brown?  Bite your tongue!  He's worth more to the Celtics on the team
than in a trade.  You'll see him in the all-star game yet, mark my
words. 

Bagley?  He's too old, though it might still be possible to get
something for him.

>more marketable. It's be nice to trade one of them, plus 
>Kliene, Alla, or perhaps even PArish or McHale.

Kleine and Alla would not be worth much more than their value to the
team.  Why do you want to trade them, anyway?  There has to be a
purpose to a trade.

McHale is untradable.  He's old, he has a big contract, and he's
retiring at the end of the year.

Parish is worth so much more to the team than he would be in a trade
that it would be just plain stupid to trade him.  Plus, it would be a
fan-relations fiasco.  *I* certainly don't want to see the Chief go.

>The C's have good players, but something just really doesn't seem
>to mesh....

Have patience.  It's getting there.  With the way New York has been
playing, I wouldn't even rule out a division crown.