-> DN> I don't know what the hell ML thought he was going to get away
-> DN> last year, putting Szasbo in at center.
->
->What in the heck are you talking about? Carr WASN'T trying to get
->away with  anything, Dave. He was playing the hand he was dealt
->with after injuries. The  plan was to use Ellison
Oooh, good plan.  Pervis Ellison has all the basketball sense of a pet rock.
I've seen him help lose games to the *Grizzlies* for crying out loud..  he
did the best thing possible for his team by dropping that table on his foot.
->Again, YOU are overlooking a lot of facts, especially when you
->OBVIOUSLY want to make it look like *I* said that he was going to
->make that  much of a difference (and I didn't).
I don't want to put words in your mouth.  I think Boston is in awful shape,
and will not win more than 40 games next year, probably a lot less.  I said
Dino's return wouldn't add 24 wins, not to make it look like that was what
you were saying, but because I wondered what the hell is making you think
they WILL add 24 wins to their record this coming season!
->The 18 wins
->dropped came from losing Radja, Ellison, Barros, Brickowski and
->Minor
You already know what I think of Ellison.  Barros is an overpaid floater who
stands back at the three point line and pots his 3 or 4 3-balls, then goes
back into his zone and plays horrible defense.  Brick has good toughness and
defense, but is not good enough to be a starting center at the offensive end.
Minor won a slam dunk championship.  La dee da.
I'm being blunt in summing up what I think of them, but these players are
just not going to push Boston past the New Jersey Nets and over the .500 mark
The only players currently in the Celtics organization that I have respect
for are Wesley, Williams, Walker and Weatherspoon.
->A
->return of ALL THOSE PLAYERS means a hell of a lot to Boston and
->THAT is the  basis of why I think Boston can't help but return to
->30+ wins
I might remind you that your statement was 40 wins or more..  I hope you're
not backing out of that agreement.
->(Radja's gone, however, his replacements from Philly should make up
->for  what he gave the Celtics and they'll be less of a question
->mark as far as  health).
CCage is a write-off, and too small to fill that gaping hole that still
exists at center.  Spoon is a good player..  not as good as Dino at his
peak, but I have a feeling Radja may never return to those 20 points 10
boards per game numbers.
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