You are too nice for a Celtics fan!
What's Happened To The Boston Celtics?
by minimus 74 Replies latest jw friends
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minimus
The Celts are kickin' ass!
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avishai
The Celtics hit a wall. They'll get there. The Lakers were just too soft and expecting big city calls. Or for the refs to win it for them. Oh, and who cares what players "look" like, as long as they play well and as a team. Unlike Kobe, who is just now learning team play at the end of his career
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avishai
Oh, and I'm not a Celtics fan. I just don't like the Lakers.
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minimus
In the 70s and 80s, everyone I knew was a basketball fan. Now, it's only baseball and football.
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JimmyPage
It all comes down to the shorts.
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exjdub
In the 70s and 80s, everyone I knew was a basketball fan. Now, it's only baseball and football.
I used to be a rabid basketball fan and went to the Boston Garden 3 or 4 times to see the Celtics play when Bird, Parrish, McHale, DJ, Cedric Maxwell, Ainge played. But now, I don't even watch the playoffs anymore. Why? I think it started when great teamwork went out the window and too many players started missing wide open shots. Also, as much as Jordan was a great player, how many times can you watch the rest of the Chicago Bulls stand over the other side of the court to clear out the lane and watch jordan go one on one every time?
Other than Jordan and a handful of other players that were noted for shooting, you had a bunch of "pros" at that time who came to the league after the Bird/Magic era that would miss wide open shots from 15' to 20' away. That was almost a layup in the 70's and 80's!! If you left someone open from 15' away back then you would count the 2 points before it left their hands, and I am not talking about just the star players. Any Journeyman in the NBA could hit a wide open shot back then.
God I sound old...I remember the old guys talking about Cousy, Russell, Wilt, etc. when I was watching Bird and Company and I would roll my eyes..too funny. I miss the old rivalries between the Celtics, the Lakers, the Washington Bullets, the 76'rs, the Rockets, the Supersonics. Who could forget the finals when the Lakers came to the Garden and the air conditioning wasn't turned on (clearly an oversight!) in the Lakers locker room and it was very hot outside? When the Lakers got spanked they cried like babies and the papers had the story all over the place. I hated the Lakers and the Sixers, but I respected them immensely. I would be on the edge of my seat every time Magic, or Andrew Toney (the Boston Strangler) would have the ball in their hands. When Michael Cooper would cover Bird (the only person to ever have consistent success doing it) I would get nervous as a cat. Man the memories...I might believe in the Bible god again if he could bring those basketball days back!
exjdub
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minimus
exdub, your words brought back wonderful memories. I think this Celtics team plays unselfishly. When Big Baby keeps getting fed the ball, you know it!
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lola28
Big Baby? LMAO let's just call him what he is, a fatty who happens to be KG's lil bitch.
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minimus
Big Baby lives up to his name. They put on another clinic yesterday.
