Garnett, Pierce, and Allen may not be enough
February 9, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Kevin Garnett, NBA Basketball, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Your intrepid author has been warning you that it is a long season.
It is much too early to hand the crown over to the Boston Celtics.
Now with the Western Conference top teams adding Shaq, Weber, and Gasol and the Spurs healing up and adding Stoudamire, it is even more reason to not hand over the NBA Title to the Boston Celtics.
Not that we should give up on the Lucky Green men, but take a look at this recent quote from Detroit Pistons GM Joe Dumars:
On the Boston Celtics possibly riding their superstars too much:
“All I will say is this: We’ve seen it before. I think it’s great for them, it’s exciting for them, we’ve been there before with the gaudy record. Phoenix was there a few years ago with the gaudy record. Dallas had a gaudy record, Miami had a gaudy record, and none of us got to where we wanted to get to in that particular year.
So all I’m saying is that we’ve seen it. We’ve done it, we’ve lived that gaudy record that they’re living right now, and it didn’t pay dividends for us so I would tell people to hold up on presenting that trophy just yet, because there’s a lot of basketball yet to be played. A lot of playoff series, and a lot of things can go on.
The gaudy record is nice, but like I said, you go back over the last four years, Detroit, Miami, Phoenix, and Dallas had the same gaudy record that Boston has and none of us won it that year.” source
You see it may come down to how Doc Rivers uses his players or uses them up. The choice will be his.
NBA Basketball Fan Question Are you still picking Boston?
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Firstly, i’m still voting for Boston Celtics. (although it might seems a little bit stupid when others are becoming stronger). By the way, i don’t think Shaq will give much contribution to Suns, but Shawn Marion definitely is going to do his best for Miami. Secondly, Lakers are still far away from the championship ring although they are improving. Same thing to cleveland, who only depend on the chosen one. When Lebron is injured (touchwood), Cleveland is going to be like a bottom team. Dallas, San Antonio, and Detroit look good this year, it’s interesting to see how far they will go. Other than Boston, i’ll vote for Houston Rockets! Surprise!