The NBA needed this. If the league was ever going to recover from the crippling blow it took as a result of the Tim Donaghy betting scandal last summer, it needed nothing short of an intriguing, unpredictable, and continually entertaining regular season in 2008. It has gotten that, and more. Right now [Read More...]
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Let’s get something straight: these are not your father’s Celtics.They are not led by the “Big Three”. They don’t play in the musty heat box colloquially known as “The Gaahden”. And until they hang banner #17 over the famed parquet floor and collect the requisite hardware, they will only be another on a [Read More...]
Nov
16
2007
NBA Preview 2008: A Glimpse into the FuturePosted by: Matt in NBA 2008, Strictly Ballgame
With all the NBA Previews floating around, here’s an uncompromising vision of the 2008 NBA Playoffs…
Mid-April 2008: the NBA Playoffs are set
East
1. Celtics (58-24) versus 8. Knicks (41-41)
2. Pistons (52-30) versus 7. Cavs (43-39)
3. Magic (47-35) versus [Read More...]
Back in the day the Boston Globe had a contest to determine the eventual nickname of Paul Pierce, “The Truth”. My submission was “Pauly Prime Time”, because he was easily the most clutch player I’d ever seen don the legendary green and white. Sure, I watched Larry Bird at the end of his [Read More...]
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