Thursday, July 05, 2007
'You don’t like the trade?'
Forgot to post this column from Tuesday: Tony makes the best case yet for why the Allen trade was both good and necessary for the Celts. For a guy who was furious only a week ago, I've settled down and I'm now looking forward to an Oden-less season. What a sap. But make this clear: I'm not happy with Danny. To acknowledge the Allen trade as some sort of genius move is ludicrous. Otherwise one would have to accept as genius the following imaginary talk between Danny and Wyc four years ago about Danny's 'bleed green' rebuilding program: "First, we're going to blow up an Eastern Conference contender because I don't like the way they play. We'll get rid of a veteran showboat forward for little in return, wear down a coach until he quits in midseason, make a lot of expensive dead-end and blind-alley trades, let Paul Pierce get the crap beat out of him by surrounding him with a lot of youngsters, demoralize the fan base to the point where we're giving away tickets, rattle the sword about getting Paul help while sticking to the youth-movement spiel, tank to the second-worst record in the league, watch the ping-pong ball take the wrong bounce, jettison the youth movement, nab Ray Allen after foot surgery to aid Paul and we'll be back as a second-tier Eastern Conference contender within five years. Got it, Wyc?" ...
Forgot to post this column from Tuesday: Tony makes the best case yet for why the Allen trade was both good and necessary for the Celts. For a guy who was furious only a week ago, I've settled down and I'm now looking forward to an Oden-less season. What a sap. But make this clear: I'm not happy with Danny. To acknowledge the Allen trade as some sort of genius move is ludicrous. Otherwise one would have to accept as genius the following imaginary talk between Danny and Wyc four years ago about Danny's 'bleed green' rebuilding program: "First, we're going to blow up an Eastern Conference contender because I don't like the way they play. We'll get rid of a veteran showboat forward for little in return, wear down a coach until he quits in midseason, make a lot of expensive dead-end and blind-alley trades, let Paul Pierce get the crap beat out of him by surrounding him with a lot of youngsters, demoralize the fan base to the point where we're giving away tickets, rattle the sword about getting Paul help while sticking to the youth-movement spiel, tank to the second-worst record in the league, watch the ping-pong ball take the wrong bounce, jettison the youth movement, nab Ray Allen after foot surgery to aid Paul and we'll be back as a second-tier Eastern Conference contender within five years. Got it, Wyc?" ...
