Big Three
While we are still three games short of the totally artificial 20-game assessment mark, there seems to be enough information in this month of mediocrity to allow some analysis and conclusions. Fourth in their own division and seventh in the conference, their break-even record is well earned and appropriate. At present this team is not [...]
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Walter Ray Allen. Il suo tiro è poesia del basket; il pallone che esce dalle sue mani è morbido come una piuma e tagliente come una spada. La retina che, ineluttabilmente, si muove sembra cantare versi di leopardiana memoria. Classe, tocco e poesia riportati su un campo di pallacanestro. Sembra strano, ma da [...]
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By: Bobby Krivitsky | Flashback 2010 – After suffering a heartbreaking loss in game 7 of the NBA Finals to rival Los Angeles Lakers, Doc Rivers met with Danny Ainge for their annual end of the season meeting. As the two discussed the direction of the team, the conversation centered around strengthening the bench. Ainge [...]
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Ubuntu. The word that seemed so hip in ’08 seems so dated now, proof that times change and that time marches on, moment-by-moment, day-by-day, until an era disappears without our even noticing it. Think about it: The Great Ubuntu Breakup of 2012 didn’t happen at all; KG is back, Pierce didn’t end up following him out [...]
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“The Russians don’t take a dump without a plan, son!” O.K. so I’m mixing film metaphors (Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Top Gun) but I promised to try and make you think. For two weeks, I’ve been giving you detailed analysis—and very few signs that you have fired off more brain cells than you [...]
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As Father’s Day approaches, a quick personal story about what the Big Three means to me: I lost my father to cancer on August 1, 2008. We were very close, as I’m sure you are with your fathers out there in Celtic Nation. We rode the highs of the Original Big Three together, celebrating the great run [...]
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