Best yet to come for the Celtics

[LnGrrrR]

I love Jackie Mac ...... she's really enjoyable

Oh definitely. Boston is also blessed with some terrific sports writers as well... love Bob Ryan, Peter Gammons, Michael Smith (who went to ESPN fulltime), and many more. (You could include Bill Simmons in that as well, though he's not a 'classic' journalist.)

[Giuseppe]

love Bob Ryan

He's a . He wouldn't acknowledge '85, or, '87.

[LnGrrrR]

He's a . He wouldn't acknowledge '85, or, '87.

So all the writers you like are unbiased Cully?

Edit: To clarify, just because someone is biased/is a , does not mean they aren't a good writer and/or can't appeal to an audience.

[Giuseppe]

So all the writers you like are unbiased Cully?

Edit: To clarify, just because someone is biased/is a , does not mean they aren't a good writer and/or can't appeal to an audience.

Ryan put all in his eggs in the basket of Laker denial prior to '85. He's not a man. He's a worm. Even Heinsohn, as rampant a Celtic partisan as he is signed on with CBS with the pregnant threat of Laker breakthru. I can respect that. If no one knew better they'd a never known his allegiance watching and listening to his commentary. Sure, he was tightlipped and bushy tailed immediately after Game 6, but, he never uttered a bitter word. He's a man.

[LnGrrrR]

Ryan put all in his eggs in the basket of Laker denial prior to '85. He's not a man. He's a worm. Even Heinsohn, as rampant a Celtic partisan as he is signed on with CBS with the pregnant threat of Laker breakthru. I can respect that. If no one knew better they'd a never known his allegiance watching and listening to his commentary. Sure, he was tightlipped and bushy tailed immediately after Game 6, but, he never uttered a bitter word. He's a man.

Fair enough.

[Giuseppe]

Fair enough.

I look on Heinsohn as a hero, a role model, an example of man at his finest moment for what he did there. Why he signed on for that gig is beyond me. I could not have done that for money, marbles nor chalk. Did he do it because he was confident of further denial, that there was no risk involved? Only he knows. What is fact is he conducted himself with impartiality and class start to finish, even to the point of wearing a mixed color tie to honor both teams during that Finals.

It's truly a great moment in NBA history.

[Bill Simmons]

Yes, it's true that Bird beat L.A. once ('84) and Magic beat Boston twice ('85, '87). But when Bird and the 1986 Celts were peaking, L.A. avoided a guaranteed s acking by getting "upset" by the young Rockets. That's a forfeit win for Boston, bringing the tally to Bird 2, Magic 2.

[Giuseppe]

I'd imagine it's a bitter pill to swallow knowing the score shoulda been even at 2-2 if not for the Lakers pussy ass tankjob of '86.

tee, hee.

lmemulatedao!