tbg@apollo.uucp (Tom Gross) (03/06/86)
>> some such nonsense. In my opinion, nobody aside from the >> Lakers today matches up against the Celts as well as Buffalo >> did in the early '70's. And how many people remember Garfield >> Heard? > Finally, a Celtic fan admitted it. The Sixers and the Bucks >do not really give the Celts a fight in the Eastern Conference. >Does it mean the Celts have an easy path to the finals? >or in other words, they play in an easy conference? > > To me, it is just nonsense to say the Lakers have an >easier route to the finals. The Nuggets and Rockets give >as much problems to the Lakers as the Sixers and Bucks >give to the Celts (though it's not that much). Remember, >we are not talking about the 76ers of 1983 (one of the >greatest team ever.) Malone has already lost his fire. Now that you mention it, I agree that the Lakers and Celts have essentially the "same road" to the finals in terms of the opposition they face. As you point out though that was not the case just a couple of years ago, and the position you assail has become somewhat dated. Indeed, it may be that 10 years from now the Celtics will not be a force in the NBA at all, and yet that doesn't mean that claiming they're a good team in 1986 will somehow "become" a specious argument! Remember: there are still some people who think Maurice Cheeks is a better guard than Isiah Thomas. The "controversy" of "who has the toughest road to the finals" has never been one to keep me awake at night, and I'm not sure of the significance of my "admission". Have I said something to tarnish Red Auerbach's reputation? What's the BFD anyway? Tom Gross Apollo Computer, Inc. Chelmsford, MA