The Celtics make me SICK...

Celtics this..and Celtics that..and Celtics are best team in East...and Celtics and Lakers are ordained by God to meet in the Finals. I am tired of hearing that. The Celtics have NOT been chosen by the Almighty. They have to play the games and win them. Do you really think they will match up well with the Bulls? 

Well, first let us discount the Heat. They do not have a complete team and won't make it past the second round in the playoffs. The Heat are most over-rated team in the history of basketball. They are not even an elite team, if you define "elite" as being a team that CAN win the championship. 

It really is a two horse race between the Bulls and the Celtics for the Eastern crown. The Bulls are only two games behind the Celtics. Their recent roster moves shows that they are worried about the Bulls. But, will those moves enable them to fend off the charging Bulls? I doubt it.  Shaq is too old and slow, and Murphy can't take the inside energy of Noah. 

The old Bulls took them to seven games the last time they met in the playoffs. The New Bulls will take them in 5 games when they meet in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. That is where they will meet because the Bulls will have the best record, and the Celtics will have the second best. If I am wrong, which would be like the Sun stopping the sky, then the positions will be reversed. The Heat are no longer a factor, except as practice fodder for the truly elite.

Lets look at the only two teams in the East with a chance of playing in the Championship Series. The Celtics are a quality well coached and well balance team. But they do have some weaknesses --  

• Centers: are aged and well beyond their prime.  The Celtics have to keep oxygen and a nurse on the sidelines in case they go into cardiac arrest, sad.  Other than that, they are good. Oh, and now they have Troy Murphy, thats nice. 
• Forwards: Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce -- great players from yesteryear. When they were in their prime, the Lone Ranger was on television. They know the game well, and have forgotten more than most players will ever learn. Unfortunately, they ARE forgetting. Again, sad.
  (Is the Garden wheel chair accessible?)  
• Guards: Ray Allen, great shooter and a class act. But, again, old. Rondo is not old, but he is a piece of s***. Since his classless dirty play, has he really improved? or, just become dirtier? 

There you have it for the Celtics. If a bio-pic is to be made of this team they would have to cast Sidney Poitier, Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, and Laurence Fishburn to make it look realistic. 

Now lets look at the Bulls. Young, talented, dynamic, well-coached, and hungry. 

• Center: Joakim Noah, Omer Asik, Thomas - rebounding, scoring, defense, youthful energy, will outplay and smother the Celtics. 
• Forwards: Boozer, Deng, Taj -- will score, defend, and run the court over the slow and aged Celtic veterans. 
• Guards: MVP DRose will outplay Rondo easily this time. DRose has taken his game several levels higher than in 2009. Rondo won't be able to handle it. His flaw and deficiencies will be laid open for people to see.  Ray Allen's shooting will not be able to win it, especially when Brewer is defending him, or the Bulls could match him with Korver. 

Lastly, Thibodeau's coaching will create a defensive monster that the Celtics will not cope with.  Thibodeau's half-time adjustments make the Bulls a second half team.  And, as you know second-half teams win championships. 

And that is why I am sick of hearing about how good the Celtics are, and how they will play in the Finals. It is so against reality. But, I guess old people have a hard time changing with the times and accepting new things. 

This Celtics group has been good. But, don't you think its about time to put them in the scrap books, build them a memorial, and call it an era? 

I do.