Coincidence?

by Jeff Clark on Feb 12, 2008 12:00 AM EST in NBA Articles

FLCeltsFan has several random thoughts each day, and here is one of her better ones:

The Sonics have 2 former Celtics and technically have 3 players they got from the Celtics if you include Jeff Green who they got with the #5 pick we gave them. The Sonics have the second worst record in the West and third worst overall. The Wolves have 6 former Celtics on their team and have the worst record in the West and second worst record over all. And the Heat have 3 former Celtics including Mark Blount who should count extra because he just just such an unlikeable person. The Heat have the worst record in the league. I mean, this really has to be a coincidence that the three worst teams in the league have the most former Celtics on them, doesn't it?

Sadly, no. It probably isn't just a coincidence.

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Very good point. You will never get the Doc-doubters to cut him any slack but he obviously didn’t have the talent. Such Doc bashers as Brickowski always felt Doc used Delonte West wrong. Looks like Seattle doesn’t see what Brickowski sees either. Hmmm! Apologies to Brickowski if it was someon else puffing up Delonte.

by Wildblu1 on Feb 12, 2008 10:05 AM EST reply actions

I was thinking the same thing the other day. There are a minimum of 2 Celtics players on each team and those teams stink. Umm, not a coincidence.

by jack1234 on Feb 12, 2008 10:55 AM EST reply actions

We made two trades for proven NBA stars that were hungry to play for a winner. Then a couple of good free agents came knocking on Danny Ainges door. Then our remaining draftees have all proven themselves at one time or another. This kind of turnaround rarely happens in the NBA. The NBA is more about the Joes than X’s and O’s as it always has been in my 40 years watching.

by QuinielaBox on Feb 12, 2008 10:57 AM EST reply actions

This is a great point FLCeltsFan. I don’t know what it means, but I like it a lot.

Of course almost all those players are also either former or current Timberwolves, so this could easily be just another case of debilitating timbertaint. The Celtic connection could just be masking the true cause of all this losing.

by Gant on Feb 12, 2008 1:24 PM EST reply actions

in defense of delonte, he is suffering from plantar fascitis. but all those ex celtics on losing teams tells us what a disaster this year would have been if danny hadn’t…

by nazzbo on Feb 12, 2008 5:01 PM EST reply actions

noticed this same point for the past few weeks. if the other gm’s notice this, Danny won’t be getting of his calls returned when he makes trade proposals.

I do figure that it’s just a matter of time before Minn starts showing some signficant improvement. There’s a very solid core of young talent there.

by slamtheking on Feb 12, 2008 6:51 PM EST reply actions