Boston vs Philly

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1311321-how-do-the-boston-celtics-match-up-with-the-new-look-philadelphia-76ers

This analyst says that Boston still has the edge. To be honest, I think there are many holes and overlooked points in this article.

As he matches them up position by position he gives Bynum a 10-7 victory over KG (he rates the matchup on a 10-point scoring system, like boxing). 10-7? That's a double-knockdown round! Bullshit. Does Bynum have an advantage inside? Absolutely, he outweighs KG by 25#, but what's he going to do when KG airmails a ton of 19-footers? If he comes out to cover KG, and Bass keeps Hawes out near the elbow that's going to open the paint up for Pierce, Green and Bradley. Is Dorell Wright going to keep Paul Pierce from cutting to the hoop? No. I'm not going to lie though, our lack of bulk and height is and has been a concern to me. The Lakers aren't the only team in the league, now, with Twin Towers.

What about chemistry? Experience? Tenure? They lost their captain, Iggy. They just got a new center. They lost their bench sparkplug, Jodie Meeks. He gives the edge to the Celtics bench, but the loss of Meeks is big. He's a Jason Terry type of player, a player who can come in and drop 15 on you in no time flat.

Philly has improved, but they are still quite young. 3-5 years from now they'll be tough, but ask Atlanta about the wisdom of betting on keeping your team together for 3-5 years so they can ripen together.


bob



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MDCelticsFan wrote:It may be less confusing, in the future, not to use AB to refer to Andrew Bynum. AB, to me, is a reference to Celtics guard Avery Bradley. Can AB stand for BRadley, and spell out Bynum's name completely to avoid confusion. Muchos Gracious!

MD!

MD,

What confused me, for a sec, was when sinus referred to Philly's loss of AI. My first thought was "Allen Iverson has been retired for a while!" and then I remembered Iggy's first name was Andre. The AB vs KG stuff made sense, in context.

bob

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