All hail the perfect Celtics
Maybe that headline will satisfy the Celtics faithful.
Now that Boston has indeed shown itself to be the better team in the NBA Finals, blogger Eric Wilbur (click here) of the Boston Globe takes the opportunity to rib me for a pre-series column (click here) saying these Celtics aren't the intimidating "natural-born winners" that the 1960s and '80s Celtics were.
Wilbur writes: "Think the man [me] wants a re-do?"
No, thanks.
If my column had compared this year's Celtics unfavorably to this year's Lakers, Wilbur would have a point. But my column actually compared this year's Celtics to the '60s and '80s Celtics.
Does Wilbur really think that, going into the NBA Finals, the Celtics of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett had the "winners" reputation of the Celtics of Bill Russell and Bob Cousy or the Celtics of Larry Bird and Kevin McHale? If he does, he won't have his best argument with me here in Los Angeles, he'll have it with cooler heads there in Boston.
About this blog
Kevin Modesti watches sports from a new angle since his promotion from sports columnist to sports editor for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. In his new blog, Modesti not only comments on the big sports stories of the moment-- he talks about what makes them big. Think of it as a conversation with readers about how these stories should be covered.
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