The way I see it is this. . . the celtics were a very good team during the Larry Bird era. However. . . during that time. . . they were babied by the referees and leauge even more than Duke is babied by the NCAA today!!! All Larry Bird had to do was fall to the ground and he went to the free throw line. It didn't matter if there wasn't anybody within 5 feet of him. . . he just went to the line! Also. . . the officials working games at the Boston Garden were horribly biased at best. Who can forget Robert Parish's absolute assault on Bill Lambier right in front of the official who just stood there. Time magazine even did a cover story on the boston garden pulling the green wool over the officials eyes for years. Lambier was a dirty jerk of a player but for the officials and NBA to look the other way on this was a disgrace!!!! The NBA has deteriorated into a leaugue of crap and nothing but thugs but I love the fact that the celtics are biting the big schwantzola now!!!!
2007-02-07 01:04:43 · 8 answers · asked by vonhugenstein21 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Yes, Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Dr. J all got the same pathetic treatment! NBA now stands for Not Basketball ANymore!!! Just a bunch of ghetto scumbuckets with too many tatoos carrying and palming the ball. At least it is nice to watch the Suns playing as an unselfish team!
2007-02-07 01:15:15 · update #1
First off, I totally agree with you about how the NBA has deterriorated into a league of crap and that the few bright points in the league are teams like the Suns. However, I totally disagree with everything you pointed out about the Boston Celtics. I am a little biased by being a Celtics fan, but the fact that you think they are getting cursed because of things that happened in the 80s is totally ridiculous. Bill Laimbeer was a dirty player and was very consistent at playing dirty and I think refs just thought he had it coming to him. I can't imagine them trying to step in and risking getting a punch in the face. The Celtics in the 80s were just plain good and thats for a reason....they had great management. Danny Ainge has single handedly destroyed the Celtics and even tried to get rid of Paul Pierce, the one bright spot on the team. If theres any curse at all.....its the Curse of Ainge...
2007-02-07 04:12:19 · answer #1 · answered by wdunn27 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please man, spare me. Larry Bird was just a dirty and grimey as the next player on the court. Did you ever watch the Lakers back then? Magic, Kareem, Worthy, whoever, they threw punches and weren't even called! Philly did it, Detroit did it, the Bulls did it. So don't talk about the Celtic's getting special treatment, because they got the same as everybody else back then. You wanna talk about getting babied by officials? Have you even WATCHED Lebron James? Or Kobe Bryant? Or Shaq? Those guys travel, double dribble, and foul more than anyone I've ever seen. Then they bit*h to the refs when they don't get a call the other way? Man, quit whining and play the fu*king game. And as for YOU posing this question- quit bit*hing and just watch, or if you don't like how it's being played, or run, or officiated- then don't watch! Jesus man, it's not brain surgery, if you don't like it, don't watch it.
And to this issue of the Celtic's being cursed, shut up. There's no such things as curses. They are being poorly coached, and the management more or less sucks a*s right now. Doc Rivers can't coach his way out of a paper bag, let alone, run a legitimate rotation, or reckognize the fact that 1) Brian Scalbrine should NEVER set foot on the garden floor, 2) The offense should NOT be run through Al Jefferson when he pops up to the foul line, 3) Wally Sczerbiak, despite his numbers, shouldn't be allowed into the game until the second half, because every first half he sucks, then every second half he magically starts hitting his shots.
Next Danny Ainge is the only thing I'm iffy about. All I can say is the ends better justify the means here, because this is getting to be re-god-damn-diculous. I'm gonna smack him myself if Gerald Green doesn't turn into the next Kobe in like 3 years.
That's my 2 cents, I'm out, peace
2007-02-07 10:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boston, cursed again? Another team is cursed? No way! Ok, in all seriousness, it's not a curse. It's bad management. Ask the Detroit Lions what a bad GM could do for you. Danny Ainge neds to be FIRED IMMEDIATELY. Someone needs to rebuild this team from the ground up. Even Paul Pierce said, the team won't be able to afford all these guys on their current roster.
2007-02-07 09:54:10 · answer #3 · answered by RichMac82 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Between the Len Bias tragedy, not getting Tim Duncan, getting Chauncey Billups but trading him and their recent problems it would appear they're cursed wouldn't it. I don't even like Boston but I do feel bad for them. This was a once very proud franchise and whether you feel the refs gave them calls or not they still won championships. Now they have lost 15 in a row and if the schedule is any indication its just going to get worse.
2007-02-07 11:19:19 · answer #4 · answered by roni26 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IMO - the boston celtics should just "tank" the rest of the season
with such a great draft class y try and not get the #1 pick of the draft???
2007-02-07 10:37:56 · answer #5 · answered by Me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like jordan never got every call his way! i think u r making all of this up. Next thing u know u will say Red Auerbach and his great Celtics teams were lucky...
2007-02-07 09:13:01 · answer #6 · answered by Jim G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think Boston ever had a curse except the "white" curse of too many untalented white players on their roster.
2007-02-07 09:13:01 · answer #7 · answered by DaAvs 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who gives one?
2007-02-07 09:10:42 · answer #8 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋