The national writers don’t know who we are. Coaches of division rivals aren’t talking about us. And, even writers in Boston don’t think the Celtics will be in the playoff picture.
Am I missing something? Did Paul Pierce get traded, and no one told me? Are Ricky, Wheezie, and Ryan Gomes going to come down with the Blount Flu and play souless basketball for the next 6 months? I just don’t get it. Rick Pitino railed on the Boston media for being too hard on his team, but in the fall of 2005 it seems it is everyone else that is too hard on the Celtics and underselling them for the season ahead. So instead simply refuting these idiotic guesses, here are some reasons why the Celtics could be much better than anyone may have guessed.
