Being a fan can be a hazardous preoccupation. You are required a certain level of commitment that sometimes you can't even extend to your friends or family. Worse, it could affect you in a way that is difficult to comprehend. I for instance, has this peculiar tendency to stick to certain "fannish superstitions" like holding my breath when the opponent attempts a free throw which, in my theory, should force the opponent to miss the shot (and I have the temerity to tell my daughter that ghosts are not real).  

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I just watched the Celtics' Championship DVD again and it doesn't change one bit how I felt the first time I saw the video. Having picked a bad time to be a Celtics fan in the early 90's, when Larry Bird was on his way out, then Reggie Lewis died and Dino Radja became our best player, their championship season was like in Paul Pierce's words, "a breath of fresh air." I managed to get by our sufferings in the 90's and then became hopeful when PP and Antoine played together; only to see the team crumbling down yet again when they started focusing on rebuilding the team with a slew of young players.

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I understand that Boston, just like the other teams who've shown interest on BBD, are reluctant to shell out a huge amount of money to sign him: his strong showing in the playoffs in a team that has a depleted frontline is simply not enough to gauge his basketball skills.

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Boston and Indiana might need a third team to make the S & T for Daniels work and New Jersey can possibly be the third team after they showed their interest in BBD. But what can Boston possibly get from New Jersey?                               

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The smoke that was the free agency is starting to set and so far Boston, Cleveland and Orlando are still the top three favorites in the East.

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The Celtics have had some problems dealing with athletic teams, just like what Atlanta and Chicago has showed in their two previous successive first round match-ups. The brand of offense of teams like them has exposed Boston's weakness in transition defense in an open court type of basketball. 

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The last two seasons, the Celtics' bench offensive reliability has been questioned. Most often one of the Big 3 stays on the court with the second stringers to prevent the offense from keeling over. But all that seem to have changed with the addition of Rasheed and the possible arrival of Marquis Daniels.

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So Lamar Odom was offered $9 million and decided to act like he's not seeing it and talks to the Mavs and the Heat. Well thanks Lamar it will be a great joy to see you in a different NBA uniform next season.

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With the recent addition of Rasheed Wallace, Boston is almost close to duplicating a tough line up reminiscent of the team that won banner 17 (althought definitely Rasheed is a big upgrade compared to what PJ Brown, with all due respect to PJ, was able to bring to the team before). The only missing piece is a player with the caliber of James Posey. Or we could bring Posey back.   

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Today Rasheed, tomorrow the world. And to conquer the world let's load one more big guy or a wingman like Grant Hill to our roster.

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