>>>>>Mike,
>>>>>
>>>>>>Except fans like lots of scoring more than they like degree of difficulty.
>>>>>
>>>>>So lower the rim per point then. *g*
>>>>>
>>>>>Last nights game results... Spurs 327, Lakers 276
>>>>
>>>>See? You've improved the game already! <g>
>>>
>>>But he gave Popovich a heart attack.
>>
>>Danny Ainge must have gotten his from the possibility of Kevin Garnett missing the playoffs. (A possibility that has been greeted with open skepticism in Chicago, BTW, given the Celtics' long history of gamesmanship).
>
>Once upon a time I was a major Celtics fan. From the latter days of Bill Russell, through Dave Cowans, and Larry Bird. But now they've morphed from a great finesse team into a bunch of thugs, and I don't enjoy watching them play any more.

In the words of Samuel L. Jackson as Jules, allow me to retort <g>. Although I am not and never been a Celtics fan, I don't agree with that at all. Like you, I don't like the thugs in the league, but don't see KG, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce fitting that label at all. Pierce maybe used to tend in that direction but is now a good citizen, too. Some have given the credit for that to KG. I bet if you asked the players in the NBA which man they respect the most, KG would be at or near the top of the list.

Sports Illustrated had a sensational cover after the Celtics won the championship. Hey, cool, this is the internet <g> -- here it is --

http://cgi.ebay.com/KEVIN-GARNETT-CELTICS-CHAMPS-SPORTS-ILLUSTRATED-RUSSELL_W0QQitemZ380118113294QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090417?IMSfp=TL090417159007r10390#ebayphotohosting

Someone said the other day here that pro sports is only about money. That picture is a pretty good counterargument.