Rosen's take on Celtics

[Bruiser]

Hey yo!

I think Charley Rosen is clearly the best hoops writer out there. His last piece is about the Celts. He hits the bullseye as usual. Check this out!!!

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8867 ... repetitive

Any thoughts? Kind regards.

[threrf23]

Yeah thats pretty much a solid article all around.

[threrf23]

hmm, here's an excerpt from the previous Rosen article that I hadn't heard before,

Travels with Charley

It was early in the 1986-87 season, when the Boston Celtics got their first look at Dennis Rodman, the Pistons' precocious rookie. When Rodman came into the game midway through the opening quarter, his assignment was to guard Larry Bird. As per his personal game plan, Bird immediately took Rodman into the low-post to test the rookie's mettle.

However, before he could receive an entry pass, Bird suddenly yelped and jumped forward. When questioned by his teammates during a subsequent timeout, Bird blamed his unexpected behavior on Rodman's defense.

Instead of applying an elbow to Bird's back, or displacing Bird by putting pressure on the back of Larry Legend's lagging knee, Rodman had simply poked a finger up Bird's butt!

Thereby giving new meaning to down-and-dirty defense.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8838 ... ig-problem

[giambijuice]

hmm, here's an excerpt from the previous Rosen article that I hadn't heard before,

Travels with Charley

It was early in the 1986-87 season, when the Boston Celtics got their first look at Dennis Rodman, the Pistons' precocious rookie. When Rodman came into the game midway through the opening quarter, his assignment was to guard Larry Bird. As per his personal game plan, Bird immediately took Rodman into the low-post to test the rookie's mettle.

However, before he could receive an entry pass, Bird suddenly yelped and jumped forward. When questioned by his teammates during a subsequent timeout, Bird blamed his unexpected behavior on Rodman's defense.

Instead of applying an elbow to Bird's back, or displacing Bird by putting pressure on the back of Larry Legend's lagging knee, Rodman had simply poked a finger up Bird's butt!

Thereby giving new meaning to down-and-dirty defense.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8838 ... ig-problem

sounds like rodman.

[bruno sundov]

That is pretty gross.

[Jammer]

Charley's on the button.

I ALWAYS READ Charley Rosen's pieces.

Thanks for putting the link in the first post of this great thread.

[MyInsatiableOne]

I find Rosen to usually be very grumpy and curmudgeonly but he's usually spot on. I love when he savages **** teams or overrated teams!

[threrf23]

Reading some of his other team previews and pieces, I don't always agree with him. For example, he stated James Posey as, currently, the league's best "role player," above guys like Shane Battier and Andrei Kirilenko.

But he's still easily better than average, and interesting, and his take on the C's was pretty impressive for someone relying on past knowledge and a single game's performance.

[MyInsatiableOne]

hmm, here's an excerpt from the previous Rosen article that I hadn't heard before,

Travels with Charley

It was early in the 1986-87 season, when the Boston Celtics got their first look at Dennis Rodman, the Pistons' precocious rookie. When Rodman came into the game midway through the opening quarter, his assignment was to guard Larry Bird. As per his personal game plan, Bird immediately took Rodman into the low-post to test the rookie's mettle.

However, before he could receive an entry pass, Bird suddenly yelped and jumped forward. When questioned by his teammates during a subsequent timeout, Bird blamed his unexpected behavior on Rodman's defense.

Instead of applying an elbow to Bird's back, or displacing Bird by putting pressure on the back of Larry Legend's lagging knee, Rodman had simply poked a finger up Bird's butt!

Thereby giving new meaning to down-and-dirty defense.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8838 ... ig-problem

sounds like rodman.

He must be who Reggie "NutGrabber" Evans learned D from...