Our first guest will be; the articulate and ebullient,Sean Grande, radio voice of the Celtics.
In his column: From The Booth at Celtics.com, from June 5th. , Sean expresses the excitement that draws us together and brushes aside the fixation with the past glories of the Celtics and Lakers franchises that have inundated the media this last week.
But in these hours, as Game One finally arrives, the living breathing embodiment of what one year ago was a truly impossible basketball fantasy, I have a very clear thought about Russell and Chamberlin, about Larry and Magic, Havlicek and West, Kareem and Chief, Magic's hook, Max's back, McHale's foul, Nellie's bounce, unreleased balloons, overheated locker rooms, Johnny, Chick and everything Celtics-Lakers past.
One very clear thought.
I don't care.
Not today.
There are no two basketball franchises, no two franchises period, as storied as these. But those stories have an ending. They belong to the past, to your parents and grandparents, and to history.
This, is your time.
Eric Pincus, basketball editor and credentialed Lakers reporter for Hoopswold.com, will call in from the arena, as soon as the dust settles in the locker room. On the Yahoo Celtics message board, yesterday, Eric reviewed the first two games and ponders the Lakers chances and possible adjustments going into their virtually must win game three.
The Lakers have not played well defensively but there are some seeds thereJB
"Yes Indeed!"