It's easier to compare the current Celtics with the franchise's 1974 and '76 championship teams: KG is Dave Cowens, a relentless, take-no-prisoners, two-way board banger with an outside touch. Pierce is a better offensive version of Havlicek (though not as good all-around). Allen is White in his silky smoothness. Even Boston's earliest NBA champions of the late '50s and early '60s are a better fit: Garnett is Russell. Pierce is Heinsohn, cocky and offensive-minded. Allen is Sharman, fluid and fundamental, drop-dead accurate from the free throw line. Kendrick Perkins is Jim Loscutoff, the basher, the enforcer. (Rondo, however, is not Cousy.)
--
Not so sure about Jack McCallum's last point.
Speaking of Jack Mac, I miss Jackie Mac's weekly offerings. Her role at the Globe must have been diminished about the same time Peter May got bought out. Wait! I just read Wikipedia. Jackie Mac got bought out too.
Noooooooooo.
I thought it was odd she hadn't weighed in for a while.
Not Jackie Mac.
I loved Jackie Mac.
So she's been reduced to a talking head on Around the Horn and the occasional column for SI?
Man.
I might need therapy to deal with this.
1 comment:
Love the comparisons. I miss Jackie too. She was one of the best writers the Globe had. Now, Peter May I don't miss at all. The fact that Jakie had Red's respect is all you need to know about her writing.
Post a Comment