A Plea for Sanity on 72-10

Posted by Zach Lowe on Nov 4, 2009 403612 commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fcelticshub.com%2F2009%2F11%2F04%2Fa-plea-for-sanity-on-72-10%2FA+Plea+for+Sanity+on+72-102009-11-04+16%3A47%3A35Zach+Lowehttp%3A%2F%2Fcelticshub.com%2F%3Fp%3D4036

The Globe weighed in on the Forbidden Topic yesterday:

Before the Celtics even played a game this season, Wallace stated last month to the Connecticut Post that he thought the Celtics could get the Bulls record. Bold? Yes. Off-base? No.

Entering tonight’s tilt in Philadelphia against the 76ers, the 4-0 Celtics are 1/18th of the way to 72 wins with a long, long, long, long way to go.

But it’s obvious even this early that this version of the Green has a chance to be historically good — even great.

And:

What this Celtics team shares with the 72-win Bulls is swagger. They walk into the gym expecting to win and genuinely enjoy demoralizing their opponents. Teams are intimidated by KG and irritated by Rondo.

Look, people, I implore you: We are better than this. We can be better than this. I mean, this is the Boston Globe, one of the all-time great newspapers with an all-time great history of sports reporting. Can’t it use its resources to talk to Doc Rivers about KG’s pick-and-roll defense instead of recycling this notion of a 72-win regular season? How about combing 82games or Basketball Value to uncover some interesting nugget about why this team is successful or what it needs to do better? Or watching the film to see if Rajon Rondo passed up a few shooting opportunities he should have taken against Philly last night?

Can’t we all work harder to understand the ultra-complicated dynamics of this basketball team instead of recycling the 72-10 angle? Isn’t there almost an infinite amount of work to be done just to understand how the 2009-10 Celtics function?

Let’s make a deal, everyone: No one is allowed to mention 72-10 unless the C’s are, say, 40-5 or better after 45 games. If they get there, we can mention it.

Deal?