Alright a little back story here, both my brother and I live in Boston (not withstanding his recent move to Dallas), and our father landed here back in the Forties as his first stop in America from Italy. This is why we cheer for both the Red Sox and the Celtics, not the Patriots though, we really don’t care either way about them, though we were hoping for the perfect season personally. First and foremost, kudos to ABC, much better production than TNT could muster, and I loved the announcing team (I would have had to mute the damn thing if they had forced Hubie Brown on me). Second, finally some props where props are due, James Posey is the man, and it’s a travesty and quite frankly disgusting that he didn’t win Sixth Man of the Year (aside here: pick up espn the mag, their odds this issue is hilarious about the current so called sixth man). Ginobli should start, but he sucked so much playing starters minutes he was forced to the bench, he’s a tweener and the worst kind. Posey is a true bench player. He brings energy, tenacity, some of the best defense you can find, and a plus, he can knock down open jumpers with range. He did it for Miami, and we miss him terribly. Look at what can happen to a team when it loses it’s defensive intensity and some open shooters (the other departure being Jason Kapono of course, who also repped himself well by winning the 3 point contest again).
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