I know when Garnett first got traded to the Celtics some of yall were comparing them to the 96-97 Rockets. This guy took it a step further in his comparison and I thought I would share (how many weeks until the season starts?) Rocket Fuel
interesting read, outside of the rockets i really want to keep up with the celtics and see how much damage they do in the east.
Celtics are deeper than Rockets were back then. We essentially didn't have a pg once Brent Price got hurt. Celtics also have defense and Tom Thibodeau to go with their 3 allstars. They're in the LEast. Championship is theirs.
yeah, that'd be a tough lineup handling the ball and defensively with Elie and EJ and Clyde on the wings
The Celtics only have future Hall-of-Famer of their big three. Ray Allen and Paul Pierce are just two " really good " players. To actually compare them to the '98 Rockets more accurately, it'd have to be something like Garnett, Allen Iverson, and Kobe playing on the same team. You cannot compare those current three with the Rockets' old big three LEGENDS. If we took back the '98 Rockets from time and put them in the Eastern Conference today, they would win the East easily.
That team couldn't even make it to March. Hard to win the East with Drexler taking his time recovering from heart attack surgery. That said, I still can't believe I whiffed on Rodrick Rhodes.