My chief pleasure since I moved to NH is watching the Celtics. Comcast Sports Net broadcasts all of the games, and since my roomate has cable I don’t even have to pay extra for it. I’ve seen every single game except for one, and it reminds me of the high school era when, thanks to happy confluence of luck, the best player of all time was playing on a team in a city with its own cable channel. So I got to witness the greatness. It felt like I was part of it.
Anyway – there’s something very special going on right now and it makes me feel very clever. Before the beginning of last year I, along with some others, said the key for the Celitics season was Rajan Rondo. I said this having never seen the guy play, having only seen some rather complex statistical analyses. And, indeed, Rondo was critical to their winning the title.
And before this year, I said: the Cs could win it again, but only if Rondo takes the next step. Well, he’s taken the next step. In fact, over the last five games or so he’s taken two steps. And it’s beautiful to watch somebody transform right in front of you; to watch somebody realize how good he can be, and suddenly go from a nobody into an All Star.
Summary: if you haven’t been watching the Cs, and you like basketball, this opportunity doesn’t come along very often.