I am not really sure what our plan was that year. Was Jermaine or Shaq slated to start? I think Jermaine may have tanked the season because we started Shaq ahead of him. I am not sure, but I thought Shaq was brought in for a backup role, but somehow just played and charmed his way into that starting role, that eventually led to the Perkins trade.
You have a healthy Shaq and JO, who do you go with? Exactly. Perk was hurt Shaq was the choice. When Shaq was healthy, that team was amazing, he played well and so did everyone else. He didn't have to charm his way to anything.
Blame Shaq for not being healthy but other than that, he was the right choice when he was healthy. He was the right choice over Perkins too but he didn't stay healthy. Don't confuse him not playing the entire season with what happened when he was healthy.
Yup.....when Shaq was healthy.....that team was a steam roller ......it destroyed opponents ......it didn't seem fair .
Now I'm sick .....we had all those bigs .....now we run a miget offense .
I miss those days of Celtics as. Big team with serious bigs.
Oh well......maybe in another 20 years .....we can have a great center once again.
I agree that is why I said he 'played and charmed' himself into the starting role. Don't tell me that Shaq's stay in Boston wasn't full of charm. The city fell in love with him. You still did not answer my question. When they were brought in, wasn't JO supposed to start?
I know Shaq deserved the start and if he had stayed healthy we most likely would have won banner 18, but what was the plan going into the season?
I know one thing for sure, there was controversy brewing when Perk came back from injury. He wanted the starting role, and it was not clear that was going to happen with a healthy Shaq. That is one of the reasons DA shipped him out.
