I'm not delusional, so I'm not going to pretend that this game means that the '07-08 Celtics are back. However, I do think a classic blowout win also shows that the C's aren't completely in the grave quite yet either. More importantly, since any change that may occur will have to wait until at least this summer, there's no point in utterly forsaking hope and entirely dwelling on the bad (as bad as it's been). Thus, for the sake of trying to maintain any morale for this team, I came up with two reasons to have some hope for this team (as small as it may be).
1. All Star Rondo and the Big Three have yet to blend their talents. People forget that Rondo's coming out party was last year's playoffs, when KG was out. Since then, with KG and PP missing time, Rondo's yet to have sustained time with the Big Three. Consequently, we've seen spurts of the Big Three doing well, spurts of the Rondo show, and spurts of utter disarray on the offensive end. This is something that certainly could improve over the next month.
2. KG and PP can improve, particularly PP. While I don't ever expect to see KG what he as two years ago, I really see no reason why Pierce can't regain at the very least the form he had last year. He's only 32 and apparently his injuries have all been minor. As for KG, the past couple weeks have shown he's improving...hopefully that continues.
Again, I'm not trying to drink the Kool Aid. I've been VERY disappointed with this team so far this year. But still, I think we need something to latch some hope on. So I suggest that if anyone has anything else to dangle some hope from, let's put it here and try to keep it realistic.