The Rise To Redemption in the NBA

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After the disastrous off season with the Illegal betting scandel and the lackluster NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs destroying the Cleveland Cavaliers, there was little reason to believe the NBA season would bring about a winning scenario. However the 2007-2008 NBA scedule has started with a redeeming story. The Boston Celtics led by Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen are leading the NBA in games won and are a great turn around success story. Boston, a city rich with NBA tradition and the home of Bill Russell, Bob Cousy and Larry Bird is again living up to their tradtion. At this writing the Celtics stand 23-3 with the best record in Basketball. They are certainly a remarkable but not a suprising story. Other surprise stories are the rise of the Portland Trailblazers even without number 1 player chosen C. Greg Oden. At this writing Portland stands 16 and 12 only 1 game behind 1st place Denver. This has also has marked the decline so far of the Miami Heat and all time great Center Shaquile Oneal. Currently the Heat stand at 8 and 20 with prospects for this year being bleak at best. The Houston Rockets are the biggest enigma. The Rockets were expected to make a big splash in the West. With the additions of Luis Scola, Steve Francis and the entry of a new offense minded coach Rick Adeleman, the Rockets were expected be a better team from the one that won 52 games and battled Western Conference Finalist The Utah Jazz. The Rockets, However, are mired in a fragmented season seemingly lost and looking for direction. The Rockets better get it together now or be on the outside looking in for the playoffs. The other surprises are the Golden State Warriors, The Atlanta Hawks and The Los Angelas Lakers. We hope for a great NBA season.