Are 2009-2010 Celtics better than Suns?

My friend thought that the Boston Celtics were a superior team to the Phoenix Suns last season. He said that he wished Nash could go to a good team. I had to do a little research to back-up my claim that they weren't.

I took offense at your comparison of Phoenix vs. Celtics. Phoenix played Boston twice last year and beat them handily in both games. On November 6, they beat Boston, 110-103 and on December 30, 116-98. That could implicate Phoenix as the superior team between the two. This can be verified on this link: http://www.hoopsstats.com/basketball/fantasy/nba/phoenix-suns/team/profile/10/24 

The Lakers made it to the finals over Phoenix based on a lucky shot by Ron Artest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thdemQiH3NU. 

Many people thought that Phoenix would have beaten the Celtics also in the finals. Here is an article with a poll taken that supports this premise.

I personally don’t think that the Suns, Celtics, or Lakers are superior teams. On a given day, any team will beat another team depending on circumstances…with luck being a big circumstance.

Kerr, Porter must go

The old saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” applies to the Suns current dilemma. Steve Kerr tried to fix the Suns, rather than fine tune them. Kerr brought Terry Porter in to fix the defense, but too much emphasis on change of an elite team created a lackluster, average team. Shaq and Porter won’t fix a fan-drawing playoff team that had a 65% winning percentage and that peeled off 15 and 17 consecutive wins. An NBA team only needs a defense that allows the other team to score one point less that the offense. Mike D’Antoni’s offense was better than the defense of all but a couple of NBA teams. And the team was much more fun to watch. Put the blame where it belongs. Get rid of Kerr and bring back D’Antoni as general manager and head coach.