CALL ME SNAKE

Awhile back, I suggested that perhaps I had been hasty to raise questions about the wisdom of the Antoine Walker trade (“Maybe I was wrong,” February 26, 2005). Well, sure enough, the Celtics have gone on to win 6 of their last 7 and the genius of GM Danny Ainge has been widely pronounced (“True Genius,” March 9, 2005). Last night the Celts earned one of their biggest wins of the season, a double-overtime triumph over the defending World Champs, the Detroit Pistons. But Walker was just 4 of 19 from the floor, missing several easy layups, clanging free throws, and often trying to go coast-to-coast, only to lose the ball at the other end (4 turnovers for the night). So maybe I was right after all, and maybe Ainge is not the genius everyone claims. Time will tell, of course. But I now think I might have been wrong to say I was wrong.