With 20 games remaining, the Celtics have gone from a pre-season projection as a top Title contender to mediocre playoff team. What happened? Boston has some good-to-excellent players, but as a team they are just good - not very good or excellent. Here's a quick chemistry lesson as it applies to the Celtics.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is poisonous, but the two components, carbon and oxygen, are not. We are composed of carbon and breathe oxygen. Both are necessary for life. With all the finger-pointing going on with the Celtics, many are calling the individual players toxic to what the team is trying to accomplish.