February 2010
5 posts
ED-DIE!
Yesterday morning when I woke up and found out that the Nate Robinson for Eddie House talks had intensified, my first reaction was that I didn’t like the trade and didn’t want the Celtics to do it. After thinking about it for a little while, I admit that I kind of changed my mind. I thought about how Nate Robinson fell out of D’Antoni’s rotation for whatever reason, and after logging consecutive...
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“Except that fame is
The worst drug known to man
It’s stronger than,...”
– I have become more convinced that the Celtics need to make a move. What that move is, I don’t know, but I think the team needs to be shaken up and some new energy and a new high quality player would be a very welcome addition. There’s no real point in speculating about who that player...
Trade Rumors
After being swept by the Hawks, losing the season series to the Magic and coming up empty handed in the first match-up of the first season against the Lakers, I have come to the realization that I’ve been just as delusional as some of the Celtics. It doesn’t matter if the Celtics are capable of beating the Magic, or any other team in the NBA, if they played a full game. They have yet to play to...
The march continues
The good news? All Star break is fast approaching and our weary green men will have the chance to put their feet up and do some soul searching. All Star break will also bring the return of Marquis Daniels, and I can’t wait. I really think his return will have far reaching (positive) consequences- a lessening of the load for Paul and Ray, a solid perimeter defender, an able ball handler, and a...
January 2010
11 posts
On the dark side of the moon
Okay. The loss last night to Orlando was really crappy. The Celtics had the chance to win two in a row in Orlando, blow the Magic out and move ahead in the season series against them. Instead, they blew a 16 point second half lead and lost. There were spurts of great play- stints of absolute lock down defense and fluid offense, but then it would all just disappear and the Celtics play from the...
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Back to back wins!
Last night when the Celtics-Clippers game was on, I was simultaneously watching Syracuse-Georgetown. Georgetown came out blazing and ran to a 14-2 lead. Even after not scoring a field goal for the first 5 plus minutes of the game, Syracuse’s intensity never faltered. They managed to completely knock Georgetown off of their game. It started on the defensive end. At the beginning of the game,...
Thoughts on a rainy Monday
Friday afternoon, in a very unfortunate series of events, I erroneously boarded a train to Philadelphia instead of to Boston, so I missed the return of KG and the first win in four games for the Celtics. So, since I didn’t see the game, I’m unable to make any real commentary on it. A lot of people have said the win wasn’t great because they Celtics needed overtime to put the shorthanded Blazers...
“He’s baaaaaaaaaackkk:
“Coming out of a timeout in the fourth...”
– ESPN Boston
What's going on here?! Somebody give me my real...
So the Celtics decided to keep on sucking last night. By the time the first quarter was over the Pistons had something like 8 turnovers and Paul Pierce had 17 points. The Celtics went up by as much as 12, but they looked bored and only halfway involved while doing so. They could have easily been up by twenty plus, but instead of putting the Pistons away, their 12 point lead reduced to around 7 and...
The loss to Dallas was pretty crappy. The Celtics went in to halftime with a nine point lead, and that wasn’t because they were playing great basketball. It was because even when they’re just 85 percent tuned in, they can outplay the majority of teams in the league. So it was too bad that they decided to come out of halftime completely asleep. They proceeded to sit idly by as their 9 point lead...
At least Cleveland lost
After playing four games in five nights it was inevitable that the Celtics starting five, plus Glen Davis and Tony Allen, were going to be tired. It was also inevitable that Chicago was going to come out rested, having not played since Monday, and ready to go, because they’d been blown out by the Celtics twice this season on top of being sent home by the Celtics last May. And indeed, the Celtics...
Keys to the Game
Atlanta is a tough match up for the Celtics because they’re young, athletic and physical. The two most important Hawks to contain are Josh Smith and Jamal Crawford.
Josh Smith is a big bodied guy and, like the rest of the Hawks, he’s very athletic and physical. The Celtics will probably throw a combination of guys at Smith- Perk, ‘Sheed and Baby, maybe. It will be important for these guys to...
Paul and Rondo make their return!
Well, that was a great win. Incase you live under a rock and you don’t know, with 5.5 seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter, D. Wade picked the ball off of Ray, sprinted down the court and delivered a thunderous dunk, screaming and flexing his muscles for all 200 Heat fans in the building. The Celtics called timeout, and then Paul Pierce stepped up to the half court line. The Celtics...
There's no doubt about it:
Gilbert Arenas shouldn’t have had guns in his locker… But Delonte West shouldn’t have been speeding on his motorcycle, strapped with three guns. Funny how we pick our enemies…
December 2009
7 posts
A first
Well, maybe not a first, but close to it. I actively disagree with what Doc Rivers is doing. How many people have to be hurt for him to play Bill Walker, JR Giddens and Lester Hudson? Maybe he’s seeing stuff in practice that makes him not want to play them- but if that’s the case, then why are they still around? Especially Bill Walker and JR Giddens. Doc said he didn’t like the...
Somewhere in Lincoln, MA, Paul Pierce is very...
Last time the Celtics found themselves skidding, the catch saying was “how Rondo goes, so go the Celtics.” We wanted Rondo to take it to the basket, to not be afraid to shoot the ball, and to come out and play with consistency. He’s pretty much turned that corner. He’s there. So how is it possible for the Celtics to come up short when Rondo goes for 30 points and 15 assists? Against the Warriors....
Celtics 108, Bulls 80
The Celtics looked pretty crappy in the first quarter and I thought we might be in for a long night. Shots were front rimming, the Celtics were going basket for basket with the Bulls for awhile and they were being sloppy with the ball. But somehow, with the big three only playing around 25 minutes a piece, they turned a pretty ugly first quarter (or, as the Bulls commentators were calling it, an...
Ray Allen reaches 20,000! Celtics 18-4
I (momentarily) stand duly corrected. I admit that in envisioning TA’s return to the team, I had visions of him sprinting around the court like a maniac, hurtling himself towards the basket forcing up silly shots and recklessly hacking away at the ball, racking up fouls trying to do way too much. Instead, I am very happy to report that in nearly 18 minutes of very efficient play, he scored 8...
Something not about Tiger Woods
Ta-da! Marquis Daniels is out for 6-8 weeks and… That sucks. It’s not that Marquis came in and lit the scoreboard up. His contributions were minimally visible on the stat sheet. He is subtly effective, and on a team stock full of stars and big personalities, that is extremely valuable. Some of the things I like about Marquis: He can play at the 1, 2, or 3. He’s a slasher and can find his way to...
Back... again!
I haven’t neglected the blog! I was away in Iceland, but I’m back now. It sucks that I missed the end of the road trip, because from what I gather, they played great. The last game that I saw was against the Bobcats, and everybody likes a blowout win.
I thought the Celtics would come out of San Antonio with a win, because it doesn’t seem like the Spurs have found a rhythm yet… Gotta love Timmy...
I'm back! And so are the C's... Hopefully.
When I was little and the Celtics were at the bottom of the barrel, wins were rare. They came along once in awhile- and definitely not in succession to each other. I thought David Wesley and Eric Williams were the cream of the crop, but even I had a vague understanding that this was not what Celtics basketball was supposed to look like. Even though they were only winning around 30 games a year...
November 2009
3 posts
Paul’s frustration grows, even as he hides it (via... →
“So, here was Rondo surrounded with an embarrassment of point guard riches – K.G., Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, a championship banner and a fat, new $55 million contract. Rondo felt emboldened, eager to engage Paul. The procession of trash talk, sources said, pushed into the personal when Rondo was heard to tell Paul, ‘I’ve got a ring, and you’re never gonna win one.’”
Well. That wasn’t a...
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October 2009
4 posts
Rondo had 16 assists tonight.
The entire Bulls team had 19. Can he be re-signed now? More tomorrow :)
"Rasheed is life, man. I love his life." KG
****Some notes from the home opener:
Perk is a beast! Last night Perk was aggressive from the get go! We all know Perk isn’t going to be a scorer, but last night he was putting shots up left and right. He took it right at Tyson Chandler, backing him down in the paint, banging around on the block for offensive rebounds and challenging every shot Chandler put up (he had four blocks). I do have to...
"You smell good, baby." KG to Cheryl Miller,...
I’ve been wondering if I’d ever be able to watch KG playing without worrying that he was going to get hurt again. Well, I’m not quite there yet, but I can say, I thought he looked pretty-pretty good tonight, a la Larry David. Maybe he lacked some explosiveness- but he played at game speed, had a couple blocks, pulled down some rebounds- and more importantly, he got knocked around...