Boston Celtics Fans Roll Call

Paul THE TRUTH Pierce with the TRIPLE DOUBLE!!!   Retiring my eye .... like I said, good for another one and half years.



KG struggled shooting some .. but was a beast on the boards ... NOT RETIRING at the end of this year either ... period.



NO RONDO ... TEAM BALL ... 7 WINS IN A ROW ... YUP!!!




... and now they beat Denver .. the hottest team in the league .. the supposed litinus test for some of you ... albeit they had to go to triple over-time to get the W .. but its impressive they could hang with the Nuggles for that long and still win.  Huuuuaaaaaaaahhh!!!



GO CELTS .. BLEED GREEN!!!!              

Congratulations Celtic Fans. That was a Great win and a Great run you have going on.

while its impressive that KG was able to do that lets take a step back and realize just how badly the Celtics as a TEAM got demoralized on the boards. 

when the celtics go into chicago later this week they need to step up their rebounding or it will be a long night. sully was sorely missed 

Celts are proving what TEAM ball can do


Sulli is a huge loss ... as I said before, bigger than Rondo.  He was coming along and was very good on the boards.


Rebounding is always going to be an issue till the Celts aquire one via trade, FA, or draft



One win at a time ... everyone will keep doubting this team, and this TEAM will continue surprise as long as they
continue to play AS A TEAM and keep moving the ball and distributing the playing minutes as well keeping EVERYONE active in the game.



GO CELTS!!!           




           

GREAT WIN for the refs tonight...George Karl just gave it to em since it was 5 on 8...

I was at the game last night guys, it was crazy, just crazy.  Took my whole family and they left w/o fingernails, hair and voices.  The Truth played crazy last night, as did Ty Lawson.  JET does so many things you dont see on camera.  This team was moving the rock well.  Yup, they still need a rebounder and watching Wilcox?  worthless  Might as well play Melo.

Their defense saved them.

Anyways, Faried is a smart player, the nuggs are well coached.  The italien stallion hooks everyone and gets away with arm push offs and he traveled so much.  Refs missed many travel calls and they miss charges.  Pierce's D in last play in regulation was perfect.  PP is on fire right now.


we are so ucky to have this team's heart.  These guys have that if nothing else..   

that is why I don't trade parts, you lose the heart! All for one and one for all.  Just let this one roll.....

Man, that game last night was great, but WOW the refs were all-around terrible.

It was Celtics ball at the end of regulation, and it was Nuggets ball towards the end of one of the OTs.

Oh well, was fun to watch.

Hey swamp, still got a jump shot. sheet, we need a guard cheap.

This injury bug sucks..............................
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Jump shot is about as good as my eye sight, not good enough. More of a low post player now (nearing the end of my 5th decade). Barbosa will be missed. How bad is it?

Looks like a call to Portland is coming...................

This is like a bad dream.  Everytime it looks like they have things figured out, another piece falls.  And it's not even the old-timers.  It's starting to change my opinion, on the direction this team should go.  To hold onto pieces, just to make the playoffs, could drag this team to the depths of the Patino years, in time.


The funny thing is, I had the same thoughts last year, at this time.  And then they got 12 minutes away from the ECF.  I hate to count theses guys out.  They have heart.  That's for sure.  But holding on to players too long, can cause damage for years, to the franchise.  I'd hate to be Danny, right now. 

Last night's game was partly due to the back to back games after a 3OT the night before .... BUT, in reality, Doc mismanaged this game in the 4th quarter .. a game that was very winnable regardless of how tired they were.


Green was the hott hand ... Green was what kept em in it ALL GAME .. yet Green was inexplicably on the bench in the 4th quarter.  What in the world was Doc thinking????   And letting Bradley take the shot at crunch time didn't help either.


But the real problem .. ONCE AGAIN ... is not having a legit center and .. WAIT FOR IT ..... REBOUNDING!!!  Seriously .. Mullens looked all world last night simply because the Celts lack that true center.  



Now Barbosa goes down ... which means Bradley, Lee, and Terry will all be getting even more minutes.



TRADES are imminent ...  

  
                    

i cant really accuse doc for mismanaging barbosas minutes thus causing his injury.... ill grant you i would have liked to see green play more though 

We're about to see Pierce and Green on the court together a lot more with Green drawing the quicker assignments.  Look for Truth to run a lot more screens and pick and roll plays.  Bigger odds, gutsier team.  #18 is still the goal with an even shorter, more defined rotation.  Don't quit.  We fight to the last.  Word.

I hope trades aren't coming. Don't want to give anyone up.  Pargo?  Still need a rebounder too.  Not willing to give any one up.

About as ugly as a win gets, last night.  But, still an important win.  Last 6 game win streak, was matched with a 6 game losing streak.  Getting right back into the win column, was huge.


I don't understand why Danny doesn't reach out to Delonte West.  A point guard that knows Doc's system.  KG and Truth both seemed to like him.  We need a PG.  He's available.  It should be a done deal.  Although, I'm not opposed to grabbing a better player.  With the All Star break, they should make a decision, now.   

That's actually a brilliant idea, Lud.  Delonte played well for us.  I think he may be a bit of a psycho though.  Word.

In the Ainge interview yesterday he stated Delonte is in their list.  Listening to Danny, I get the sense their may be a small trade still being discussed.  They have about a week to figure this out.  

I still have that Nuggets game in my head.  The Truth was on another planet

I honestly don't care as much about winning a title if it means Paul Pierce doesn't retire a Celtic.  They are not going to get enough value to smear his career by trading him away.  Word.

We are playing with a sense of purpose.  Avery Bradley is really coming into his own.  Big game against the Pacers tonight.  Statement game.  Celtics fight to the last.  Let's go!  Word.

The next 6 games will determine Celts home court chances

they need to go 4 and 2 

heatMy, should be a good game if KG plays

I would like to think the celts roster is growing this year with the aquisitions and drafts

Celts Heat a good rivalry

22 games

amazing IMO

 

Lol...I guess your goon Superilon or whatever his name is was trying to scare me or something with his pm...whatta schmuck...anyway, the Celtics are the only team I respect outside of the Lakers even though I hate em...so here's rooting for the Shamrocks to smack the Heat...that's a team I hate and don't respect so go get em fellas...

wlkwlk3: Goon.most likely, your in diapers..Im in US Airforce uniform: watching Stilt and big Bill (first) of many court battles, thus my credentials to be a legit poster on these boards. As the Lakers continue to bury their playoff opportunities Ill be observing, and other contenders      one of the best Franchises in sports: The Boston Celtics advance in the playoffs, as the Heat fans( After) last skirmish, can attest the Celts are legit, and only the fools would overlook their experience and team performances. Go Big Green!!!

weaklink3, you best mind your manners when you're talking to superlion around here.  Save the disrespect for the LOL thread.  superlion has waayy more juice here than you.  C's for #18.  Word.

Today is an emotional day for the Boston sports fan.  The Celtics win at the buzzer.  The Bruins lose in a shootout to their arch-rival, the Canadiens, and they also lose out on Jerome Iginla, who was traded to Pittsburgh late last night.  Meanwhile back in the NBA, the Miami Heat fall to our beloved Tom Thibodeau and his Chicago Bulls and lose their historic win streak in the process.  It has been quite the windy-day-hang-glide-sesh.  To put it simply, I do not have the emotional fortitude to coherently discuss my feelings on all of these.

Instead, you get a quick observation about the Celtics most recent signings!  Yippee!

Celtics fans, myself included, were a bit perplexed when it was announced that Terrence Williams,Shavlik Randolph, and DJ White were signed to multi-year deals instead of just the rest of this season.  I don’t mean to diminish the significance of bolstering the “stand until the starters score” lineup but the news seemed to make little sense from a purely-basketball perspective.  Three guys who couldn’t make NBA rosters to start the season are now more likely than ever to be on the C’s to start next season.  Perplexing indeed.

Making up the candied-coating of these signings is the Celtics’ need for an extended look.  Doc Rivershad played this trio almost zero meaningful minutes in their initial 10-days.  It makes sense that the C’s would want to these guys run wind sprints in at least three more practices before deciding on whether they were suitable for towel-waving, pregame dapping, and other methods of teammate encouragement.

Breaking through that shell and getting that first wave of chocolatey goodness tells us that signing these players to multi-year deals at (presumably) the lowest allowable money is smart business.  If by some basketball miracle one or all of these players prove themselves more than just mere bench fixtures, the C’s have made themselves look like Daryl Morey in the eyes of other GMs (re: being equal parts jealous and impressed).  The C’s also prevent themselves from getting Stiemsma’d* if that aforementioned miracle comes to fruition.

Finishing off this awful candy analogy, the gooey center is more smart business.  Life is all about learning from mistakes.  The Celtics got a big lesson when they tried to send Chris Wilcox to Washington in the deal that netted them Jordan Crawford, only to have Wilcox give them a big ol’ middle finger.

[As BRobb pointed out at the time], Wilcox stood to lose his Early Bird Rights if he was traded.  Early Bird Rights allow teams to exceed the cap to sign their own players, which means losing those would have meant losing out on the potential of Wilcox having fatter pants pockets come this offseason.  Now I supposed the Celtics could have told Wilcox, “there’s no chance in hell we’re going to re-sign you because you still don’t know our defensive rotations,” but that’s not smart business.

Since we’ve established that the Celtics engage in “smart business,” telling Wilcox to go over to Long Wharf and take a longer walk wasn’t an option.  Not only do the Celtics engage in smart business, they also learn from their mistakes thus upgrading their “smart business practices” to “wicked smaht business practices.”  The C’s didn’t want to miss out on another opportunity to make a Jason Collins‘ caliber player a cornerstone of their franchise by getting Wilcox’d**.

In order to prevent that from happening, the C’s signed all three players to multi-year deals.  While  the exact details of Williams, Randolph, and White’s respective contracts have not been released beyond them all containing team options for next season, I have confirmed with the [Collective Bargaining Agreement Guru Larry Coon] that signing these players to multi-year deals would prevent them from having any trade veto power.  Wicked smaht.

There’s no telling whether or not these players will make next year’s roster as a lot can happen in one offseason.  Either way, the Celtics have prevented themselves from getting Stiemsma’d or Wilcox’d.  It will be interesting to see whether or not they stick around like a Houston Rocket or go the way of Oliver Lafayette and Tony Gaffney (remember these guys?!).

*Since [his block percentage] is way down this season, the new definition of “Stiemsma’d” is a team losing out on their own cheap, useful player due to salary cap restrictions (Example: Team A got Stiemsma’d in the offseason because they didn’t have Player A’s bird rights and Team B could offer him more money).  Please note, the future definition of “Stiemsma’d” will be a team overpaying for a fringe NBA player based on one good year of production (Example: Man, Team A really Stiemsma’d themselves by giving Player B almost 3 million a year).

** Having a fringe rotation player utilize his defacto “No Trade Clause” because he’s on a second one-year deal.