Anyone else just cant wait for the season to start?

[cman88]

Now that summer is over I just cant wait for the season to start. I might be more excited for the celtics upcoming season than the patriots.

sure I was excited for last year with the addition of Kyrie/Hayward....but there were question marks with how much Brown/Tatum would contribute.

After seeing how those guys have improved and this roster, I cant help but feel this is going to be a special season where if everything goes right, possibly banner 18 is in sight. I dont know if I have been this excited about a season since 2008 after the KG/allen trades.

[SHAQATTACK]

chomping at tye bit

[Sophomore]

When does training camp open???

[johnnygreen]

The two most memorable seasons that I can remember (in the last 20 years), have to be the 2004 Red Sox and 2008 Celtics. Going into each of those seasons, you had a strong feeling that the teams were on another level type of special. Each game felt like they were must watch, and it went to another level when the playoffs rolled around. Hopefully, I will never forget those feelings I had after seeing them win their respective titles. What made each even better for me, was the fact that my daughter was born in 2003 and my son in 2007. Obviously, they will never remember those seasons, but having them with me and sharing those experiences with them was truly special.

As for this upcoming Celtics season, my expectations are again sky high and I can’t wait for even the preseason to start. I’m really looking forward to watching each game, and hope to be able to talk about the games right here in the forums (although I’m not sure where that stands). This team seems special, however, I’m not sure if my expectations are as high as the two teams already mentioned, because of two reasons. For one, the injury history of Irving and Hayward. I understand Hayward suffered a freak injury, but that was 5 minutes into last season, and I don’t want my hopes to be crushed like that again. The other reason, has to be the juggernaut that are the Golden State Warriors. I do believe this Celtics team can beat the Warriors in the Finals, but these Celtics don’t feel like the clear favorites like those 2004 Red Sox and 2008 Celtics teams seemed to be at the time.

Story book ending: The Celtics end up with the best record in league history, and then beat the Warriors for the title. To make it even sweeter, Durant ask for a meeting with the Celtics as a free agent, and Danny tells him that they don’t need him.

[Rosco917]

My hand is raised up high!

[Chris22]

This team reminds me of the 1986 Celtics.

So deep.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

I'm eager for the season to start, especially to see Hayward out there, but I'm also being cautious because it seems like there's always another injury just around the corner with the Celtics. Hopefully that doesn't happen this season, but it wouldn't surprise me if it did.

[jpotter33]

[otherdave]

To get me through August, I have been re-watching the C's playoff games from this spring.  Boy do playoff Rozeir, Brown, Tatum, Big Al and Baynes look really good!

Kyrie has to resist the hero ball antics late in games and trust his mates.

Even if Morris does get traded, there is still plenty of depth to rest guys occasionally.

Brad's defense is built to stop a perimeter shooting team like GSW.  If C's are all healthy, I am not sure Durant will be able to withstand the pressure.  I am not assuming that Cousins is going to be 100% by spring, either way he is such a negative energy guy - not sure he will have a positive impact (obviously this is debatable).

Can't wait for the games to start - I'll settle for preseason games!!!

[18isGREATERthan72]

I was very excited for last season.  Most teams get excited when they sign a big time free agent, make a trade, or have a really good draft pick.  We had all three, and that was a very exciting prospect...  However, I did not expect the team last year to seriously compete for the championship, and thought LeBron would still take the glory for the year over any other team in the East.

Instead, Kyrie showed he can play within a system, Tatum showed he should've probably been the #1 pick, and Hayward got injured.  There were a lot of question marks last year.  The question marks I get for this year are much more in line with "first world problems" like will all 5 (expected) starters be happy with their shot attempts.  I'm very okay with these problems, and I am setting the expectations very high this year.  I fully expect the team to win at least 60 games, likely be the best record in the league, and have a serious chance at winning it all.  Barring catastrophic injuries, I think anything short of the finals will be a disappointment for this team.

[Hoopvortex]

I am not assuming that Cousins is going to be 100% by spring, either way he is such a negative energy guy - not sure he will have a positive impact (obviously this is debatable).

I think that that's wise. Given the nature of the injury, it would be unusual for him to ever be 100% again. He'll get a much-needed lesson in humility, I think.

[SparzWizard]

We need to win #18 before the Lakers win #17.

That is the ultimate goal this season.

[Csfan1984]

I am. Started a thread just to break the bordem

[GreenWarrior]

I can't freaking wait!

I personally don't care about the outcome of this season I just want everyone to stay relatively healthy all year. but man it's hard to stay focused on just that, i'd love to see brown, tatum or both take a monster leap this year.

also when does training camp start? I know espn was having LeBron on some show because they said "training camp is right around the corner", but didn't say when.

[Sophomore]

I can't freaking wait!

I personally don't care about the outcome of this season I just want everyone to stay relatively healthy all year. but man it's hard to stay focused on just that, i'd love to see brown, tatum or both take a monster leap this year.

also when does training camp start? I know espn was hav ing LeBron on some show because they said "training camp is right around the corner", but didn't say when.

Last year they started Sept 26, which was about a week before the first preseason game on Oct 2.

This year the first preseason game is earlier, on the 28th, so I figure camp should be starting around the 21st. I don’t think there’s been an official announcement yet; they waited pretty late last year.