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Are we reaching the end of the era?
« on: November 18, 2012, 10:07:33 PM »

Offline droopdog7

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The more I look at this team, the less impressed I am.  Seriously, we have one guy that is dominant (rondo) and I'm not sure he's anywhere dominant enough to carry a team for an entire year.  Kg is fine player but he isn't dominant.  Same for pp.  Everyone else on the team is just a guy; no ability to dominate their own man, much less a game.

Over the past five years, this team has relied on execution and defense.  Our defense is a shell of itself.  Terry and lee are doing nothing to make us forget about ray.  We have no inside game.  We can't rebound.

Maybe they prove me wrong.  I'm not on the ledge yet but I'm trying to look at everything objectively.  They certainly need to do much much better.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2012, 10:08:59 PM »

Offline Greenbean

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One thing that I have learned in the past 3 seasons...

I will never...ever...ever count this team out. Ever.

Got it?

Good.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2012, 10:10:08 PM »

Offline Celts Fan 92

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One thing that I have learned in the past 3 seasons...

I will never...ever...ever count this team out. Ever.

Got it?

Good.
exactly how many times dis thread been made ova da past few years? lol

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2012, 10:13:31 PM »

Offline Yoki_IsTheName

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One thing that I have learned in the past 3 seasons...

I will never...ever...ever count this team out. Ever.

Got it?

Good.

Im with you on that.

But Doc is really making me pull my hair with this small ball thing. He really has to stop that.
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Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2012, 10:17:15 PM »

Offline JoT

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One thing that I have learned in the past 3 seasons...

I will never...ever...ever count this team out. Ever.

Got it?

Good.
This because this team had some times where I almost gave up and threw in the towel only for them to defy odds. I'm not done yet, but I am very very disappointed in their effort and them trying to play down to their competition.

Also DOC STOP THE SMALL BALL ALL THE TIME.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2012, 10:21:01 PM »

Offline BballTim

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  The era first "ended" when KG blew out his knee, and it's ended every season since. I'm still enjoying the ride though.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2012, 10:22:07 PM »

Offline blastoidesroidsnoids

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One thing that I have learned in the past 3 seasons...

I will never...ever...ever count this team out. Ever.

Got it?

Good.
Seriously. I'm convinced all the complainers have never even watched the Celtics during the regular season before this year. We're such a bandwagon team its not even funny.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2012, 10:25:07 PM »

Offline vinnie

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Age of two of our superstars makes me believe the era is ending. Maybe Danny will make a trade that will give them a chance. It is all good though - they have been fun to watch.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2012, 10:28:41 PM »

Offline Greenbean

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One thing that I have learned in the past 3 seasons...

I will never...ever...ever count this team out. Ever.

Got it?

Good.

Im with you on that.

But Doc is really making me pull my hair with this small ball thing. He really has to stop that.

I really think Doc is still feeling out this roster. What we used to consider small ball is quickly turning into the NBA norm.

I can count the amount of true centers on one hand.

Our lineups looked small tongiht but Detroits lineup was even smaller.

Their "bigs" include Monroe (plays small for a center), Maxiel (6' 7") and Jerebko (no post game).

Drummond was the closest to a big guy they played and he played during the time when the Celtics were up.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2012, 10:29:49 PM »

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Yes ...Pierce and Garnet are Zombies.


Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2012, 10:31:21 PM »

Offline Celtics17

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It's too early to say this. If we have played 30 games and it looks the same, ok, but not this soon. There are just too many new faces to say this team is done already.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2012, 10:31:38 PM »

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  The era first "ended" when KG blew out his knee, and it's ended every season since. I'm still enjoying the ride though.

If you are talking about the era that the Celtics dominated the NBA, then yeah you are right.

Sometimes I feel cheated that we didnt get to see one more run with KG in his athletic primes.

Then I look back at these last 5 years and forget about it.

So yeah I am with you....enjoying the ride. Wouldnt be surprised if KG and Pierce got one more ring.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2012, 10:51:36 PM »

Offline RebusRankin

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Could be. I know I'm enjoying the ride as I've enjoyed the past 5 years.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2012, 10:56:10 PM »

Offline Fafnir

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Could be, though honestly people are freaking out about the last game in a 4 in 5.

Re: Are we reaching the end of the era?
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2012, 10:56:25 PM »

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Basically, KG is collecting his pension right now.  He's getting paid on reputation and prayer that he'll be able to call it back when it's needed most.

But really, paying big cash to a guy that can only play 5 min spurts?  It means we'll have our backup C playing against the opposing starter in every game.  So we need a starting-quality center to back up KG (and don't, and won't) just to be able to compete.  I'm sorry, but we're at a disadvantage in the paint in every game because of KG.

Pierce...a big shot taker and maker, but not so much a creator any more.  His footwork is still so awesome that he'll get some points, but he's not exactly a guaranteed bucket-or-free throw guy any more that can stop an opponent's run at will.  Otherwise, we wouldn't have had these scoring droughts for the past couple of years.

So those are two pretty big declines from the title form, and we have nothing to really compensate except for Rondo and a stable of quicker, more athletic (but not necessarily better) journeymen than we've had in the past.

We're loaded with talent, but the top of the rotation is only 1/3 of what it used to be, that is: we have one sure allstar.

This is a group that I could see coming together in a crazy magical way to run to the title, but more than likely Danny will be working the phones to death between Jan 15th and the trade deadline to arrange the blockbuster that adds to the top of the roster.