Going to try and get to all of these, forgive me if I missed anyone and feel free to message again.
viulo: That'll be a tremendous issue. It goes without saying that the most enjoyable team get-togethers are at bars and restaurants, and that'll be all but impossible for anyone to say "nah I'm good." Particularly when even some team owners have stakes in North End joints too! But yeah, that's what I've been saying and I totally agree. He'll be able to do what he's doing now but when that physical demand increases as well as an infinitely more stressful travel schedule is bestowed upon him when the season starts - I think it's all but a lock he regresses. Like I told Kyle on the show, it's not a prediction, but it's a proclamation - he'll come in with tremendous energy, get off to a great start, but he will begin declining come January. From an arrogant, short-sighted and selfish Celtics fan standpoint, I truly hope Boston capitalizes on what I feel will be a good start and moves him as soon as that December 15 date comes around which is generally the unofficial beginning of the trade season.
Neurotic Guy: No I do not personally know John Lucas, but he does have a track record. Yes he got his life back on track after urinating away what could have been a memorable NBA career but he's used that story - "don't do what I did" - and while he has benefited tremendously from it on a personal level, being able to maintain a career in an around the NBA since the early 90s, it's not like anyone else has. In fact, it's more on record that he's hurt more people than he's hurt - Antonio McDyess being the most noted. Being in basketball for so long, it's easy to gain connections and there's no doubt Lucas has put those connections to use.
HomerSapien: Thank you. I have no qualms about those who disagree with me and even criticize me personally for my opinions. That's how the modern world works. Even our best presidents (recently, which isn't saying much I guess) were never anything more than 65-70% approval rating...well except the two Bushes who held 90% at certain points and that tells you something there.
And yes, it is a hobby but in the Information Age, there's so much out there and the audience is intelligent enough now where if you try to skate by - people will see right through it and won't waste their time. Likewise, while one may get attention with talk-radio yahoo personalities or FirstTake controlled diatribes and debates - that's a dime-a-dozen and so journalistically unethical that if there really was an afterlife, one would certainly go to hell for that.
GetLucky: LHR is Latin for Livius Horacius Russellius
...uh sorta...
Jambr: Thank you, I actually read these boards almost every day - just don't normally hop in. Kind of tough not to on an occasion like this when you see a thread which is your name and your name only but like most of everyone here, I read these forums and check celticsblog.com multiple times a day. It's the best source for Celtics coverage anywhere and the posters in the forum provide a reasonable pulse of the general fan base and at the same time provide fantastic commentary as well.
And regarding what Sullinger is worth I definitely think he's shooting for an eight figure salary. If he's giving you an efficient 16-9 and a 20 PER (which I believe was his PER up until the end of December last year) - how is that not worth 10-13M, especially with raising cap figures? It's not money I'd give him, but that almost assuredly would be his price on the open market, especially with David Falk as his agent who ended up getting Jeff Green, a guy who had done utterly nothing in the league his first four years in the league, a $40M extension from the Celtics themselves.