Bradley has single handed turned the team around again. Say it ain't so even though this is the second time he did it. Pierce, KG and certainly Rondo didn't do it. Forget about the rest. Posters including myself have expoused it was our only hope. This team needed a stick of dynamite. How long can he keep this up with his present conditioning. Who knows. He is a diamond in the rough.
I was amused at how many people on this board and how many pundits dismissed Bradley's return to the team.
Did everyone forget how incredible this team was playing when AB was starting last year? Did everyone forget the historic defensive #'s the team was putting up?
Did everyone forget that Ray Allen - the Hall Of Fame legendary shooter Jesus Shuttlesworth who won us a championship - was
BENCHED in favor of the "he has no offensive ability" Avery Bradley, resulting in Ray throwing a fit and leaving to our most hated EC rival this summer?
Really, it was comical how quickly AB's play was tossed out as just a small sample size that really was driven by KG's return to the Center spot (and then these same people came out this year and said that the team's early struggle was due to the lack of a true Center...well what is it? Did KG at the 5 make the difference last year or not? He is still on the team, ya know?)
It is even more comical how people TO THIS DAY still say that AB has a limited offensive game, when everything he has done so far in the NBA has indicated that he is a very good shooter with 40%+ 3-pt range ability, on top of being a sick athlete that can cut on a dime.
But I will simply look at the team's record...The Boston Celtics are
26-9 in the 35 regular season games Avery has started over the past 2 years. That is a 74% winning percentage.
Enough said.