Pass DA. Please.
To the talk about what we think about the young guys and what we (irrationally most of the time) think they can become... LOL I thought FAB was going to be our starting center and a defensive beast one day... yea, I thought it until we sent him packing. I really have a problem with thinking everyone we have is going to be better one day. It's a disease. I'm always thinking "if we just give him playing time he could ____" LOL Yea, I'm crazy. Even if we pick up a guy off the streets, I'd say "just give him a chance, Danny didn't pick him up for nothing." Matter of fact if I was a Celtics fan b4 KG and the losing streak happened I would be thinking every game, if only we win once we could get on a run and make the playoffs and be the Cinderella of the playoffs! I mean, I know my feelings are crazy, it's not that I'm ignorant when it comes to the game... I just want us to win and have good players so bad. I know when we stink and can't be better but I just hope so much that I become blind in the moment.
Cheers.
I think there needs to be a support group of some kind. I have the disease too. The thing is, I've grown to accept and even embrace my condition. Over the years, the likes of Gerald Green, Ryan Gomes, Semih Erden, JuJuan Johnson, Fab Melo, to name just a small handful, have all steeled me against my proclivity for having high expectations for young Celtics.
The fact that those expectations are in many cases never met doesn't deter me, though. What's the fun in that?
I'm going to continue on with my somewhat secret dreams of the futures of the likes of Avery Bradley and Kelly Olynyk. I understand the risks of disappointment (and what's worse) public ridicule, but, to me, it beats the alternative of vehemently believing that all young players' ceilings are as 15 minute a night 8th man role players--at best.
I understand the other philosophy of assessing young players. If you guard against expectations, it becomes easier to handle eventual disappointment. The risk, however, that I see with taking the more pessimistic stance is that when we get players who do exceed expectations and do turn into good to great players, those who have spent so much time arguing that those players' ceilings are low sometimes seem to become so attached to their own beliefs, that they are almost forced to root for the failure of said players to justify what they've been arguing for years.
Anyway, I'm not sure what all this has to do with the possibility of signing Sebastian Telfair, other than that I proudly admit that I once thought he was the Celtics' point guard of the future, destined to be the next Kevin Johnson or Rod Strickland. I didn't work out for Bassy, and it hasn't worked out for many young Celtics before him and since . . .
But, I'm going to choose to keep believing. I can't help it. I don't mind being thought of as a "Celtics' homer" or a "fanboy." After all, in my case, the shoe fits.
