Well then we can give up hope for this season then. Rebuilding process going to be interesting.
give me a break... 
If the best team in the league didn't just get significantly better I would agree that it's silly to come to such a hasty conclusion. But unless KG, Ray, and Pierce suddenly start playing like they're 3 years younger than they currently are, the Celtics won't have a real shot at beating CLE in the ECF. Heck, unless the team starts playing like they're better than an average team, they'll have a tough time getting out of the first round.
I'm just extremely skeptical, given how this team has played for the vast majority of this season, that there's any realistic hope for success this season without a big upgrade.
For the vast majority of this season? Right, I see what the problem is here... it's all in the math, you have trouble with your additions and subtractions. It's like the first 30 games or so haven't counted. Also, the last month or so we've been playing with an incomplete roster, or haven't you noticed? So that suddenly is the undeniable representation of what this team is about? Please.
Of course we're not where we want to be at the moment, but give me a break. I swear, people love drawing up conclusions based on flawed logic, premises, and inaccurate facts.
The first 30 games weren't even that impressive. They were very good for some of those games, and not so impressive in many others. We're all looking back on the start of this season as if it was the second coming of '08, but it really wasn't. The same issues were there, they were just less pronounced because KG was relatively healthy and so was Paul.
Ah, so a team playing with Paul and KG who recently came back from injuries is the are the correct representation of our team?
And it's not that we weren't that impressive. It's that you're missing out on many of the key factors. Firstly, during that portion we also didn't have our complete team, though the main pieces were there. During our tough stretch, which was during the time two of our main guys got injured, some players started stepping up and have continued to do so since.
Tony Allen was a non-factor at the beginning of the season, now he's playing quite well. Rasheed Wallace has just come off his best month with the Celtics, and his last couple of games have been great. Daniels missed a great portion too, and he's just returned has has been very good for us. Davis also missed a good portion, and little by little he's getting into rhythm. And now Nate, who I think is an absolute upgrade of House has been added. So what we have here is a complete functioning bench. Though certainly, we don't know how they'll look now.
As all know, our current problem is with our starters, but surprise surprise I want to point out that Pierce and KG just recently returned from injury and a case can be made that they haven't fully healed from those injuries yet. So is it so hard to imagine that they can return to the level they were at the least playing earlier in the season? I don't see why that's so inconceivable. And now Ray is playing like crap, but he's also nursing some injuries of his own... but na', let's ignore those. And remember during that span, we've seen the emergence of Rondo as great contributor to this team.
It's all about getting into rhythm and putting the correct effort, and all should be well. So suddenly we have a fully functioning starting 5, like we had earlier in the year for the most part, with a bench that's hitting it at all cylinders at the moment. Not much more you can ask for.
Will it be enough to get us the championship? Who knows, but we [dang] well have a very good chance to get it. We still have 2 months or so to go before the playoffs start, a lot can happen from here and there.
Well, you're not saying anything that's particularly radical. If everything goes right - meaning this team puts it together physically and mentally - they might have a chance.
Still, the teams in the East are a lot better this year than they were in '08, and even with the addition of Sheed and maybe Nate Robinson, you can't argue that our team is better than '08. KG, Paul, and Ray might get healthier and start playing better than they have, but it won't be a return to the form of '08. You can't turn back time - not on a 33 year old's knees.
Even if everything goes right, this team will have to go on quite a run in the playoffs to have a shot at the championship.
Of course it's nothing radical... what I find radical is the surge of loser mentality that is going around here for some reason. Being realistic has suddenly become a synonym with pessimism, and that's just wrong. Looking forward to a positive outlook is just as realistic, particularly if it's based on more accurate data and taking into account all the facts (many which seem to be ignored by the pessimist for some reason).
Of course we aren't the favorites at the moment, and we'll have a tough time getting to the promise land if we manage to get there, but it's no excuse as far as I'm concerned to you concede the season to a team that is apparently better than us at the moment. Proffesional sports are littered with instances of the best failing when it counts... and last year Cleveland was the best, and they failed miserably. You still need to play the games.
And of course, the case may be that we just don't put it together by the end. There's a chance at that, but when all is taken into consideration, there's simply no reason why one has to believe that to be the logical and expected course of events. At the contrary I think. It's just easy to visualize because it's occurring now. Just like a team that is currently playing well seeming invincible.
It was just 2 years ago that we struggled through the first 2 rounds of the playoffs and everyone started doubting and saying that we weren't going anywhere. Then in a matter of days we put it all together and dominated the rest of the way for the championship. We have ways to go.
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