Wow...what a night. This is my first post because I've been so frantic since about halftime. I also didn't check in during the game because I think posting while watching the game is a jinx (has been in the finals for me).
To Celticsblog:
Thank you, Jeff for having the dedication and tolerance and patience to not only write the articles but to help foster the growth and genuine community feel of this site. You're the man.
Thanks Bob for the invisible hand of code...after a full season of seeing everything that you do I can safely say most posters have no idea how much work goes into just keeping this place running, let alone making it better.
Thanks to Green17 for putting together the site content and putting up with a lot of my crazy ideas as well as keeping the chat in line. Gotta love the chat.
Thanks Roy for working your butt off to keep these forums running. You're like the Walter Payton of moderating.
Thanks to wd for the same thing as Roy...you're like the William Perry of moderating (kidding!)
Thanks to Edgar mostly for the character you bring to the forums but also for the work thar you do.
Thanks to Dons, Chris, Redz, the crew keepin the site clean and the machine going. It takes a team man.
Thanks to Po, Dobbs, Cfan for reffing the chat. Funniest place in the world. Ram it low.
Thanks to the posters for being active intelligent and original. Im never at a loss for something to do because I can always read something fresh you holligans wrote. Its impossible to break news around here because before I can even hit the "post" button, yall have already had it up for 5 mins. You guys are awesome.
And for the people that will never read it but it deserves saying anyways:
Thanks to Wyc and his team of interest holders. Without your enthusiasm none of this would be possible. Many owners handcuff their squads to mediocrity but you allowed Danny the leash to dream, and the faith to pull it off.
Thanks to Danny for your corny haircut and impossible roster moves. You're awesome Danny.
Thanks to Doc for making a complete fool out of me. You're not a bad coach when its all said and done. And I mean that.
Thanks to Tom Thibs for giving us the defensive tools to become the steel curtain of basketball. Don't go anywhere T-Squared
Thanks to Ray Allen for being the player you are, a steady unflappable force of shooting and scoring tenacity. I've never in my life believed in a player as much as I believed in you this year, even when all the signs pointed to "lost a step" or "not the same guy". I knew you'd come through and you did. Awesome.
Powe, Davis, the banger bros. You two clowns had your low points but when we were winning and you guys had it going, everything just seemed better. The hustle the awkward post moves. I love it all. The Energizer duo
Thanks to Eddie House for being just about the most best team player I've ever seen. You didn't pout, you didn't complain, you didn't even grumble. You just cheered and encouraged, and when we needed you, you played, and played well.
Thanks to Rondo and Perk, for showing all the doubters (and fans) that said we wouldn't really be good until we got a true center and a real point guard. Guess what, we had them all along..you guys more than anyone stepped it up.
Thanks to Posey and PJ for being the "voice" of veteran reason off the bench. When you guys were in I never expected too much, because I always knew what I'd get: Steady, smart heads up veteran play, a steady hand in the most tumultuous of times.
Thanks to Garnett for showing me that there are still people out there that appreciate values like loyalty, honor and hustle. The NBA is always "a business" but you make this personal. The most competitive player I've ever seen. An honor.
Thanks to Paul Pierce for showing the fans what being a true Celtic is. We'd thought the species was extinct but I feel like maybe we're going to see a remarkable resurgence now. Its cuz of you, Captain.
CelticsBlog is an awesome place to go for Celtic fans but more than that for me its a community of crazys that are crazy like me. I live in a small town near the Canadian border in New York. The only other real Celtic fan I know is my father and my brother. No one I know personally could give a flying rat's anus about a Bobcats-Celtics game in February...but then I've got you guys, arguing about whether or not the layup attempted by Rondo in the second quarter was a clean block or not by Okafor. Thats special. You make being a Celtic fan a community endeavor, you make me as an "estranged fan" feel like Im part of something. So thank you guys, girls, everyone reading this-you're all a part of it.