Can people stop trashing Ray?

[celticsleyte]

Ps.....I swear...its true.. I just can't hate on Kobe like I used to.... I got this really cool new puppy and he has  "KOBE EYES"

Yes.......I said it,  its true  , my dog and Kobe look alike in the face.   
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So the question is... will you be shaving its butt and teaching it to walk backwards?

As far as Ray, maybe if he could still play it would bother me that he chose the heat. If he was making a movie today it would be "He had game."  He had his reasons to go, as petty as they may seem to some, and I respect that.

[Surferdad]

Can people stop questioning the C's loyalty?

All players get shopped at some point, Rondo has been in countless trade. Even Paul Pierce - a man whose # will hang in the rafters some day - has heard his name rumours. Its Danny's job to find deals to make the team better. He wasn't shopping Ray because he wanted him gone or he didn't personally like him. Hearing Jeff Green and Chris Wilcox discuss how this entire organization rallied behind them through life-threatening issues, this teams loyalty to its players shouldn't be questioned.

Ray Allen is gonna get crap - he's now playing with our biggest conference rival, in the same role we asked of him but for half the price. I don't know what happened in that locker room, but the stories coming out about Ray's jealousy and ego have left some with a bad taste in their mouth towards him. Just like its your right to defend him, its their right to dislike his decision.

Excellent post.

Why did Ray leave and join our biggest rival?

It wasn't for money, he took half.

It wasn't for his family.  They live here in New England.

It wasn't for better doctors for his son, Boston has one of the strongest health care and hospital communities in the country.

IT WASN'T FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP.  I argue that the C's with Ray and the Heat without him have an excellent chance of beating the Heat.

Fans are left wondering as well as being bitter.  That's why people cannot, and likely will not, stop trashing Ray.  If you don't like it, too bad.

[Eja117]

The shocking thing to me is the reaction to my comments about LA being our "true" enemy.

This, to me, is like the late 80's - early 90s.....the "end" of the Cold War...US and Russia making nice.

Cats and Dogs playing together.

Next thing you know, Magic and Larry will make a "Kum Bi Ya" video together - with LA fans and Celtics Fans holding hands and singing in the background.

Makes me sick just thinking about it.

A Larry/Magic Kum bi Ya video wouldn't bother me half as much as Ray signing with the Heat for less money because he didn't like the possibility of being traded (waaahhh) or didn't like Rondo (wwahhhh) or didn't like losing minutes to Avery Bradley (waahhh) or wanted the sun of Miami (cue the Real Housewives of Miami music)

And those three things I underlined are all suppositions, because we probably won't ever know the truth, will we?

Guilty till proven innocent in the court of sports.

[celtic -_- pride]

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