Binkies
Doc Rivers - okay, so we are being honest, so I guess that means if I didn't list Doc under the binkies I would probably lose any credibility I have at this site, which probably isn't a lot to begin with. I just think that Doc wasn't nearly as bad a coach as most were saying because of the extremely young flotsam and jetsam he was given to work with for so many year. I defended him at length because I thought he had what it took to motivate and manage people to a championship. I'll admit he wasn't the best x's and o's guy or great with rotations but since the Cleveland series ended, I think Doc has upgraded in those areas immensely and is now maybe one of the better coaches in the league.
Rajon Rondo - since he has come on board with this team I have pushed for him and rooted for him and praised him endlessly. There were times his rookie season and at points real early last year where it seemed that MikeDfromNP and I were the only two guys behind Rondo. He has vindicated my trust in him and his game. He's young, he's tough, he's intelligent, and he has just the right amount of cockiness you want in a defense and passing first type of PG. He'll be First Team All Defense this year if people take their heads out of their butts and don't give it to CP3 simply because he's popular. He'll be an All-Star by the 2011 year at the latest, most probably next year.
Glen Davis - if there was ever a player that I could say was just a larger version of me, it's BBD. I have a little weight on me. I don't do a heck of a lot on the floor great. At times I look like the prototypical football player trying to play basketball. But I'll rough you up. You will know I played defense against you. And I will be all over the place and do the stuff some other true basketball players won't do in a game of pickup basketball. But I also see a bunch of potential in this kid. His shot is better than his success rate thus far this year. His defense is very good considering most nights he's giving up anywhere between 3-8 inches in height. And he does a good job boxing out(a lost skill nowadays) and getting up and down the court.
Buggers
Tony Allen - you said be honest so once again if I didn't put Tony down I'd be lying. I hate his game. He is in his fifth year as a professional basketball player in the NBA and he still dribbling the ball off his foot at least twice to three times a week. He still is very easy to get into the air on a head fake before shooting. He still goes to the basket without abandon and at least a third of the time forces up the shot rather than finding an outlet if there's nothing there. He still has an abysmal shot from outside of 15 feet. I really hoped, wished and prayed he wouldn't be back. Alas, I guess I have to cheer him on for another two seasons.
Antoine Walker - whenever I see an Antoine Walker thread it's like someone just slapped me and I need to retaliate with a punch to their head. I wasn't a huge Antoine fan when he was here. I thought he was a colossal waste of potential and the constant erosion in his game from his third season on drove me nuts. I just would prefer if this site could ban Antoine Walker talk like they do politics.
Gerald Green - see Antoine Walker.
Tom Thibodeau's schemes and defense - it's not his schemes and defense. Most of this defense is the same defense that was being run before Coach T got here. It was just being run incompetently by bad defensive players. Coach T has added a wrinkle here and there and is a much better defensive coach than is Doc Rivers, hence a perfect melding of skills, but even Danny Ainge admitted on WEEI that the defense and its schemes are Doc's, who I think stole and/or borrowed from Pat Reilly and Jeff Van Gundy style defense and mixed with a tad of Mike Fratello's defense.
Sam Cassell - last year when he was signed he was my binkie. He's now a bugger after making me look like a complete idiot for backing him. I hope he never has to play another game for this team.
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