Billy Walker

[WeMadeIt17]

I have a funny feeling that Billy is going to have a good game tonight since he should get playing time after what pierce came out and said.. I have a feeling he can get some run with marbury and house in the second unit and have a great game! I would also want J.R. to get into the mix he seems like he could help out of D. Well just bored and i think tonight is going to be billy walkers launching pad to getting minutes!

[ManUp]

I have a feeling that he won't play. If he does play it will probably be early minutes in the second quarter and that will be it for the game. Unless he manages to play mistake free basketball Doc is going to pull him quickly. I hope I'm wrong, but that's just what I'm expecting.

[PRIDE]

If Walker doesn't get 10+ minutes tonight after Pierce said he should get minutes and Doc admitted he cant play Paul the way he did on Sunday, I won't be a happy camper.

[jpd985]

If Walker doesn't get 10+ minutes tonight after Pierce said he should get minutes and Doc admitted he cant play Paul the way he did on Sunday, I won't be a happy camper.

I am not holding my breath.

[Cman]

Yeah, I am not holding my breath on this one, but one can always hope!

[2short]

Doc=KC but with less championships

[angryguy77]

I dont see anything other than a blowout allowing Walker some burn. But Im going on protest by holding my breath from now until the game to force Doc to let him play.

[xmuscularghandix]

Doc=KC but with less championships

we'll try that statement in 4 years, unless he overplays the big 3 to the point of them having serious injuries.

[Toine43]

Doc=KC but with less championships

So far he's batting 1.000 with championship caliber teams. Keep in mind you're saying this about a guy who besides this recent stretch, has done a phenomenal job of managing the Big Three's minutes (their season averages say so). This is also a guy who Pierce said in that Magic Johnson interview is the only coach he wants to play for from here on out in his career. It's tough for any outsider to know how good he is at Xs and Os, but according to both Van Gundy and the stats he is the best in the business at designing plays coming out of timeouts. He's a great motivator, and his players all respect him and love playing for him. Also, for all the criticism Doc receives for his playing (or lack thereof) of his young players, he has a great track record of developing young guys, if you take a look at it.

Sure, he was given some excellent talent to work with, but so were Jackson and Popovich. So with all that in mind, who are you to say that Doc is just an okay coach who was lucky to be given great players? What actual evidence do you have that this is the case? As Mike Gorman said on CSL last week, many fans see Doc and his smooth talking on television, and just assume that he's a pushover as a coach. It's a shame that so many fans think this way, and I'm not saying you do, but I'm  sick of seeing people rip him for no reason.

[housecall]

Danny Ainge made the statement on weei at 4:30 that Walker should be playing tonite.

[Scalablob990]

Doc=KC but with less championships

we'll try that statement in 4 years, unless he overplays the big 3 to the point of them having serious injuries.

If he burns out Pierce we're done.

[makaveli]

Danny Ainge made the statement on weei at 4:30 that Walker should be playing tonite.

Too bad I can't wathc the game:(

[slamtheking]

Danny Ainge made the statement on weei at 4:30 that Walker should be playing tonite.

I'll believe it when I see it.

I figure the time with Pierce on the bench will be Ray, House and Marbury again.  Walker will get another DNP barring a blowout.  That's what Doc has always done with young players.  He doesn't play youth unless injuries leave him no choice.  He's not there yet because PP, Ray, House and Marbury can still suit up. 

[jpd985]

Danny Ainge made the statement on weei at 4:30 that Walker should be playing tonite.

I would like to see how Danny enforces this.

[Scalablob990]

Why does Danny even need to get involved, Doc couldn't have solved this problem over the course of February and given one of the rookies a chance? Danny shouldn't have to be worried about doing this since he's got enough financial junk to worry about on his end, next time Doc should use his head so he doesn't have this problem again.