I sense alot of sarcasm in this thread. The fact is, Brian Scalabrine is not a mascot, except to those fans who are rental fans. The ones who just showed up on this site when we got KG and Ray, and started competing again. That's when the rental fans started showing up.
For most of the rest of us, while we recognize Scal's limitations, we also appreciate his contributions. Such as when he filled in admirably in '08 when KG was out, and the team did not skip a beat. And most of last season, when he gave meaningful minutes on both ends of the floor, hitting key shots, always hustling, always knowing how to space the floor. Why do you think, despite his athletic limitations, that Doc plays him so much? Because he knows his limitations, plays his role, supports his teammates, and rarely screws up.
He has never once complained about his minutes, has been at times mocked by the "fans" in the Garden who yell at him to shoot a 3 in garbage time each time he touches the ball. Those "fans" are pathetic.
I have followed Scal all 4 years with the Celtics, and it took me two years to "get" why Danny signed him in the first place. Now I get it, and I, for one, will truly miss him if he goes.
You can miss him for the intangibles that he brings, but you cannot miss him for anything that he brings on the floor. He's just not very athletic out there and isn't a threat. I dont like when the bandwagoners egg him on to shoot or laugh in his face either. I'm usually yelling the opposite thing, saying get rid of the ball.
If Scal was any good, we wouldn't have had a problem with bigs coming off the bench once KG went down THIS year. Scal will barely touch the floor this year now that Rasheed is the first guy coming off the bench. He might get garbage time minutes, or minutes when Rasheed gets suspended, etc. but to know that he has made 3 million dollars for the past 5 years for being "a good guy" is painful.
Hey Ainge, I'm a pretty good guy, and would be a great teammate. Think about it!
Did you watch the Orlando series bro? I really don't think we would've gotten to game 7 if we had Davis guarding Lewis the whole time.
Yes, I did watch the Orlando series... I'm not so sure if you did though. You make it seem like it was the Celtics who took it to game 7... you're forgetting we could have won game 6 but blew it, then we got smoked in game 7.
Also, Rashard Lewis scored above his season average in every game except one, and never grabbed less than 5 rebounds in each game. Hard to say that Scalabrine was that great defensively on him, not that anyone expected him to shut down Lewis anyways. It seems that people are comparing the scalabrine of old to the scalabrine of last season, when in fact they should be comparing scalabrine to other players that play his position. He is not a good player, and he is not worth a fraction of the money he is getting.
To go back to the first post, when Scalabrine leaves the team, I will not be sad at all. When Pierce leaves or retires, that will be my saddest moment in terms of a player leaving a team. I'm sure many of us will agree on that at least.
Topic: The day Scal leaves the Celts will be the saddest day of my life (Read 27175 times)