Prediction: We will lose in 4-5 games in 2nd round

[footey]

To quote Roy's sig :

All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino

This is seriously getting ridiculous, it has always been a pleasure to come on CB and now I find myself disgusted by all the negative posts and "doom and gloom" threads, where you get almost attacked if you show some positivity or enthusiasm about the Celtics. Calm down, people!

Sounds like Drucci had a little too much green koolaid lately. Fans don't have to kiss their team's butt all the time.  I am very disappointed with how this team is turning out. I bought into the idea at the beginning of the season that this team would be a dominant team on the defensive end. About ten games into the season, we looked like world beaters.  Sheed and Eddie hitting tons of 3's, our second unit looked amazing. Now Eddie is gone, and Sheed might as well be.  The big three are now the fading fast 3.  Perk has regressed.  We are a poor foul shooting team, a poor rebounding team, a turnover machine. We can't finish games.

Other than that, how was the play, Drucci??

There's no reason to go after another poster for expressing their opinion.  You're entitled to your opinion, but there's no need to attack another poster (koolaid drinker), or call them out by name.

I think you are over reacting to what I said, Roy Hobbs. I had no intention of "going after" the poster, and I was never told I could not mention another poster's name on this forum. I have done it often, to make the post come across as more personal, in a friendly way.  Other posters do it as well without incident. If the poster took offense, I certainly apologize, but I can't imagine he did. My approach to other posters, including Drucci, is to treat them like friends.  Are you saying that suggesting he was a "kool-aid drinker" is offensive?

He's not over-reacting.  It's actually in the posting rules.

Do not label fellow posters in a way that is likely to provoke a negative response.  Dependent upon context, examples include, but are not limited to, "fake fan", "bandwagon fan", "not a real fan", "hater", "homer", "koolaid drinker", etc.

OK, I see. I won't refer to anyone as a "koolaid drinker" from now on. Did not know that was a banned term.  Live and learn.

[footey]

I am pretty confident in this prediction. It pains me to make it. But the reality is: We will probably win in the first round, because the teams 5-8 are pretty weak, and get blown out in the second, because the other teams in top 4 (CLE, ATL and ORL) have our number.  We can no longer talk about getting healthy, or building team chemistry, or getting our mojo back. We are incapable of dominating just about any team, including the Nets. The good teams toy with us for a couple of quarters and then hand us our lunch. It is sad to say, but our run is over.  I'd like to say it was fun while it lasted, but I expected more than one championship out of this.  Call me greedy.  In retrospect, it appears that last season was our only other real chance to win anotehr with this squad.  The KG injury obviously killed that hope.

As much as Ray has fully redeemed himself, and is one of the few bright spots we have had of late, I really wish Danny could have gotten some young talent back in a trade of his contract.  He gambled that once healthy, we could compete for a championship. That was a miscalculation on his part.

So does this mean you're going to stop watching the games? Whats the point in declaring a prediction like this with 2 months to go in the season?

Take a break from the games and the blog if you need to. Come back in a month or so.

And from all the rumors I read the Celtics didn't have any good trade suitors for Allen. We gotta ride this out and get the payroll down.

No I won't stop watching them. Nothing would make me happier than to be proven wrong.  Am addicted for life. If I can survive the Sidney Wicks and Gerald Green years, I can certainly get through this. I don't know what was offered for Ray, so I can only speculate what the value of his contract was based on what expiring contracts were garnering, ala Tracy McGrady, et. al.

[xmuscularghandix]

I think we'll be fine in the playoffs, but this really isn't the right way to play ball.

*Assuming victories and sitting back
*Playing down to the opponent (Knicks, Nets, Kings)
*Lazy defensive rotations

[RJ87]

As I've said before, foregone conclusions have no place in the NBA.

Not only historically but in recent times, I've seen teams that were supposed to be eventual champions fall apart (08 Lakers, 09 Cavs) and teams that weren't supposed to even have a prayer in the first round put up some gutsy performances (09 Rockets).

So I'm in the group of people that believes in just letting it all play out.

[BASS_THUMPER]

after james and em

what do we lose goin into the 3rd qt..blame d...but nobody even hot nate was hittin..kinda hurt to see all that talent we have and no productivity..

[CelticG1]

As I've said before, foregone conclusions have no place in the NBA.

Not only historically but in recent times, I've seen teams that were supposed to be eventual champions fall apart (08 Lakers, 09 Cavs) and teams that weren't supposed to even have a prayer in the first round put up some gutsy performances (09 Rockets).

So I'm in the group of people that believes in just letting it all play out.

I'm in the same boat as you. Also the Magic last year ended the regular season pretty terribly and couldn't even over take us for the second seed while KG wasn't even playing the second half of the season. They somehow figured it out and made it to the finals. I thought they were going to lose in the first round especially after dwight was suspended for that game. They couldn't have really ended the regular season any worse than they did and look where they ended up.

We're aren't going to know about these guys until the playoffs come around, the real games. Regular season is a whole lot different than the post season so lets stop acting like it's the same thing. All we need to do is put it together for 16 games in the post season

[manl_lui]

i dont know about some of you guys, but i have a lot of faith in this celtics team...yeh so far they have blown big leads in 3rd quarter collapse...they struggle in the regular season, but the playoffs is a totally different environment and feeling.

No one expected the Bulls to take us 7 games and 6 OTs...what just because we lost a few games you guys write the Cs off...last year, wasnt the Magic the underdogs in the east...they beat us and the Cavs...records dont prove stuff...yeh we got blown out by the Cavs yesterday...i admit the Cs gotta get it together and we cant always blame on injury...but hey teams aren't perfect...

in my opinion we have the talent to win, we just need to figure out how to win and get our heads together...keep your faith people