Ta's rebounding shouldn't be much of an issue..he WAS out covering the fastest, most athletic and talented guys in the LEAGUE....so what about his shooting, his rebounding....It was his real first year BACK, and he was great. (2nd year, but the first year is recovery) Too bad we won't see the rest of his development, like i said b4...he could practice running the point, can get better at ball handling...but no one really learns to be a defender like that...remember his block on gasol.....? Wasn't he covering kobe at the same time..you won't get D and O out of pp or ray anymore..not on the better guys. That is why TA in with one of them and rondo was a great play..we would have had PERFECT D...with TA....a lot of good size and shot blockers inside, and TA for the outside, along with nate and rondo ( at diff times, maybe both sometimes) I still cannot believe we let him go for a 1 year diff of opinion..now we are stuck with MD...who showed NOTHING, consistantly....! MD never turned the ball over....because he never went after it...never drove...he showed me nothing, I would have dropped him and signed TA asap...especially with Wade and Lebron now coming at you..don't forget Chicago too.......Missing TA will be our short coming this year. Unless one of these guys can step up....! A backup for pp...is usually a starter for other teams..we had too many holes to fill this year....
I still can't see how any reasonable Celtics fan can be upset over losing TA. You really think Doc or Danny would let him go if he was so vital to the success of the team like you claim? They didn't feel he was worth the money or the years, which neither was a lot. That says something.
He was a good defender. That's it. He brought nothing to the offense. Maybe some C's fans remember the rookie TA who crashed boards and was everywhere on the court. Or the TA who could put up 20 points a game on a team that was in the midst of an 18-game losing streak.
The only team I could see missing him for is the Heat, because of how strong their wings are (assuming they play Wade and LeBron at the wings, and not at PG). I'm not worried about Kobe, because the only reason we lost was because of their frontcourt (and Perk's injury, of course). There is no guarantee we face the Heat or the Lakers, so there is no point in overpaying a player who really won't help us much.
Bottom line, when healthy, Daniels is a significantly better all-around NBA player than TA. What happened last season is anyone's guess. He showed flashes early on, but for whatever reason, either mental or physical, he couldn't do it down the stretch or in the playoffs.
I would be a little surprised if that happened again.
It sure sounded like Danny, Doc and the players were fairly upset over losing TA. He left for what he felt was a better opportunity, not because Doc and Danny didn't want him back.
So should Doc, Danny, and the players cried over the loss of TA? They took the politically correct route and said they would have liked to keep him and will miss him, but the truth is, they had a number in mind (as they did with Posey) and would NOT go over it. He chose to leave, which is fine, but Ainge could have upped the offer to make the decision harder, he chose not to.
He is as one-dimensional a player as it gets. Nothing but defense. Can't shoot, can't score on his own, can't pass, can't dribble, can't rebound well.
Adios TA, enjoy you PT on a lottery team. I MUCH rather take my chances on Wafer and Daniels, who actually have potential (on both ends).
Well, i think TA is not that one dimensional, he was the best slasher on the team, with some great, strong dunks, layups, and average shooting. He was given a different role than a scorer. He (it looked like) was asked to be a pg and a defender. He wasn't great at pg...but i think he could develop that, his slashing is getting a lot stronger, and is hard to defend,
The best thing he did though, is that he took the defense load off of pp and ray, they can no longer do both defense and offense, so the TEAM needed TA to do that....that is the hard part about being part of a team..sometimes you have to do what the team needs, not what you want to do. EVERYONE wants to shoot...not just play D, and rebounding, well, when you are watching the best players...you need to do that ALL the time, because once they GET the BALL, it is usually 2 points, or 3. Covering the star requires a sacrifice, and most guys won't commit to it. He did. So, he was prob p---ed that they wouldn't give him the one more year he asked, same money. That isn't asking for much. That is all i am saying.
Also, on this team, TA was the only guy that would run with rondo, up tempo, not walking up the floor, so pressure and tire out the other team, and TA can dunk on demand. When you have shooters like ray and pp, kg, you aren't going to be asked to shoot much. We need more inside slashers anyway, shooting only lasts so long, as we have seen. So, that is why he was the perfect fit here, and should have been given the little that he asked for. And he knows the team, and all the plays. You don't just get a guy like that......md never stuck his neck out..TA did, and through ALL the criticism, you know he heard it, but he kept at it, and he sure did a lot for us, and D is the no glamour, blue collar stuff that the Celtics are made of.
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