Celtics (3-1) at Knicks (1-1) 10/13

[Cman]

Players that have made me happy in preseason, more or less in order, and pretty much all due to the low expectations I had for each (with the exception of Robinson -- I had a decent expectation, but he has well exceeded them):

(1) Daniels
(2) Erden
(3) Robinson
(4) Lasme

[xmuscularghandix]

Who’s calling these games Mussolini?

[snively]

Huh?  How did the C's get the techs and not Amare?

[ChainSmokingLikeDino]

RE: Nicknames, MSG just had a brief clip of an interview with Shaq on his new nicknames: "The Big Shamrock a.k.a. Blacky Bulger a.k.a. The Godfather of Sudbury"

The guy can still come up with a good nickname.

[fairweatherfan]

Haha it's about to get interesting in here...

[jdpapa3]

I'm sorry if I said this before, but the NBA has made it soooooo easy not to renew my League Pass.

[Cman]

If this is really how Stern wants the refs to be calling games, its going to make for a loooooooong season.

[Bahku]

Wow ... a bit bizarre there. Stoudemire's mouth was running as much as KG's was.

[xmuscularghandix]

I’d like to see Jermaine play with some anger down there.

[snively]

What an incredibly subjective new set of rules.  Overly demonstrative?

[fairweatherfan]

The officials are apparently drunk on power right now.  Glad this isn't a real game or I'd be doing some T-worthy stuff here.

[snively]

D'Antoni knows it's a circus.

[ChainSmokingLikeDino]

I’d like to see Jermaine play with some anger down there.

Anger gets you two quick T's. 

I don't think they are going to continue calling T's like this after the first week of the regular season. They have to. But I think this is a classic Stern call 'em all in the pre-season to send a message and then loosen up.

[j804]

JO got to be kidding me with all these fouls

SMH

[snively]

Stoudemire is favored by the officials apparently.