lol@ the heats big accomplishment.

[angryguy77]

I don't understand what's wrong with finding delight in this team's misfortune. They deserve everything they get. If this were the Lakers we'd have a million threads feasting on their overrated-self admiring behinds. 

Their mouths allowed for this perception. Imo, they shot themselves into Laker hate realm with the way they acted before the season. I say enjoy it while we can.

My only question is if Wade still thinks "this is going to be fun"?

[Witch-King]

Wow they beat the 76ers! lets throw them another parade!

NBA.com front page titles the article about tonights game as "More like it"

More like what? They have already proven that they can only beat pathetic non-teams that probably wouldnt do that well in a march madness bracket. Pretty sad that beating the 76ers by 8 points is something to speak of for them.

On a lighter note.. KG AND SHAQ ARE REBORN!!! lovin it!

Yeah, it's kinda sad that Allen Iverson has gone from being a former NBA MVP, 3 time league-leader in points per game who was ahead of Kobe Bryant on the all-time points scored list at the beginning of last year's season to someone who is a bench-warmer only scoring 2 points in his debut with Besiktas. I wonder if the Boston Celtics could acquire Allen Iverson for cheap either sometime this or next season, but then again how many topics have we had on this blog about Iverson's 'amazing vanishing basketball career' before?

Edit: Right now I'm watching Real Madrid's basketball club vs Olympiakos Pireus on NBA TV. I wonder if Iverson will have enough left in the tank to try his hand at playing basketball in Spain if things don't work out in Turkey??

[GreenEnvy]

A win is a win, the Celtics didn't exactly impress all that much either against Toronto. Time to stop obsessing about the Heat and just focus on the C's. (oh and cheer on whomever plays the Lakers)

the problem with that is, we weren't hyped up when the big 3 came or this year with Shaq signing that we would just walk on all the teams...

everyone expected us to just be a regular old team, whereas Heat are supposed to break 72 wins this year along with blowing out a lot of teams...

that didn't happen

The Big 3 received almost as much hype as Miami did.

LOL definitely not close.

Don't get me wrong, the Celtics got their fanfare back in 2007, donning the cover of SI, ESPN, and TSN.

BUT, not many (if any) picked them to win, saying (presumably based on the history of the game) they would need time to gel and they were (perceived to be) weak at the PG and C spot.

They then put together one of the most impressive regular seasons of all-time (wire-to-wire best record, nobody within 7 wins of them, double-digit margin of victory) and obviously win the championship.

Then the Heat are formed this season, and they don't face nearly as many doubters as we did. MVP's, best record, championships. You name it, everything is thrown their way. What hardships the Celtics would face back in 2007 would not stop this team, despite the Celtics being a smarter, more complimentary trio. The C's had (and still have) a far superior PG/C combo, much better bench, and excellent coaching staff.

I really don't care about the media, I was fine with the Celtics flying under the radar last season (even being doubted up 3-2 at home vs. Orlando, or not having a chance against Cleveland, or some nitwits picking Miami in the first round).

Miami seems to be the one having problems with the media obsession. Better yet, they are having problems with the rest of the NBA paying attention.

[Rondo9dunx]

First off our starting 5 DESTROYED toronro our bench is the reason it was as close a game as it was. Our big 3 was and has been much more humble than the Miami Thrice ever were. I dont wanna hear about last year because thats the past it's a new team. KG RA and PP didnt come out at the begining of this year and say stuff like "I'm gonna remember everyone who talked smack" "we're gonna win a lot of games" We're gonna be unstoppable." They said "we need to improve" "We can be better".

So forgive me if I razz the heat a little bit for being so over-the-top cocksure and now all of a sudden i'm supposed to be blown-away because they beat the 76ers?

Yea, we lost to CLE and TOR. Every team, even the lakers, magic, hornets, spurs all teams lose games to inferior opponents occasionally. The celtics have beaten some good teams already the heat have not. So dont give me all this "oh they will be better, you shouldnt say mean things" bullcrap. We have proven for now at least that we are the better team and i'll continue to be proud of that. Considering all the smack the heat talked before the start of the season I think they deserve any stones that get thrown thier way until they actually start winning some games...

Well then by your rationale the first 15 games are the past and the Heat are on a one game win streak, lol.  Nice logic.

And you know what you're right, what was I thinking, the Heat talk so much trash, while the Celtics are widely regarded around the league as doing no such thing 


 

1: There's a huge difference between last year and this year. I cant believe I have to point that out to you.
2: Celtics talk trash on the court. And on rare occasions when they do it off the court it is usually after they have achieved something.
3: Championship teams have more of a right to talk smack than mediocre 1st year teams that have accomplished nothing but a very average record 16 games into the season.

[Rondo9dunx]

I don't get it. You guys must be californians posing as boston fans.

Since when is it not ok for us, as fans, to talk smack about our competitors?

You're all trying to give me the third degree ribbing the heat a little bit. Whats wrong with you?

If you were to argue this with me in a bar on boylston st you'd be wakin up in the beth israel wondering what happened lol. (and no i'm not making a threat i'm just pointing out that us drunken celtics fans can get rowdy )

[Rondo9dunx]

Not to mention you dont see me posting on here sayin "ZoMG!!!!1! We beat the raptorz we are unstoppable omg we are so good!"

But thats basically what the guy who wrote this article was saying about the heat which is why I pointed out the fact that all they did was beat another team that wont have more than 20 wins.

[incoherent]

Many sports writers and talking heads will make a bigger deal out of a Win for Miami then need be in an attempt to save face for how wrong all of their predictions are turning out to be.

[guava_wrench]

A win is a win, the Celtics didn't exactly impress all that much either against Toronto. Time to stop obsessing about the Heat and just focus on the C's. (oh and cheer on whomever plays the Lakers)

the problem with that is, we weren't hyped up when the big 3 came or this year with Shaq signing that we would just walk on all the teams...

everyone expected us to just be a regular old team, whereas Heat are supposed to break 72 wins this year along with blowing out a lot of teams...

that didn't happen

To be fair, many people expect the Celts with Shaq to be mediocre in the regular season like last year. Some did expect us to do well in the playoffs though.

We still have to wait to see what our health is in May. If Miami doesn't fall apart due to discord, they should be an improved team in May. Can we improve when our guys feel not only the grind of the regular season, but also the built up wear and tear of their careers? Could what we see now from our starting 5 be the best we can expect for the season?

Keep in mind that we have started every season of the KG era very strong. That is our peak performance period.

[greenpride32]

I'm not sure why everyone thinks the Heat are eventualy going to get things together this season.  They have 5 good to great players (2 of which are hurt right now), but the rest of the roster is bottom of the barrel NBA players.  When you average out very good with poor you get average.

Take a look at what their "rejects" from last season are doing this year; in particular Beasley and Wright.  In addition to those guys they of course lost JON to us, and Q Rich to ORL.

As much as we still love Eddie here in BOS, pretty much him and the rest of the roster are the end of the bench NBA player types,  Z and Juwan at this point in their careers; Stack already cut.

CLE right now is in contention for the playoffs minus LBJ becuase their roster is still full of decent players which is what MIA had last year (well not as many as CLE so maybe not "full").

LBJ and Wade can on any given night be any team, but to do it consistently against the better teams will be very difficult with a garbage supporting cast. 

[angryguy77]

Wonder what the headline tomorrow will be? "Miami proves us experts to be the Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.s everyone thaought

[greg683x]

I hate to bring up Karma again on this thread but thats 7 wins in a row since the day after this thread was started.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

meh ... most of those wins were against crappy teams, including Golden State.

[angryguy77]

They could run the table for the rest of the season. But it won't change the fact that they still don't match up with us. And we're not 100% yet either and still beat them-i don't believe miller will save them either-

oh and the LA lost again

 

[Kane3387]

A win is a win, the Celtics didn't exactly impress all that much either against Toronto. Time to stop obsessing about the Heat and just focus on the C's. (oh and cheer on whomever plays the Lakers)

AGREE 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well Said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dybdal]

You can say what you will about the Heat sitiuation.

1. Charles Barkley was right (WHAT?) they are playing alot faster now than they were early'er and its paying off for them
2. They are still very lost in the half court, running mostly isolation plays, though they do run abit though their pointguard but its not enough.
3. They are still a above avarage defensive team except inside the paint.

That all comes down to the same thing in the end, they still wont win the playoffs by running and gunning and playing without size, if they do manage to take a series against the Bulls/Magic/Celtics then i'll gladly eat my words.

Nothing has changed, still the same team with the same flaws as we saw when we played against them and you can gameplan against their transition game.