Whatever playoff rotation is, Pavlovic, Wafer, Bradley (yes bradley) must play.

[Senninsage]

Now, I already had this suspicion about Pavlovic, as he has been one of the few Celtics players who could create their own shot successfully.

I already knew Wafer's energy is a must. Bradley has made me nervous all season on the ball handling front, but I've always felt he had very solid and aggressive defense, and he has always struck me as offensively talented, he just never took enough shots for us to get a good feel for the guy.

Bradley should absolutely be one of the primary contributors off the bench for our offense. Pavlovic is a must. He has height, he is aggressive on defense, he can create his own shot, and he can knock down that 3 ball with regularity, and I'm not just going based off of tonight's performance.

I really do feel that if you replace the bench tonight with our starters, we don't score quite as many points as we do tonight. The Starters, just like these guys tonight, need to not hesitate to take, and even miss, a lot of shots.

A lot of times we lose because we don't give ourselves a chance to win with all our turnovers, and lack of just taking shots that we should be more than capable of making.

Tonight was a very positive way to end the season, and I hope our starters received some inspiration from watching the bench play.

[Senninsage]

Not saying anything like give Bradley crazy minutes, but he is someone who can come off the bench, and help prevent our offense from stalling out, as it has been known to do a couple times this season.

You see the difference on these players when the superstars in there. They become more aggressive in looking for their shots. I wish they'd do the same when KG, Pierce, Allen and Rondo are playing.

[raynman]

No chance in hell Doc would play all three in the playoffs. He'll definitely just play 8-10 regular guys, and those 3 would surely be on incative list(assuming everybody's healthy).
But if we can combine Sasha's 3-point shooting, Wafer's explosiveness and Bradley's quickness and defensive aggressiveness into one 'Super-sub,' that would be awesome!

[Yogi]

Is this a joke?  Along side Murphy, a combination of two of the three players will not even dress at any given series, barring injuries. 

[Celtics/Run]

Bradley is a more offensive Tony Allen.

[KobeShesNotConsenting!]

Nope no reason for any of those guys to get playing time. If everyone's healthy no one you just mentioned should get any playing time in the playoffs. Unless it's a blowout. A playoff rotation is supposed to be 8-10 players.
1. Rondo
2. Allen
3. Pierce
4. Garnett
5. Shaq
6. Davis
7. JO
8. West
9. Green
10. maybe Kristic (but i'm sure he'll be first before anyone you mentioned)

[clover]

Once Shaq and West are back from injury, but before they are out with injury again, it will be tough not to include them among the three who don't dress.  And once Shaq and West are out again, it will be tough not to dress Arroyo and Murphy.

[PosImpos]

The only player in the post title who has a shot at playing time in the post-season is Pavlovic by virtue of his spot-up outside shooting and his defense.

[Yogi]

Bradley is a more offensive Tony Allen.

Either you haven't watched Tony Allen's offense recently or you haven't watched Avery Bradley's offense before tonight.  Bradley is a point guard and Tony Allen played mostly small forward and shooting guard.  Bradley is nowhere near the defender Tony Allen is either.  I would trust Tony Allen on Lebron and Kobe for a few minutes.  Would you play Bradley on these guys?  How about Derek Rose?  Maybe in a few years Bradley will become a good player, but I bet he won't see one (significant) minute more this year.  

[Celtics/Run]

Bradley is a more offensive Tony Allen.

Either you haven't watched Tony Allen's offense recently or you haven't watched Avery Bradley's offense before tonight.  Bradley is a point guard and Tony Allen played mostly small forward and shooting guard.  Bradley is nowhere near the defender Tony Allen is either.  I would trust Tony Allen on Lebron and Kobe for a few minutes.  Would you play Bradley on these guys?  How about Derek Rose?  Maybe in a few years Bradley will become a good player, but I bet he won't see one (significant) minute more this year.  

Tony Allen is very overrated .

[dtrader]

Tony allen made the Grizzlies a good team.  Before him they were ok...after him, they became dangerous. The single addition of Avery bradley isn't going to push any borderline team into another level.

Really, we don't even know what kind of a player Avery Bradley is. I'm not sure Doc or Ainge know either. He just hasn't played enough meaningful minutes to say. I think tonight if anything, was an example of how little we know about him.  He is definitely athletic and aggressive, but no one knows his offensive or defensive limitations at this point. Anything we've seen, could be a poor showing in a small sample size, or just a reflection of him reaching too far because he knows how limited his time will be.

[Roy H.]

I feel like Rip Van Winkle; is it 2012 already?  If not, Bradley doesn't belong anywhere near a playoff rotation. 

If anybody insists on evaluating players based upon meaningless garbage games, though, I'd point you to the Wizards contest.  There, Bradley managed 0 points, 0 assists, 0 rebounds, 0 steals, 0 blocks, 0% FG% (0-for-1), 1 turnover, and 3 personal fouls in six minutes.  Pavlovic wasn't much better.

On the season, Bradley averaged 1.7 points on 34.3% shooting.  On a per-minute basis, he led the team in turnovers and was 6th in personal fouls.  He's not ready yet.

[Fafnir]

Sasha/Von will already be competing for a few minutes a game as our 12th player, Bradley won't see any minutes at all.

I don't think any of them will be in our rotation baring injury or serious foul trouble.

[Fafnir]

Tony allen made the Grizzlies a good team.  Before him they were ok...after him, they became dangerous. The single addition of Avery bradley isn't going to push any borderline team into another level.

Not only has Bradley not shown he's a rotation NBA player, but he's not even replacing a negative player like Tony was.

Tony replacing OJ Mayo as their primary 2 guard was as much addition by subtraction as it was a gain by putting Tony into the line up. Mayo is an awful fit for their team.

Bradley would be replacing very good players in West/Rondo/Allen who fit well together, no similarities even on that front!

[Spilling Green Dye]

The only player in the post title who has a shot at playing time in the post-season is Pavlovic by virtue of his spot-up outside shooting and his defense.

TY for posting my exact thoughts.

I'll be disgusted with Doc if I see Bradley in a playoff game.  Absolutely disgusted.