It just dawned on me that Big Baby being shipped out of town sort of came and passed like it was a forgone conclusion. It seemed pretty apparent that he was going elsewhere after his iffy year last year and the ghosts of preseason shenanigans past.
Baby could be frustrating at times, but on the whole he was a guy that busted his tail for the Celtics when he was on the floor. Many a time during the frustrating mid season "down times" for the C's he seemed to be the ONLY guy who gave a crap out there.
He's a knucklehead to be sure, but he hit some big shots and played a definite role in a couple of championship runs.
My favorite Baby moment has to be the buzzer beater when the chips were down at Orlando sans KG. An absolutely huge shot.
As great as that moment was, it was just one moment. The sustained moment he had at Detroit his rookie year was perhaps more of a defining moment though. The C's with the new Big 3 had come out of the gates absolutely smoking. Detroit was the team to beat that year, and the C' first loss of the year came against the Pistons
at the Garden. The Celts had something to prove when they went to Detroit. The game looked like it was slipping away, but Baby went on something like an 18 point tear in the 4th and the C's took a big step up with the win.
Lastly, the brief, odd, bench dynamite duo he and Nate formed. It was fleeting, but fun.
So, yeh...Big Baby don't the let the door hit you on the butt.
this one always creeped me out a little
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