Knicks (2-0) at Celtics (0-2) Game 3 4/26

[hpantazo]

Bradley just got exposed. He may be a ball hawk, but he sure isnt fast enough.

I like him, but someone form the board was right, we should have traded him when his stock was high.

Bradley got toasted by a fat Raymond Felton. Not to mention his offensive skills are at the level of a 12 year old.

[lightspeed5]

I don't think I've ever seen a Celtics team in the KG/Big 3 era just give up before until tonight.

.   Not a team, really.  PP and KG and a bunch of guys they dont know.  Its far form the gang of peers and hungry kids that came together in 08.   Now its 2 aging vets and a bunch of journeymen. What can you do.

Dont want to say too much about any one player but Bro Bass has hardly taken advantage of his opportunities from the bench.  Not, I fear, a building block.

Sorry for the long post
The bold is the first time in a long time where I didn't feel the closeness or bond of this team.
-08 I could see the chemistry and closeness clear as day because they were all equally hungry and starving for a championship
-09 I could see it even with KG down
-10 even with some issues, I still felt they had chemistry
-11 before the trade and the injuries to Shaq and Rondo the chemistry was there and strong. They looked like a family that really spent time with each other outside of basketball.
-12 even last year I could see some chemistry and a bond
-This year I just didn't see any chemistry or a bond or anything. They don't even look like they talk or communicate with each other outside of playing basketball (other than KG and Paul).
It looks like a team of an aging Paul and KG with some players just picked up off the street to play with them.

our shaq team was so strong in chemistry it was ridiculous. i want krypto-nate back

[TenaciousD]

I don't think I've ever seen a Celtics team in the KG/Big 3 era just give up before until tonight.

.   Not a team, really.  PP and KG and a bunch of guys they dont know.  Its far form the gang of peers and hungry kids that came together in 08.   Now its 2 aging vets and a bunch of journeymen. What can you do.

Dont want to say too much about any one player but Bro Bass has hardly taken advantage of his opportunities from the bench.  Not, I fear, a building block.

Sorry for the long post
The bold is the first time in a long time where I didn't feel the closeness or bond of this team.

It looks like a team of an aging Paul and KG with some players just picked up off the street to play with them.

What I was driving at.  Really has come into focus in the prism of playoffs.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

I never bought the excuses. Not in Doc's whole tenure as coach.

DOC IS A MORON. HE NEEDS TO BE SHOWN THE DOOR IN THE REBUILD!!!!!! LOOK AT HIM! still playing small ball. SMH.

[TenaciousD]

Bradley just got exposed. He may be a ball hawk, but he sure isnt fast enough.

I like him, but someone form the board was right, we should have traded him when his stock was high.

Bradley got toasted by a fat Raymond Felton. Not to mention his offensive skills are at the level of a 12 year old.

Gotta have a 2-way game. particular wing players.

[Chief]

Doc is a good salesman. I bet he can convince ownership to bring the band back.

Healthy Rondo and Sully


Jeff Green will be 100%


Bradley will improve


And I will be sad.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Doc is a good salesman. I bet he can convince ownership to bring the band back.

Healthy Rondo and Sully


Jeff Green will be 100%


Bradley will improve


And I will be sad.

the helll with that. doc can hit the road

[lightspeed5]

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[JoT]

I don't think I've ever seen a Celtics team in the KG/Big 3 era just give up before until tonight.

.   Not a team, really.  PP and KG and a bunch of guys they dont know.  Its far form the gang of peers and hungry kids that came together in 08.   Now its 2 aging vets and a bunch of journeymen. What can you do.

Dont want to say too much about any one player but Bro Bass has hardly taken advantage of his opportunities from the bench.  Not, I fear, a building block.

Sorry for the long post
The bold is the first time in a long time where I didn't feel the closeness or bond of this team.
-08 I could see the chemistry and closeness clear as day because they were all equally hungry and starving for a championship
-09 I could see it even with KG down
-10 even with some issues, I still felt they had chemistry
-11 before the trade and the injuries to Shaq and Rondo the chemistry was there and strong. They looked like a family that really spent time with each other outside of basketball.
-12 even last year I could see some chemistry and a bond
-This year I just didn't see any chemistry or a bond or anything. They don't even look like they talk or communicate with each other outside of playing basketball (other than KG and Paul).
It looks like a team of an aging Paul and KG with some players just picked up off the street to play with them.

our shaq team was so strong in chemistry it was ridiculous. i want krypto-nate back

I hate going back to the past, but that team before injuries and the trade looked like they had so much fun together.
They came off like they couldn't wait to be around each other and play with one another.

[Galeto]

Good teams actually have backup points and bigs who can rebound.  I wish Ainge can join the revolution sometime soon. Good teams do not use players like Bass.  It's nonsense.

What's with all the animosity towards Bass lol

I prefer bigs who can rebound and whose only skill isn't shooting mid-range jumpers.  He's also dumb as rocks on defense and soft.  He never takes a charge.  He's rippling with more muscles than Pierce ever had but unlike Pierce, he won't stand his ground and take charge.  You have to have that from your role players if they're not basket protectors.   Just the concept of Bass infuriates to no end. A team with ambition shouldn't value bigs who can only shoot 15 foot jumpers and can't do anything else.  It blows my mind. 

The Celtics use to have bigs who could defend the post and paint like Perkins or grab rebounds and take charges like Powe.  That was a good formula.  From Rasheed to Davis and now Bass, it's been a sliding scale of worse and worse defense and rebounding.  Seriously, you have a free agent who stands 6'7, can't defend, plays soft, can't pass, has a low basketball IQ and is only good for jumpshots.  How the heck did the Celtics value him at 6 million a year?  On paper it's nonsense and then when you see him play, it's doubly so.   

[The Rondo Show]

I never bought the excuses. Not in Doc's whole tenure as coach.

Takeaway the Thib years and he sucks

[Galeto]

I don't understand why Ainge has a different standard for bigs and wings.  He apparently didn't like Marshon Brooks because he didn't play defense.  Not that Brooks is all that great, I'm not pining for him but how about applying the same standard for bigs?  If they can't defend and are also dumb as rocks on the court, don't get them.  At the very least, don't sign them to a multi-year contract. 

What kind of player was JaJuan Johnson?  The same kind as Bass, a big who couldn't defend (more due to strength issues rather than being dumb as rocks like Bass), didn't even rebound well at college and whose offensive game was shooting jumpers.  Good lord!  Ainge's eyes must light up when he sees a big who can hit a jumpshot.  If they can't rebound, he must fall head over heels in love.  Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.!

[Chief]

I never bought the excuses. Not in Doc's whole tenure as coach.

Takeaway the Thib years and he sucks

Like I said earlier; Seems like they ran Clifford Ray out of town because he preached rebounding. Ever since then, there has been a lot of small ball.

[lour]

I never bought the excuses. Not in Doc's whole tenure as coach.

Takeaway the Thib years and he sucks

Like I said earlier; Seems like they ran Clifford Ray out of town because he preached rebounding. Ever since then, there has been a lot of small ball.

There's been alot of small ball because Ainge hasn't been looking to recruit bigs... or the bigs that we currently have are not "big" in a sense. How can you blame Doc for going small when that's all that he has to work with?

[celticslove]

I never bought the excuses. Not in Doc's whole tenure as coach.

DOC IS A MORON. HE NEEDS TO BE SHOWN THE DOOR IN THE REBUILD!!!!!! LOOK AT HIM! still playing small ball. SMH.

amen amen amen! rebuilding should start with him out of this team. it doesn't take a genius to know that small ball only works if you have a player who could dominate like lebron. ugly way to finish the kg-pp era.