Tonight will be a big test against Toronto. I agree with your enthusiasm and think the team is out of their slump from last week.

Isaiah has impressed me as a little guy for a defender. A rim protector would help hide his height even further. We do need a taller SG since Marcus and Avery are not the tallest players. Unfortunately, that was not James Young nor RJ Hunter. You have mentioned Datome. He wasn't known for his defense, but with the added height, who knows. Players can improve on defense especially when it is a team defense. I imagine Evan Turner is our tall shooting guard. That guy turned out to be a swiss army knife player. And I saw an article showing that the C's are made up of guys with chips on their shoulder. That is Isaiah. That is our team. They are positive chips in that they are underdogs with talent who play the game the right way.

Something changed in Avery for the better. He used to be incompetent driving in for layups. In the last game, he hit two shots at the rim that shouldn't have gone in, but they did. It's how good shooters hit free throws based on their overall consistency instead of being on. They call it the shooter's touch. Avery has developed a shooter's touch at the rim which wasn't there before. That's what I am seeing. They can now hide his poor passing by letting him drive to the hoop or otherwise gain separation to prevent bad passes. Avery has mastered dribbling and driving to the hoop! That is not small change for improvement.

Avery Bradley is right up there with Jae for most improved Celtic. I think Kelly was heading into that direction if he hadn't gotten injured. Evan Turner could get that award. This had to happen for the Celtics to take the next step. I guess this is where Brad Stevens deserves a lot of credit. I've never seen this many average players improve so quickly. This is good for Danny.

This is why it's best to not tank. We got crushed by Cleveland last year, but now we have players with vastly increased value. If we were fighting with that bunch of teams for the 8th seed, we would not be in such a great position. We are in the hunt for 50 wins. I hope we make it, so I can then bump my road to 50 wins thread and everyone will acknowledge I either got lucky or know my stuff.

Good note on AB Rollie. He has done really well dribbling and finishing at the rim lately. He continues to improve all the time.

avery is some athlete,he elevates off a screen so quick,now his backcuts are turning into dunks
i think isaiah inspires everyone with his dribbling and passing skills
the one area i think avery has to work on is breakaways that become contested-misses some
its either his dribbling or he is gun shy of being hammered or blocked from behind
trade turner and trade avery fans must be eating alot of crow
danny should be able to spot another project for brad to renovate
isaiah has upside as he has been showing in the last couple of games
,bradley has upside as he has shown year on year
,turner has upside
kelly has upside
maybe this patch without crowder will somehow help with some players-rozier for one
and his coming back will bolster smart
remember that west coast trip last year that forged this newly assembled team
lets see what happens now-
                 AND
whalberg get us jimmy butler to go with crowder