Adam Jones on csn talking about Blake Griffin

[BitterJim]

What do people expect me to start just accusing this guy of stuff and make it seem like i'm crazy lol?   He does seem kind of squirrely I'll say that.  I would not put that type of stuff past him.

...what?

I can't be the only one that was reminded of Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories

See, I never just did things just to do them, c'mon I mean, what I'm gonna do just all of the sudden just jump up and grind my feet in somebody's couch like it's something to do? Come on, I got a little more sense than that. ...Yeah, I remember grinding my feet into Eddie's couch

[jpotter33]

I don't want Blake or Boogie disrupting our locker room.  Keep our core, keep our Nets draft picks.  Patience. Have you seen Josh Jackson or Harry Giles play?

When either of those two have career averages of 20.1 pts, 10.8 Rebs, 2.7 asts, 1.4 stls, and 1.2 blocks a game, then we can talk. Until then, it's not a contest. You take the established talent in Boggie every day.

[Onslaught]

I don't want Blake or Boogie disrupting our locker room.  Keep our core, keep our Nets draft picks.  Patience. Have you seen Josh Jackson or Harry Giles play?

That's kind of out the window with signing Al Horford. He's 30, in the middle of his prime. Waiting on draft picks and waiting for them to develop would be a waste of his prime years. Whether people like it or not, signing Al was a win now move.

Not really. You can trade Horford in a year or so if need be. If we got the top pick and the kid looked like a game changer then that's what I'd do.

[spikelovetheCelts]

I don't want Blake or Boogie disrupting our locker room.  Keep our core, keep our Nets draft picks.  Patience. Have you seen Josh Jackson or Harry Giles play?

Thank you.   This is what is needed to settle the masses (including me).   Tell folks like me who don't watch college (or high school) basketball what is coming our way if we hold onto our pretty certain top-5 picks next year and in 2018.

Hopefully we can nail the picks. I for one want to see both Blake and Boogie play this year before trading for them. Both of them seem like cancer. I am hopeful we can sign Heyward straight out and be blessed with Brown and our next two Nets picks.

[jpotter33]

What do people expect me to start just accusing this guy of stuff and make it seem like i'm crazy lol?   He does seem kind of squirrely I'll say that.  I would not put that type of stuff past him.

...what?

I can't be the only one that was reminded of Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories

See, I never just did things just to do them, c'mon I mean, what I'm gonna do just all of the sudden just jump up and grind my feet in somebody's couch like it's something to do? Come on, I got a little more sense than that. ...Yeah, I remember grinding my feet into Eddie's couch

[Surferdad]

I don't want Blake or Boogie disrupting our locker room.  Keep our core, keep our Nets draft picks.  Patience. Have you seen Josh Jackson or Harry Giles play?

That's kind of out the window with signing Al Horford. He's 30, in the middle of his prime. Waiting on draft picks and waiting for them to develop would be a waste of his prime years. Whether people like it or not, signing Al was a win now move.

In fact, one of the first things Horford himself said at the official press introduction is how his signing here should help with bringing in other stars.

This makes such intuitive sense:  The Celtics have made a $113M investment over the next 4 years.  They need to protect that investment and leverage into something bigger.  If they don't it's a waste of money, at least from a business perspective.

[ashanm10]

What do people expect me to start just accusing this guy of stuff and make it seem like i'm crazy lol?   He does seem kind of squirrely I'll say that.  I would not put that type of stuff past him.

...what?

I can't be the only one that was reminded of Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories

See, I never just did things just to do them, c'mon I mean, what I'm gonna do just all of the sudden just jump up and grind my feet in somebody's couch like it's something to do? Come on, I got a little more sense than that. ...Yeah, I remember grinding my feet into Eddie's couch

XDDDDD tp

[TheSundanceKid]

" You're opening post lacks substance." Haha. Gotta love internet snarkiness. Lol.

Well to be fair, the OP started an entire thread to essentially say that "someone is saying something that I said sometime somewhere", while patting himself on the back, in between starting 5 other threads based on his random thoughts.

Of course as long as he can take the snark, more power to him. I'd rather have people engaged around here and I can sift through it, than the alternative.

I dunno, I like it. Reading someone's train of thought can help you think about it yourself and generate discussion. It would be boring if every thread was fully thought out and detailed. Plus if I was to get rid of one thing on this board it would be the intense overreactions to small sample sizes. If a Smart has a bad 5 minutes in the regular season we get 20 threads popping up about how DA can't draft and the ants are taking over the world... exactly what is happening with Brown right now actually

[footey]

I'd rather cousins as well.  He is talking about the whole going big when other teams are going small thing though.  And that we can't beat GS playing their game etc.  Also talking about how dealing with Doc is not as rosey as it seems. Adam Jones seems like sort of a weasel. Squirrely even.

But last year we beat them at their game once, on their court, and almost beat them on ours. We matched well with them, particularly with our outstanding perimeter defense.

We got trounced by the bigger teams, like CLE, OKC and the Spurs.  Size is what killed us.

[CoachBo]

I don't want Blake or Boogie disrupting our locker room.  Keep our core, keep our Nets draft picks.  Patience. Have you seen Josh Jackson or Harry Giles play?

That's kind of out the window with signing Al Horford. He's 30, in the middle of his prime. Waiting on draft picks and waiting for them to develop would be a waste of his prime years. Whether people like it or not, signing Al was a win now move.

Not really. You can trade Horford in a year or so if need be. If we got the top pick and the kid looked like a game changer then that's what I'd do.

You're assuming Ainge would draft the game-changer.

[td450]

I don't want Blake or Boogie disrupting our locker room.  Keep our core, keep our Nets draft picks.  Patience. Have you seen Josh Jackson or Harry Giles play?

That's kind of out the window with signing Al Horford. He's 30, in the middle of his prime. Waiting on draft picks and waiting for them to develop would be a waste of his prime years. Whether people like it or not, signing Al was a win now move.

In fact, one of the first things Horford himself said at the official press introduction is how his signing here should help with bringing in other stars.

This makes such intuitive sense:  The Celtics have made a $113M investment over the next 4 years.  They need to protect that investment and leverage into something bigger.  If they don't it's a waste of money, at least from a business perspective.

I don't think we should view Horford's window as the team's window. It is important for a lot of reasons to keep improving. We have talent spread out from 19-30. Our goal should be to get to 55-65 wins and stay there for the long haul. We want to be San Antonio. It makes us players in free agency, and gives our younger players playoff experience. If he's not here when we climb the mountain, that's OK. He'll help us get there either way.

[vjcsmoke]

Griffin is a really good player, but does he take us over the top?  Is he the type of scorer with the killer instinct to finish/take over the game at the end?  He also doesn't address the need of a "stronger center" that Ainge mentioned.  If we swung a trade for a Gobert or someone like that, that's the kind of move that fortifies the middle.  I feel we are 1 great scorer and 1 defensive big away from being complete.

[RJ87]

I don't want Blake or Boogie disrupting our locker room.  Keep our core, keep our Nets draft picks.  Patience. Have you seen Josh Jackson or Harry Giles play?

That's kind of out the window with signing Al Horford. He's 30, in the middle of his prime. Waiting on draft picks and waiting for them to develop would be a waste of his prime years. Whether people like it or not, signing Al was a win now move.

Not really. You can trade Horford in a year or so if need be. If we got the top pick and the kid looked like a game changer then that's what I'd do.

That would kill our credibility with free agents.

"Thanks for leaving the only organization you've ever known to sign with us, but that whole pitch and presentation was crap. We're full of it and we're going to trade you after a season without giving you a chance to win because #rookiez"

[Hank Finkel]

I don't want Blake or Boogie disrupting our locker room.  Keep our core, keep our Nets draft picks.  Patience. Have you seen Josh Jackson or Harry Giles play?

That's kind of out the window with signing Al Horford. He's 30, in the middle of his prime. Waiting on draft picks and waiting for them to develop would be a waste of his prime years. Whether people like it or not, signing Al was a win now move.

In fact, one of the first things Horford himself said at the official press introduction is how his signing here should help with bringing in other stars.

This makes such intuitive sense:  The Celtics have made a $113M investment over the next 4 years.  They need to protect that investment and leverage into something bigger.  If they don't it's a waste of money, at least from a business perspective.

I agree 100%.  The NBA is a business after all.  If Horford is the first star who attracts more star player the C's need to quantify their investment and continue to move forward.  I am hoping the solid core DA has constructed and with BS in charge on the floor player will be honored to play here in Boston.   

[Eja117]

I don't want Blake or Boogie disrupting our locker room.  Keep our core, keep our Nets draft picks.  Patience. Have you seen Josh Jackson or Harry Giles play?

That's kind of out the window with signing Al Horford. He's 30, in the middle of his prime. Waiting on draft picks and waiting for them to develop would be a waste of his prime years. Whether people like it or not, signing Al was a win now move.

Not really. You can trade Horford in a year or so if need be. If we got the top pick and the kid looked like a game changer then that's what I'd do.

You're assuming Ainge would draft the game-changer.

Well we all know he would have drafted Durant over Oden.