Arrogant Celtics aren’t holding up bargain on other end of the court

[KG Living Legend]

 Not my words. From Boston.com shout out to FL Celtics Fan for putting this in the daily Links.

 Surprised Boston.com is calling then arrogant with three key players out, must be trying to fire them up.

 

[86MaxwellSmart]

these losses will be good for the team..Either they will get off their butts and start playing more than 5 minutes of defense...or Ainge will be forced to make a trade, using his "Assets".

[alldaboston]

Well, they're not wrong. Our guys have let the hype get to their heads. Isaiah said it postgame: "we're not as good as we thought we were". They've got to get back to that mindset of having a chip on their shoulders.

Last year, it was, "can this Celtics team get back in the playoffs?"  Our guys went out and played with that chip on their shoulders, proved the doubters wrong, and had a great season.

This year's it's been, "ok, the Celtics got Horford, they're legit. Can they get to the ECF?", but our guys are still high on the "they're legit" part. They don't realize the amount of work they had to put in last year, just to get to the first round. Essentially, they don't have a chip on their shoulder anymore. It sucks. I hope this is a wake up call to all of them.

[Bobshot]

Can't sustain injuries to starters, especially up front. No longer a deep team. Ainge didn't do enough pre-season, and they are now paying.

[RockinRyA]

Can't sustain injuries to starters, especially up front. No longer a deep team. Ainge didn't do enough pre-season, and they are now paying.

No longer a deep team  We replaced Sullinger with Horford and Turner with Brown. Or do you mean we are missing the services of RJ Hunter? 

Depth is gone when 2 of your starters are out and your 2nd unit has to step in as starters and 3rd stringers have to step in for the 2nd stringers. Have you forgotten what our record was when Crowder was injured last year? We were almost a .500 team when a single starter (Crowder) went out, what more when there are 2?

The Celtics are playing horrible defensively, but to say that injuries arent a factor is dumb.

[KG Living Legend]

 Nobody else slightly offended by the arrogant comment.

[kozlodoev]

 Nobody else slightly offended by the arrogant comment.

Not really. The "we're not as good as we thought we were" was a headscratcher though. Exactly how good did they think they were?

[Bobshot]

Can't sustain injuries to starters, especially up front. No longer a deep team. Ainge didn't do enough pre-season, and they are now paying.

The Celtics are playing horrible defensively, but to say that injuries arent a factor is dumb.

Like I said, they can't sustain injuries to starters. The first few games , they have been without Smart, then Horford and Crowder. Brown is no replacement for Turner, in terms of versatility. Sullinger could rebound. He would fit nicely behind Horford, though, as I've said in other posts, they dodged a bullet with his foot problems. Clearer?