Negativity is ruining the experience

[Who]

It wasn't Rodney Rogers I was thinkinh of. I can't remember the name of a power forward we used to have. He was a rebounding machine. He was here today, gone tomorrow. There were some bad years and eras.

Danny Fortson?

[mctyson]

The trading deadline, where the can will get kicked down the road ...

Again.

Can't give up any youth, you know.

Rinse, repeat.

Love the nonsense you provide for these discussions.

[mctyson]

they will be fine - 8-3 in games with a full team.

[Somebody]

There should be a post called "sensitivity is ruining the experience". I just pointed out that "the white team" playing against yabu in china was actually "yellow" and someone named hwang just went insane at me, accusing me of steroeotying people of the yellow race (tbh I'm chinese), requesting me to "hang my head in shame" and apologise to the forum. Folks here are so sensitive that a neutral comment can be made out as something full of malice.

[GRADYCOLNON]

I'd feel a lot better about the season and the roster if the team went on a winning streak for a couple weeks.  I also would like to see Brad Stevens step up his game.  Lately, I haven't been much impressed with the game management.

[CelticPride2016]

It wasn't Rodney Rogers I was thinkinh of. I can't remember the name of a power forward we used to have. He was a rebounding machine. He was here today, gone tomorrow. There were some bad years and eras.

Danny Fortson?

Yes, thanks. I'm looking at his stats. He was on the Celtics in 1999-2000. He averaged 15.4 rebounds per 36 minutes.

[CoachBo]

The trading deadline, where the can will get kicked down the road ...

Again.

Can't give up any youth, you know.

Rinse, repeat.

Love the nonsense you provide for these discussions.

As much as I enjoy posters like you who offer an unending supply of excuses for treading water.

[sahara]

I'd feel a lot better about the season and the roster if the team went on a winning streak for a couple weeks.  I also would like to see Brad Stevens step up his game.  Lately, I haven't been much impressed with the game management.

We are a pretty pretty pretty good team, but not elite. I realize this, but I have no need to trash this team either. Injuries.

There will be a winning streak, soon.

[hpantazo]

We are a good team, and I believe you are correct that this current roster hasn't had enough time together this season to gel yet. Their timing is clearly off on several plays on both ends of the floor each night.

But, I think a worrisome factor for me is that something appears to be wrong with Amir and Crowder. I don't know if its lingering injuries or what, but those two guys just don't look right yet, and they are two key starters for this team. We need their defense and rebounding to be at their very best for this team to be very good.

Amir I worry might have some undisclosed knee issues or something, and this is is for him, which would be a disaster if we can't acquire an adequate big man to replace him.

Crowder I wonder if the celtics medical staff made a mistake in deciding against surgery for his ankle this past summer. That injury really slowed him down late last year and he still hasn't regained his form, and he had another ankle injury this season as well. We need top level Crowder for our defense to be effective. I have to wonder if they avoided ankle surgery last summer just to try to keep his trade value high.

[CelticPride2016]

The trading deadline, where the can will get kicked down the road ...

Again.

Can't give up any youth, you know.

Rinse, repeat.

Love the nonsense you provide for these discussions.

And further down he talks of treading water. No one is happy with a mediocre treadmill record. Tonight was a big win. We had it wrapped up until the Isaiah ejection and we still won.

We don't deserve it, but we are in the third seed. Brooklyn is a half hame out of last place.

The key is to have all the assets ready at the same time. It'd be easier to wait a couple years and let the young guys percolate than to get ripped off in a trade for Cousins. I wouldn't mind a two for one, or three for two trade. but it wouldn't be worth it unloading the assets unless it guaranteed top contending and not just Toronto-Clippers levels for winning.

Jaylen Brown seems to be our best asset. He's only 20 and they want him to earn it and/or not be rushed.

Marcus Smart is getting there.

Olynyk was very good in the first half, bad in the second.

The schedule seems to get a lot easier after the next three games. We still have to gel and not get injuries. After the next two road games, we will have seven extra home games the rest of the way.

You're not talking about Ryan Gomes and Gerald Green if you decide to swing for the fences. Impatient babies would probably have us trading Jaylen, all the Brooklyn picks, Rozier and Olynyk for Cousins.

Danny's assets are collecting interest. They are houses in Monopoly collecting rent and growing. I don't think Isaiah and Horford are enough to go with Cousins for what it will cost. Olynyk is not RJ Hunter. Jaylen Brown is not Jordan Mickey. Olynyk is being tested this year and Brown has been quite impressive so far for a twenty year old rookie. Smart is competitive and getting better.

Maybe one could argue Rozier won this game. He had a good one.

The Celtics grass is green, the skies are blue, there's nothing but sunshine for Celtics Nation. Danny can't just snap his fingers and recreate 2008. This is taking longer, but it should last for many more years and eventually become quite satisfying. The Celtics are ahead of schedule, if anything.

[CelticPride2016]

they will be fine - 8-3 in games with a full team.

I wondered what that record was. Make that 9-3? That is the magic number. That was the record for our best month last year. 9 out of 12 as a pace would turn into 61 or 62 wins.

[CelticPride2016]

We are a good team, and I believe you are correct that this current roster hasn't had enough time together this season to gel yet. Their timing is clearly off on several plays on both ends of the floor each night.

But, I think a worrisome factor for me is that something appears to be wrong with Amir and Crowder. I don't know if its lingering injuries or what, but those two guys just don't look right yet, and they are two key starters for this team. We need their defense and rebounding to be at their very best for this team to be very good....

I didn't know Crowder was still hurt. He looked good tonight as his old self. He had five steals. I remember him dominating that category the early part of last season. Crowder was great tonight.

Amir looked good, better than usual. Hopefully he just hasn't gelled with Horford yet. Olynyk looked tremendous his first stint. The second unit was solid as good as the starters.

Brad tried to duplicate it in the second half, but we got flat. Zeller ended up playing minutes.

How's a guy like Jordan Mickey ever make the team? By next year he could be squeezed out.

I guess he, Demetrius, James and Gerald got as much of a chance as they ever will barring garbage time. Zeller is the mystery eleventh guy on the bench. Jaylen continues to get minutes. Rozier had one of his better games.

Rozier. He is one of the few guys on the team that can really generate offense. We need him for the Evan Turner/Phil Pressey role. Jaylen can also be instant offense. They both for young guys play with ice in their veins like Turner did.

Marcus Smart had a carnival drive to the basket. Smart is a winner. I think he's working at it to become more efficient. His passing, dribbling and drives to the hoop and half drives to the hoop with scoop shots are good.

Things seem to be falling into place and gelling. Zeller will be the insurance for Jerebko, Olynyk and Amir. We are winning games now because Brad Stevens is finally playing more logical and tightened rotations.  The time for experimenting should be over. That is one flaw of Brad's if I could name one.

He is definitely a bit in the heads of Olynyk and Zeller and probably even Amir. Granted it is there fault for playing like scrubs at times making it tough for the coach to have regular rotations and greater chemistry.

[green_bballers13]

The trading deadline, where the can will get kicked down the road ...

Again.

Can't give up any youth, you know.

Rinse, repeat.

Love the nonsense you provide for these discussions.

As much as I enjoy posters like you who offer an unending supply of excuses for treading water.

What do you want them to do? You are against developing young players, selecting the top talent in the draft, all while making the playoffs? I think that sounds really good.