Zeller's fire and Sully being Booed

[nickagneta]

Zeller played because KO was hurt. Once Bradley and KO return Rozier and Zeller's minutes will most likely disappear. Zeller was not being showcased. Contending teams dont showcase players for the sake of trades, especially if that player isn't usually in the rotation. Contending teams play the players that best help them win not pkayers that might make them worse just so other teams can see them play.

[LGC88]

Sully looked too happy vs Boston. He's acting like he has something to prove against the Celtics.
The crowd is not stupid, they act accordingly. I have no problem with the booing. Everybody believe in him and were patient for 3 years hoping he's in shape. Now he act cocky because he's at Toronto (not even a contender)!
Very childish Sully.
I didn't see anything like that when Evan Turner came here. He was focus on his team trying to win and was professional all the way. Nobody booed him.

[Celtics4ever]

I didn't see anything like that when Evan Turner came here. He was focus on his team trying to win and was professional all the way. Nobody booed him.

Evan Turner did not sabotage his career here with lack of discipline, laziness and over eating.
 
Sully was definitely trying to make us pay, he was 0-11 his three games prior.  For the season he is 33% FG and 20% three point goals  4.7 Points and 2.9 rebounds in his 13 minutes per game.  Last night he was 5 for 8 which just goes to show you that a lot of his issues are motivation.

He is coming back off injury,to be fair.  But he had it out for us last night.   BTW, he still looked slow to me.  No regrets here about letting him go but then I never cared for his game anyways.

[mctyson]

Agree on the second point. Disappointing that fans booed Sullinger. Over what, being fat when he was here?

If they are like me, the are thoroughly disappointed that Sully did not put in the necessary work to reach his maximum potential.  That is a good reason reason to boo. 

[sahara]

Agree on the second point. Disappointing that fans booed Sullinger. Over what, being fat when he was here?

If they are like me, the are thoroughly disappointed that Sully did not put in the necessary work to reach his maximum potential.  That is a good reason reason to boo.

The only booing I heard when he was shooting freethrows, thats pretty standard stuff right?

[SHAQATTACK]

I thought I heard boos on TV , was not sure , then they showed Sully smiling , no need to boo him at this point .  He ignored pleas to stay in shape and be more mature.  He screwed up, his reward was a meager contract ,  pushed off a storied franchise to one with very little appeal IMO .  The only banners they hanging are McDonalds Signs in the rafters.

Zeller is playing like he wants to stay .   His next team or paycheck may not be as good.

[Alleyoopster]

Just wanted to comment on a few things I noticed during last nights game.
Zeller got some key minutes down the stretch, I assume it was because KO was scratched from the lineup.. but I have to admit I was impressed by the fire he was playing with. Muscling guys out for the boards, taking it to the basket with authority. I'm usually down on Zeller but it might be time to give this guy more minutes. Do people think his playing time yesterday was a causality of KO being out, could it possibly have been a showcase game for potential trade suitors? Maybe all of the above?

On a separate unrelated note. I was somewhat shocked that Sullinger got booed during the game. Not sure why there was/is ill will towards him? Granted his conditioning for us was always an issue, but it's not like we gave him a max deal and he quit on the team. He was our low post/rebounding threat while he was here, two facets of the current team that are severely lacking right now. Just thought it was poor form to boo a guy for no reason, we didn't even offer him a contract, it's not like he chose Toronto over us.

TP I agree...he sure looked confident. No wasted motion, just sheer determination. Too often our big men have trouble competing against athletic bigs. The opponents simply muscle us out of the way and/or reach up higher for rebounds. Last night Tyler looked fearless.   

[2short]

Sully looked too happy vs Boston. He's acting like he has something to prove against the Celtics.
The crowd is not stupid, they act accordingly. I have no problem with the booing. Everybody believe in him and were patient for 3 years hoping he's in shape. Now he act cocky because he's at Toronto (not even a contender)!
Very childish Sully.
I didn't see anything like that when Evan Turner came here. He was focus on his team trying to win and was professional all the way. Nobody booed him.

Yeah i kind of took sully like ricky davis and mark blount when they came back

[hagar55voa]

I've said all along that if you give Zeller some playing time, he will produce...He needs to get his confidence up, but you can't do that sitting on the bench...I hope he gets traded to a team that will let him play at least 16 minutes a game...It's obvious Stevens won't...

[TheSlipperyWhistle]

Maybe people are upset that he couldn't be bothered to be in shape when he was getting paid here, than shows up looking like he lost 30 lbs there. Shows that it's not his "body type" or any other BS, he just didn't care enough to put in the work. I'm guessing that's a boo-able offense.

I'd argue that he looks heavier now.

I agree, I think at best he looked no better. At worst, he looked like 300 pounds of basketball player shoved in a 250 pound bag. His legs looked absolutely huge. The dude keeps injuring his feet. He is too big to be jumping around, his fat is literally breaking his feet. Let that sink in a minute...

[RIPRED]

Agree on the second point. Disappointing that fans booed Sullinger. Over what, being fat when he was here?

I have no issue whatsoever with a guy on another team getting boo'd in our building. Yea, Sully seemed like a nice guy when he was here (aside from the alleged domestic violence thing, which is actually a pretty huge deal if you ask me), but that shouldn't mean anything when he shows up with another team's uniform on. The guy basically ate himself off the Celtics so I have no reason to think that he deserves to be treated any different than any other player in the league.