Why I'm Happy Now...

[mef730]

Okay, I've spent enough time being p---ed off about last night (I'm not p---ed off about the call, per se; rather, I'm p---ed that the ref waited for the shot to brick before calling it.). Let's remember this:

1. It's the all-star break, with 25 games to go. We're first in the division, second in the conference and fifth in the entire league.

2. Brooklyn has 26 games to go and is 8.5 games behind Phoenix. They haven't won since the days when my father was walking to school uphill both ways and in the snow. Do you know what it would take for them to get out of the cellar? It would be the equivalent of the Pats coming back from 25 points down in the third quarter of the Super Bowl but, instead of the quarter back being Tom Brady, it was Tom Heinsohn.

3. Out of the 57 games so far, Crowder has missed 10, Horford has missed 12 and AB has missed 21. We're gonna have some rested starters. We've got five guys who have exceeded 30 minutes per game this year, but three of them have missed at least ten games so far this year.

4. Cleveland, on the other hand, has only played 55 games and LeBron has been in 52 of them, averaging 37.5 minutes per game. The dude might be Superman, but even Superman had to rest occasionally. Okay, I don't know that for a fact; I just assumed that he found time to sleep. Kyrie has played 49 and averaged 35 minutes per game (almost exactly the same as Isaiah, who is 53/34.5). Love may not even be back this season.

5. We are 8-2 in our last 10. Yeah, it sucks that we lost last night, but we were playing our sixth game in nine nights and it still took a screwing by a ref that was the equivalent of ten cops throwing tear gas in Billy Rae Valentine's face to take us down.

If, at the beginning of the year, you had told me that we would be in this position at the all-star break, do you think I'd be happy? Hell yes! I'd be giddy as a freaking school girl, and let me tell you, I've got an eight year-old daughter and those school girls get [dang]ed giddy.

Mike

[fairweatherfan]

Great post. Despite plenty of flaws and reasons for concern, we're in an incredible position.

Not to be a Debbie Downer but the last time a Celtics team had a stronger combo of current excellence and high draft spot was 1986. Moving on, point is these types of situations just don't happen often, but Danny has managed to put us in that spot without really sacrificing any long-term considerations.

[SparzWizard]

It doesn't matter too much if they're playing back2back or not or how many sets they've played. This is a young squad who can handle it. If this was still PP34, KG, and Ray Allen era then yes the b2b games are a huge factor.

I'm p---ed about the call. [dang] refs gave the Bulls the game, some stupid ass call. I hope this doesn't break the Celtics' mentality over the All-Stars break cuz that's a long week of rest without competitive basketball. I hope the C's come out angry after the ASG.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Great post. Despite plenty of flaws and reasons for concern, we're in an incredible position.

Not to be a Debbie Downer but the last time a Celtics team had a stronger combo of current excellence and high draft spot was 1986. Moving on, point is these types of situations just don't happen often, but Danny has managed to put us in that spot without really sacrificing any long-term considerations.

That was when Bias was drafted, right? Let's hope there's no repeat of that situation.

[CoachBo]

We are not going to win a title this year.

Ergo, I am not happy.

[manl_lui]

We are not going to win a title this year.

Ergo, I am not happy.

i think your expectations are set way too high then

[manl_lui]

TP for op, we are improving, we still have many flaws but I know Danny has a plan for that, makes me that much more excited for Zizic and Yabu next year, will they be game changers, no, but I think what Danny wants is definitely build through his drafted players. He did say he doesn't want band-aids, and we are seeing Olynyk stepping up as of late, and so has Smart.

[timpiker]

We're playing real well BUT, we can't rebound, we rely too much on IT...these will kill us during the playoffs.  And our record against top teams is none too good.

[spikelovetheCelts]

Don't worry Guys, Kendrick Perkins is making a comeback so we should be just fine.