hey guys only roziers 2nd year

[mobilija]

One thing that I don't like about Rozier's game is that most of the time when he drives to the hoop he goes into George Gervin/Dr J mode.    It's always a finger roll with the palm of his hand facing him and not the basket.  He's not Gervin or Dr. J.   He needs to make it easier for himself.

You'd never know it by reading this board.

Really?!? Have you read this topic?
What I'm hearing from "the board" is Rozier has potential to be an NBA player not an All-Star and we should expect him to improve past his faults that many have pointed out since it is only his 2nd year.
You sound  like you want to pick a fight. Guess I took the bait...
You occasionally make insightful basketball comments, stop being a grumpy old man for the sake of being a grumpy old man and add to the discussion. You just validated the pessimism that has turned so many people away from this blog.

Your advice is duly noted and rejected.

This blog used to be a place for serious basketball discussion, not some site for unrequited love of every single solitary player who wears the green.

There is some legitimate evaluation of Rozier in this thread - I see him as disposable, but hardly as inept as he's been made out to be in this thread, so the self-congratulatory nonsense is just silly - but it also comes at a time when a thread entitled "Jaylen Brown ... NBA superstar" is on the same list of forum topics, as is yet another thread proposing the trade of the one legitimate scorer this team has.

My point is this: Fan enthusiasm is lovely and all, but it needs to be tempered with realism, not 5,000-word treatises on the greatness of this, that or the other obscure thing, followed invariably by the author flying into a rage at anyone who dares not share his believe that the current team is the greatest thing to darken a basketball court ever, including at moderators.

This team isn't ready for prime time. Ainge doesn't always hit on draft picks. He doesn't always hit on trades, but he did with Thomas, who's going to be maxed and isn't going to be traded for questionable talent and draft picks to perpetuate the rebuild some are so in love with.

I will forever champion the pursuit of titles, not the pursuit of more draft picks and the continuation of the conversion of the Boston Celtics into another version of the Orlando Magic. And I know for a fact the latter is turning people away from this blog as well.

Those whining about "pessimism" just can't handle dissent. Period.

I mostly agree with your point of view.

Rozier is a serviceable player in his short minutes and role on this team. He can put some points up, grab rebounds in traffic and handle the ball a bit. He struggles to create for others and finish at the rim consistently. He can also get banged off the play on defense. He is certainly disposable and hopefully his role is upgraded through greater talent or growth in his game so that the Celtics can reach a championship level.

However, my issue is with your throw away comment that is misplaced in THIS thread. Save your bitterness for the man crush threads that get your undies all in a bunch. Comments like yours don't "champion the pursuit of titles", they create discord. Intelligent basketball discourse and less eye rolling would help to create the more educated fan base that you feel is lacking from this blog. Your "tempering with realism" is acidic and perhaps you would get a less volatile response from the overly enthusiastic fan boys and whiners of pessimism if you attempted to educate instead of make blanket angry comments about some posters some where on this blog.

Hope you have a good day and those [dang] kids finally get off your lawn.