Remember When CSNNE Said We Should Trade #3 and/or Smart for Okafor?

[Phantom255x]

http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/gary-tanguay-boston-celtics-should-trade-for-jahlil-okafor-if-they-can

Gary Tanguay (a moron in Boston's sports media) said he would pull the trigger on #3 for Okafor, and would even add Smart to the deal as a "throw in" (sweetener) 

Now here we are with Jaylen Brown rising, Marcus Smart rising, and Okafor sleepwalking on defense.

Moral Of The Story: Thank God Danny Is Our GM, And Fire Mazz/Felger/Tanguay All Please!

(Posted This Just For A Sunday Noontime Laugh And Old Times Sake) 

[JOMVP]

For being "home of the Celtics" CSNNE has some really terrible Celtics coverage. I like some of the actual Celtics crew: Tommy, Chin, Gorman, Scal, Mannix but the rest are pretty bad.

[rickyfan3.0...]

Celtics coverage in general is AWFUL. I like Mannix bc he is somewhat impartial, and I like Scal bc he'll give you some actual X's and O's... but besides that it's all biased crap. I mean Abby Chin and Amanda Pflugrad aren't exactly asking tough questions or breaking down our Pick and Roll defense...

I love Mike Gorman for what he does, but listening to his radio interviews ("Celtics will beat Cleveland in 5", "I wouldn't trade Tyler Zeller", etc) is like listening to Fox News talk about Trump. It's borderline Yellow journalism.

It isn't just him, it's all of them. It's just superficial coverage. You rarely get actual game analysis or specifics. While every other sport gets covered to the point where we understand the Double switch in baseball, who is our best right tackle and why, D to D passes in hockey, etc... Our local NBA coverage just gives you nothing. Quick highlights followed by a box score.

Instead of "Al Horford had X number of rebounds", how about an explanation about where he was positioned defensively or offensively against a particular team or player? Instead of "Isaiah is the King in the Fourth", how about we have this +/- debate that many are having on Twitter?

I grew up in an era of coverage from GREAT basketball writers, now they are all older and fading away and I get f*cking Jim Murray screaming year after year at the deadline about how we didn't do XY or Z... he's a radio disc jockey.

I also think it's time to move on from Tommy Heinsohn. I feel bad saying that but at some point we need ACTUAL in game analysis. I know he's a sacred cow, but he isn't offering much anymore.

Michael Felger and Mazz COULD go into X's and O's if they wanted to, they just won't for whatever reason.

(small amendment) Holley and Keefe is emerging as a viable Hoops go-to.

[nickagneta]

Disagree that Felger and Mazz could go into the Xs and Os of basketball. Felger is a hockey and football geek and Mazz spent most of his years covering baseball. I think they are both basketball morons.

[Phantom255x]

For being "home of the Celtics" CSNNE has some really terrible Celtics coverage. I like some of the actual Celtics crew: Tommy, Chin, Gorman, Scal, Mannix but the rest are pretty bad.

Yep exactly.

Mazz and Felger don't even care about the Celtics it seems, which is why they are wrong about their celtics info most of the time.

I'm not saying I love Draper/Blakely, but at least they seem to actually care about the Celtics. Not like some other miserable guys like Mazz/Felger/Tanguay/Dickerson, etc.

[Green-Bananas]

Giveth One... You can add Draper to the list as well. He's gets all emotional during trade season.

What it comes down to is, these knuckleheads would rather have a trade to talk about, rather then smart GM'ing.

I don't put much stock into whatever they say, its a job for them and they need to
discuss something.

[Phantom255x]

Giveth One... You can add Draper to the list as well. He's gets all emotional during trade season.

What it comes down to is, these knuckleheads would rather have a trade to talk about, rather then smart GM'ing.

I don't put much stock into whatever they say, its a job for them and they need to
discuss something.

Yeah with the trade deadline over they don't talk about them much besides obviously the pre and post game coverages.

Even for the Red Sox, CSNNE does tons of trade talks, then it's August, and then it's just occasional talk about playoffs or free agency.

[Green-Bananas]

Call me jealous, but I also get miffed when they go down for spring training. It's 20 degrees
outside, I finish shoveling the driveway and turn on CSNNE to see them all tanned up.

I don't know about anyone else, but I really could care less about baseball in the winter.
We got an exciting overachieving team right here, and its Basketball season... Why can't
they spend serious time covering it, I'll never understand?

[SparzWizard]

For being "home of the Celtics" CSNNE has some really terrible Celtics coverage. I like some of the actual Celtics crew: Tommy, Chin, Gorman, Scal, Mannix but the rest are pretty bad.

Yep exactly.

Mazz and Felger don't even care about the Celtics it seems, which is why they are wrong about their celtics info most of the time.

I'm not saying I love Draper/Blakely, but at least they seem to actually care about the Celtics. Not like some other miserable guys like Mazz/Felger/Tanguay/Dickerson, etc.

I hate Felger lol. Always finding ways to disrespect my Celtics and Patriots. Ugh lol

[Kuberski33]

It isn't just him, it's all of them. It's just superficial coverage. You rarely get actual game analysis or specifics. While every other sport gets covered to the point where we understand the Double switch in baseball, who is our best right tackle and why, D to D passes in hockey, etc... Our local NBA coverage just gives you nothing. Quick highlights followed by a box score.

Instead of "Al Horford had X number of rebounds", how about an explanation about where he was positioned defensively or offensively against a particular team or player? Instead of "Isaiah is the King in the Fourth", how about we have this +/- debate that many are having on Twitter?

Part of it is the fear that if they got too technical they would turn off the casual viewer.  The goal of all local team coverage these days is keeping as many viewers as possible 'engaged' for as much of the night as possible.  It's the theme we see with the pre-game, in-game and post game coverage.

I agree that it gets tiresome as the season drags on.  Thank god the team is entertaining to watch.   I'd like to see Cedric Maxwell involved.  He could jump over from radio for a few games a season to add another voice.  I'd also like to see Scal or anyone really get technical for a bit on how NBA teams defend.  No one at any level on TV ever bothers to explain that.   

However if you watch some of the local broadcasts that air on NBA TV....we have it so much better than some of these other markets.  A lot of the local broadcast teams across the league flat out suck.

[Bobshot]

I see a lot of the talk radio stuff on the tweets, and I don't pay much attention to them. Just a bunch of fans who make a living talking about sports. The ex-players are the guys you listen too. That's true on sports TV, too. The announcers and the pretty blondes in tight dresses reading off scripts are useless. Window dressing. But the ex-players and coaches know their stuff.

I'll say this about Ainge: he has chosen to do nothing before the trade deadline. When you do nothing, you can look very good on some things, but you can also look bad on others. I see that Al Horford has joined Bradley on the injury report for the next couple of games. There really is no replacement for Horford. Ainge should have done something about that at the trade deadline to insure they show some progress during the regular season this year. Injuries could set them back to where they were last year.

[Surferdad]

Felger andTanguay, lol.  Give me a break. They are buffoons.

[Big333223]

lol

TP for the OP. What a disaster that would've been.

[Rosco917]

I have no idea why they keep Tanguay around, he's a joke even amongst his own piers. He's said some of the dumbest things I've ever heard in sports. 

Thank goodness nobody listens to him.