Really, LB? Now you're trying to play it off as you've been a catalyst of the Rozier fan club? Was that before or after you mockingly referred to him as Hozier and compared him to Little Phil Pressey? Let's not be hypocritical now.
Exhibit A
http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=79399.60
So we swap pressey for hozier. We swap bass for Amir. And that's about it.
Should be in the lotto next year. I know we overachieved last year, but we were bottom 9 with 11 games left. I can't see it happening again.
Bummer of an offseason.
I don't necessarily want in on this argument but are you seriously bringing up something he posted 3 years ago when Rozier hadn't even played in the NBA yet? Come on, dude.
You are in it now. Go! Who is right?
I thought there wasn't even a search feature in looking through old posts, and you could only move backward through a ton of clicks. So yeah, that's very much over the top. Unless I'm just banned from a search feature too.
Not too difficult just a simple search of Hozier does the trick. Especially when LB did it ad nauseum to mock Rozier. That said, if LB is going to use a post in 2016 to try to make it seem as though he's been fully supportive of the guy, then why is one about 10 months before that not fair game?
I hadn't even heard of Rozier on draft night. Nobody had. He was expected to go in the 2nd round. It's a testament to Danny's greatness that he was able to spot him in the dregs of a draft range everyone said was worthless. Clearly not even Danny was sold - or he wouldn't have offered 4 first round picks (including the Rozier pick and the pick that became Jaylen Brown) to try to acquire Winslow.
But I'll tell you who I HAD heard of... Irish singer-songwriter and genuine hunk Andrew Hozier-Byrne - better known by the mononym "Hozier". You might recall Hozier from his hit song
"Take me to Church" circa 2015 - the year Scary Terry was drafted.
Hence why around draft day that year I wondered if Boston might be better off moving the pick for a "bust" like Nik Stauskas or Andrew Bennett. Clearly not. Ainge nailed it.
Regardless, I've posted favorably about Terry over the years. I pointed out his sensational D-League stats. I pointed out that he was genuinely a Top 2 player his second attempt at summer league. I openly pondered if he'd flourish had he been in Devin Booker's role. And I was one of the first to point out that Terry might have been taking the leap this year at age 23 (usually the cut-off for when guys take a leap).
Thrilled with his performance. As good as he's been, nobody could really have expected him to be playing like an all-star in these playoffs. You knew that Simmons might struggle against our defense. You knew that Embiid had been limited by Horford during the regular season. You knew that Philly's youth and inexperience could leave them shell-shocked against a team as locked in and the Celtics. You knew that they might not recover from the emotional high of their Round 1 victory. But the BIG unknown in this series was how Boston was going to consistently get buckets. Tatum getting 20+ in 5 straight games could have been predicted on some level. Tatum has that kind of superstar pedigree. But Rozier playing like this ... that's something else. If he keeps that up, it's going to make for an interesting offseason.
I really hope we find a way to close out this series before Philly gets it together. Hell of a start to the rivalry.
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