Official Celtics 07-08 SEASON thread NEWS, UPDATES, RANTS

[amj237]

^ Yeah i wouldn't mind seeing someone besides Scalabrine in there.

I don't think it is a huge deal but i wouldn't mind a old veteran with a little more skill.
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[amj237]

No Celts fans on NT?
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[bjm5295]

Bummmp.

Scal is feasible at the 5. He provides a lot of heart and hustle at the very least.

Dunno about you guys, but the thing I love so far is that whenever Pierce, Ray, and even KG get a rebound, theres no hesitation to get the ball to Rondo and trust him. I thought we were gonna see a lot of Pierce/Allen bring-ups, but so far we havent.

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[shannonscrooks]

Some pix I took from last night's game.

 

[arog27]

The Big 3 are all averaging big numbers. I know its early but stats dont lie.....can they keep it up?



Probably.

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[beats05]

The rest of their games for November:

Atlanta
New Jersey
Indiana
New Jersey
Miami
Orlando
Golden State
Lakers
Charlotte
Cleveland
New York
Miami

Who will give the C's their first loss? They have a pretty great schedule in that they don't play Detroit until mid-December, and they don't play a Western Conference powerhouse until late December in Utah. They got Houston and Dallas in January, San Antonio and Phoenix in February. I know it's early, but barring injuries I think they have a shot at the best record in the league.

 

[Mister Meaner]

The Celtics are cheaters, @#%$ them, @#%$ them all.

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[atljunkie]

^^ lol. The Celtics are doing great. Hopefully ATL can hand them their first lost.

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[acidicality]

Celtics will absolutely pummel the Warriors; Rajon Rondo hits 10 3-pointers

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[bjm5295]

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[koolbarbone]

Dope pics Shannons it's good to see that the Cs are using that intro the whole season.

On that November schedule I think Indiana could potentially be an upset. Indiana matches up fairly well, their offense can put up big numbers with the emphasis on the 3 ball, and O'Brien has an axe to grind in Boston. I also think Orlando will cause some headaches in the front court. But the Cs will definitely be favored in all those games, gooo green!

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[amj237]

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[ill4eva]

Sounds like Wallace and Pruitt might be makin a trip down to the D-league.

And let's hope Posey makes a quick recovery from back spasms, caused by a herniated disc. That could be a problem.

 

[koolbarbone]

Brandon Wallace heading down to the D League:

The Boston Celtics [team stats] assigned rookie forward Brandon Wallace to their NBA Development League affiliate on Tuesday.

Wallace, who was undrafted, signed a two-year contract with the Celtics in July out of South Carolina.

He played in the NBA's summer league in Las Vegas for Boston, averaging 4.2 points and five rebounds a game. He has not played in a game this season forBoston.

Wallace is the Celtic's first assignment to the Utah Flash, their Development League affiliate.

 

[koolbarbone]

Here's a cool article on Tommy Points from Slam.

I personally hate them but they do serve a purpose.

I have never understood why people fight over religion. I think a man or woman's right to believe whatever they want is one of the greatest freedoms we can be afforded as human beings. Regardless of specific creed, every single person has their own unique relationship to that which is spiritual, and that should be respected.

My own personal relationship to spirituality has often been dictated by context. I've always felt more connected to my own spirituality when I've had to deal with death or other dire situations. This would only seem natural. Often, strong emotions when grieving lead to deep reflection.

As such, when I began thinking about the potential death of the Tommy Point recently, I got a little choked up. After the Celtics-Nets game ten days ago, I wrote:

The Celtics are playing so well right now, they've almost rendered Tommy Points meaningless. In other words, with the exception of the close win in Toronto, the difference hustle has made in the outcome of their games has been negligible.


At halftime of the Heat-Celtics game on Friday night, the Celtics were up 6. They weren't playing particularly well, and the Heat, Wade in tow, were giving everything they had. It seemed like a foregone conclusion that the Celtics were going to pick it up in the third quarter and run away with another contest that wasn't decided by extra effort. My mini-obsession with this theory was bursting through my basketball-obsessed veins. Could the importance of the Tommy Point be helplessly stuck in a blowouts-induced coma?

I knew I had to get at Tommy Heinsohn. I needed challenge the establishment and hear it from the horse's mouth. This was going to be difficult, and the following analogy should help clarify.

How do you walk up to the Pope and try and persuade him that empirical evidence suggests that, for the time being, the commitment (hustle) with which you worship his God (in this case, also hustle) has no bearing on whether or not you'll get into heaven (a 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and a lucky charms sprinkled road to the NBA finals)?

This is especially difficult when all the Pope, ambling through the press room that he essentially owns, wants to do is eat a bag of Miss Vicky's sea salt and vinegar potato chips, and your sleep-deprived, incoherent*#!$ is the only thing standing between him and that salty goodness.

Finally, after some Chris Berman-esque bumbling and stumbling, the point is made. Tommy, have the Celtics been so good that they've taken the meaning out of Tommy Points?

The Pope isn't having it.

"No," he says with the requisite coldness.

I return for the third quarter, ego shattered from being shot down, essentially an atheist rejected by the church. The Celtics build their lead in the third quarter, making it seem like my theory is still on point.

And then it happens. The Celtics go without a field for 6+ minutes in the fourth quarter and they scratch and claw out a hard fought win. Who could have predicted this? They win the game because James Posey plays solid defense on D-Wade on the final possession; they win the game because Rajon Rondo, the smallest guy on the court, circumvents Udonis Haslem by jumping around him and grabbing an offensive board before sticking in the put-back; they win the game because KG, despite looking deadly from mid-range, looked for his teammates instead of getting overly shot-happy; they win the game because Paul Pierce takes that extra step to get to the hoop, albeit one that the refs apparently don't see; they win the game because they grind it out and find that extra gear.

Orlando went out two nights later and beat Boston, fully lifting Tommy Points and all of their worldly importance out of that metaphorical coma.

I should have known that Tommy Heinsohn was closer to the Hustle Gods (Terrence Howard, Charles Oakley, Eazy-E) than I was. Indeed, the situation became dire and they showed me why you should never lose the faith. Long live a competitive Eastern Conference, and long live the importance of Tommy Points.

You cannot fully succeed if you do not work hard. And you cannot win a championship unless you start flinging yourself into the scorer's table.