Let's hold off on crowning the Celtics just yet, OK?

[jcindaville]

I think you're fucked!

I know im fucked

[Three Jack]

Kobe doesn't???

IMO, no...he has a lot too, but not as much as Garnett....takes a whole lot more to bang with Shaq and the big fellas in the NBA than to be on the perimeter, slashing and shooting.

Playing in the paint night in night out is brutal. As a b-ball fan, like me, I am sure you have had your chances to sit within a handful of rows from the court and I am sure you would agre the banging that goes on down low is not done justice on TV.

[wayne1218]

true. making sure they can keep homecourt in east conf will be very important.

i really think LA has the best shot to make it out of the west(phx would be second). spurs seem very old and slow (but i think they can turn it on when they want); dallas and houston are soft; denver and gs don't play ANY defense; utah doesn't have a go to scoring threat.

Look at those teams though. Every single series from the start is going to be brutal. It could be like a couple of years ago when Miami won. The west beat each other up and the team from the East who plays defense won. You never know!

[wayne1218]

IMO, no...he has a lot too, but not as much as Garnett....takes a whole lot more to bang with Shaq and the big fellas in the NBA than to be on the perimeter, slashing and shooting.

Playing in the paint night in night out is brutal. As a b-ball fan, like me, I am sure you have had your chances to sit within a handful of rows from the court and I am sure you would agre the banging that goes on down low is not done justice on TV.

No doubt but KG just had a mini mid season vacation and banging with nobody in the East keeps him fresher (IMO)!

[molta02]

rondo loves trying to be fancy.........

[jcindaville]

rondo loves trying to be fancy.........

He is a UK piece of shit

[wayne1218]

KG just put Amare on a poster!

[Chado1]

Calm the fvk down in here you NBA lovers...

[molta02]

how many times are the celtics going to run full speed into the defenders and get an offensive foul.

[wayne1218]

how many times are the celtics going to run full speed into the defenders and get an offensive foul.

No shit, like 5 in a row?

[molta02]

No shit, like 5 in a row?

crazy thing is they have all been the right calls too.

[GrandPa]

Well i didn't pick them to win the title either but i still find it funny that the one team you chose to start a thread like this about before the season started is the team with the best record in the league this late by a wide margin.

They don't have to rely on three 35 year old players either gramps. Your facts are way off there. KG is only 31, Pierce is only 30 and Allen is 32. None are 35 or even close to it yet. Nash is 34, Kobe is 29, Duncan is 31, Kidd is 34, Dirk is 29, Billups 31, Rip Hamilton 30, Rasheed 33, AI 32.

I don't get why Boston is "Old" when none of these others are. It makes no sense to be honest.

The reason I started this thread, before the season started, is to document how far off all of the "experts" are every season in the pre-season. As an experiment, do the same thing with baseball this year, or college football, or pro football, or whatever. The hype is usually done by aging sportswriters who never played any sports, and have fuzzy recollections of history.

It is not now, or ever, personal. The Celtics were the team I grew up admiring in the 60's, when they OWNED pro sports, and won it every year. Of course there were only 12 teams and the game was different, but that was where my affinity for the game developed.

Back to my original point... I got fired up when all of the "talking heads" were ga-ga over the acquisitions made by the Danny Ainge offices to revive the franchise.

And they had hit the bottom, so any improvement would be a good thing.

I probably have seen more NBA games than 95% of this forum, and have probably met more NBA players than all of the forum combined, but that is not relevant here. The point is that I have seen the various experiments with chemistry in sports, and the NBA is the one that chemistry matters the most.

Does anybody remember what happened when Houston, fresh off of winning their 2nd straight NBA title, added Charles Barkley to the mix, which Included Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, also named to the 50 Greatest Players team along with Barkley?

I am getting off of the track here.

When I started this, all anyone could talk about on the numerous sports talk shows was how the Celts had this thing wrapped up. This kind of prognostication rarely pans out, and I just wanted to have some documentation, before everyone forgets what was said in the preseason.

How often does any of the preseason favorites win it all, in any sport? Or for that matter, the leaders at the halfway point? Surely , us gamblers must have sufficient memories to know better.

I'm not hatin or trying to fight anyone, just stating my opinion, which is based on 40 years of NBA watching.

BTW, the greatest game ever played was between these two teams here tonight, a 3 OT thriller involving Suns/Celts, in 1975 or 1976, can't remember. The game was much better before the 3-point shot, IMO.

[ELJUGO]

Rajon Rondo is not the point guard that can win you a title.

They made no effort to pick up a veteran back-up PG during the trade season and that will cost them in the playoffs.

PS. Boston, welcome to playing the West outside of your arena

[wayne1218]

PS. Boston, welcome to playing the West outside of your arena

Just remember, as of right now, they have Home Court throughout. Good Luck playing in their arena too!

[wayne1218]

Sam Cassell is coming to Boston now gramps. Another "Old Man" will probably hurt this team even more huh?