Celtics Look For Players With Chip On Shoulder

[RealGM Wiretap]

The Boston Celtics have had success with players like Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder and Evan Turner, who have played were given up on by prior teams.

"We look at guys who might have a chip on their shoulder," Brad Stevens says. "That's been a big deal for us. It's something that can be contagious, but it has to be recruited. At this level you have to draft and sign guys who have that attitude. It's hard to create an environment if those guys didn't bring that with them."

The advantage they found is players who came to Boston pissed off. "It's our DNA," Crowder says.

"We got a group of guys that have always been counted out," Thomas adds. "And we play like that."

Via Andrew Sharp/Sports Illustrated

[NiqtheAntiq]

I think Portland has a similar ideology

[miltk]

add Kevin love to that list

[Jazzing]

Lance Stephenson?

(I hate this north american expression "chip on shoulders". It's so dumb)

[Froob]

Durant will fit nicely.

[mawbsta]

That's all well and good but you cant win (proven) with an entire team of reserves playing 25-20 mins and 10-12ppg. They have enough bruisers - what they are missing now is a true scoring wing player to balance their blue collar bruisers and push Bradley or Crowder to the bench.

You want chip on shoulder scoring wing who's available? No better option than Melo --if that is what they are looking for.

[We Are Groot]

That's all well and good but you cant win (proven) with an entire team of reserves playing 25-20 mins and 10-12ppg. They have enough bruisers - what they are missing now is a true scoring wing player to balance their blue collar bruisers and push Bradley or Crowder to the bench.

You want chip on shoulder scoring wing who's available? No better option than Melo --if that is what they are looking for.

I think YOU want them to add a scoring wing (and testically, Melo isn't available unless he waives his no-trade clause); Ainge is on record saying they pursued Okafor (a center) @ the deadline. And ofc there have bn endless K-Love (another big) rumors. I think they want to snag ANY featured player/superstar. And that's part of the beauty of their situation; they can can accommodate a star player @ any position and then shift personnel and roles accordingly.

Obviously they're not a finished product and their current make-up is more a function of them being opportunistic and working with what's available than some grand scheme to assemble some chip on their shoulder, blue collar superteam. If Bron or Melo or Love or Aldridge wldv bn willing to sign with them, they wldv pounced. Don't be surprised to see Dwight end up in Beantown after all the big fish re-sign with their current teams. Signing Dwight and say, trading for CP3 (Clips WILL blow it up this summer) vaults them to the East's upper echelon. Also, both would have chips on their shoulders btw.

And oh yah, tell the 04 Pistons that you can't win w/o a superstar

[Wally West]

That's all well and good but you cant win (proven) with an entire team of reserves playing 25-20 mins and 10-12ppg. They have enough bruisers - what they are missing now is a true scoring wing player to balance their blue collar bruisers and push Bradley or Crowder to the bench.

You want chip on shoulder scoring wing who's available? No better option than Melo --if that is what they are looking for.

I think YOU want them to add a scoring wing (and testically, Melo isn't available unless he waives his no-trade clause); Ainge is on record saying they pursued Okafor (a center) @ the deadline. And ofc there have bn endless K-Love (another big) rumors. I think they want to snag ANY featured player/superstar. And that's part of the beauty of their situation; they can can accommodate a star player @ any position and then shift personnel and roles accordingly.

Obviously they're not a finished product and their current make-up is more a function of them being opportunistic and working with what's available than some grand scheme to assemble some chip on their shoulder, blue collar superteam. If Bron or Melo or Love or Aldridge wldv bn willing to sign with them, they wldv pounced. Don't be surprised to see Dwight end up in Beantown after all the big fish re-sign with their current teams. Signing Dwight and say, trading for CP3 (Clips WILL blow it up this summer) vaults them to the East's upper echelon. Also, both would have chips on their shoulders btw.

And oh yah, tell the 04 Pistons that you can't win w/o a superstar

Chris Paul isn't going anywhere.

[dominator077]

The 2004 pistons won it with players with chips on their shoulders.

Billiups, Hamilton, Big Ben and rasheed Wallace