Durins Baynes wrote:For all you know I am a Celtic fan. Strictly speaking Celtic interests are best served by Doc staying on the Celtics, and not coaching a rival team into the future. I'm not sure how helping Brooklyn really serves Celtic interests, given the fairly modest return obtained for them in a trade. Lastly, OJ Mayo is not any sort of upgrade on Ray Allen. Mayo has already proven he doesn't belong on a winning team. I think a lot of Celtic fans are disappointed with sending off Pierce, KG and Doc, and the decision not to pay more to keep Allen. You could easily have tanked this year with KG and Pierce playing every 2nd game in limited minutes (and with other moves designed to artificially lower the win total). Pierce especially clearly didn't want to go elsewhere. Personally of course, I'd have traded them, or KG at least, because this is a business. But if it's a business, you can't fault Ray for leaving either. It's pretty obvious which way the wind was blowing. The Celtics wanted to replace him with Bradley, and were heading towards a rebuild. He just got out a year early.
Mayo was healthy, Ray's ankles were shot and he was less than 40% the player he was the previous season. That could've made a difference, but KG and PP stood up for Ray. That's what bummed KG.
But this is not about Ray, I don't care about Ray, he did what was best for him, and he didn't care about his teammates, fans or the Club. KG and PP worked a deal that was the best option for both themselves and the Celtics. KG and PP acted like Celtics and to me they're Celtics for life. That's what this whole thread is about. You can't compare the two situations and if an idiot like LeBroid or a dirty scumbag like Wade call out KG and PP, Celtic fans have all the right to defend them. KG and PP deserve to be defended by Celtic fans. Ray... I don't give a **** for him.
LeBrick and LeHamster aka D-Whistle should shut up and mind their own business. I don't think it's that hard to understand.
