mr_sunshine wrote:humblebum wrote:LOL
Let's not forget that not too long ago three scared little piggies banded together in order to fight the big bad wolf in Boston.
I just don't get it. Did you completely forget the fact that the Celtics were absolutely atrocious before Ray and KG were traded here? Why is it good when Boston does it but bad when Miami does it? Does not compute. Nor does the logic that Ray went to Miami as an f u to Boston. That was CLEARLY the best situation for him to be in, so long as he did not care about the money (I think he has enough). Like yeah it definitely sucks that he left and joined a rival, but thinking it was all some big malicious plan just to screw over the Celtics as much as possible is delusional. Where else could he have landed outside of Boston that gave him a chance to win?
Miami conspired with each other before anything went down, basically openly agreeing to combine. Boston never did that. Ray had a place here, and even though we wanted to trade him, he should have understood that it wasn't his fault he was being traded, it was the entire team that caused Danny to force the issue. Instead, he took it personally, as if Danny really wanted to ship him out.... Obviously that played a huge factor in his decision not to return. The bad, far outweighs the good here I'm afraid. Not sure how any self respecting Boston fan can accept how he left. Going to a rival, for cheap, while making us lose our bird rights and ability to maintain extra cap space. The city has been good to him, the game has been good to him, the fans have been good to him, and he has history here. What he did was borderline diva.
He is a free agent, no is disputing that. Doesn't mean his decision was the right one. It doesnt help when numerous sources are claiming that his main reasons for leaving Boston were petty and ridiculous. Also, how is it not a slap in the face to not only decline Bostons extra money, but accept Miamis 3 million? It's not about money you say? Then what was it about? Why did he demand Boston pay him TWENTY SEVEN MILLION just to stay here? The dude wanted nothing to do with the Celtics or the city of Boston any more. You can defend him to a certain point, but halfway, you gotta admit it was a somewhat cold move on his part knowing the amount of respect he's gotten here from everyone including management. The trade thing being his reason for feeling down is ridiculous. That was a team failure that caused a trade to happen. Apparently, Ray forgot that he wasn't the only one on the chopping block.
