Dogen wrote:I'm not too concerned about Tillman. Deadline has passed. He's here and settled with family. We know about the injury. Affordable contract. With Kornet and Queta we have other serviceable bigs. There is a roster spot open. Watson on 2-Way.
Comparisons to Powe are intriquing. That Lakers game from Leon is my all-time favorite Celtics role layer goose bump moment. We should recall that Powe, too, was "broken down". He put his career on the line to play through the pain and for a moment put the entire team on his back.
We don't know the full story about X, but he seems wired the same way. Even though he doesn't look that great now, I think Joe knows that he's the kind of guy you can put on the floor in a big game when you really need a rebound.
Tillman was starting in the playoffs in Memphis against the Lakers and was playing good defense on Davis. He is solid. He hasn't gotten a chance in Boston because we have KP and Al. Joe prefers Luke, then Queta over Tilman. It's unfair for Tillman not to play 10 straight games and finally play for about 5 minutes and fans get on him for not playing well. His timing and game shape conditioning is off when he hardly ever plays.
Not blaming Joe, but there aren't many minutes to go around. I want to see Queta get more minutes.
