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1) Miami Game

First off, Who kidnapped Bob Cousy and replaced him with Barney? "I love you. You love me. We're a Happ-ee fam-a-lee." What happened to the acid spitting Cous whose disposition resembled the monster from Alien? Winning changes everything.


2) Miami Game Again

It was nice to see Mark Blount giving his all for another team in a 30 point loss. Let's face it: You can't stop Mark Blount. You can only hope to trade him.

Speaking of Mr. Blount, my brilliant and beautiful wife made the following observation: She pointed out that after scoring Blount goes completely rigid when he runs to the other end, whereas Tony Allen does just the opposite; after he scores he goes totally loose and floppy as he moves the other way. I don't think it means anything, but it's funny.


3) Rondo

Give me a break you Rondo critics. Repeat after me: "Rajon Rondo is the man." Did you say it? Good.

He's young and extremely talented. The team suffers more when he's sidelined than anyone besides Garnett and Pierce. He's the single most important key to maintaining the tempo. He's a vital contributor to the team's early season awesomeness. Recently he missed a few games and is currently playing HURT. Keep developing him. Tough games now will be paid back later with playoff wins.

The kid's a future all star. The man I tell you! The man!


4) Damon and Sam

I'm not a big Damon Stoudamire guy. He's less selfish on the floor than he used to be, but is still a Damon-first point guard . He's also got Telfair disease on defense- too small and does not have Rondo arms to make up for it. I warned you about Telfair after the Portland trade. Well I'm warning you again. Overall, Damon probably won't give you more than Eddie House as a point.


5) Tony Allen

Also, floppy Tony Allen is just starting to come into his own, right on schedule. Recovery from knee surgery actually does take some time. Really. I don't know why anyone expected Tony to come out of training camp in top form. I also don't know why anyone thought he wouldn't improve (and will continue to improve) as the season goes on.

In other words Danny Ainge is doing the right thing by holding out for Sam Cassell or some other agreeable point guard. Sam's big, so he doesn't give away the farm against Billups. Sam's poised, so he'll keep his head in big games. Sam's a good guy too; he won't screw up the boulliabase.


5) Midseason blues

Are you feeling down because the Celtics are 6-4 in their last 10? Chin up there fella. Everything's fine. The Celtics are in a dip for temporary health reasons. Ray Allen is worn down. Keving Garnett is out. Posey missed some games. And Rondo who supercharges the whole team

i just read this on celticsblog but it was even better the 2nd time around. thanks gant

First off, Who kidnapped Bob Cousy and replaced him with Barney? "I love you. You love me. We're a Happ-ee fam-a-lee." What happened to the acid spitting Cous whose disposition resembled the monster from Alien? Winning changes everything.

Cous was showing some serious love to all involved, including a considerable amount to Jason Williams which was kind of surprising. And it was funny to hear Cous not really rip on "Mark" (Cous is on a first-name basis with Blount, who knew?) but lament his shortcomings as a player like a dad talking about his son.

reggielewis wrote:i just read this on celticsblog :clap: but it was even better the 2nd time around. thanks gant

Thanks! Actually it is slightly better here, because I edited a few small mistakes that I missed before I sent it in over at Celticsblog. I love the edit feature on this site.

I like the new Bob Cousy.

And great article, gant.

Gant:

Very eloquent.

You're writing style makes me suspect that you may be the author behind the Lex Nihil Novi website.

Is that so?

And, if you are, what is the precise translation of those Latin terms?

Jammer wrote:Gant:

Very eloguent.

You're writing style makes me suspect that you may be the author behind the Lex Nihil Novi website.

Is that so?

And, if you are, what is the precise translation of those Latin terms?

Thanks Jammer. In answer to your questions:

I am not the author of that website.

and

Danged if I know.


(and I like the new Cousy too wtb!)

reggielewis wrote:i just read this on celticsblog but it was even better the 2nd time around. thanks gant

It's The Gerald Henderson Effect: you surround Gant with RealGM posters and he looks even better. The difference? Henderson sucked and Gant rules.

Nice. Don't we also have the Dirk killer in James Posey?

And it is nice to hear the Cous with positive thoughts again. He used to be so negative with every comment and it was a little annoying to hear, even though it was warranted. Cous has gushed over Rondo every time he has seen him play and that says a lot to me. They are point guards out of a similar mold.

Banks2Pierce wrote:Nice. Don't we also have the Dirk killer in James Posey?

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Great job again, Gant.

Lex is the authors name on that site, his byline anyways. "Nihil Novi" is Roman for "nothing new".

It is referenced in the Vulgate bible, Ecclesiastes 1:9.

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Posey guarded Dirk when the Heat/refs won the finals.

That was when the L figured you put a smaller perimeter guy on Dirk

Pogue Mahone wrote:Lex is the authors name on that site, his byline anyways. "Nihil Novi" is Roman for "nothing new".

It is referenced in the Vulgate bible, Ecclesiastes 1:9.

Wow, great basketball dialogue and learning something new every day. Great stuff.

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Posey guarded Dirk when the Heat/refs won the finals.

That was when the L figured you put a smaller perimeter guy on Dirk

I sort of remember Haslem guarding him and by guarding I mean fouling him for 48 minutes straight.

Ahh Gant, you made my morning. Great read as usual. This was my favorite line:

Sam's a good guy too; he won't screw up the boulliabase.

DorfonCeltics wrote:Ahh Gant, you made my morning. Great read as usual. This was my favorite line:

Sam's a good guy too; he won't screw up the boulliabase.

I was wondering if that word had ever been used in relation to sports before. Probably somewhere.

Maybe in the Soups and Hoops Cookbook (which hasn't been written yet.)

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I was wondering if that word had ever been used in relation to sports before. Probably somewhere.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061204/southpaw
Second to last paragraph after the break in the page.

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http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061204/southpaw
Second to last paragraph after the break in the page.

Great find WTB. Did you just do a search or are you an actual subscriber of The Nation? While it's certainly a sports related article, The Nation isn't exactly mainstream publication. I was a subscriber for a few years which say something about my political affiliation.

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Great find WTB. Did you just do a search or are you an actual subscriber of The Nation? While it's certainly a sports related article, The Nation isn't exactly mainstream publication. I was a subscriber for a few years which say something about my political affiliation.

Nah, just googled "Bouillabaisse Sports".