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celticfan42487 wrote:Rondo,Cassel,Ray,Pierce,KG

do you honestly want to see that lineup?


And I agree with teh minutes, Cassell must of been hit with the injury bug last year but even this year with the Clippers dude isn't getting starting minutes.

I hope he finishes the games. It will just be nice when the ball is in Pierce's hands that at PG we know we'll have someone that can hit down an mid range jumper out there.

Agreed. I don't want, nor do I expect to see that lineup either. I really don't expect Rondo and Cassell to be on the floor together that much, especially not at the end of close games, because that lineup is too small and also Rondo will still be a liability that the defense can sag off of or foul him to put him on the line. I'd rather see the Big 3 plus Cassell and PJ/Perk at the end of games (depends on how well PJ plays).

celticfan42487 wrote:Rondo,Cassel,Ray,Pierce,KG

do you honestly want to see that lineup?

I don't think it is about what I or you want, it just about what Doc will do. There are going to be match ups were that will be a nightmare for teams to guard against, as well as nights were it would be a disaster. But yes I would like to see it as an alternative to the same line up minus Cassel and with Posey.

As for this:

I suspect Ainge will have the final word on who will take the majority minutes @ the PG, he didn't sign Cassell to sit on the bench for the majority of the minutes come playoff time, KG's boy will get the majority of the minutes.

No offense but you don't seem to grasp the situation. Cassell is here because Doc (as well as KG) wants him here. Danny loves Rondo and loves the team the way it is, he is also not the biggest Sam Cassell fan in the world. He is a slow down, ball stopping pg, attributes Danny hates, but he is a leader and he can make shots and he does like that.

The offense kind of grinds to a hault without Rondo on the floor. We are forced to use either Pierce or Ray as the focus of the offense. Sam will allow Boston to play more at full strength by allowing all 3 to rest some mins together. He was also graciously handling the situation in LAC with Livingston becoming the starter last year and performed well off of the bench until injuries took both out of the line up.

If you have watched Sam this season less is more anyhow. He looks like his old self in the first half and then by the 4th quarter he is invisible. He only has a about 15-20 good mins max in him on a given night. Boston needs 15 great mins hopefully Sam will deliver.

Before put down the lineup I through out there, look at the matchups.

Against ORL, who is already a weak defending team, how do they defend that? While their length is an issue for us in any match up they are jump shooters not post up guys. All 5 guys can get by their man and to the rim forcing Howard to either leave KG and take the contact or just let them go.

CLE is going to go with Gibson/West/Wally/Ilgauskas with LeBron down the stretch of games at least offensively that is why they made the trade. Why let them use West on Ray force them to go with Wally on Ray and LeBron on Pierce.

You are going to sub offense for defense and so are they but for stretches those lineups can work.

We can go big in the same manner with Posey and Pierce on the wing and Sam posting up, that is what these pick ups give Boston the ability to create match ups and not just go on auto pilot. Teams are going to have 82 games of tape on what we have done all season in the crunch now we can throw something different at them.

Starting is over rated, its all about who plays at crunch time and finishes ( if it close ) out a game.

Both Rajon and Sam will get minutes, whoever is playing well will see crunch time first, if that player isnt playing well, go to option be.

I forgot who said the quote, but it's not who starts the game...it's who finishes it that is important.

The following lineup would be most frequently seen at the end of a game:
Garnett/Pierce/R. Allen/Posey/Cassell...with Perkins in there sometimes instead of Posey.