10 things written in 10 bourbon powered minutes
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:22 am
1) Rondo all star?
It probably won't happen though I'd put him on there. Peter Vecsey who hates everybody wrote that he'd put Rondo on the all star team too. Vecsey rates winning highly and chooses mostly Cavs, Celtics and Magic(s) as reserves in the East.
2) Why did the Celtics go 2-7?
One reason only: they simply ran out of gas. They played a front loaded schedule filled with back to backs and went from a full sprint to group-hug collapse all in one motion. Everybody just died together. Ubuntu.
The 19 game winning streak delayed what was an overdue dialing down of intensity. They just could not maintain that maniacal energy expenditure any more, and when the balloon popped on Christmas it took a little while to blow up again...
3) Playing great once more
...but now the Celtics are playing some stellar ball. That Dallas game was a real wire to wire whooping. The rest of the schedule is nicely spread apart and the team should benefit. Only the upcoming western trip is tough. After that it should be a lot of easy grazing for the guys in green.
4) Gerald?
How deeply buried is Gerald Green? That last game was such a mismatch Rick Carlisle could've put his 8-12th men in the game midway through the 3rd and no one would have objected. But Gerald didn't get off the Dallas pine. I'm starting to think he deserved to slide to the 18th pick. Or 28th. Or 38th. Or 48th. Or 58th. Or more.
5) Marbury
There's a wacky guy for you. Why oh why does he just not shut up if he wants out?
6) Ray and Eddie
These two are not your every day, down at the Y shooters. Recently they've both been hot- maybe for the first time for an extended period. You take Ray out and put in Eddie and they both can't miss... well that must be against the Geneva Convention.
7) They call him Baby
Big Baby lives! I said this before but since I was right I'm repeating it: What makes Glen Davis special is his magic feet. He came into camp slow and seemingly out of shape (relatively speaking). Now his conditioning has improved and the dazzling tootsies are back in all their nimble glory. Baby is moving well, playing well, and contributing mightily to recent wins.
Never judge a player when he's injured or out of shape (unless he'll never recover).
8) Depth chart
This has knocked Leon Powe down the depth chart. Do not fear though, Leon shall return to form.
9) Scalabrine
OK raise your hand if you never doubted Brian Scalabrine's ability. He's playing his best ball since he was catching passes from Jason Kidd, and was undefeated as a starter filling in for Perkins. He's got his confidence back and is now all he can be.
What more can you ask of a guy?
10) More on Rondo
I'm bookending this with more Rondo. In a little over a week Rondo just steamrolled Kidd, destroyed Nash, obliterated Devin Harris, and outplayed Jameer Nelson. In the Dallas game he was knocking down his jumper. (When the jumper arrives, it's over. No one will be able to cover him.)
Rondo is a big time talent on his way to many all star games, if not his year then certainly next season and beyond.
It probably won't happen though I'd put him on there. Peter Vecsey who hates everybody wrote that he'd put Rondo on the all star team too. Vecsey rates winning highly and chooses mostly Cavs, Celtics and Magic(s) as reserves in the East.
2) Why did the Celtics go 2-7?
One reason only: they simply ran out of gas. They played a front loaded schedule filled with back to backs and went from a full sprint to group-hug collapse all in one motion. Everybody just died together. Ubuntu.
The 19 game winning streak delayed what was an overdue dialing down of intensity. They just could not maintain that maniacal energy expenditure any more, and when the balloon popped on Christmas it took a little while to blow up again...
3) Playing great once more
...but now the Celtics are playing some stellar ball. That Dallas game was a real wire to wire whooping. The rest of the schedule is nicely spread apart and the team should benefit. Only the upcoming western trip is tough. After that it should be a lot of easy grazing for the guys in green.
4) Gerald?
How deeply buried is Gerald Green? That last game was such a mismatch Rick Carlisle could've put his 8-12th men in the game midway through the 3rd and no one would have objected. But Gerald didn't get off the Dallas pine. I'm starting to think he deserved to slide to the 18th pick. Or 28th. Or 38th. Or 48th. Or 58th. Or more.
5) Marbury
There's a wacky guy for you. Why oh why does he just not shut up if he wants out?
6) Ray and Eddie
These two are not your every day, down at the Y shooters. Recently they've both been hot- maybe for the first time for an extended period. You take Ray out and put in Eddie and they both can't miss... well that must be against the Geneva Convention.
7) They call him Baby
Big Baby lives! I said this before but since I was right I'm repeating it: What makes Glen Davis special is his magic feet. He came into camp slow and seemingly out of shape (relatively speaking). Now his conditioning has improved and the dazzling tootsies are back in all their nimble glory. Baby is moving well, playing well, and contributing mightily to recent wins.
Never judge a player when he's injured or out of shape (unless he'll never recover).
8) Depth chart
This has knocked Leon Powe down the depth chart. Do not fear though, Leon shall return to form.
9) Scalabrine
OK raise your hand if you never doubted Brian Scalabrine's ability. He's playing his best ball since he was catching passes from Jason Kidd, and was undefeated as a starter filling in for Perkins. He's got his confidence back and is now all he can be.
What more can you ask of a guy?
10) More on Rondo
I'm bookending this with more Rondo. In a little over a week Rondo just steamrolled Kidd, destroyed Nash, obliterated Devin Harris, and outplayed Jameer Nelson. In the Dallas game he was knocking down his jumper. (When the jumper arrives, it's over. No one will be able to cover him.)
Rondo is a big time talent on his way to many all star games, if not his year then certainly next season and beyond.