You know what's great?

Gant · Post #1 » by **Gant** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:28 pm

NOT talking endlessly about ping pong combination percentages. Or lottery simulation websites. Or Secaucus. Or who's representing the team in the lottery. Or (as great as they are) draftexpress and nbadraftnet.

What a relief.

GreenGrizz · Post #2 » by **GreenGrizz** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:32 pm

DorfonCeltics · Post #3 » by **DorfonCeltics** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:00 pm

You know what else is great?

Having home court advantage in the Eastern Conference Finals against a team you beat 2-1 in the regular season.

Go Celts!

Tricky Ricky · Post #4 » by **Tricky Ricky** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:09 pm

Hopefully tonight is opposite of our feelings last year tonight

DelMonte West · Post #5 » by **DelMonte West** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:24 pm

I'll never forget how anxious I was last year on the actual day of the drawing. Had a day off from work and just tried to do everything to take my mind off it. I even tried to avoid watching the drawing itself since I was so nervous; I figured finding out here would make things less nerve-wracking.

So I decided to watch the Sox instead, then (out of nowhere) during a lull in play, Hazel Mae broke the news and I became VERY pissed off...

Hopefully we won't have to worry about that kind of stuff again for quite some time...

Banks2Pierce · Post #6 » by **Banks2Pierce** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:43 pm

We've come a long way in a year. I remember running those lottery simulation things until we got the first pick, which happened a lot.

I wonder what happens if we did get the first or second. Do we pry Garnett away without giving up Big Al? Can we still swing a deal for Ray Allen? Do we take Oden or Durant?

I definitely like the questions of "how is rondo going to match up with billups?" and "what pick do we have this year? 30? 31? How many teams are there?" a whole lot more.

Datruth345 · Post #7 » by **Datruth345** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:46 pm

the ray allen trade came out of nowhere for me

i was expecting us to pick yi right there and boom

celtics have aquired ray allen

MyInsatiableOne · Post #8 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:50 pm

DorfonCeltics wrote:You know what else is great?

Having home court advantage in the Eastern Conference Finals against a team you beat 2-1 in the regular season.

Go Celts!

Not only that, we are one VERY STUPID Tony Allen foul from sweeping them in the regular season.

celtics543 · Post #9 » by **celtics543** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:22 pm

I remember how upset I was last year when they got the fifth pick. It was terrible, I couldn't believe that they were jobbed by the NBA that much.

Looking back if we had gotten the first pick, I think we would've had to trade Pierce and probably would have drafted Kevin Durant. Our lineup most likely would have looked like:

Rondo-Tony Allen-Durant-Big Al-Perk

We would most likely be looking at the ping pong balls today, and hoping we could get Beasley or Rose.

So pretty much, thank you Danny Ainge for making us relevant and instead of watching the ping pong balls tonight, we can watch the Celts in the ECF.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #10 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:45 pm

celtics543 wrote:I remember how upset I was last year when they got the fifth pick. It was terrible, I couldn't believe that they were jobbed by the NBA that much.

Looking back if we had gotten the first pick, I think we would've had to trade Pierce and probably would have drafted Kevin Durant. Our lineup most likely would have looked like:

Rondo-Tony Allen-Durant-Big Al-Perk

We would most likely be looking at the ping pong balls today, and hoping we could get Beasley or Rose.

So pretty much, thank you Danny Ainge for making us relevant and instead of watching the ping pong balls tonight, we can watch the Celts in the ECF.

Yup! ^^

Ant · Post #11 » by **Ant** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:38 pm

celtics543 wrote:
Rondo-Tony Allen-Durant-Big Al-Perk

or

Rondo-Tony Allen-Big Al, Oden + Whatever we got for Pierce

We would most likely be looking at the ping pong balls today, and hoping we could get Beasley or Rose.

Honestly... I think maybe I'd rather be in that position.

It is, however, fun to be actually STILL watching the game with interest and a legit shot at a title.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #12 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:02 pm

Ant wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Honestly... I think maybe I'd rather be in that position.

It is, however, fun to be actually STILL watching the game with interest and a legit shot at a title.

Seriously? Ban! :wavefinger:

Truthiracy · Post #13 » by **Truthiracy** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:12 pm

Ant wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Honestly... I think maybe I'd rather be in that position.

It is, however, fun to be actually STILL watching the game with interest and a legit shot at a title.

lol what?

MyInsatiableOne · Post #14 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:21 pm

LucerneStDoggz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

lol what?

I know, ant's a real "fan", huh? I mean who wouldn't want to watch a 25 win team with a couple of nice players vs a team that has a chance to win a title now and for the next few years?

:roll:

That's "real" Celtics "fans" for you...miserable when things suck and only slightly less so when they are great.e