Celtics assign Billy Walker to D-League

Post #1 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:21 pm

http://greenstreet.weei.com/sports/bost ... r-to-nbdl/

Didn't see a thread on this posted yet. Hopefully he can get some good work done up there. I'm sure some of you maine guys like this.

GregB · Post #2 » by **GregB** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:26 pm

Makes sense, At this point he is behind both Hudson and Giddens.

Scalamental · Post #3 » by **Scalamental** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:21 pm

That's too bad, Giddens hasn't been exactly blowing my socks off. May make for a good brewery trip up to portland; couple beers, lobsters, Bill Walker, call it a day.

Post #4 » by **canman1971** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:26 pm

Well, he has been hurt, so probably a way to get him back into game shape as opposed to sitting on the end of the Boston bench.

GregB · Post #5 » by **GregB** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:28 pm

Scalamental wrote:That's too bad, Giddens hasn't been exactly blowing my socks off. May make for a good brewery trip up to portland; couple beers, lobsters, Bill Walker, call it a day.

I am always up for a good Brewery tour. Which beer companies are out of portland that offer a brewery tour?

TheOGJabroni · Post #6 » by **TheOGJabroni** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:29 pm

Nice! I'm going to every home game seeing as I'm about 20-30 minutes away from the Expo.

Post #7 » by **canman1971** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:31 pm

GregB wrote:
Scalamental wrote:That's too bad, Giddens hasn't been exactly blowing my socks off. May make for a good brewery trip up to portland; couple beers, lobsters, Bill Walker, call it a day.

I am always up for a good Brewery tour. Which beer companies are out of portland that offer a brewery tour?

Not sure if they have a tour, but Gritty McDuff's is a great brew pub. Also, Shipyard is in the area as well. The Old Port is a great place to play.

GregB · Post #8 » by **GregB** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:37 pm

canman1971 wrote:
GregB wrote:
Scalamental wrote:That's too bad, Giddens hasn't been exactly blowing my socks off. May make for a good brewery trip up to portland; couple beers, lobsters, Bill Walker, call it a day.

I am always up for a good Brewery tour. Which beer companies are out of portland that offer a brewery tour?

Not sure if they have a tour, but Gritty McDuff's is a great brew pub. Also, Shipyard is in the area as well. The Old Port is a great place to play.

Good to know, I will have to make a point to hit up a Red Claws game this year. I have a lot of free time this winter. One of the benefits of being unemployed.

cold5 · Post #9 » by **cold5** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:00 pm

Gosh this makes me realize. Other than obviously Big Baby, none of our draft picks have done very well. We're a deep team and a veteran team and I know that we don't have much room for these rookies, but is there a problem with our scouting? Are Walker, Hudson, and Giddens ever going to have real futures in the NBA?

Post #10 » by **canman1971** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:11 pm

cold5 wrote:Gosh this makes me realize. Other than obviously Big Baby, none of our draft picks have done very well. We're a deep team and a veteran team and I know that we don't have much room for these rookies, but is there a problem with our scouting? Are Walker, Hudson, and Giddens ever going to have real futures in the NBA?

Well, they are all second rounders (Giddens is technically a first only in positioning). They used all their good picks to get Ray Allen and KG, and we did not have a first this year. Nothing wrong with our scouting.

SonicYouth34 · Post #11 » by **SonicYouth34** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:00 am

He needs to get his legs under him before he can play in the NBA.

Scalamental · Post #12 » by **Scalamental** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:16 am

canman1971 wrote:
GregB wrote:
Scalamental wrote:That's too bad, Giddens hasn't been exactly blowing my socks off. May make for a good brewery trip up to portland; couple beers, lobsters, Bill Walker, call it a day.

I am always up for a good Brewery tour. Which beer companies are out of portland that offer a brewery tour?

Not sure if they have a tour, but Gritty McDuff's is a great brew pub. Also, Shipyard is in the area as well. The Old Port is a great place to play.

Last time I was in Portland a couple weeks ago I stopped in shipyard's shop to pick up a sweatshirt and a couple cases of their pumkin beer, didn't see if they had a tour though. I believe Allagash is in Portland as well.

If you're into the whole beer thing though, check out a place called Novare res beer cafe, awesome spot. No idea where it is in relation to the court though.

Alan Ogg · Post #13 » by **Alan Ogg** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:55 am

Great news! I hope he stays for a while, as i was hoping to get a "name" player here to watch (Expo is 15 minutes away from me). I'll be trying to go to all 24 home games if possible.

DelMonte West · Post #14 » by **DelMonte West** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:12 am

cold5 wrote:Gosh this makes me realize. Other than obviously Big Baby, none of our draft picks have done very well. Are Walker, Hudson, and Giddens ever going to have real futures in the NBA?

What I've seen from Hudson has been outstanding relative to his draft position. I thought it would have been nice for Doc to put him in last night's game when our other points were stinking up the joint. I think you're being a bit premature, although at this point I haven't seen a thing from Giddens offensively.

captain green · Post #15 » by **captain green** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:20 am

bill walker going for game shape like what was said before...