Congrats from a Celts fan

[HeatFanSince87]

I always feel like I show up to late to these parties to comment, and in turn end up getting ignored lol.. But I feel like posting anyways, so here I go lol...

First, I can respect the OP's post up until the part where he said their team has more heart than ours. I agree with HeatFanSince87 when he said it was a back handed compliment. Now you Boston fans are certainly entitled to your own opinions, but we watch our team play night in and night out. We watch them play thru their ups and downs. We watch while the whole world scrutinizes them. We watch as they fight twice as hard to accomplish their goals and silence the doubters. So you cant expect to come here and say you guys have more heart than us and expect us to take that kindly despite all of your other compliments.

Now, I've always respected the new era Celtics since they were formed in 2008. They were an incredible team and have always played like champions. I've never been comfortable sitting through a Boston game because I always expect the best from them. Tremendous amount of respect for that team and orginization, eventhough I've come to hate nearly half their roster since 2010. I'm happy that we
were the ones to end the Boston Big 3 era, it seems only right as we were modeled from their success. This championship will just be that much sweeter seeing how the road there was paved in Boston blood. Best of luck to Doc Rivers and Ray Allen!

Exactly my feelings. I mean would Wade take kindly to Rondo saying "hey man, good series but we have more heart then u". Lol. See how ridiculous that sounds? I'm all for good sportsmanship and appreciate any type of congrats coming from opposing fans, but please don't insult Heat fans intelligence by handing out a compliemnt with a pretty large slight thrown in, and expect most to be cool with that. That's all.

[Tru3_Heat]

^ +1

[Captain_Caveman]

Unfortunate that some of you guys are taking it that way. I didn't slag your team in any way whatsoever, backhanded or forehanded. Did I say you didn't have heart? Nope. Maybe other people put that on you enough to make you sensitive about it, but I haven't and didn't. So chill.

Not to be too patronizing, but I have been watching basketball for almost ten years before you guys even had a team, or I suspect for some in this thread, ten years before you were even alive. For the most part, it's been good basketball as well. Bird, McHale, Garnett and all that. And some pretty good playoff opponents, like Magic, Kareem, Jordan, the Bad Boys, Kobe and now LeBron.

As I see it from my armchair, there are certain truths. Doc Rivers is a better coach than Erik Spoelstra, LeBron and Wade were the two best players on the floor in this past series, no one confuses Chris Bosh with Alonzo Mourning, etc etc etc... No one has to like the truth, it just is.

Something else I have noticed is that it is rare for anyone to break through without first getting the taste of their own blood in their mouth. Not the Bird Celts, Bad Boy Pistons, Jordan Bulls, not Shaq, not David Robinson, Dirk, etc etc etc... More often than not, you get broken down by those who came before you. It molds you and shapes you and that bitter taste makes you a killer in the end if you are up to it.

Never mind you guys, this Celtics team had as much heart as ANY team I have ever seen over the last 30 years. No need to take offense at being one of the hundreds that weren't quite as high on the killer instinct scale as these guys have been. Just another truth, and again, no one has to like it.

I know you guys got by us last year once Rondo dislocated his elbow, and I know Wade already won a ring, but this LeBron guy? We put the taste of his own blood in his mouth a couple of times before he was ever yours. For my money, the most talented player I have ever seen, and certainly already an accomplished one. But on a championship standard, never dug his demeanor. I remember him rolling up the score on a KG-less Celtics team on the last game of the season in 09, and having a dance party with his boys on the sidelines in garbage-time. So does Ray Allen. He was having fun beating us in a meaningless game.

Ain't nobody having fun on the Celtics. Ever. Jordan and Bird didn't when they played, either.

In Game 6, on the verge of getting dick-kicked for a 3rd time by pretty much the same Celtic team, LeBron wasn't having any fun either. Some of it was an act, but no less so than with KG. Point is, he was there to kill or be killed (and he did).

Finally.

Now, I know that some of you probably still think I am talking **** or paying you backhanded compliments (I'm not), or taking down to some of you (I am), but stay with me for just a minute longer.

I'm not taking anything away from you beating us last year, but with no Rondo, not getting a high-five either. This time, yeah, we can both point to injuries, but you got us and I respect it. You can wear that Eastern crown now. If no one else on your team, I know that the Cs have helped to shape LeBron, and he knows it too.

More importantly, though the same clowns chose to ignored it, I think you can beat a very talented Thunder team if Bosh is healthy enough. You might have noticed that not a lot of people are picking you. But that is other people, and not me.

Thunder have some solid role players, and are conceivably better on paper, but are also built around a threesome of young scorers that haven't tasted their own blood yet. Play like you did in Game 6 and the 2nd half of Games 1 and 7 in the ECFs, you will make them bleed.

Good luck.

[Smash3]

I knew we were a good matchup on you, and probably have more heart. Certainly better coaching, although Spo finally made some adjustments after Game 5.

But your guys are the better team and played like it the last two games. Proud that my team could push you the way they did.

If Bosh is back, and you play like you did at the end of this series, I think you will pound them into fine powder. Be rooting for you.

I have to admit I was so **** happy we won because it really could have gone either way. I was cheering until the last seconds, however seeing the big three getting subbed out in the end I realized it was a sad moment for sports. Pre our big three I loved watching the big three, and I certainly rooted for them to beat the lakers in 2010, so a lot of respect to the Celtics to the big three and Doc. I know even though our big three don`t always show it, they respect the hell out of them.

[HeatFanSince87]

I did root for Boston in 2010 but that was only because I can't stand the ridiclous Kobe fans, and how they were all about him catching MJ.

Jordan won all his titles as the Man, Finals MVP every time, and Never lost in a Finals. Kobe wasnt even the best player on 3 of his 5 title teams.

Off topic.. but yes, I rooted for the Cs in 2010.


And Captain Cave... I'm not senstive about it, it would be no different then if you said "hey congrats, we are more talented then you though". Hard for me to agree or not come back at you when you say your team pry has more heart, when I watched this team lose their 6-11 AllStar first half game 1 of the second round, get down 1-2.. and win 3 in a row, with 2 on the road to move on. Then be down 2-3, win back to back elimination games.. with game 6 being in one of the toughes places to play. I call that all heart.

[Celts17Pride]

Congrats from a Celtics fan on making it to the Finals. Celtics gave the Heat all they had but it wasn't enough. Lebron, Wade and Bosh came up huge in Game 7. Their performance should shut up the critics for awhile. Job well done. Good Luck in the Finals.

[HIF]

Congrats from a Celtics fan on making it to the Finals. Celtics gave the Heat all they had but it wasn't enough. Lebron, Wade and Bosh came up huge in Game 7. Their performance should shut up the critics for awhile. Job well done. Good Luck in the Finals.

Thanks - a genuine post.

[HeatFanSince87]

Congrats from a Celtics fan on making it to the Finals. Celtics gave the Heat all they had but it wasn't enough. Lebron, Wade and Bosh came up huge in Game 7. Their performance should shut up the critics for awhile. Job well done. Good Luck in the Finals.

Thanks - a genuine post.

Agree, thank you. Incredible series, that I take great pride in the Heat winning, because the Cs are damn good, tough, battle tested, great coach, sick D, etc.