VJCPatriot
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Okay Mr Know it all.. you can spit on tha team all you wish..sayt that te team is awful that it sucks.. but what team was better than that team in the last 15 years?? You can say big deal to it all...and make fun of that but Danny Boy has yet to get to that point at all..so you are basically worshipping the manure that is now celtic basketball. so while you mock what that team has done..the it''s been the best team in years. ..and if you really KNEW the game you would agree.Huh? One of the best Celtics teams in years? That team was awefull. They played in the Leastern Conferance, and went to it's finals. Whoopdie doo. That team sucked, and most everyone knew that. .
As much as you need talent..you need to have a concept of what a team is..look at the Grizzlies, the Clippers and many teams that have talented players..they draft high and do little..why?? That Celtic team also played D...now the team knows D as the letter after C..It is pathetic!! They have no concept of team and roles in teh team and none of playing D.Also, you can't build a team without talent. The talent is first necessary so you can actually aquire the peices to build the team you feel will compete. .
And the marque players are going to help?? LOL...Allen is a solid player..but hardly fills in with what is needed. The team will win a few more games..but that is it. What is sickening is how so many support a product that stinks..and is no better. I see on thr board many who make fun of the Lion fans and support their totally awful management...I agre they should NOT..and it is why it is no better. If they walked away I think things would change there. Same with fraud Ainge. Keep supporting him and see what happens..the same as what he has done since he got here nada. Be smarter than you are and supporting manure.reason the Celtics are in the conversation for marquee players this offseason is because DA has designed it that way. Expiring contracts, picks, and most importantly young talent that he drafted.
That team as it consisted wouldn't have..BUT I also would not expect a REAL GM would leave it as it was and to DO what it takes to get players TO win a championship. What that team was missing was a poiint guard and a defensive center/rebounder. The team played defense and was a strong cohesive unit. Ainge wanted to do it his way and destroyed the team...all along telling the fans that THAT wasn't what he was doing.That 03-04 team was deeply flawed and there was no way it was ever going to win a championship (nothing else matters).
That was the series when Danny Boy was introduced as the new GM. I believe his entrance into things totally undercut what the team was about. The coaches, players knew the ax was coming on all of them. What blame do you put on that poor timed announcement?? I'm not sure the team would have won the series but never would they have been so pitiful. In a game that is very emotional, cutting the teams knees off, having players and coaches wonder about their future basically killed that team. It was one of the worst momnents in Celtics history. Undercutting one's own team in the playoffs is never a good idea; he should have been named AFTER the series was over. That you think two players went down a great deal because of that series is interesting..but it also points to the entrance of Mr Ainge. It was difficult playing the Nets, but being distracted by the entrance of a new GM who totally hated a few on the team, had to have contributed a great deal to what occured in that series.This was the same team from the year before. The team lived and died on the 3 point shot. When it played NJ. in the playoffs, two key members of the Celtics would never be the same players. First, A. Walker was destroyed, no amount of counseling or sports psychology was ever going to help him overcome the thrashing he endured in this series. Secondly, Paul Pierce was being mentioned in the same breath as Kobe Bryant prior to this series. As good as Paul has been, he was also knocked down a peg in this series and was never mentioned again as one of the best.
The current team even WITH the Allen trade is going nowhere...better chance as it stands??? NADA...A real GM would have seen that the team was very cohesive but had only a few needs and over the next few years would have gotten the parts to go the distance. O'Brien's teams played D...these teams are like matadors...can't stop anyone. This team is laughable even with Allen. Just good enough to keep his rearend in town; in many he would be GONE!!! Keep worshiping what Danny is doing and the mediocrity will continue. And if nothing else matters..you are insuring a championship will not happen in the near future.The current team Ainge has assembled has a better chance of going deeper into the playoffs then that team that you heap praise on.
I doubt they'll be much crow eating..there will be no banner for a long time..the team will improve, get fannies in teh seats, generate a lot of pub, but having 3 aging stars is NOT an equation of winning a championsip..far from it..it will get lots of hope up..but will fall short...but the Celtic fans that are excited know nothing of past championships and what it takes to win it all...Yes, Ryan is sort of back on board..but prematurely..the team will be better of course (can't get much worse..) but it's all about getting fannies in the seats..generating a buzz...hope..but to me it's all false hope..until Ainge actually wins something..puts up another banner, he's just a punk with an overinflated ego who knows nothing..Fine, you vehemently dislike Ainge. And your reasoning on why Walker and Pierce weaknesses were exposed, thus undercutting them as players that they were to become, was because..............of the announcement of the New GM! Bravo, someone's credibility has been exposed. I guess we will have to wait for this season to play out and see who eats crow.
I doubt they'll be much crow eating..there will be no banner for a long time..the team will improve, get fannies in teh seats, generate a lot of pub, but having 3 aging stars is NOT an equation of winning a championsip..far from it..it will get lots of hope up..but will fall short...but the Celtic fans that are excited know nothing of past championships and what it takes to win it all...Yes, Ryan is sort of back on board..but prematurely..the team will be better of course (can't get much worse..) but it's all about getting fannies in the seats..generating a buzz...hope..but to me it's all false hope..until Ainge actually wins something..puts up another banner, he's just a punk with an overinflated ego who knows nothing..
That team as it consisted wouldn't have..BUT I also would not expect a REAL GM would leave it as it was and to DO what it takes to get players TO win a championship. What that team was missing was a poiint guard and a defensive center/rebounder. The team played defense and was a strong cohesive unit. Ainge wanted to do it his way and destroyed the team...all along telling the fans that THAT wasn't what he was doing.
That was the series when Danny Boy was introduced as the new GM. I believe his entrance into things totally undercut what the team was about. The coaches, players knew the ax was coming on all of them. What blame do you put on that poor timed announcement?? I'm not sure the team would have won the series but never would they have been so pitiful. In a game that is very emotional, cutting the teams knees off, having players and coaches wonder about their future basically killed that team. It was one of the worst momnents in Celtics history. Undercutting one's own team in the playoffs is never a good idea; he should have been named AFTER the series was over. That you think two players went down a great deal because of that series is interesting..but it also points to the entrance of Mr Ainge. It was difficult playing the Nets, but being distracted by the entrance of a new GM who totally hated a few on the team, had to have contributed a great deal to what occured in that series.
The current team even WITH the Allen trade is going nowhere...better chance as it stands??? NADA...A real GM would have seen that the team was very cohesive but had only a few needs and over the next few years would have gotten the parts to go the distance. O'Brien's teams played D...these teams are like matadors...can't stop anyone. This team is laughable even with Allen. Just good enough to keep his rearend in town; in many he would be GONE!!! Keep worshiping what Danny is doing and the mediocrity will continue. And if nothing else matters..you are insuring a championship will not happen in the near future.