At 29-3, it's time to give thanks where thanks are due. Others can say Danny hoodwinked his old friend Kevin McHale. But by now members of the Celtics family know better.
McHale gave us Kevin Garnett.
Al Jefferson is a nice player. He puts up some good numbers. But he barely plays a lick of defense. He is not a leader. There is not a prayer this team would even have 20 wins at this point, much less 29, if Jefferson were on this roster instead of Garnett. I'm not even sure we'd be over .500.
Throw in Theo Ratliff's expiring $11m contract, and the deal gets a little sweeter. The bottom line remains that we got Kevin Garnett for a bunch of junk.
McHale got along famously with KG. He took him under his wing. He was responsible for transforming his line-drive jumper to the thing of beauty it is today. McHale tried to surround Garnett with championship talent for 12 years. It didn't work out.
Plan B?
Send him to McHale's other team. The team McHale played 13 years for, and won three championships. The team that retired his number in the city that still adores him and which he still adores.
If the Timberwolves weren't going to win a championship with McHale, well, then, the Celtics were.
We already retired McHale's jersey once. But, you know, we retired Russell's jersey twice. If we win the title this year, maybe the Celtics should re-retire McHale's jersey, only this time at the bottom of the McHale banner would be found the numbers 44 and 5, for Ainge and the Ticket.
Number 5 is also the number worn by Bill Walton in the Celtics last championship season.
He deserves an invitation to the championship parade, too.
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Lockout nearly over? let's hope so!
About that...
Tentative deal reached..... PLEASE!!!!
I agree with Bob Ryan.
Unless Danny does something incredibly unexpected, the Celtics will be about as good as they were from 1988-1993.
Good enough on some nights to remind you of the good old days, downright awful on other nights, and, in the end, too old to scare anyone in the playoffs.
How are you lex?
Baby for Bass, what you thinking? i like it myself, just praying on chemistry,
i like the idea of bringing quis back too tho!
I got cs down for 32 wins
Lex
32 wins might actually be optimistic
Feeling that bad about it huh? how come?
i think we can do better than 32
We've played .500 ball the second half of the last two seasons.
Why?
Old, unathletic, uninspired.
Just apply that to the whole season now.
The dinosaurs are already getting hurt and the season hasn't even started . . .
i think there is time yet, i think we can do better than 32, and by think i mean hope, and by hope i mean PRAY!
NEW ORLEANS - Jermaine O'Neal slumped at his locker at American Airlines Arena in Miami Tuesday night. He was upset about his scoreless performance in 22 minutes in the Celtics' loss to the Heat
Entering last night's game against the Hornets, he has produced little after an impressive training camp
The question for the Celtics is how long they can go with a center who is not an offensive threat
"I've just got to figure out a way to get involved," said O'Neal, who scored 2 points in 21 minutes in a 97-78 loss to the Hornets.
A Hornets team in refresh mode after the departures of Chris Paul and David West dominated the Celtics after falling behind, 9-2. They made more plays, were more aggressive under the basket, and showed more desire. When Marco Bellinelli hit an uncontested 25-footer early in the fourth quarter, the Celtics realized they had little chance to rally
And so they folded, losing their third straight to begin the season, 97-78, at New Orleans Arena. It's their first 0-3 start since the 2006-07 season, the year prior to the arrival of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen
As for Garnett, his three-game production has been disappointing. Last night, he managed 8 points in 27 minutes, unable to corral the duo of Emeka Okafor and Chris Kaman. Garnett has scored just 35 points, but he looked even more defeated against the rebuilding Hornets
"We looked old tonight," said coach Doc Rivers.
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Perhaps that is because all of the team's so-called stars are dinosaurs
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