Jason Terry has a Chip

"I'll never forget '05-06," Terry said, referring to when his Mavericks lost to the Heat. "I should be a two-time champion right now, but it wasn't so. But I'll never forget that feeling walking off that court after Game 6 in Dallas, when confetti dropped on our heads.

"I'd like to remember winning the championship but what sticks in my head is when we lost. And I've got to believe it's a feeling similar to what Boston felt in Game 7 last year. So I come right into the rivalry, ready for it. Game No. 1, whether Miami or someone else, it's basketball and it kicks off the season.

Anytime something sticks in your craw, you, my friend, have a chip. Above and beyond that, I think Jason Terry walks around life with a chip on his shoulder. He's got something to prove, and he's gonna show us what.

I'm with KG. If I'm being sent to a foxhole, I want Jason Terry next to me.

Jeff Green has a Chip

"I show the scar off whenever I can," said Green, who had open heart surgery nearly 10 months ago. "It is a part of me now. I love it. It is a reminder that I've battled something that a lot of 
 people doubted I was going to come back from."

Florida Celts Fan has been talking about this for some time.

Here is more proof.

The Green will have more than one player who has a chip on his shoulder this year.

Here are my initial thoughts on the subject.

Fresh Blood and a Bag of Chips

Ah, Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics.

Damn, has this been a great time to be a Celtics fan or what?

Maybe I'm getting older, but I've come to appreciate rooting for the underdog in Boston. Perhaps my experience as a Red Sox fan has rubbed off on my Celtic fandom because I've changed. Where once I expected my Celtics to be revered by the league for their ability to dominate from stem to stern, I now expect the Green to be dissed by the media, and forced to earn their respect game by game, win by win. This is all good. Life in a nutshell, as far as I'm concerned. I still measure the season's outcome the same way as ever -- only championships are saluted. Kudos go out for heart, desire, teamwork, and sporadic

instances of greatness. But only championships are celebrated.

Which brings me to installment #2 in the series I call Sensational or Sleepwalking?

What can we expect from the Boston Celtics this year?

Will it be a season where we claim moral victories because a championship again proves elusive? Or might we set our sights a bit higher and start the season with realistic title aspirations? No one knows the answer to this question, but that doesn't prevent us from analyzing it to death.