Just Say No
by Master Po on Nov 1, 2007 3:31 PM EDT
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While I am beyond giddy about the season opener against the Wizards and Agent Zero, I have still not found my comfortably numb spot of inner Zen victory peace just yet. I worry about what I don't want to see. I worry that my premature giddiness may quickly transform into a screaming hissy fit in full blown High Definition broadcast rage. For the love of all that is Celtic holy, please let me now Say NO to the following 10 things and maybe they won't happen:
NO last second cheap phantom foul on Agent Zero and subsequent fouls shots that rip my old heart out. Remember this ?
NO last second Paul Pierce ISO shot trying to pull yet another rabbit out of his hat. Paul we have other magicians this year. Hopefully our new magicians will have made the Wizards disappear long before the 4th quarter rolls around. Regardless - NO ISO's Paul Pierce.
NO attempt by Doc to play musical chairs with all 12 players. Find a steady dance card Doc of about 8 players, and dance with those players to establish a rhythm for the season. A winning rhythm of the right 8 players would be nice.
NO walking the ball up the court. We have shown great signs of pushing the ball up the court in preseason. Perk's outlet passes are great, Rondo's legs are fresh, and Paul Pierce has some new running mates. In the words of a sober Tommy Heinson - RUN!
NO waiting to use timeouts until AFTER your lead has all but disappeared. Hopefully Doc has watched old tapes of the former Celtics Rick Carlisle on how to use timeouts, or G. Poppovich of the Spurs. Perhaps he can just fast forward on the "Coach Better Basketball" DVD to the Proper Timeout Management section and watch it in slow motion.
NO drawing smiley faces on the dry eraser board when you do call a timeout Doc. Instead, consider actually drawing up some specifically designed plays for easy buckets coming out of the huddle. Did we see any of that last year? I didn't. Hopefully Doc watched some tape on this as well from teams like the Pistons.
NO Antoine Walker type whining after badly called fouls no matter how much the ref has riding on the game (did I just say that?). Just win baby, and no crying, no technical fouls and please...... in the words of David Letterman..... No wagering please.
NO immediate love affair with 3-ball unless your name is Ray Allen. Take it to the hole on fastbreaks, and for the love of the Leprechaun don't stop 35 feet from the basket and launch a three while having a wide open lane to the basket and a chance for an old fashion three point play. We have such an opportunity to swing the ball this year, punch it inside to KG or Perk that we cannot squander it. Occasionally take the three on a kick-out but do not settle for 3 point baskets because we did not swing the ball.
NO leaving "GPA" in the game if we have the game won and under control. It's a long long season. Garbage time is no time for an injury and I have less hair on my head every day - don't make me pull it out before it falls.
NO Chicken Little syndrome by anyone if we lose Game #1 as there are 81 games to go. But we won't lose game #1. Will we? NO NO NO NO NO....................
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Couldn’t resist the shots at Doc, could you. Musical chairs amongst 12 of equally mediocre quality versus a few plush recliners and love seats is no comparison. Since 9-12 are not as good, Doc will not play them equal time to GPA, I can assure you, it NEVER was a philosophy, but a pragmatic approach with what he had (or didn’t have more aptly). Also, ‘consider actually drawing up some specifically designed plays for easy buckets coming out of the huddle. Did we see any of that last year? I didn’t.’ Then apparently you didn’t watch much of the Celtics or the NBA last year. It is actually documented which teams score the most coming out of timeouts, and the Celts rank right near the top. You have a preconceived notion that Doc is lousy, so everything you see or remember is tainted by that bias.
Hey Master Po great piece. Can’t wait for the opener!! Can’t wait for Gilbert Arenas to shut his trap either! He’s been talking reckless about the Celts guranteed a lost on his blog on nba.com>:( Do you think big baby will get time off the bench? Since he has seemed to have surpassed Leon Powe on the depth chart… either way i think it’s great that these two are going at it for playing time! I really do think it will bring out the best of both. :D ;D
by streetsdreamer13 on Nov 1, 2007 7:42 PM EDT reply actions
I don’t have a bias KJ33 as much as I have a hope. Hope for more wins and hope Doc proves me wrong. If he does, I will be first in here to congratulate him and eat the crow that I would so richly deserve. I watched 80 of 82 games last year. While I may have absorbed some poison bias up into the roots of my 49 year old Celtic tree, my leaves are still very green.
Peace
I’m curios as to who the 8 would be.
Perk, KG, PP, RAllen, Rondo – obviously 5
The following guys all make a case for a spot in the rotation:
House – shooter
TAllen – backup guard, defense
Posey – backup forward, defense
Powe – the garbage man who gets results
BBD – the promise of youth
Pollard – the size
Someone linked to the 85/86 team’s minutes. The starting 5 averaged 32 or so. The three main bench guys were right about 19 a piece. That left about 20 minutes to split up amongst the remaining 4 bench guys.
Master Po, I am on board with your 10 commandments.
by bceltfan on Nov 2, 2007 12:52 AM EDT reply actions
8 man rotation…baloney! Play ’em all when the situation calls for it. Or play 8. All you want is a bench that can contribute. Leave the decision-making to the guys that watch practice every day.
Let’s remember that not one blogger on this sight had the imagination to see Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett (and J.Posey, and E. House) all in Celtic green. So let’s let the guys that pulled that off be free of cheap, “yesterday’s newspaper” criticism for a while. The Celtics changed, change it up Master Po.
And here I thought the “Just Say No” was something about Kobe . . .was a little dissapointed as everyone should “Just [be] Say[ing] No!” to Kobe.
Funny stuff!
My only question would be on the time outs . . .didn’t someone say something about the Celtics being #1 in the league in Points After a Time Out? I think it was Danny that said that.
Funny article. Nice Nancy Reagan pick!
Nicely done piece. Agree with most of it, but also agree with the comments on Doc. It is a bias and for a big part may be deservedly so. If you think that he is an idiot, there is nothing he will do to change your mind. Right PLOWBOY?! I’m not really convinced that Ainge would be a better coach. Thibodeau either for that matter. Maybe we should be careful what we wish for. I personally think his deficiencies are outweighed by his ability to get guys to be a team. We’re going to need that with this team
Another thought is that yes we should give Ray the green light on the 3’s, but also House. He needs to be shooting them just as much.
Here’s my ’’8’’ – PP,KG, Perk, Ray, Rondo, House, Posey, and Powe or Pollard if healthy. TA can sit the year as far as I am concerned. BB can light up the D-league with Pruitt and Wallace. Scal can ride the pine. Who am I missing?
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