Stuff I Love

The constant energy of the people sitting on the bench, starting with House.

Last one sums it up perfectly. Just win

Opponents afraid of coming to the Gah-den again.

Rooks playing without pressure instead of being centerpieces of the team.

Tommy forgetting to give Tommy Points because he actually has good basketball to talk about instead.

change that last one to young players.

Looking at the schedule and wondering when/if we might actually lose a game (rather than win a game).

Starting to get worried when the opponents start chipping away at a 20 point lead
Watching our defense steer a driving lane right into Perk, and watching him stop very unexpectedly
watching opposing big men get flung out of range of rebounds
no look passes
anticipation of passing lanes, and stepping in for the steal
Pierce gathering himself and going in, and watching whoever is guarding him not being able to do anything about it.

Being able to go to a game not just to see the other team’s stars, but our own stars. And being able to see a good team without automatically chalking up a loss.

Wearing the first and probably only GARNETT in Saudi Arabia, while knowing i’ll get to wear it at the garden on december 21 and 23 against chicago and orlando respectively

GARNETT jersey i meant

Knowing the game is over by the 3rd quarter…

This is turning into, “There are 1000 reason to love the celtics, whats yours?” Love it!

The Sun is Shinning on Red

don’t forget that :D

I wish Red could have seen this.

I think the 20 point leads are what’s most surreal right now. Just awesome

Yeah, but there’s stuff not to like as well. (Why start a whole new thread when you can do some nitpicking right here?)

The referess this year have been brutally inconsistent and bad. And it’s not just the Celtics getting the shaft (hello, Tommy Heinsohn). It’s everyone. I’ve watched all the C’s games, all the Spurs games, and a few other assorted games, and the refs have people shaking their heads way too often in every city.

The noise in NBA arenas unrelated to fan excitement is increasing. If I’m forced to listen to one more yahoo public address guy who’s way too full of himself, I might have to take matters into my own hands.

Some of the Celtics cheerleaders/dancers are not in game shape. Somebody’s been bringing Godiva chocolates into the gals’ dressing room.

Scalabrainy almost gets a free pass because he caught a wayward right hand. He’s still the worst basketball player I’ve seen on any NBA roster.

I’m pretty sure Doc Rivers has little to do with the Celtics unbeaten record. He’s the same coach with questionable decision-making and strategy issues who happens to have better players. At the end of the day (as he loves to say), he’s just not a very good coach and will end up costing the team a playoff series.

The three stud players are getting too many minutes. Most every team in the league with the exception of Phoenix goes with at least a ten-man rotation these days. I realize we’re all excited about winning because there hasn’t been a lot of it around here since Jim O’Brien ran the bench, but a) we don’t want to burn out the stars and b) we should be developing the bench.

Comcast needs to broadcast in high definition for all games.

Either give Brandon Wallace some minutes or send him to the Flash so he can play.

There’s a fifteenth roster spot open if Antoine Walker gets cut loose by the T-Wolves. He’s another one of Wyc’s favorite players (or maybe his wife’s). I shudder to think about him ordering Ainge to go after Antoine in the same way as he made it clear Mark Blount should be offered a big contract. Wyc should sit courtside and cheer, write checks, and keep his starstruck wife and her girlfriends out of the locker room.

The postgame “concerts” feature some of the most god-awful recording “artists” in the business.

Mike Gorman is a wonderful play-by-play guy and Donnie Marshall does a fine job in the studio. The rest of the broadcast team could use an upgrade, however.

Why must there be a collective nickname for Garnett, Pierce and Allen?

When a double team collapses on either KG or a driving Pierce, leaving House or Allen open for 3.

I realized I forgot one.

KG. Just… KG. This guy is just awesome. I cannot believe we have this stud in the Green.

Watching our beloved young guys develop…somewhere else.

Chuckle. Amen to the above comment.

Talking wins instead of what might have been.

Reading Power Rankings online, and not having to scroll down to find the C’s

coaches tom thibodeau and clifford ray.

That’s a good list, Jeff. Nicely done.

The job that Danny Ainge has done and the willingness of the owners to spend the money, when it was WELL-spent.

Players wanting to come here where it is felt they are wanted and respected.

Being able to play to win. No longer a remedial basketball course for high schoolers.