Daily Links 4/11

Pierce’s comments about a coaching change were interesting. It was not exactly a ringing endorsement of Rivers. Of course, I suspect that what Pierce really meant is that a new coach (a) might not feature him so heavily in the offense, and (b) might require him to work much harder at the defensive end.

Like Hamlet and the rest of us, Pierce would rather bear those ills he has than fly to others that he knows not of.

Greeen did go for 33 on 12 of 22 shooting. Probably his best game as a pro.

Gerald was great for 3 quarters. Then he got tired and his shot flattened out, plus he stopped going to the hoop. But they left him in there for obvious reasons.

Green is still about 3 years away from being a starting caliber player on a legitimate contedning team,

That being said, I think he will be as good a 3-4th scorer as there is in this league…maybe by next season.

Re Gerald Green. The TENOR of the previous posts seem overweighted with Green’s OFFENSIVE production and less concerned with his defensive deficiencies. So what if he scores 50 points and allows his man to score 45 points. With his size and athleticism he should be doing alot more than scoring. Why settle for a one dimensional player when we have the potential to create a special player, one with a complete game that can take control at BOTH ends of the court.

I’m on Doc’s side for being very tough on Green and insisting that he develop a complete game. To be sure, Gerald won’t do it on his own because all he has ever know is OFFENSE. We do him no service by applauding his offense and shunning comment on his underdeveloped defensive ability.

moskqq, nobody’s defense has developed under Doc because it’s not a priority. You might make a case for Perk and Al, but you could credit Clifford Ray for that.

When Doc made the comment last season that he was working on offense in practice since that is the most important and after all, while they are working on offense half the team is playing defense so they will pick it up, I knew that this team would not be a very good defensive team. The coach doesn’t take it seriously enough.

Not for nothing, but am I the only one who had to wait hours for the lazy Globe web dude to post the day’s Celtics stories online? WTF???
I was at the game last night, my first watching the C’s in my new hometown, and it was brutal to watch on both ends. Both teams missing their top players.
I maintain these are BAD games for Gerald and do him little more than burn. You can tell without veterans out there telling him what to do, he just turned on his offensive repertoire — which, even at this stage in his career, is formidable against shallow competition — and did little else. He rebounded when he felt like it, and he didn’t work hard on defense at all. I’ll give him this; he popped off a screen, caught and released a jumper so quickly I was afraid to blink. Amazing quickness.
Rondo, conversely, was a sight to see. He penetrates SO WELL. Defends and rebounds. Nothing y’all haven’t been seeing all year, it was just amazing to see it live. Only a rookie. I’m getting a bit tired at the paralysis of analysis of his shooting mechanics (sorry fellas, just my opinion) but cannot wait to see him develop a jumper.
Screw Doc. Good riddance to him.