Preseason Game 6: Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks Recap

by Jim Weeks on Oct 18, 2008 7:53 AM EDT in Green Bandwagon

- Anytime Rajon Rondo starts to limp around I get concerned. And even though initial reports are good I'm taking the wait and see approach. I've had numerous fantasy baseball and basketball teams felled by guys who were initially day-to-day and then didn't play for weeks on end. As a side note, every now and then it's fun to be alarmist.

- It's a blast when Eddie House gets hot from deep.

- Where is Boston's defense?

- The newer, lighter Stephon Marbury is a hell of a lot quicker than he used to be. He always could get to the rim. I can't imagine too many second team players can hang with him. And not many starters for that matter.

- The Knicks have an entirely new attitude. There will be some bumps in the road, but it looks like their laughingstock status has come to an end. Not sure how I feel about that.

- Look for the C's to attack David Lee on offense when these two teams meet in the regular season.

- It's always hard to make sense of a preseason game. Still, give the Knicks credit. They got after it.

- New York did a much better job of getting to the line (34-43) than Boston did (12-19). Believe it or not Tommy Heinsohn thought there was something rotten about it.

- That's it for now. Unless someone gets cut I'm taking the weekend off in preparation for the real season.

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Rondo

Has he become our 3rd most important player behind Garnett and Pierce? I think so.

by njnick on Oct 18, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply actions

I can see that

Given his age, defense, and continued improvement it makes sense. As good as Ray Allen has looked so far he’s not on Rondo’s level defensively. I will say that Kendrick Perkins’ presence in the post makes a noticeable difference.

Green Bandwagon: Repeat in '09 or bust. Are you on the bandwagon?

by Jim Weeks on Oct 19, 2008 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Cuts

I still can’t figure out who is going to get cut, I think to some degree they have been holding Miles back, perhaps playing possum with him. Are they looking to trade somebody, Pruitt, Big Baby and Scal would be the obvious contenders for that. It just seems odd that Miles got such rave reviews in the preseason and will now likely be cut. I really wish Sam I Am would just ride off into the sunset, I just don’t see him contributing on the floor this year.

by Rondo on Oct 19, 2008 10:49 AM EDT reply actions