Nice read. In the poll, I voted for “nice start, room for improvement”, because the team absolutely has to play better if they want to defend the title. I have all the confidence in the world that they will, but 10-2 aside, they’ve played very sloppy on the offensive end. It’s encouraging that they can do that and still win consistently, but it’s discouraging that they continue to be careless with the ball on offense. The shooting % I can deal with, because players and teams go through spells all the time, and it’s still early in the season. But some of the turnovers are easily avoidable.

Its been a great start. Ive got a few issues though. First Rondo sometimes is really frustrating to watch. He needs to be more aggressive on the offensive side he gives up open shots and layups to look for a pass. Right now he has no confidence with his offensive game. Secondly Garnett has settled into a jump shooter early in the season. He needs to establish himself in the block first then take those jumpers when they open up for him. Surprisingly Perk has kinda established some sort of low post game so far evident in last nights game against the knicks. I was worried about our bench but in the last few days they have really picked it up scoring wise. The progress of big baby and My boy Powe is amazing and they are only gonna get better.

Do you think KP is a 10-10 guy? Or do you think he is ready to be one?

Do I expect the celtics to win as many games as last yr, No I don’t. The loss of James Posey is going to hurt as his role with this team was not replaced. I hear a lot of the local media talking about Tony Allen replacing him, well if that the case we still need someone to play his role from last year. I beleive the Posey depature will account for about 3-5 losses this year. His defense and clutch shooting will come into play. That plus the changes to the various teams in the leauge will make the difference. And winning more than 67 games is a pretty big feat.

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There are some things that I am seeing so far this season that I do not like, Although it is to early in the season to panic. I would like to see improvement in the amount of turnovers being committed. Sometimes it just looks as simple as a lack of concentration. They are turning the ball over far to often. Free throw shooting percentage also seems to down so far this year. Depth is another issue. The celtics are not as deep a team as last year. There are less bodies comming off the bench this year. I already spoke on the loss of Jame Posey. Last year we had Tony Allen, Davis, House, Powe, as the main players off the bench. Late in the year we added Sam Cassell and P.J. Brown. The Celtics will have to make a move at some point to add a couple boides that can com in and contribute. Right now its looking like the rookies and free agents are not in the rotation. I am not sure who is out there to be had however, I do not think McDyess is the answer. I do feel this will be addressed later in the season similar to last with the addition of the aforementioned Brown and Cassell.

As much as I love Pierce I do not want to see the Celtics get into a mentality that in close games we are only going to look for Pierce. I also hope Pierce does not feel like he has to be the one to win close games by himself. It has been starting to look like that the last couple of games. They need to win close games as a team. there is to much talent on this team for that. Team was one of the great atributes the Celtics had last year. That is how they played, together as a team.