i dont think he is saying pob should get powe’s minutes, but scal’s and davis’

BTW – I say the exact same thing about Pruit, play him. soooo tired of eddie-cant-do-nothing-but-shoot-threes house, and ohhhhh, that one didn’t go in either.

Play Pruit, please, especially now that we can no longer play posey, pierce, perkins, pruit and powe, too bad, that would have been pun.

Size could really really help us, I havent seen him in anything other than Garbage time, so I have no idea, but it seems to me he has a decent offensive game with some great shotblocking abilities…I am all for him getting more minutes, and when Perk was out, why wouldnt you start Patrick, to keep Powe in his role? I mean you start Scal when KG is out, right? not to mention it would have been somewhat of a revenge game for him

Well, I am glad to see “The Ancient Rivalry” & Chicagogreen get it. For the rest of you, just look back at how Perk was when he first came in, big, raw, always fouling out, but they continued to play him and he developed. All I am saying is play the man and see what happens. Last night vs the Kings he was looking good. Don’t say “garbage minutes” because that is all Doc will give him. He was blocking shots, being where he should be, making shots and passing well..that means seeing the whole floor.!!!! Doc has a philosopy that you must ride the pine for a year or two before you play. Well, look at what is happening, Perks shoulder, from over use this early on. Cut his minutes in half for a while, get POB under there. There is a lot more people that me who are asking this..! The sports reporters in the Globe, The Herald….They all said the same thing last year until Doc was pressured to try something new, last year he started to play Leon, why, because everyone saw what he had….just like POB. Play him first, let him show us if he can do it or not. He is in better shape than Big baby, can dunk, BBD can’t, neither can Scal, not from flat footed on a rebound, if they can, when are they going to start..?

I don’t think we should be worried about POB. He’ll either put it together or he won’t, and if he does, he’ll be a valuable piece on the roster.

One thing you cannot say about the Celtics under the Rivers regime is that they buried a talent on the bench who never panned out on our roster — Gomes, Jefferson and West are starters on other teams, Banks and Green are marginal players.

I am not concerned at all. But make no mistake, POB won’t play unless he earns it, and he clearly hasn’t done that yet.

is what POB comes down to. If he picks up the work ethic and develops, great. If he doesn’t, he’s injury insurance at a position where the C’s don’t expect a ton of production.

I will say, that he does seem to be making an effort when he get’s minutes. He still has a long way to go though. Much like Perk in his first 3 years in the League.

stinks, stank, stunk

Although I think spfldkid, that you sound a tad bit disrespectful with your “get it” comments, if you leave them out of your conversation and don’t try to sound so superior, I agree with you in this case. We have a 7 footer sitting on the end of the bench. We want a better 7 footer, but we may not get one. Play the one we have, in meaningful minutes, and give PP, KG, RA a chance to help him become a player. They are great players who want to win another win. They know it takes a whole team. After all, they helped bring the young guys along last year (Rondo, Ray Allen, Perk). They will help POB contribute…and if they can’t, he probably is not a player; at least we would know. He seems to block shots well, and as they say “You can’t teach height”. He will not be taking a starting role nor will he be playing a lot of minutes, so why not develop his strengths, if any, to help off the bench on the occasions when we need a tall presence shot blocker against other bigs.

To my mind playing him now is superior than starting to train him in the playoffs should his participation become a necessity.