KG and Baby Will Get Deep

It’s not always fun being “led.” But then, the object is winning, not “making nice.”

Glen seems to be a good kid, and he will grow from this. We’ll see him play next game. I’m sure he’ll take his frustration out on some opponent. He has a very difficult job to do.

The reserves were so out of synch in the last quarter. I don’t know if all the problem is BBD, but he is so fortunate to be on a team that will teach him to play like a pro. KG will become a mentor and get him to play his role. This will reinforce what Doc has been telling him. It’s stuff like this that makes this team so good and it is great for young players. The Blazer’s stunk up the place last nite and they have no KG to provide the leadership that is needed. What really surprised me about the Blazers was that when they were able to get into back into the game in he 4th they had a real chance to win. Doc’s starters went back in to get things under control, but McMillan didn’t put his best players back in. It’s bad when the players quit, but worse when the coach quits.

ESPN has no scruples. They continually showed Big Baby crying on the bench. ESPN decided to make it a story.

these players are way overpaid,but…. they work hard. they are blessed with physical talents but at the level they play at, it’s the work they put in that makes them great. they also, to be good , have to learn to subjugate their egos to the team concept. bbd looks like a hard worker to me. whatever is going on with him and the team and kg is up to them to work it out and it’s none of our business. the crying is an indication of bbd being human and bot being afraid of showing his vulnerability. let ’em work it out.

BBD is big boy , he wll handle the chewing out because he loves KG and knows he screwed up and Kg called him on it.

Team leaders have more influence than coaches on teams like this current edition of the Cs.

Confucius say The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials.

Bill Russell never yelled at a teammate…

Tony Allen is the leader of our second unit. He was playing well until his ankle began bothering him and he had to sit out a couple of games. Without him, the rest of the guys need to step up. KG did the right thing. BBD gave less than 100% effort when he needed to step up his game and KG called him out for it. KG is BBD’s hero. He won’t let him down.

Russell most certainly did when he became a coach— but not in front of the cameras. Before that, Auerbach did plenty of yelling.

Where was Rivers in all of this? If, in fact, Garnett dressed BBD down in the huddle, Rivers should have dealt with the situation on the spot. If I had been coaching, I would have put BBD back in the game with 3 minutes or so remaining, and let him work out his frustrations on the court. The game was completely in hand at that point.

Garnett is paid to play basketball, not to develop BBD. Player development is Rivers’ job.

I think much of the reason Baby was so crestfallen by a verbal lashing is because there was some hero worship involved.

I suspect he learned that no matter how great another player may be, he’s still human, and that putting KG on a pedestal was not a good thing.

No disprespect to KG. He was doing what he does. Upbraiding a bench player that was not playing well.

I really think the larger lesson here for Baby was a life lesson. Not a basketball one. I suspect he’ll respect KG as a basketball player and a leader, but probably no longer as a hero. A good thing for Baby, in my view.

Who knows? There’s my outhouse psychologist point of view.

He just pulled him to the huddle, he was talking to the all unit.

One of many revolutionary things Red brought to the game was encouraging his players to participate and talk in time-outs and give lectures to their teammates.

No more Vujacic-cry baby jokes and snides, hopefully.

There was another play where Glen grabbed a rebound and held the ball a long time and did not look like he wanted to give it up. Took a bad shot at shot clock expiry. Leon gave him a “What the F is this” stare on way back down. That wasn’t Celtic basketball. The C’s had a beautiful play in 2nd half in which passes went from Rondo to Perk and Perk made beautiful lateral to KG for a slam. THAT was Celtics basketball. Glen forgot that. KG probably gave him a reminder. That’s why some players are called “veterans” and some are called “developing”. This is all part of this team’s beauty. If KG didn’t care and BBD didn’t care what KG said then you don’t have championship mojo. C’s do

Baby had a terrible game and was extremely frustrated. I don’t fault him for crying. There’s nothing wrong with being emotional – it demonstrates that playing with the Celtics is the most important thing in the world to him and his heart is in it 100%. He will bounce back from this and he will become a much better player throughout this season and the coming seasons. He is a very gifted athlete. I think his main focus besides getting totally in sync with the Celtics strategies is to get in better shape. His size is obviously very important for him to be a physical player, but he could stand to drop some fat and gain some muscle. That being said, I’m a huge fan of his and I know he will prove himself worthy of the Celtics green time and again.

Also, this video rules – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2xARh4_dfs&NR=1