Doc May Make House Call

Eddie House has only played competitive minutes once in the last month and that was 25 days ago

I’m not wild about him being re-inserted into the team at this stage.

I would not at all be worried about inserting Eddie. He is a true professional and veteran of many playoff runs and will be ready when his number is called.

Dude is a huge upgrade over Sam right now. He is a better defender, a better 3pt shooter and is surprisingly better at running the offense.

Sam running the offense consists of: 7 seconds wasted in the back court walking it up, get trapped while pounding it 12-15 times before squirming away and taking a contested fadeaway — then complaining to the Ref while his man goes the other way for an open layup. And people complained Eddie is a shoot-first pg, ha!

We need to Bench Cassell before he shoots us out of this series.

I would not at all be worried about inserting Eddie. He is a true professional and veteran of many playoff runs and will be ready when his number is called.

Eddie is a vet but he’s never in his life played well in the playoffs.

Actually he’s been closer to a disaster area in the playoffs

If Sam is not hitting his shots, then he is of no service to this team.

I don’t agree. Plenty of people have been saying this lately but I don’t agree.

Sam still has a lot of value offensively even if he isn’t scoring. I agree that Eddie is better for ball movement but he’s nowhere naer the playmaker that Sam is and he’s nowhere near the floor general that Sam is.

Playmaker – Game Two during the first half. He got everyone going. Shots for Powe, shots for Posey. Led the second unit charge that changed the game.

Floor General – Game One. KG has 20 points in the first 26 mintues of the game. Rondo stops posting him up, and stops passing him the ball in useful spaces. KG has 2 20 foot jumpers and an offensive rebound tap for the rest of the third quarter. Sam comes in during the fourth and gets KG shot after shot, KG gets 8 shots in the quarter and plenty of post ups. He knows who to get the ball to and where to put the ball. He does a good job of that.

Worse for ball movement but better playmaker and better floor general. He still has value when his shot isn’t falling.

I gotta give you credit Jeff, this might be your most clever headline ever.

I dont like seeing Eddie House abandoned after what he gave to the team during the regular season, but that is life in the big city. Pro sports has ALWAYS been a “what have you done for me lately” environment, and I’m sure the concept is nothing new, even to Eddie. Despite any media claims I am sure the team (incl the coaching staff) has addressed the issue.

Having said that, Sam is an upgrade over Eddie. Hot or Cold, Sam can run the team more efficiently, is much more intune with what needs to be done, and is a smarter all around player. Sad for Eddie, but true. I do not remember who has the longer term contract, Eddie or James, but assuming A. it’s Eddie, and B. Danny resigns Tony Allen (and I believe he will) I would look for Eddie to be used in a deal (New York will express interest, no doubt). Big Baby, Tony Allen, Eddie House, Kendrick Perkins, will all be available in trades (or sign and trades for most of them) over the summer.

As for rotations and Bill Simmons: Bill Simmons is a blight on this earth. A cancer and absolute horror of a human being. I hope at some point someone goes as hard at getting him fired as he has for Doc. It was Simmons who lead the charge singing the praises of Sam Cassel (and the absolute imperative need for him to be signed by the team), and he has also lead the critical charge (fanatical scream) for Doc to “shore up his rotation” before the playoffs citing how much of a hinderance the inexperience of Davis/Allen/Rondo/Powe would hurt the guys in an extended playoff run (mind you, he was pouting about this before the first game even started). He, among many others here, espoused the notion that the team needed to shorten the rotation and play Garnett, Allen, and Pierce extended playoff minutes. Now that Doc is doing exactly that, and the C’s (even though still winning, and having yet to lose a home game) struggle AWAY from home, he’s being criticised for not inserting his bench more.
And I suppose Doc is guilty for the fiasco in the 4th tonight when Pierce selfishly tried to carry the team through the last minutes rather than continue with the success they had the previous 10 minutes moving the ball, and Glenn is responsible for the idiotic 3’s chucked at the rim the last 3.5 minutes by players trying to throw haymakers, and responsible for the mental melt down of Pose throwing the ball backwards in the back court . . .

The players themselve do bear a large chunk of the responsibility for their inability to play at the needed intensity level and excecution level they know they need be at to compete in these games. By all means, criticise Glenn for his shortcomings, but be equitibly fair in your critique of the entire team!