So you quote the biblical phrase, and then … contradict it? OK, then.
Too soon.

This is nice jeff, I can always use a-verse-of-the-day. I love the blog, but it tends to lead me astray. So devotions might be a good sulpplement because you have everything else covered!

i dont worry about tomorrow.. danny does that for me

All of the big three will retire as Celtics, especially if they win another title.

Even though I’m a huge fan of Rondo, I just can’t picture him as the alpha dog and face of the franchise. He’s too introverted off the court and he seems to lack that charisma that natural leaders have that makes people gravitate toward them.

I kind of see what you’re getting at. But at the same time, Derrick Rose doesn’t seem to have that charisma either and he’s painted as the alpha dog and face of the franchise. I think it’s something that can be developed, if Rondo believes in himself and people believe enough in him.

I think Rondo’s starting to develop an alpha dog personality. Maybe it isn’t natural in all people, like it seems to be in some (LeBron, KG, etc.), but I think Rondo can grow into being the leader of the team. He says all the right things to the media, he’s obviously confident as hell, and he’s got superstar talent. Maybe he can sort of morph into the alpha dog. But he’s going to need somebody alongside him, at least one more all star, if the Celtics are going to contend in the “Rondo-era” as I think the next ten years will be called. Maybe not Melo or even Durant, but somebody like Rudy Gay or a Lamarcus Aldridge type player will work. Or maybe somewhere down the line, Chris Bosh.

Well, Jeff, you’ve asked it, but as of yet, there is no answer.

I believe Rajon is an absolute alpha dog.

Just look at the Chris Paul episode.

Rajon wants to compete and he wants to win as much as anybody on this team.

The only thing holding him back is his deference to PP, KG and Ray.

Once those three start waning, Rajon will be there to take up the reigns as The Captain and I submit that he will do just as good a job as PP, if not better.

The guy understands the critical importance of the “team” concept at the ripe old age of 22, yet he has the ability to take over a game single handedly and lead us to victory, witness the 3rd quarter of the Wolves game and the Chicago play-off series last year.

Doc asked him if people liked playing with him. My reading of that episode is that Rajon expects a lot from his team mates. That is a core alpha male trait. The great thing is, Rajon expects the same of himself and has stated time and again that he will work his butt off to be the best.

His conditioning is exceptional and it will not be acceptable to turn up to training camp on Rajon’s team out of condition. That form of unprofessionalism will not be tolerated.

Rajon wants to be the top dog and if he wasn’t an alpha male to some degree, he would not have survived as a second year point guard leading a star studded team to a Championship.

Danny and Doc know exactly what they are buying for $55 million and they like what they have bought.

Celtic pride, passion and Ubuntu are in safe hands with Rajon.

As a Celtic fan, we have the wonderful privilege of being able to sit back and watch this young man’s many talents blossom over the next six years.

He will define the Celtics team of the next era and he will be a force to be reckoned with night in, night out.

Go the Green!!!!

Cheers

Aussie

Use Scal, Tony, Walker and Giddens Expiring Contracts for one or two good player, (KELENA AZUBUIKE!!!, Andres Nocioni, Rip Hamilton, Prince, Travis Outlaw, or Jared Dudley, etc) and the next year just sign another good player.. (KELENA AZUBUIKE!!!!, J.J. Redick, Luke Ridnour, even Jordan Farmar..)

And If posible, resign RayRay, House, Shelden and Daniels…

Imagine this:

Rondo-Azubuike-Pierce-Garnett-Perkins
House-RayRay-Nocioni-BigBaby-Sheed
Hudson- 1 and 2 pick draft—-Semih Erden

We need to get him back for an extended period of time. Hopefully it can get done.

This is what keeps me awake at night especially when I see how young the Lakers are. A GM lives in two worlds. She lives in the present trying to win games and then has to look two/three years ahead laying out a long term plan. The present and future are always in a dynamic tension with one another (Master Po, you have taught me well.). The present can change in the face of an evolving long term plan. And, the long term plan can change in the face of a changing present. Frankly, it would drive me insane to have to manage that. I’m just a fan and have panic attacks about it. (Maybe if I didn’t live in L.A. it wouldn’t be as bad.) It seems clear that next year Ray Allen is the odd man out. If he comes back, he will have to come back for a home town discount. If not, use some of his salary for a blue chip level guy and have Danny accumulate assets the best way he knows how the expiring contracts and savvy late draft picking. And now, a reading from the Book of Satan.

if you compare the Laker roster to the Celtic roster, overall the Lakers have fewer ‘elderly’ guys – Fisher (35) and Kobe(31) are the only ones over 30. The Lakers are strong in guys who should be in their prime 25-30 years. Eight guys listed on their roster fit in that bracket.

The Celtics are both young and old. They have the Elderly Gentlemen’s Club of Sheed(35), Allen(34) & KG(33) and then Pierce(32), House(31) & Scal(31) make up the Middle Ages.

But on the other end they have a bunch of relative (sub-25) babies in Rondo(23), Perkins(24), BBD, Walker(22) & Giddens(24). Even Hudson at 25 is young in basketball years. The Celtics are thin in the middle, with only Shelden(26), TA(27) & Marquis(28) in that 25-30 bracket. And TA hardly counts.

The negative is the degree of talent on the upper end (Sheed, Ray, KG) that simply can’t last more than a couple more years.

The positive is that the degree of talent on the very lower end (Rondo, Perk, BBD, etc) is pretty high too.

We aren’t going to lose Sheed, KG, Allen & Pierce all at once. We will need to resign Allen who keeps himself fit that I can seem him playing at a high level for at least a couple more years. Sheed will be hard to replace but Perkins and Williams and BBD will have had another full year of experience each by the time he is gone. Since they will be vets, we can look for a younger big man to bring in.

KG will be the next one to worry about and that will be big. Do we trade him while he has some contract value at the end? How do you replace all the things he brings to the team?

If we are able to stay a legit good team after the big three are gone, then DA is better than even his biggest supporters think. You never know what is going to happen in the future so we need to enjoy this ride as long as we can. I do hope we can maintain a solid team after they are gone, but I’m not going to get my hopes up for it. But even if there are a few lean years, it would have been worth it.

Now lets go get 18

BTW, I like the link Jeff. I will check it often.