Technically Speaking
by Jeff Clark on Dec 20, 2009 10:33 AM EST
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PrintWe all know that Sheed is going to be Sheed and we knew what we were getting into when we signed him. Still, I think there's a growing sentiment in the locker room that he needs to be coached up a bit and reminded that it would be best for the team if he eased up a bit on the techs and shot a little more often from the painted area.
"That got to me," said Kendrick Perkins [stats], who has five T's on the season and is often at odds with the officials. "I think that helped me. When that happened to Rasheed, I saw how it affected our team. It really cost us a game, because if we'd have had Rasheed we would have won."
Doc is starting to sound downright Phil Jackson-ish lately:
"He who angers you owns you," proclaimed coach Doc Rivers after yesterday's practice. "I'm trying that. If you don't get angry, you can keep functioning. He who angers you owns you. I actually texted that to a couple of guys last night. I'm just hoping that becomes our team's mantra right now. Let's breathe. Zen II."
"I was joking by saying it, and I got a funny reaction from it. But there is some truth to it, as well."
But I thought Paul's quotes were the best:
"Rasheed's going to be Rasheed,'' captain Paul Pierce said. "But the one thing is, we don't want it to get to the point where he's suspended games, so I'm sure a couple of us are going to talk to him and let him know he's almost at that limit, and we aren't even halfway through the season.''
"I think he's has what - nine, 10?'' Pierce said. "And 16 you get suspended. So we'll tell him to slow it down a little bit until the end of the season.''
Pierce has been able to keep conflicts with officials in perspective.
"At this point in my career, you've got to understand it's part of the game,'' Pierce said. "Referees aren't perfect. They're going to have good days, bad days, just like us as players. The thing is to just play mentally through it and not let it frustrate us. I think it is easier said than done. It takes a strong mind. I've been one that's . . . never really got the benefit of a lot of calls, so I'm used to it. I'm numb to it.''
Thank you Paul. I think it will fall on mostly deaf ears in Sheed's case, but perhaps Perkins can pick up some lessons here.
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What it means
I don’t know exactly WHAT it means, but it means something that Rasheed is more brazen than usual. And it’s not good. Does it mean that he’s become more emboldened because he’s playing decreased minutes and doesn’t care what the refs think or do? (I’m concerned that he came into camp in not as good shape as normal.) Does it mean he doesn’t respect his supporting role? Does it mean he’s walking all over Doc as a coach? Does it mean Doc or the players have taken the “let Rasheed be Rasheed” attitude for granted, or let him exploit it?
Regardless, it’s one thing to let him do his thing. It’s another for his absence to cost us games — at a time when we all know the value of homecourt advantage.
Let us not forget...
…the real problem with friday night. A 15 point 3rd qtr lead and we lose the game!!!
Sheed brings his issues to the team but no one can tell me the celtics don’t have motivational issues, lack of concentration or are over confident at times. They feel they can turn it on and off at will. Most of the time they overcome it but on friday they couldn’t. How many turnovers in the 1st and 3rd qtrs?
I would still like to see another seven footer on the bench.
no doubt, sheed has helped this team a lot, but the guy needs anger management. if his anger forays are a tactic, please explain the benefits. i don’t see anything positive. i am sure everyone from dean smith to larry brown, etal. have spoken to him. sheed- lose some weight, keep your lip buutoned to the refs and just play the game. and stay away from tommy.
C'mon Rasheed, Grow up
I like the guy. I love the crazy “Ball Don’t Lie” scream. But Brand and Speights cleaned our clock in Q4 on the boards and Rasheed might have prevented a couple of those. So, yeah, for the type of money he’s getting paid and the stakes of home court for playoffs the Celtics shouldn’t tolerate that from a 25 year old let alone a 35 year old. C,mon Doc don’t overdo the “player’s coach” thing too much. Get on his ass
I miss Big Baby!
If we had Big Baby, then losing Sheed might not have been that big of a deal. But who knows?
Not funny
Obviously it’s out of context, but I don’t see the funniness in Doc’s “he who angers you…” line. Just seems sad and true in this situation.
The irony to me is Doc keeps saying Sheed is a “grown man” and that seems to be the reason he won’t ask him to act like one.
"’Do you sometimes feel love. . . and joy? Do you sometimes feel pride in what you have accomplished?. . . And do you sometimes feel good?. . . But the threads that make up our human nature are two ended. There is no capacity for feeling pride without an equal capacity for feeling shame. One cannot feel joy unless one can feel despair. We have no capacity for good without an equal capacity for evil.’ – Master Po
So I say one cannot feel passion for victory without an equal capacity for feeling and expressing the evil side of passion which is a sharp tongue of words brought about by the feeling of defeat (or a really bad call).
Sheed will eventually seek “The Truth” and will…….
"Be like a mirror and reflect all evil back to its’ source..…which are of course The Refs ;-0In the meantime…….I am OK with some passion as I know it will be tempered in the weeks to come. Light a candle Sheed……and stay in the paint.
Is it Soup Yet?
We shoulda won the game w ow without sheed
The second half was just ugly. Let’s face it—-the starters just gotta do a better job. You cannot count on your bench to stretch the lead if you are aiming at the banner,ESP when it is against lesser teams
by friedgreentomatoes on Dec 20, 2009 2:43 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Dead on PP
I like Wallace when he’s fired up about his game. He’s proud.
But referres are human, and they also probably take some pride in their work. Wallace flat out ignores that the referees are trying to perform an impossible task as best they can. Paul points this out very well. Imperfect referring is part of the game, just like getting a T is inevitable if you deride and bait the referrees. I frankly hate to watch players throw tantrums; I much prefer when they take a call in stride and continue to play basketball.
A little bit of empathy could take Rasheed a long way. The guy is smart, time to put those smarts to better use. It really isn’t too late to learn Paul and Doc’s point..
by Thruthelookingglass on Dec 20, 2009 2:46 PM EST reply actions
Someone should ask Sheed...
…How many times has a ref reversed a call because he loudly and profanely complained???
Still, he was not the reason the Celtics lost Friday.
Playing at home with plenty of rest…a legitimate title contending team needs no more than 7 players in uniform….to beat any opponent with a 7-20 record!
Refs are human? Imperfect?
Well, maybe… barely. Ok, they’re human. Too much so. Fact is too many of them are vindictive, petty and blatantly biased. And doing their jobs badly, thus alienating many fans. This is especially true when they get a good reason…. Let’s see, did they get a good reason on Friday?? Well, YEAH, they did. One of the Cs decided to yell at them and threaten them over a foul call. How stupid is that? About as stupid an action as an NBA player can take. I cannot think of anything stupider.
For the record, I carefully reviewed the last foul Rasheed got, which was for a moving pick. And in fact, he did move, a lot, in setting that pick. IT WAS A GOOD CALL. If it has been a bad call, his actions would still have been very stupid. The fact that it was a good call puts it into a rarefied stratosphere of maximum stupidity.
All in all, I think what happened Friday was a good thing. It was especially good that they lost. God help them if they had won… Sheed would continue his ridiculous, destructive behavior, and the Cs would continue in their careless, sloppy ways a bit longer (till they finally lost one). This lesson has come early in the season, when the benefits can be enormous but the cost quite low. Now Sheed is going to be talked to. Now the truth has been made clear ONCE AGAIN to everyone on this team… the truth that they clearly should have remembered, because it’s so obvious: any NBA team can beat any other NBA team on a given night; hustle and energy wins games.
I think we can expect major improvement now. A big change a comin’. In Sheed, that is. But will the team forget again, will they again come out sloppy, lazy, over-confident, over-entitled? Yes, unfortunately they will. Of course, these guys are old enough to have gone through these cycles many times before. They KNOW the way it is. But human nature being what it is, they choose to forget from time to time. It’s a long, grinding season. But each lesson they get makes them stronger for the second season, the one that counts. And that’s a very good thing.
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