With the Big Ticket healthy, we`re still contender #1.

Loved our Line up:

Imagine
Perk – C
Sheed – PF
KG – SF
Pierce – SG
Rondo – Point

Bench: Ray-Ray, Daniels, 5-0, Big Baby, Scal, Tony, Giddens, Walker and Shelden

but there season would be over without Rondo.

What if Duncan, Kobe, or Lebron went down for the season? At least the Celtics would still stand a chance, though slim, without KG if Pierce/Allen had healthy legs and Rasheed played well

exciting post though :)

While KG is the glue and motor, we need a healthy, inshape Paul Pierce to win the whole thing. Basketball games are won and lost but execution in the final few minutes. KG is there to help get the stops on one end, but he is not reliable for that end of game offensive execution. That is why Paul’s health is the number one key.

IF the Celtics stay healthy this year…they will NOT be stopped!
Period, end of discussion.

All this noise about Shaq, Carter, Jefferson, Artest is 100% meaningless garbage…IF Boston stays healthy!

I know this is a biased celtics site, and Im a die hard fan, but we’re not the #1 contenders whether we are healthy or not, that just sounds conceeded and arrogant as far as im concerned.

As far as KG, i honestly think theres something mysterious going on there still, we havent heard from him at all, he still isnt able to play pick up ball, its almost like a carry over from last season where noone knows whats going on…the bottom line is, its not going to be easy to keep this guy healthy anymore, and even when healthy, i know alot of people have a hard time accepting it, but he is not the player he was 5 years, even 2 years ago, even before he got injured last season there was a noticable decline on both ends of the floor

I can’t wait to see him back on court. It is basketball at its best. And that personality is so unique and genuine that it enlarges the other guys’ personalities – stoic Ray, fierce Perk, yapping Eddie, trash-talking Paul, cocky Rondo. They all went a little dark without KG out there. He makes the game FANtastic

Kg has got the heart and passion to bring this team back to the promise land. He is going to be great this season. This is Rondo’s break out year and I believe Perk is also going to have a big year this year. The huge signing of Sheed was key. I predict Celtics Spurs in the finals and the Celtics sweep

I’m exaggerating, but just the presence of KG can affect the outcome of a game. Forget stats. He just does what’s needed when needed. He has arguably more of an effect defensively than offensively. But offensively he can be the playmaker, scorer, whatever. His height gives him the advantage of seeing over everyone so he can see any possiblility of a play developing. His basketball IQ is thru the roof. Let’s get it on.

because there are only a few teams in the east that can run with the celts.

the last time i saw KG, he was barking at the orlando bench, which really pissed me off. you wanna talk trash, fine. but when you’re sitting on the bench in a suit and you can’t back it up, just shut your mouth. i love the guy, but i’m hoping for a “less talk, more business” KG this season.

That’s why we signed Rasheed, BBD, and Landlord. Against mediocre-to-garbage teams, KG will play 30 mins a night at the most. People wonder why we opted for a healthy Landlord over Powe, this is it. Every additional minute of KG rest we squeeze out of those guys over the season will pay off in May and June. Heck even Scal will be resting KG. The Celtics are determined to have a healthy and rested KG all the way to the Finals..

I’ll be under the covers. Please come get me when the play-offs start and tell me if KG is awesome of not. In the meantime I’ll be doing the dream-shake regardless.

YOu remember the first game he cam back from injury where he only played about 10 minutes? I saw something different in that game, the players played differently, the crowd chanted differently. It is hard to put your finger on it, but he changes the game as soon as he steps on the floor. I don’t know what it is but, the opponent is just a little bit more cautious. Kevin Garnett is quite literally a Mad-Man, both the offense and the defense run through him. I don’t know how many times people have noticed this, but when ever you see a perfectly exicuted play, Kevin Garnett is usually there in the Post to start it, right? On defense, well we already know what he can do on the defensive end. In my opinion Kevin Garnetts presense on the floor whether it be for 4 minutes or 40 changes the game in a way few players can. His teammates seem to have an extra hop in their step, and the crowd seems to be more involved. KG embodies every thing beautiful about the game of BASKetball, grown men playing a childs game, not for the money but because they put everything everything out on the floor and when the leave they look back and they are able to say that they did a good job. This is what Kevin Garnett does. Make the extra pass, this is what The BIg Ticket does. When an opponent shoots a shot after the referee blows his whistle, KG always goes up and swats that shot away, now Perk, Big Baby, and even Pierce do it. There are no shots after the whistle when KG is there. I can still remember, this one game against the Bulls, in march after the Celtics had already clinched the playoffs, the Celtics were winning by 20 points and Garnett had just scored. What would you expect a normal player to do? Walk back to the other end of the floor and bide their time until the coach takes him out of the game. What does Garnett do? He gets down, bald, sweaty head and all, into a defensive stance and hounds the ball handler all the way up the court. This is the reason his teammates seem to have an extra bounce in their step, and the reason crowd seems to be more involved in the game.

By some accounts, Garnett was limping very early on in the season. He had bone spurs floating in his knee somewhere. Because he was favoring the knee, I think it caused him to injure it further. They should have shut him down as soon as they knew about the spurs, scoped out the spurs and rehabbed during the season. He probably would have been ready for the playoffs and he probably would have avoided further injury.

I just want to watch some Celtics basketball after this! Thx!

of course we dont win it without KG, that goes without sayin, but we also dont win it without paul, ray, rondo, perk and maybe even wallace

Too many AARP cards on this Celtic team.
One and done. Next Celtic Champs are in 2092.

3 out of 4 of the Celtics’ top scorers in 1968 were over 30 and in 1969 there were 5 over 30 in the top 8 of the rotation based on minutes played. Guess who won the NBA championship in those years?