Live Blog from Celtics Media Day
by Jimmy Toscano on Sep 28, 2009 2:07 PM EDT
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Happy Celtics Media Day!
I (Jimmy Toscano) am at Celtics Media Day in Waltham today and will be giving quick updates throughout the day on what I see and hear from Celtics players and coaches around the facility.
Most recent updates at the top:
- The bus for RI is packed up and leaving now, looks like Media Day is winding down.
- Sheed- likes boston so far, "at the gas station or supermarket everybody keeps saying 'welcome to baahhhston'". Says that he doesn't care if people have the wrong impression of him. Says some refs just have it out for him- "I already know that [replacement refs] are going to come in all happy-go-lucky 'oh I gave Rasheed Wallace a tech tonight ha ha ha' but I could care less about that as long as we go out and win..."
- Rondo- "obviously would like to get deal done before season for financial security, but if not it will not bother him throughout the season. Easy not to focus on it because focused on winning a championship"
- Eddie House in regards to people saying no backup pg on team- "they aren't watching basketball. Those are guys who probably haven't played the game... If you watch, there have been plenty of games where I've been the point. I can initiate the offense and bring the ball up. And if I can't do it then Paul can do it and if Paul can't do it Marquis can do it."
- Ainge "our incentive is to have rondo as our franchise point guard and I think Rondo wants to be here for a long time as well. These things just have to do with dollar amount and have no bearing on where we are with him or what we feel about him. We may do something in october or we may do something next summer when we have the ability to match."
- Mike Sweetney just walked in. Good news for Mike, if he doesn't make the celts I think the pats may be looking for a defensive end
- Paul- Marquis going to help tremendously. You bring in a guy with experience and who can play the 1-2-3 positions
- Ray- me and paul can play as many minutes as needed.
- Paul- minutes aren't really an issue. Kind of overblown last year.
- Ray- we know where sheed wants the ball. Not worried about sheed because he wants to see the game played the right way. We have all been part of teams that have been rebuilding and as far as windows go we are not looking past this year
- KG- On the same page with Rasheed already. Its weird seeing him in green and just how our chemistry flows without even touching the ball.
- Pierce- KG looked good on floor, just knocking off the rust
(prior updates after the jump)
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- KG-everything is right on schedule, feels good
- KG - First time back on the floor he thought everything was really fast, but he's getting back to speed now
- KG played 5 on 5 last week
- Doc: one-a-day practices this year
- Doc just confirmed reports on Tony
- Will be "scary" with replacement refs
- CSN reports that Tony Allen is questionable for the preseason due to continued issues with his torn ankle tendon
- Doc: asked players to come in early this year
- Doc: No restrictions on KG or any player in camp
- Lester Hudson is wearing number 26 and rocking the mohawk
- Taking pics of Giddens. He's bigger than I thought.
- Reporters are everywhere. No interviews just yet. Haven't seen KG or Ray yet.
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he might
have a non-guaranteed contract like Miles did last year – we’ll see
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V
One-a-day practices?
Does that mean practice everyday? I am not sure I like the sound of that considering we have a veteran core.
that means
no 2-a-days, which are hard on the vets
this is good news
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V
kg
Doc: No restrictions on KG or any player in camp….
Does this mean that KG will be ready to go full board with everyone else in training camp or will he still be taking things slow? doesnt really make sense in refernce to all the other news about garnett this week?
What news on garnett this week? I heard lots of rumors, but not much news, except that PP said he was playing…
Rumors bad…..News good.
by thirstyboots18 on Sep 28, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
He was balling in Vegas
and this is completely consistent with that. All the Nervous Nellies can relax.
"People don't understand, if you can't live the rest of your life off one year in the NBA, you can't live off 21." -- Keon Clark
So
Is there a place to listen to this stuff or watch it?
Nothing live i believe
but tonight on Sports Tonight and Sports Tonight the Late Edition they’re going to talk about it.
KG Quote
“No surprises, other than the severity of the injury,” said Garnett. “I didn’t know it was that bad.”
Garnett was asked to clarify.
“It was just what we thought it was, but it was more than that,” said Garnett. “Put it like this: a bone spur the size of this tape recorder ended up being the size of this microphone…It’s pretty severe, but the best thing about it is I got it out of the way. I’m almost 100 percent going forward. The best thing about it is I’m playing without any pain, which is something I haven’t had in quite some time.”
I really hope Tim is taking pics...
I would really love to see every photo that Timmy takes at this Media day.
More pics pl0x
Thank you
jimmyt….Thank you so much…we have been waiting for first hand news all summer and we love you feeding us all this good stuff. Keep it coming. All these tidbits are adding up to a five course meal!
Whoop whoop!
Keep Rondo!!! I read that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qoSXxWHV7Q
RONDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
:]
- Dirk 'DaarisDirk' van Boxtel
If the "Nocioni rumor" was any true...
Baby would leave with TA to Sacto…meaning we would need another Big Body to fill the roster :D (Sweetney?)
I want to keep Big Baby! But I want Nocioni too...hmm...
Also, i LOVE that picture of the blank banner, gonna definitely make that my backdrop on the computer
by screwedupmaniac on Sep 28, 2009 3:55 PM EDT reply actions
If only we could trade TA with Scal for Nocioni...
…and then have Scal back after being cut in Sactown!…we would add Nocioni and get rid of TA!!!
Danny!
sorry Eddie, I love you and you are great for this team...
but you are no point guard
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V
you cant spell confidence without E-d-d-i-e H-o-u-s-e
…actually you can, but you get the point.
When Perk was asked what he thought of Howard winning the gold medal this summer, he responded: "What’s his impression of me after I won a ring?"
yeah
that’s what makes him a great shooter, unbridled confidence
but I don’t want him to be my GM
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V
Well...
We did win a championship with Eddie as our primary point guard. Even after Sam Cassell spit the bit, we did just fine with Eddie in there.
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
Um...primary point guard...
Gimme a break, primary point guard…I believe that was Rondo, not House.
House is not a point guard but he can masquerade as one, and, if the other players on the court with him are above-average, he can get away from it.
But know this much: Eddie’s more effective as a 2-guard, and the team is more effective with a real point guard AT ALL TIMES. Just because we got by with Eddie’s point-guarding, doesn’t ipso facto make him a point guard….
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Sep 28, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Eddie was our primary point guard when we won it....
If you didn’t notice Rondo never played during the final minutes of the playoff games it was always Eddie.
I'd recheck that M-Dub
Check out the Finals:
Game 1: only Cassell and Rondo played in the 4th, Rondo finished the game (Eddie got a DNP-CD).
Game 2: Rondo played the ENTIRE 4th quarter (House got another DNP-CD)
Game 3: Rondo/House played 4th quarter, House closed game and we lost
Game 4: House closed game in 4th, hit shot that put us ahead
Game 5: Cassell/House/Rondo/TA! all played 4th quarter PG minutes, with House/Cassell getting most minutes
Game 6: not relevant because it was a huge blowout.
Rondo closed 2 of the 3 close FInal’s wins…even then I think some people might be mistaking offense/defense substitutions down the stretch, when House sometimes might replace Rondo, with playing point guard….let me assure you, when House comes in for Rondo in the 4th, it’s NOT to play point guard…it’s to spot up for 3s while Paul runs an iso or pick-and-roll….again, that in no way makes House the primary point guard.
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Sep 28, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
House wasn't the primary point guard but he had almost big a roll in the playoffs as Rondo did...
and was used upon more in the final minutes of the games… You guys are thinking of Rondo and how good he is now and not how good Rondo was in 07-08.
No
House’s role as a closer is over-rated and more a product of score than talent, and even then it’s a sometime proposition…as I said above, if we’re down, House will see some minutes down the stretch in an offense/defense substitution, because of his 3 point ability and how that might get us back in the game. If we’re up? Rondo’s going to close that game out…
In fact, in you want to settle this, I dare you to go through all the playoff box scores from 2008—I’d bet that Rondo closed out at least half of those games, and probably 75% of the wins. I already did the finals for you.
From what I remember, House was a non-factor until game 7 of Cleveland, and even then I remember Rondo closing out games in the Detroit series..
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Sep 28, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes people who say “we won the championship with eddie at point” are wrong
Yes, he was on the court in game 4 of the finals, but Ray and Paul were bringing the ball up the court
Rondo dominated in the finals at home, and throughout the playoffs, and stuggled on the road that postseason
Eddie house struggled to get playing time until round 2 game 7, and spot minutes in the finals
Dont recreate history
It was a typo...
I meant primary backup point guard. That being said, there were lots of games where Eddie was the guy in the game at the end, as MD says.
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
Not as many as has been rumored...
Eddie will, on occasion, close the game if Doc is making offense/defense substitutions, but for the most part Rondo is the finisher now. Even in 07/08, Rondo finished the majority of all tight games. Only when we were down in the final minutes, and Rondo was having a so-so game, does Doc entertain the idea of using House’s shooting to spread the floor…and even then, as I mentioned above, that doesn’t make him a point guard…
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Sep 28, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, *somebody* played backup point guard on that championship squad...
… and for 60 games or so in the regular season, and the later games in the playoffs, it was Eddie. I simply don’t understand the “Eddie isn’t a point guard” arguments, when in fact we won a championship with him playing the position.
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
I explained the argument above
These truths are self evident:
1. House is a better player at 2 guard
2. The offense runs better with a true point guard
He can play point guard point, if the players around him are above-average…but that’s only because in those situations he’s playing point guard without acting as one.
I suspect that with the added talent on the 2nd unit, House can be an effective point guard this season—again, that’s because the talent around him is better and not because House is in any sense a ‘point’ guard.
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Sep 28, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree we should get a backup pg but House was our backup pg in 08 and he did a pretty good job...
but I’d rather trade for Antonio Daniels or sign Lester.
Hard to say anything to argue with that...
… so I’ll just disagree “‘cuz I’m stubborn” ;)
Seriously though, say that again, and add “Eddie House is in my top 25 points guards of all time.”
- Dirk 'DaarisDirk' van Boxtel
via Gary Tanguays Twitter
KG told me knee still gets sore. watch Sports Tonight @630 on CSN
Really contradictive based off these reports. Guess we won’t know anything till about midseason. This sucks.
by j804 on Sep 28, 2009 4:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
ha
Gary Gary Gary. You’re surprised he said this, in contradiction with reports? It’s almost as if he is saying controversial BS to get people to watch his talking head…. Makes you wonder… Well, not really.
Hollinger mentions it twice. . .
in his Eastern Conference Preview, Hollinger twice says that KG’s surgery was severe and the surgery was “complicated”. See here:
quotes:
“Garnett’s knee surgery was complicated and the extent to which he’ll recover isn’t totally certain, which is why the Celtics doubled down on insurance for his position in the offseason. . .”
“While the midyear lull had them concerned, things really started going badly for Boston when Kevin Garnett hurt his knee in a February game in Utah. Garnett hopped off with what was originally thought to be a minor tweak; nobody realized it would become essentially a season-ending injury that would require serious surgery.”
I think Simmons’ conspiracy theory has a lot more weight to it than some fans and bloggers are willing, or able to admit.
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/
don’t know why the link didn’t show up the first time.
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/
Perk on KG coming back and the aquisition of Sheed. Also what Marquis Daniels talks about what he can bring to this team.
How did TA get hurt?
Loading a pistol? Seriously, I guess i missed something.
by thereallargejames on Sep 28, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions
You know I've got the C's on my mind when I see the boston.com headline "Lester Looking Good in Long Toss"
—and think of Hudson pitching his 3’s.
by clover on Sep 28, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
TA
I knew that something had to be up with Allen (Tony), because we haven’t heard anything about him all summer (except for the hopes of a trade). As far as I am concerned, he is taking up a spot on the roster that possibly Walker could use, or maybe even Giddens.
I know we have to see them in action with the regular guys to judge whether they are worth holding on to or not, but my thought is that at least Walker will be getting minutes.
Just got back from media day, so I guess I’ll start here.
I saw TA at the very beginning of Media Day, walking over for a photo shoot. This was very early on before Doc spoke or anyone else did. I saw Giddens taking pictures first, then TA.
There was no interaction with the media that I saw from TA. I thought it was kind of strange as well, seeing as just about every player was out there doing the rounds. I may have just missed it, but if he did speak, it wasnt for long, and there wasnt much media around him…
by Jimmy Toscano on Sep 28, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
nice
what did you think about it? see/hear anything of interest?
by Jimmy Toscano on Sep 28, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
It was a fun time, seeing all the players. Didn’t talk to anyone though, but it got me really pumped for the season.
by CelticPride18 on Sep 28, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
his numbers will suffer this year becasue of playing time and all the depth the team now has. Media types will make this whole year about kevin not being the same but he will still be the same player it might take a couple weeks into the season, but by then i suspect he wont even be thinking about the injury if he hasnt forgotten all about it already
Hes already been scrimaging with team mates and if i know kevin garnett and the celtics it wasnt a little run around, they were probably going full
nope....
Media will lose interest if he plays well. If not, then it will be all about him.
So
Was BBD a sculpted little SF? Did you see him?
Did Ray have a godly glow, floating around doing miracles?
Any dunks by Walker…..
Come on, there has to be more info than some bullet points. I feel like we are missing some stuff here.
not really
I mean, there wasn’t really anything out of the ordinary that occured. Yes ray allen was as smooth as ever but the big three only talked at the podium and you can’t get too personal with them in front of such a big crowd.
I did see baby, he looked good looked like he lost a few pounds but I didn’t talk to him. Rondo said he gained 11 pounds and said he was somewhere around 185.
Kg acted like you see him do on tv. Goofing around on paul and then on rasheed when rasheed was in the middle of talking to reporters. Kg and rasheed talked about how they flow so easily together already.
I will say that I have an entirely different pov on sheed then I did prior to today. We only see him when he’s called for techs but he is actually a very personable guy and I think the media and players will especially take to him easily.
On a side note I was pretty happy with myself when all the talk arose about that blank banner on the wall. I think a certain celticsblogger already mentioned that banner about three weeks or so ago… Hmmmm
by Jimmy Toscano on Sep 28, 2009 9:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
HEY!
I was totally kidding when I was complaining.
Awesome job…
But this is some neat side stuff. Very cool!
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