Celtics - going to need a Walker soon!

Gday,

The Celtics, are so overplayed and so close to retirement, they are going to need a walker soon just to get anywhere...a Bill Walker that is!

Well it is getting on in the season, only a few months left until the playoffs...and things are still pretty shakey for the Celtics...Daniels, KG and Sheed all out with injuries.

And this seems like it is going to continue. The secrecy surround KG's injury still looms and it appears as if he will be out for another 10 days. Wallace is also out for at least a week due to a foot injury. Pierce had a knee injury however he is back out there, but for how long. And who knows when Daniels will be back. It doesn't look good, and all that needs to happen to the team now is for Rondo, Allen or Perkins to go down with an injury, and the Celtics are not in a good spot at all.

This injury problem, coupled with the fact that most of the players are nearing retirement (I count 4 off the top of my head, 3 of the starters) and are playing maximum minutes - certainly suggests that things are going to get a lot worse before anything starts to get any better.

So what is the solution? I believe a trade is an almost certainty before the deadline. Ainge would have to be absolutely brain-dead if he didnt change 'something' up. And I believe any trade needs to revolve around at least getting rid of Scalabrine. Sure he had a good game against the Hawks the other night - but that happens once in a blue moon.

Then begs the questions as to why Doc is simply not giving more minutes to the younger players....It is the most opportune time to give them more minutes, as the starters are injured and overplayed, and also because it is at the point of the season which "doesn't matter"... Docs words.

One of the serious problems the Celtics are having is their poor offense. Sure we can score, usually off lucky threes. But all it takes is a poor jump shot percentage, and we lose. Just watch the games, it comes in dribs and drabs, most of the time a turnover occurs due to shot clock violations. We don't have the paint penetration. Pierce cant do much anymore, he is slow and tired. Sheed wants to be a hero and shoot threes all day, despite his dominating post skills. And Ray only gets anything in the clutch or when it doesn't matter. So what do they do? Bring in a scorer is my solution. This could be achieved through a trade or through, the better option, giving Bill Walker more minutes.

Doc is crazy by keeping him on the bench and I cannot remember the last game Walker even stepped on the court. Just watch the video on youtube I have linked below. It shows you what Walker can manage....PAINT PENETRATION - our 2nd biggest offensive problem. Oh and look, he also hustles for the offensive rebound - our FIRST offensive problem. We have enough shooters, we need someone that can score when the shot percentage is down. If he doesn't start to get more minutes, he will want to get traded, go to that that team and be an absolute superstar...just like the guy that killed us the other night, Joe Johnson.

Bill Walker Youtube

Something needs to change as soon as possible. Who are they kidding, injuries will continue to present as a problem, and giving the starters so many minutes is most definitely fueling that problem. We have good youth and it needs to be allowed to flourish, otherwise the playoffs will come around and the starters will be playing 40+min games, and we will slowly wither away, and lose to Orlando, or even worse, almost lose to the 7th seeded Chicago in the first round...

Regards, Matthew Kenneday