Celtics Rout Nets, 111-87

and for good reason he showed us what he can do and how he is exactly the athletic wing player we need out on the floor.

The jumper and especially the dunk was as if Walker was sending a message to Doc and Ainge and saying:

“See what I can do, just play me and you will see more”

Lets hope Doc and Danny listen !

my first thought was that he had broken it again. I sure hope not

… PP’s pass to TA for the alley-oop was actually bad. TA finished it with fantastic athleticism, making up for the errant pass.

Doc gives PT to:
- TA – he steps up
- JR – he steps up
- Scal – he steps up
- Walker – he steps up

There’s a pattern there, I think.

Baby looked worried about his thumb…..

am I the only one concerned about the back up pg position. eddie isn’t getting the job done either shooting wise or running the offense. On defense he’s a liabilty . If there’s no plan to get a pg then cutting hudson was a mistake.

he came up limping twice after banging knees. he is far from healthy.

…for what happens to a team when they play no defense. Just terrible. And they have some good players there… but no coaching or chemistry or any desire to play. I’d fire this coach (too) and get someone who can get these guys to at least play D… any team can do it, even the Nets, if motivated and properly led.

Can’t find the SI report. See fanpost (http://www.celticsblog.com/2010/1/13/1250467/was-trash-talking-poll-a-scam) – Was it real??

Doc was fined $25k for being ejected Monday. But they rescinded the flagrant-1 on Baby ! So Doc’s being fined for having an approximately 2-second conversation with the ref over a call the league now admits was bad. There’s no understanding these people… just ridiculous.

So… the entire Atlanta episode – the extra possession, the loss of momentum, all those techs, Doc getting thrown out (leaving Thibs in catatonia), and probably the loss itself… all these things were based on a call the league now says was bad !

Just incredible. And to add salt to the wound, they’re STILL fining Doc $25k. Too bad we can’t cuss in here….. ’cause I sure feel like it.

The biggest gripe I have is that people are trying to knock down Scal to make their case on Walker. That’s not how it works. If Doc doesn’t feel Walker is doing the defensive schemes properly, that doesn’t mean Doc is missing something. Scal’s shown he knows the defensive schemes. Moore may have only gotten time because KG was injured.

First Rasheed’s T was rescinded earlier in the year, and now BBD’s flagrant is rescinded. It’s hard to make a case that the C’s are being treated fairly when the league ends up not agreeing with the calls on them.

Have you noticed “Dunk of the Night” is always from the team we’re against? especially when we play like Hawks and actually any athletic team. then the Highlight if ever we have one is from the youngs! No flashy plays for Celts.. saved the minutes.. we just need the W’s. – just a thought.

great to finally see the team come out of the gate playing well instead of needing a quarter or half to get going. thoroughly enjoyed the 1st half. 3rd quarter was disappointing to see the team come out with a lackluster effort.

• Scal played possibly his best half ever while in green. Defense was outstanding. He’s still my whipping boy but I have no trouble giving him credit for when he does well and this was a great game for him (I’ll overlook the bricks in the 3rd quarter).
• BBD had some positive moments. overall a pretty good game
• TA looked good. the dunk was just icing on the cake—-seeing that he didn’t worry about the knee.
• When Rondo wants to excel, he’s just amazing to watch.
• Giddens is still doing well on defense. Just wish he’d show some offense. Until he starts being at least a threat to shoot and make an open jumper, he’s not going to have a future as even a returning vet min contract next year for any team.
• Walker looked good in short minutes.

House looked absolutely horrible. just horrible. Hudson (most likely) would have lit the Nets up. House is playing himself into tradebait territory.

For those in the Walker debate: granted he looked good against the Nets and the end-of-the-bench Nets at that, but he still looked good. Anyone blindly following Doc’s determination of playing time as an indication of a player’s talent and ability to contribute on the court should consider one thing regarding his treatment of previous young players—>do you really think that the young players that eventually saw court time and produced had only achieved that level of productivity/BBIQ at the time they got on the court? I doubt it. I find it more likely that these players were capable of producing before Doc actually started playing them.

Regarding Walker vs Scal for PT. I’ll go along with the argument not to judge Walker as all-pro when he excels against the worst team in the league since that’s only a miniscule basis on which to judge his overall talent. By that same reasoning, I’m not going to judge Scal as a valid NBA talent based on his recent 2-game stretch where he didn’t stink the joint up — especially when compared to the string of 0 statlines he produced for several games just prior to this. Based on overall comparisons of the 2, I’m not convinced Scal is the better option of the 2 to produce when inserted into a game.

Doc made the comment to Hudson to work on getting his mind up to the NBA level. I think Doc puts a lot of emphasis (especially young players) to know the offensive sets, and defensive rotations, and to be able to react instinctively within those. I don’t think it can be overemphasized that this team is playing for home court advantage. Teams like Lakers and Cleveland lose very few. The margin of error is very tight. Why take much risk, and lose home court. And when playing the elite teams the margin of error is even tighter. Doc will only play his top 8, maybe 9 players.