Ray Allen Isn't Worried About Age
by Jeff Clark on Jul 18, 2010 11:51 AM EDT
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I guess Ray and the rest of the players will leave the worrying about age and injuries to bloggers like me.
A positive spin on it - BostonHerald.com
"We’re older than last year," Allen said, shrugging his shoulders in "big deal" fashion. "That always was funny to me because I never felt older. I never felt out of shape or slower. We went through a bad stretch of not winning games (last season), but it never had to do with age. "It had to do with getting together on the same page. It’s not going to change. But that’s always the challenge we’ve faced with every year, where people look at us and say we’re not capable. That’s the negativity that pushes all of us."
Then there was this great quote:
"He has the best-looking calf muscles in the NBA," said agent Lon Babby, who believes Allen, especially in light of his new two-year deal, actually may have another contract in store before his career ends.
Well alright then. I can stop worrying now!
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He really does take care of his body better than anyone that I can think of. That is why he's still fit even at his age...
I can because I will.. Makes sense?
You've said that about his Cleveland Cavs since he came??
Bet the Cavs wish they had his calves….
we need depth
our BIG 4 can play with ANYBODY for 35 mins a nite….but we need depth that can play 4th qtr mins in playoff games..Baby is only guy now,maybe JO&Nate by May??? we need 2 more guys,a serious wing and a functional big guy….aka-Battier & Dampier…wishfull thinking I know
Yes Yes Yes Motown!
I seriously doubt if Danny will get this done, though.
Avery Bradley
i think a lot of people don’t understand how good this kid will be. I said the same about
Rondo after watching 2 summer league games, I’ve got an eye for talent and this kids got it.
avery bradley AND luke "one with the force" harangody !!!!
wil be able to play decent minutes THIS YEAR !!!! ……harangody is more polished than most of the top 20 picks imo ……very few guys are as nba READY as he is………the draft was mostly about potential this year and has been for a long time ….guys that are already at their ceiling and very good players arent often drafted very high…this was a HUGE draft day for the celtics….save this comment in your archives or whatever……we got TWO starters in this draft …….it may take them 2 years or so to learn the speed of the game @ nba level….but they are keepers for sure !!!!!! ……i think that harangody and bradley could be the “wing player the celtics so badly need” this offseason between them they can handle 25 – 30 minutes at the 2-3 we got nate as our backup pg…..erden i think is a project, but maybe sheed comes back, maybe oneal and garnett get in heis ear and tell him hes got one more year…… then our bigs will be DEEEEEEP…..omg…. garnett perk bbd oneal sheed ? no team would want to face that group in the playoffs !!!!! go celtics
Haven't seen him yet...
… but it’s comments like yours (OK, and the occasional YouTube clips!) that get me excited about this kid. I recall someone previously posted that he’s a year away from the rotation. I disagree. Rather, I HOPE he makes the rotation this year. We need his D and his motor.
I agree.
Bradley is going to be something special.
Folks who are dismissing his potential tend to look at his height (6-2) but are missing that his wingspan (6-7) is more an indicator of his game on the perimeter.
Watching how he moves and carries himself, his court awareness. He’s the real deal. And so damn young.
And, yeah, the force is also strong in Young Skywalker. I have to agree with others here – Danny got a couple of keepers in this draft – even if it is possible that we don’t keep them – they’ll have trade value as starters somewhere in the NBA.
If Bradley is every bit as good as many posters have said here, then in two years by 2012, we will have two extremely good (if not super star status) defensive PCs in Rondo and Bradley. Both can start and I bet both wanted to start, then what do we do? Which one to trade away?
by getthat18now on Jul 19, 2010 4:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Bradley looks like more of a combo guard than a 'pure PG'
Bradley has more length in the form of freakish long arms and can guard most 2s. Offensively he has a very nice catch & release form and could develop into a very good SG. He’ll have a chance to understudy with the master of how an SG should move without the ball in Ray Allen.
Despite Doc’s early stated reservations, I would not see a problem with both of them on the court.
That said, if he only develops as a PG, it is also possible that his ultimate greatest value to the Celtics is via trade value.
Its always good to have great talent come out of the draft, no matter what the position, because it is cheap and you have control over it.
i've always thought that
about his calves
Even funnier,was when Wade said " I feel sorry for whoever has to guard us". Uh, I'm pretty sure there is a defense right here in Boston that specializes in punking teams just like yours Dwyane. Nobody scores on us easily.
when you are a skinny old man
and then look at Ray Allen’s legs….you get calf envy……..they are the size of actual baby calves
Calve’s? Calf’s?
uhhhhh whatever……farm animals
Is it Soup Yet?
when we needed ray he wasn't there
so i don’t give a crap about his calf muscles. what a croc
Tough Game 7, tough series...
however, his defense in the series, and overall the entire playoffs was incredible. Without Ray we don’t get by the cavs (check out game 2 and 5 especially) and the thing about it is that he really does so much for us without even taking a shot. His game opens up everything for us. Could we have used a better shooting performance from him, of course, but he gave us all he had and will continue to do so next year. A shooter shoots…always.
by Gorman for Life on Jul 18, 2010 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Ray did not lose the series for us.
He had a bad game, So what. He played great D, and kept us in the game. No Ray Allen, no 2010 finals appearance period!! Rebounds,Rebounds,Rebounds, they beat us there. With out Ray, no game 2 victory.
by Rebound Machine on Jul 18, 2010 9:26 PM EDT reply actions
Let it go please
I thought we are through debating if Ray lost the series for us. Granted if Ray had made one more 3 and a 2, or 2 2s and a FT, or a 2 and 3 FTs, or whatever, we might have won. But on the other hand, if Ray allowed Kobe to hit 2 more 3s, 2 2s and a FTor a 2 and 3 FTs, we would have lost too. Anyway the game is over. To me, we lost because we could not control the offensive board.
“Sources said a deal with Cleveland could result in guard Delonte West going to the Timberwolves and then being waived since West’s $4.6 million contract has only $500,000 of it guaranteed if he’s waived by August 5.”
Here is our youth
by calc on Jul 19, 2010 8:31 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Ugh - what is our obsession with ex-Celtics that we dealt away?
Surely we could do better than Lebron’s future step father?
(Yes, that’s a joke in very poor taste for the challenged out there).
Oct.5th
Oct.5th Grant Hill will turns 38 yrs.old…i guess if he can get resigned to almost 40,Ray’s a lock.When i read posts over and over about our Celtics are old guys who can’t cut it another whole season…well why was approx.80%of the bloggers hungry for Danny to sign a then 37yr.old Hill last season?Is age only a big deal when it suits a posters’argument or is the reality of most players after they reached their mid-thirties.I personally feel age is only a number,until it becomes reality of a players’ decline.
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