Big Baby May Be Back Sunday
"Boston Celtics reserve Glen Davis will reportedly return to action on Sunday evening when the Boston Celtics face the Milwaukee Bucks at TD Garden, according to Celtics head coach Doc Rivers."
Rivers does hedge his bets by saying "I do think he'll play Sunday, we just don't know for sure."
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C’mon we need our guys back.
1) Shaq – comming only when 100%
2) Delonte – ??
3) Von Wafer – ??
What’s up with Wafer and Delonte?
they are having a last man standing, no holds barred fight in waltham
the winner gets to come back, and the loser retires
In the meantime, should we refer to him as Big Maybe? OK, that was corny.
by jurrasicearl on Mar 12, 2011 1:59 PM EST via mobile reply actions
This year it seems we've been compiling a lot of different "records without."
Record without Perkins. Record without Shaq. Record without KG. Record without Rondo. Record without Daniels.
I think someone was going to tally up records without Jermaine and Delonte, but gave it up.
Tallying O'Neal and West?
Just mark “season”.
That should take care of it.
by Finkelskyhook on Mar 12, 2011 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
West
is what 28? My God, going to miss his 7th straight game with a “mild” ankle sprain, lol!
I have no complaints with BBD, no one else should either, quite honestly!
Prove we are wrong, Tom "Medicine Man" Quinn, NOT!
by Great Gatsby on Mar 13, 2011 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions
this injury was the first time he missed games
so the record since he got hurt lol (im not sure myself atm )
by WikedCeltsFan7 on Mar 12, 2011 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
yeah major props to him tho
KG said babys been playin thru injuries all season.
he is def a true celtic in my eyes with everything he has done
by WikedCeltsFan7 on Mar 12, 2011 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
Let's hope...
Baby was a lot more important to this team than I gave him credit. I do think a big problem the last two games are the bigs inability to give hard fouls due to the lack of bench support. Always been a fan of Baby. Any guy who gets a concussion, half- passes out then tries to make it back to half court is a true Celtic in my book. Go green!
Agreed
Made a similar point on the game thread last night. He gets in there, carves out space in the middle, takes charges and all kinds of good stuff. Not so much as a spot up shooter but the rest is all good.
"Celtics bring order and structure to a chaotic world"
Baby cannot come back soon enough....
Without BBD & Shaq, the Celics are a “finesse” team…and they cannot win that way!
BBD
is probably the biggest reason that we’ve lost the last two games. I’ll tell you this; Murphy is sucking it UP.
"The celtics were a way of life. A group of people so diverse you cannot imagine; working together, day in and day out for a common goal. What was necessary was ten players, two baskets, thirteen thousand people and one basketball. We would decide what was done with that one basketball." ~ Bill Russell
Okay, look at your statement and ask yourself
Why isn’t he EARNING more minutes, epecially with all of the injuries we’ve had? How presumptuous of you to assert that we’ve turned him into a “whipping boy.” Could it be that there is a reason why he is not recieving more playing time? Gee, I could really be onto something…
Players that play well not only in game, but in practice as well tend to recieve more playing time.
Perhaps your greater judgement has superseded the logic here…
"The celtics were a way of life. A group of people so diverse you cannot imagine; working together, day in and day out for a common goal. What was necessary was ten players, two baskets, thirteen thousand people and one basketball. We would decide what was done with that one basketball." ~ Bill Russell
Wow! Wow. Hold your horses, pardner. Aren't we talking about a guy that's been with the team for fifteen minutes?
Let’s give Murphy enough time to change his clothes before we decide he’s a total waste.
Agreed, but
Murphy looks straight up LOST out there. I know that there’s a lot to learn, but with the way that Krstic has fit in so quickly (at least on the offensive side of the ball), doesn’t it raise some questions as to the level of Murphy’s work ethic? Why is he SO far behind all of the other new recruits? Maybe because he hasn’t played much in the last year? Who knows, but seriously, he’s a professional, which means staying in shape and keeping up with the drills even when you’re not being played or in a teams rotation. Murphy could be doing so much better right now, but clearly he is not. He simply doesn’t seem to have a clue what he’s doing right now, and that needs to change, especially when the door has been opened with BBD’s time out, he has the opportunity to garner more respect from the coaches and players by giving it 110%. The hustle is non-existant.
"The celtics were a way of life. A group of people so diverse you cannot imagine; working together, day in and day out for a common goal. What was necessary was ten players, two baskets, thirteen thousand people and one basketball. We would decide what was done with that one basketball." ~ Bill Russell
I'm scratching my head a might too. But time will tell with Murphy.
I just remember having seen him play well on several occasions while wearing another uniform. So I’m doubting he has lost or forgotten it all.
Murphy/Kristic
Murphy has been hurt and has played very little this season. He’s not in game shape. As to his work ethic, I really don’t know about it, but he doesn’t look overweight to me. I think he has been putting in the work to stay fit. I would equate his situation with that of PJ Brown in 2008. He didn’t do much for the team, but he did make huge contributions in 1or 2 playoff games. If Murph does that he will have been successful. All he needs to do is get a key rebound or hit one or two key 3’s in the playoffs and he’s been a worthwhile addition. Also, he’s here for insurance, not for prime time.
As to Kristic, he’s been playing all season and is in game shape. His problem is that he’s coming to a completely different system and is now playing more under the basket; whereas, with OKC he was kept outside. His main problem is learning the defensive rotations.
Right now both players, as well as all the new additions are doing alot of thinking and not much instinctively. Also, the guys who have been here have to do the same thing. Let’s give this some time. These moves had to be made because the previous bench was not getting it done.
"I don't come to play, I come to WIN"--Larry Bird
"Criminally Negligent Officiating"--Tommy Heinsohn
Chris Johnson played better than Murphy
…and Doc threw him in there with zero NBA experience or practice time.
by post-it note on Mar 13, 2011 5:26 AM EST up reply actions
Dropkick
is washed up IMO! Maybe he should join the Dropkicks for his afterlife from the NBA!
Prove we are wrong, Tom "Medicine Man" Quinn, NOT!
by Great Gatsby on Mar 13, 2011 8:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I used to wonder who we'd use for a whipping boy once Scalabrine was no longer around.
I now know the answer.
JO is better than Murphy and they have played the same amount of time with this team.
Its all about 18
by celticsox937 on Mar 12, 2011 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
Ya that is a huge question regarding this team. Do you think Krstic will produce in the playoffs?
Its all about 18
by celticsox937 on Mar 12, 2011 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
I'm betting he is!
Even if or when we get all the bigs healthy, Krstic is still the best offensive big we have and the most “versatile” offensively….. and he is way younger so he can play more minutes and heal faster ;)
Agreed, I say come playoff time leave Murphy off the active 12 man roster along with Bradley and Pavlovic
Its all about 18
by celticsox937 on Mar 12, 2011 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
Baby is warrior. He was playing injured since The Game That Shall Not Be Named all the way to this season. Don’t underestimate Baby.
by Mub33b on Mar 12, 2011 5:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He was playing injured in the offseason?
I agree don’t underestimate BigBaby.
I'm not underestimating Baby. I love Baby.
I simply said I don’t want him coming back too soon, warrior or not, and re-injuring himself.
In other news...
CHI vs UTA now and it looks like the bulls will run away with this one… This is probably the first time i will ever root for the jazz in any game regular or post season.
Big Baby steps...
an article on big bang baby:
http://espn.go.com/blog/BostonCeltics/post/_/id/4681604/cs-expect-big-boost-from-big-baby
D.S.T. when does it start?
…So i can adjust my alarm clock for the game against MIL… Oh yeah, I’m not from the US
I googled it a while ago (i’m also not from the US, so i gotta check it), it says DST starts on march 13.
by misel on Mar 12, 2011 10:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Thanks! And yes... "too-lazy-to-even-google-it mode" :P
I guess it applies to the game against MIL already…
I hope they check Jennings for that game! If Bogut plays for MIL, he’ll be another threat. These pesky teams are more nerve wracking to play against hehe! Doc called out the C’s on their lack of physicality against PHI so i’m expecting more than usual fouls on this game ;) No technical fouls though i hope…
If BBD doesn't play we wont win.
almost half of our roster is new and don’t know the system. I don’t think we can turn the “switch on” during play off time, this is totally a different team from last year.
doc says it all day....size--as in cheeseburgers and pizza-- and speed
he changes things out there, he know where’s to be, and he’s a scoring threat. sometimes he’s very underwelming, but you see his value when he aint around.
malcontents....the lot of you
what do you mean we can't flip the switch?
we don’t need to flip anything at the moment we just need players to gradually come back and give our starters more rest so they don’t play games to 80 percent of their ability because of fatigue from the season , once shaq and BBD come back with jermaine playing 5-10 minutes a game and our second unit is delonte arroyo green kristic and bbd we’ll be fine
Keep dreaming with the O'neals.
Probably Shaq will play few minutes during playloffs but be ready for another injury.
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