Celtics Stuff Live: Chris Forsberg

by Jughead on Mar 6, 2011 8:25 AM EST in CelticsBlog

Tonight's show will feature Chris Forsberg from ESPNBoston in a pregame version of our Sunday Night Show. Please Note That We Will Be Starting At 8pm!!! After the win against Golden State on Friday night and a solid performance by Jeff Green,Chris had this from Coach Doc Rivers:

Rivers said Oklahoma City coach Scotty Brooks had raved about Green's speed and the Celtics simply took advantage of it Friday.

"Well, it’s funny, we didn’t do anything; He just ran the floor," said Rivers. "He’s a gazelle. I mean, the guy can absolutely fly. And our guys know that now and you can see them, they’re giving it to him, and he knows that they’ll get it to him, so he’s running. There’s a couple times that Kevin actually slowed down so he could run by him because he saw that he had his mean beat. And that’s just great awareness."

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I said it after watching him in Green that first game...

The guy flies as quick as rondo, but rondo just didnt see him a couple times.

Now Rondo’s looking…. I really believe green is a piece of the future. Tutored on defense by kevin, and on offense by paul, he’s gonna be a solid piece moving forward.

by cordialb on Mar 6, 2011 11:08 AM EST reply actions

Green is looking better every game

And I`ll admit he has a good last name.

by green18, 19, 20... on Mar 6, 2011 11:58 AM EST via mobile reply actions

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by ZM15 on Mar 6, 2011 1:58 PM EST up reply actions

Green and Krstic have 'complementary' speed

They both should work well with Rondo because Green gives us a shooter/scorer who can actually run as fast as Rondo so as to actually be ahead of the break (something we just plain haven’t had). And Krstic gives Rondo another trailer (along with KG and Murphy) who can shoot the mid-long range jumper.

The funny thing is, all the talk so far is about Green’s speed – which is awesome. But wait until he gets a chance to show his post-up game. By playing him against SFs, the Celtics will make much better use of that. He’s very good because he not only is bigger than a lot of SFs, he’s just plain too quick for most. When he’s posting up, he looks a lot like a smaller version of KG.

I love that he seems to have latched on to KG as a guide and mentor. Even though he’s smaller and plays a slightly different position, they have a lot of the same types of physical tools and Green could do a lot worse than to mimic KG on defense. I do think Green has a nicer looking jumper, though – he gets that beautiful high arc. KG is very accurate, but has a flat shot that only works for him because he’s so long and tall. If KG was shorter, he’d be front-rimming and/or getting blocked! But he’s not, so its all good.

"We will take it easy, and walk on down our road at our pace with our focus ahead, and your focus on us." - Warrior Spirit, on what Celtics' Ubuntu is.

by mmmmm on Mar 6, 2011 12:20 PM EST reply actions