Being A Fan Can Be...Tricky

1. Become a teamagain- not just a group of players

2. Play good enough to contend

1. will happen and they will improve drastically ( and become much more watchable)when it does but #2 is a much higher hurdle and I think the tide is against them.

Complain, moan, offer my two cents, but I will never give up on this team. The big 3 have meant too much to too many To turn our backs now. I’ll stand by them till Danny decides it’s over then I’ll thank them fir making me a fan, and stad by the new C’s moving forward.

we make the playoffs….

Our starters are old. They are not the elite scorers or defenders they used to be. Rondo can run, but because the starters lack athletic abilities, our offense slows down significantly. I watched the Nuggets play the heat and it is amazing how Denver can run and gun. They can create their own shots and instant scoring. Nene on the inside and shooters on outside. With the Celtics, walking the ball up, trying to set our offense, we loose so much time off the shot clock. We set so many screens to get Ray open. We have no low post presence. We are not athletic to create our own offense. What makes this worse is the fact that our bench is very very limited offensively. We have Bass and Pietrus to a certain extent. But that will not spark our play. And what makes this even harder is that we do not have a legitimate center – no low post presence and no rebounders! Can we acquire those missing pieces this season? Is that even possible?!

we have possibly the best pure PG in the game that is not named Chris Paul. We have Bass Avery Pitreus and Allen that can run with him. Put them out there and run ….

Bring the Big Unit and Pau in to grind out the half court in crunch time….

They’ll surely beat us black and blue. And reminds us how stupid that trade is.

Being a fan is not tricky: being a fan-atic is.

doesn’t mean you have to have blind faith. I watch every game. I have watched every game with only a few exceptions since I have been able to get them in North Carolina when NBA league pass became available. I generally go to Charlotte to see them when they play here each season and I wear my Celtics green. I have never once rooted for them to lose. Not when they were tanking in 2006-07. Not ever. I wont root for them to lose this season either no matter how badly this goes and how it might effect ping pong balls.

I also don’t believe even if everything goes perfectly the rest of the way this team isn’t a legitimate title contender. It doesn’t make me happy to say that but it is what it is and it isn’t very good. When guys who are 35, 36, 37 years old and their play falls off it generally isn’t a funk it is decline. At present we are currently starting one(Rondo) possibly two(Allen) guys who are playing at a level that warrants being a starter in the NBA. Could Pierce and KG start to play better? Of course but they need to play a whole lot better and that may not be in the cards. Injuries are bound to happen with a roster this old. IMO this is the beginning of the end.

Does that make me less of a fan? I don’t think so. I think it makes me realistic in my expectations.

I have been a huge Boston Celtics Fan since the 50’s – Through thick and thin, dynasties and rebuilding, 22 years without a ring. Deaths of Reggie and the loss of Len Bias, who we’ll never know how good he and the Celtics would have been with him. And now Jeff Green’s heart. He could have been the 3rd tragedy the Celtics endured…KP’s injury in the Finals 2 yrs ago, losing out on Tim Duncan when we had our worst and most embarassing record in Celtics history. Then all the excitement and promise for multiple titles the trade and the Big 3 brought.

But life is ebb and flow…Ups and downs…Nobody has it go perfectly – Look at Tiger Woods! LeBron James! Anyway, my point is that loyalty carries a value with it that gives fans a feeling of being “Connected” to something. And Celtic Fans and players seem to be the most connected to their team in green. How many other teams appear like a family. Playing in Red’s shadow is an honor because he built something that has lasted over a half century.

Other team’s fans hate us…And for a half century. But this is a sign of envy and respect. The Celtics seldom if ever have appeared as dysfunctional as most other teams. They have a legacy that lives on in sports…Like the Yankees in NY…And the Green bay Packers.

Now we all are growing through the pangs of aging superstars in the twilight of their careers. It will pass, their own legacies intact. and after awhile an entire new crop of fans will join the family. It’s an honor to be a Celtics Fan.

I didn’t mean to leave out all the OBVIOUS things of being a Celtics Fan…The glory of all those Championships through 4+ Eras. The greatness of Bill Russell(And the great legends surrounding him), Hondo, Larry , Dave Cowens, DJ, McHale, Paul Pierce, KG, Ray Allen and Rondo…And the greatest Coach and GM that ever lived…The founding father of the greatest and most successful professional dynasty and pro family of all time. Red Auerbach…

Great article. It sure brings reality to life when somone says something quite near to exactly what you were thinking. I’m pretty sure I am one of the greenest celtics fans meaning I’ve been with them for less than 3 years but I know its real. I often hear that chemistry can take time. I have that for the Celtics. It is going to get better it has to.

The Circle Of Sports. (Lion King)

I’m looking forward to the Rondo years. The Big 3 could be great bench players for many years to come, if they choose to.