Tempering Expectations After A Winning Streak

But maybe they can go from old team that can barely make the 1st round, to long shot contender like last year. During the losing streak it seemed like the big 3 were so far gone that the Celtics were not contenders at all, now it looks like they may still be longshot contenders (right now they haven’t even earned that though). Can’t really ask for much for than that from the big3 at this point in their careers, a tiny glimmer of hope. I didn’t think the Mavs had even that last year tbh, but they went all the way.

Still think the C’s need an upgrade at center in order to challenge this year. A solid upgrade there to compliment JO, Wallace would enable us to compete with Miami, Chi in the east.
Cousins would have been terrific. + of course health still a major issue

Agree. Myself and others need not to get too excited about these previous wins, though they’re very encouraging wins. The Celtics need to play hard every night and not just during the second half of games. Health is also key and right now injuries to Rondo, Dooling and JO are concerning, but not too concerning.

Win or lose make it to the playoffs that’s all that’s key. Isn’t strange how the C’s are playing better without Allen and Rondo? Just saying. lol

Trade J.O`Neal,C.Wilcox,A.Bradley,E.Moore, & J.Johnson to New Orleans for G.Vasquez then negotiate the GM to buyout C.Kaman because y`all gave him 5 good role players and they will take that deal. Also trade Dooling,Daniels,Pavlovic, and 1st round pick to Houston for C.Budinger,T.Williams, & H.Thabeet. Also go after Kenyon Martin sign him for 3 years 7 million. Resign E.House and R.Wallace for 1 year.

beating orlando and indiana is alot better than beating detroit, wash. and toronto. it was the defense that got them 4 in a row and that was effort and team play- that can be repeated.

But in fact, it’s not too soon at all. Here’s why:

At this point of the season, with the team clearly trying to improve after a slow start, what are we really looking to see? We’re looking to see HOW GOOD THEY CAN BE. Not how good they can be consistently… just how good they are, at their best. Why? Because we already know that this team can and will turn it on for the playoffs. So what we seek to know is: ‘When they do turn it on, how good will they be?’

So anything that shows us they can be great IS very significant. And yes, you CAN draw conclusions from even one game, to say nothing of 4.

He used to have Walker. Now he has KG, Bass Ray and Rondo….the team looks good with him running the floor…one of the great players of all time who won’t get the respect because the C’s sucked for so long..seriously this is what he used to do…right? We watched him carry the team for years.

Bradley plays D so hard they need to carry him off the court. KG has looked better because the D has been balanced. He was a mess at the start of season …trying to do too much.

I think he has made a BIG difference. He defends much better then Ray, is even shooting at least as well or better and has the younger legs and a little more length. Also Ray has increased his nasty habit of making very bad turnover type passes.

big week coming up…if celts take 4 out of 5 (especially NYK game) they can start thinking about 6th seed (1st round vs. 6ers).

very early for that, i know, but this is what we are left to focus on.

It is still early and a ton can and will happen between now and the end of the season. Both good AND bad.

Still J99 has a valid point that you can use these games to assess the upside potential of players and 5-man units, when healthy.