Celtics Net A Win, Rondo Sports A Headband

not just because of the win.

Whatever works.

Continue to love what I’m seeing from Bass. Developing a real liking for Bradley. Good to see Steamer out there.

Again, this team has all of the talent needed to play with anyone when they have their full game on. Yes, it was just the Nets, but we’ve struggled and lost against worst teams.

This team deserves a chance to have a run at the post-season. I think we will be pleasantly surprised. There’s not much out there for us to get at the trade deadline, and there’s no time to work an only marginally better player into the system in this compressed season.

Must of straightened out his head. Hope he keeps wearing it!

Yes, keep this group together. I think they will surprise the nay-sayers down the stretch, and into the playoffs. A strong close to the season is the only way we will entice any real free-agent talent to Boston in the off-season. Right now it would just be a blow-it-up fire sale with little rebuilding possible.

Can’t really press with Ray. Ray deserves more shots. The bench needs someone to score. Pietrus is a force on that press (the press works with his length & athleticism).MP is a better defender & rebounder. He fights for rebounds. Whereas other guys seem to be frozen Pietrus is in there jumping, bumping, & scraping for that rebound. Pietrus could also wear down the other teams shooting guard early so Ray wouldn’t have to chase them as much = fresher legs for Ray to close the game. Doc could start Ray & then just sub him out early if the whole starter thing is gonna cause trouble. I’d rather see Ray getting those 10 shots than Dooling.

Ray is the cheapest of the assets Danny’s trying to move and Pietrus is ready to slip into his spot.

No reason to upset Ray’s position until the deal is done, however.

I suppose there’s a possibility some contending team tries to pry Pietrus away instead, but I think the C’s would like to keep on his good side and have him return next year.

Personally, who starts vs comes off the bench is less important to me than the fact that I want Ray on the floor more.

MP is playing great, and he is a better rebounder than Ray. But otherwise his defense is only marginally better. In aggregate defensive plays, he is making 1.6 per 40 minutes versus Ray’s 1.2 – neither is near the top for our team in that category. Ray has a ton of experience in playing within our team defense and the aggregate team defensive results the last few years are proof of that.

Offensively, though – it isn’t really close. MP is an adequate outside shooter, but he is nowhere near the class of offensive weapon that Ray is. Ray is in the top 4-5 of SGs in almost every shooting % category. He is down in the pack only in ‘volume’ stats because in our offense he doesn’t get enough shots to lead there. But his point-per-minute production is way over Michael’s.

A big flaw in MP’s offensive game is that he simply never goes inside. He’s taken 110 3PT shots this year – and only 15 at the rim!!! Two of his rim shots were last night on fast-breaks. Take those away and you have a guy who just won’t attack through the paint and that is not good for our offense. By comparison, Ray Allen has taken 132 3PT shots and 57 at the rim. MP is big and athletic and should be able to execute that baseline delay slash that Ray (and lately Bradley too good effect) uses, but too often he opts to take the 3PT shot even when the baseline look is there. And Ray is both shooting better from outside and finishing at the rim better than Michael by a significant margin.

The net result is that, no matter who starts, I want Ray on the floor for more minutes.

All that said, I do agree with clover that Ray is the highest probability candidate to end up traded. I don’t want that to happen, but it is highly probable.

Where is your Rondo sucks he cant play a real Point Guard talk? Just sayin’ since Rondo did play a real point guard and won and pretty much out played D-Will.

But I can’t

Rondo will shut him down, and when RR isn’t on the floor, Bradley will do the honors. I’m starting to enjoy watching Bradley hound opponents from one end of the floor to the other.

Yes and no: Delonte is ages better than Dooling, but he is injury prone. None would be of help. And yes Moore should get Dooling’s minutes, but it really doesn’t matter because whoever thinks Dooling is staying a Celtic by the end of the season or even March 15 is insane!

It’s about consistency. Nobody argues that Rondo is not good when he plays the way Doc wants him to play.

Maybe I haven’t watched him enought, but like John Wall, reeks of, most talented player on a talentless team, hence gets to take most of the shots.