Archive Ive been saying the Celtics are old and finished

september63

Posts: 5,789

Mar 10, 2010 8:48pm

Down 55-33 at half to Memphis in Boston.

Lovejoy1984

Posts: 5,277

Mar 10, 2010 8:55pm

Memphis is a decent team, but really, Cavs were down 20 to the Pistons earlier this year. Shit happens during the regular season.

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sportswizuhrd

Posts: 3,215

Mar 10, 2010 8:55pm

....and I think you will stop for the rest of the season

september63

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Mar 10, 2010 8:58pm

Boston will be around the 5 or 6 seed in the eastern Conference. I said this 2 months ago.

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sportswizuhrd

Posts: 3,215

Mar 10, 2010 9:15pm

HighRoller74 wrote: Memphis is a decent team, but really, Cavs were down 20 to the Pistons earlier this year. Shit happens during the regular season.

Nets up 15 on the Mavs. Mavs have won 12 straight. Nets have won 12 of their last 77.

Lovejoy1984

Posts: 5,277

Mar 10, 2010 9:17pm

sportswizuhrd wrote:
HighRoller74 wrote: Memphis is a decent team, but really, Cavs were down 20 to the Pistons earlier this year. Shit happens during the regular season.
Nets up 15 on the Mavs. Mavs have won 12 straight. Nets have won 12 of their last 77.

Exactly.

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pkebker

Posts: 760

Mar 10, 2010 9:17pm

september63 wrote: Boston will be around the 5 or 6 seed in the eastern Conference. I said this 2 months ago.

Good for you. We don't care what you've been saying. We all know Boston is old...

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Swamp Fox

Posts: 2,218

Mar 10, 2010 9:30pm

The Celtics are definitely getting old. They can't dominate like they once did. I still would be careful around them. They have a lot of pride and tradition, even if youth isn't one of their advantages any more.

skank

Posts: 6,543

Mar 10, 2010 9:31pm

pkebker wrote:
september63 wrote: Boston will be around the 5 or 6 seed in the eastern Conference. I said this 2 months ago.
Good for you. We don't care what you've been saying. We all know Boston is old...

Let me fill you all in on what september63 is all about, he likes more to slam on other teams and to stir shit, than he likes to talk about his own team. At ALL levels in ALL sports. He's the Eddie Haskel of this site.

wildcats20

Posts: 27,794

Mar 10, 2010 9:43pm

Boston is also now fitting in an old Michael Finley

ytownfootball

Posts: 6,978

Mar 10, 2010 9:46pm

Boston's old?

Huh

hoops23

Posts: 15,696

Mar 10, 2010 10:30pm

Boston got their asses handed to them.. It's not just this game that would worry me as a Boston fan, it's their body of work since the All Star break... Well, really starting a week or so before the break.. They haven't been playing well at all.

killdeer

Posts: 1,538

Mar 10, 2010 10:35pm

Ray Allen is broke.

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mallymal614

Posts: 3,746

Mar 10, 2010 11:24pm

Swamp Fox wrote: The Celtics are definitely getting old. They can't dominate like they once did. I still would be careful around them. They have a lot of pride and tradition, even if youth isn't one of their advantages any more.

THIS!

Momma always said be-careful what you ask for. The Celtics can still beat any team in the NBA on any night.

3reppom

Posts: 765

Mar 10, 2010 11:29pm

The Celtics are dead as a Title contender. If they want to perform at a high level as a team they need Rondo and Allen to take the reigns and lead the team. Rondo isn't willing to do that and is still far too tentative to be the leader of KG, Pierce and Co. Allen isn't capable of being the man and a leader at the same time. He plays at a higher level when he is able to defer to other people to lead the team and he can focus on just playing the game. But KG and Pierce are falling apart before our eyes and can't physically do what it takes to make this team a champion.

3reppom

Posts: 765

Mar 10, 2010 11:30pm

mallymal614 wrote:
Swamp Fox wrote: The Celtics are definitely getting old. They can't dominate like they once did. I still would be careful around them. They have a lot of pride and tradition, even if youth isn't one of their advantages any more.
THIS!

Momma always said be-careful what you ask for. The Celtics can still beat any team in the NBA on any night.

They can beat any team on any night. But they can't beat any of the elite teams 4 nights out of 7

september63

Posts: 5,789

Mar 10, 2010 11:48pm

skank wrote:
pkebker wrote:
september63 wrote: Boston will be around the 5 or 6 seed in the eastern Conference. I said this 2 months ago.
Good for you. We don't care what you've been saying. We all know Boston is old...
Let me fill you all in on what september63 is all about, he likes more to slam on other teams and to stir shit, than he likes to talk about his own team. At ALL levels in ALL sports. He's the Eddie Haskel of this site.

WTF are you doing on a sports forum? BTW, you may bate me all you want, Im not interested!!

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mallymal614

Posts: 3,746

Mar 11, 2010 12:01am

3reppom wrote:
mallymal614 wrote:
Swamp Fox wrote: The Celtics are definitely getting old. They can't dominate like they once did. I still would be careful around them. They have a lot of pride and tradition, even if youth isn't one of their advantages any more.
THIS!

Momma always said be-careful what you ask for. The Celtics can still beat any team in the NBA on any night.
They can beat any team on any night. But they can't beat any of the elite teams 4 nights out of 7

Good point. I still wouldn't sleep on them though.

SQ_Crazies

Posts: 7,977

Mar 11, 2010 3:43am

Yes, they can beat any team on any given night--but I'm not sold on them being able to beat ANYONE in 4 of 7 nights.

Not sleeping on them, but the past means jack shit, I'm not going to give them respect they don't deserve. They are dead as a title contender. Their smartest move would have been scrapping the roster and setting up for FA before the deadline.

hoops23

Posts: 15,696

Mar 11, 2010 3:45am

I honestly feel if they have to play Toronto in the 1st round, that Toronto could and probably would beat them..

Chris Bosh would abuse their front line with his speed and athleticism.. Then they have athletic wing spots that would eat PP and Jesus up on the wing..

The only mismatch Boston would have would be rondo over Jack, but Jack is not one to back down.. He's definitely a poor mans Chauncey Billups, in a way that their games are similar, but he's just not as good..(consistently)

SQ_Crazies

Posts: 7,977

Mar 11, 2010 3:49am

Yeah. I think he's going to be a late bloomer--just wait, Jack will be a good player some day. He's always been pretty good and he was sick in college. Seems to always improve, I like his game.

If Boston draws Toronto in round 1 stick a fork in them.

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Nate

Posts: 3,949

Mar 11, 2010 9:19am

Is Pierce still out?

From the Hills

Posts: 190

Mar 11, 2010 9:44am

I believe Pierce is back. I agree about Toronto though. If they get back to being completely healthy at playoff time I definately look for them to advance to the second round. To me Toronto could be the surprise team in the East, not the Bobcats, like ESPN's Skip Bayless tries to say. Bayless is an idiot.

jordo212000

Posts: 10,664

Mar 11, 2010 10:15am

The Celtics may not be where they were last year, but they are still solid. I'd say you'll get a more accurate picture of them during the playoffs. I kind see the Celtics sandbagging a bit during the season to save it for the playoffs.

Rotinaj

Posts: 7,699

Mar 11, 2010 10:42am

The celtics will get bounced in the first round.