Comments on: A Plea for Sanity on 72-10

By: Kyle K

Kyle K — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:24:36 +0000

Celtics 6-1! Look a lot more human now, don’t they? Hell, they just looked dejected after Phoenix killed them. It’s funny to read posts like these though…

Just one question: do you feel silly for even having wrote this? Just curious…

By: A Record The C’s Have a Real Shot at Breaking » Boston Celtics Basketball – Celtics news, rumors and analysis – CelticsHub.com

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:32:10 +0000

[...] has been running rampant regarding potential 72 win talk with this Celtic team. Zach Lowe has pleaded for sanity on the topic and I share the capacity to agree with him. Is the feat possible? Absolutely. [...]

By: Urbeltic

Urbeltic — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:09:18 +0000

73-9

By: eman

eman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:21:53 +0000

celtics 72-10!

By: Jeff ( a different Jeff from the one above)

Jeff ( a different Jeff from the one above) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:56:27 +0000

I’m terrified by the new old 3 playing 30+ minutes a game in an attempt to get this record. I’m going to say that if all 3 average over 33 min./game we won’t even make 60 wins, and will be lucky to get out of the 1st round of the playoffs, because all 3 will be seriously injured by the All-Star break.
Scares the crap out of me.
Can we just go for Banner 18, please?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:38:59 +0000

The globe is ridiculously full of homers. They said “rondo led his team to a championship” in an article about the Rondo-CP3 spat. I think KG and PP would take issue with that.

By: schtevie

schtevie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:44:50 +0000

The fundamental point is that this might be a “have your cake and eat it too” situation, where a gaudy regular season record can be achieved without compromising expected play-off success.

Typically benches are bad. Absolutely bad, as in consisting, on average, of below average players. Otherwise they would be starters. Having a “good bench” then means having a bench that is less bad than that of the average team.

I don’t have a strong sense that the Celtics in fact did have a “good bench” the past two years. Maybe they did, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find out otherwise.

When one says that the Celtics have a good bench this year, this has quite a different meaning. On average, it consists of above average players. As such, the expectation is that not only can starters rest more but the score will move in the right direction when they do. More wins, more rest.

That is the hope, anyway.