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Avery Bradley Likely Done For Season

On the back of a horrific game six performance, Gary Washburn of the Globe piled on with more bad news: Avery Bradley is almost certainly done for the season. Washburn: A source close to Bradley told the Globe that it’s in the “high 90s” percentile that Bradley will be shut down and will perhaps need [...]

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2 days ago

Game 6 Will Be Wednesday Night at 8pm on ESPN

After the Thunder finished up their series by routinely dismantling the Lakers last night to send them packing in five games, a time has been announced for the C’s-Sixers Game 6 on Wednesday night. It will tipoff shortly after 8pm on ESPN. Looking ahead in the postseason, if the C’s do win Game 6, and [...]

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2 days ago

Highlight: Rondo Leads The Break

I love this decision-making from Rajon Rondo. While leading the break, you can see him eyeballing Ray Allen, who runs the wing and spots up on the arc. The Sixers have a 1-2 disadvantage but are mostly concerned about Allen’s three balls, which allows Mickael Pietrus to make an unmolested baseline cut behind the defense. [...]

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3 days ago

Celtics-Sixers Game 5 Tips off at 7pm

A note to all you local C’s fans out there that may be attending the game tonight at TD Garden. The game will start just after 7pm and will be broadcast nationally on TNT. However, unlike most TNT regular season games during the season, the tip will not come 15-20 minutes after the scheduled start [...]

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11 days ago

(Video) Rajon Rondo Continues To Dominate In Postgame Interview

Rajon Rondo is a tremendous player, but he tends to have a little bit of an issue scoring the ball late in games. I won’t go as far as saying he is scared, but he does pass up shots and defer to teammates in crunch-time….well a lot. Last night though may have been his coming [...]

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11 days ago

Video: Full Kevin Garnett Reaction After Game 1

Garnett followed up his season-best effort against Atlanta in Game 6 with a new season-high in points and another sensational double-double, as well 60 percent shooting (12-of-20) from the field. Over his past two contests, Garnett is averaging 28.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, two steals and four blocks a game. After the game, KG was candid [...]

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KG OUT: Time to Panic (for real this time?)

Posted by on Dec 30, 2009 9 comments

A few hours ago Zach accurately satirized the amount of doom and gloom with the reactions to the Celtics losing two in a row.  I read his piece, chuckled to myself at how sensational writers can get (myself included), and metaphorically nodded in agreement with his “let’s not get ahead of ourselves” attitude.

And then this happened.

Zach is still correct.  It’s still early in the season and health for the post-season is what really counts.  We have seen what a healthy Celtics team can do to the opposition.  Hell, we’ve even seen what a semi-healthy team can do to the Orlando Magic.

And now, whether we like it or not, have to find out what a really sore Celtics team can do to the Phoenix Suns- and perhaps beyond.

What would I do?

Put Garnett on the shelf for the next two games. Doc brought up an excellent point.  If Garnett sits out the next two games it maximizes his time to get healthy and rested and minimizes the damage in which his absence will surely result.

Play Rondo 15 minutes total tonight, or none at all. Remember last year in the playoffs when Rondo had to be carried off the court because “his feet hurt”?  He’s young, yes, but Rondo plays extremely hard all the time.  It’s easy to see how he could have strained his hamstring.  A strained hamstring also seriously limits his ability to take over games with his quickness; probably his best asset.  In the game against Golden State, he couldn’t stay with his man in the second half, presumably due to his hamstring.  Why exacerbate that?  Especially if the team is already down Pierce and Garnett.

Play the young guys! You’ll get more of this in a post scheduled to publish at 5pm, which will already be a little out-dated, but the point is still the same: play the young guys.

This is where men are made.  This is where guys can play for the rest of their careers.  This is where Doc can make himself look like a genius or have a very convenient excuse should things implode.
Doing these things does not constitute giving up, giving in, or conceding defeat.  You have 15 guys, and you can’t play three of them.  Play the other 12 and whatever will be, will be.

This is big, and I want to know what YOU think Doc should do.

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