I am sick and tired of everyone ripping on the Celtics. Writers, commentators and casual fans need to stop making definitively negative statements about this team. They have a clean slate in a new series against an old fartsy pants team that hasn’t won this round of the playoffs since 2005.
Just this morning, I read an article not giving the Celtics a chance in this series. I don’t know how many times the media can bash Ray Allen. Yes, he’s been playing terribly, get over it. Everybody keeps harping on the fact that he hasn’t been the same Ray Allen from the regular season. HE’S JESUS SHUTTLESWORTH, back off! The situation with Allen is a simple one. Let him play, he really can only get better. Worse case scenario, he remains playing like Ben Savage played against Shawn Hunter. If the latter is the case, you still have options. Put Pierce as the two and Posey as the 3 or start working the bench. This leads me to my next point.
Why does everybody hate the Celtics bench? Nathaniel Friedman, from SportingNews.com wrote, “Jason Maxiel can eat Leon Powe or Glen Davis alive, and Rodney Stuckey could start on the Celtics.” This is such a ludicrous statement. Jason Maxiel has averaged 5 points and 5 rebounds in about 26 minutes per game throughout these playoffs. Leon Powe and Glen Davis couldn’t do that if they played 26 minutes? Powe and Davis come in for 10 minutes and perform better than Maxiel. Eddie House, Powe, Davis, Brown and Tony Allen if used properly can outplay any bench in the league and have proven it when given the opportunity. I vote Celtics bench on this one.
The last thing I want to rant about is Tony Allen. In order to win this series, this gun toting, eye socket breaking, bust a cap in yo assing man needs to play. Even if Ray Allen steps it up, he’s not going to be able to keep up with Rip. He couldn’t even contain Wally World and he’s slower than Scal’s bowel movements. Tony Allen can run with RIP all day long and can also shut him down.
In the end, Paul Pierce and KG will do their thing. It’s these three other points that will propel the Celtics past the aging Pistons and into the NBA Finals. I have to believe that Doc Rivers will not screw this up. The Celtics are the underdogs for once this season, they have home court advantage and they have veteran savvy and young gun spaziness. Don’t hate on this team media world or I will come after you.
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