Comments on: The Boston Celtics: This is Rajon Rondo's team now

By: jvcorazo

jvcorazo — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:25:09 +0000

there are no guaranteed perpetual titles in any sports even basketball…you either earn them every outing or someone faster, smarter, hungrier will snatch that fancy title away from you when you least expect it…that’s the storyline between Le Bron James and Rajon Rondo in this Eastern Conference playoffs…King James better watch out or he might become just a footnote for this 2010 season if the ragin’ Rajon Rondo and his Celtics team keeps motoring passed the Cavs on its way to the biggest upset in recent NBA history…

By: rtf100

rtf100 — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:44:49 +0000

Who caught that behind the back pass from Rondo when the game was not yet won. I thought that was amazing. If Rondo botched that play and Celtics did not win the game, we would be talking about the “big three” for a long time still.

By: elKrisp

elKrisp — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:21:47 +0000

Um…. Heywood.
You just said Big Baby loves to run?
Seriously, that kid is like a ox trying to dance ballet.

By: Heywood in Millbury MA

Heywood in Millbury MA — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:06:07 +0000

Bridesmaid and tobedetermined…. just remember, the Heat said the exact same thing about playing fast and making them feel old. The only problem with that is that it doesn’t usually work. Sure, KG, Ray Allen, Pierce and some of those other guys are old. But Rondo, Perkins, Tony Allen and Glen Davis are young and love to run. The problem the Cavs have is that they are an A+ (Lebron) playing with a bunch of C-minuses. The Celtics are a nice mix of A and B level players….Nobody other than Lebron would start on this Celtics team. Plus Mike Brown is just as poor of a coach as Doc Rivers is – so you know there is no game plan being devised. I could be wrong, but I see the Celtics winning in 6 or 7. They don’t fear playing in Cleveland.

By: Rita

Rita — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:59:51 +0000

Malone and Stockton two of the best ever and I’m a Celtics fam from the 60s! Those two deserved rings if ever any two non-Celtics ever did!

By: Cryme boss

Cryme boss — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:05:26 +0000

Malone Please…got what he deserves nothing!!!

By: tobedetermined

tobedetermined — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:40:47 +0000

Bridesmaid…I agree with you 100%!!! I mean they blew them out of the arena on Friday night. The problem definitely is Mike Brown.

By: Bridesmaid

Bridesmaid — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:53:11 +0000

I know this is about Rondo but the mention of Lebron got me thinking. Cleveland has had enough great regular season coaches/managers and it looks like it is time to retire another one.
Marty Schottenheimer, Lenny Wilkens, Mike Hargrove and now Mike Brown can get you to the doorstep and Brown even opened the door but they just can’t seem to get past the lobby.
How the Cavs can completely shut down the entire Boston team on Friday and come back and have the lead for no more than 5 minutes on Sunday lead me to believe that Mike Brown can’t make adjustments two games in a row.
The game plan, have Lebron shoot early and often, if he makes the shots it will be a long game for the opponent, if he is off there seems to be no backup plan. Come back the next game and see if Lebron can get everyone else involved before he starts shooting. Is this because Boston adjusted so well or was it the game plan from the start?
Don’t start Shaq and play the fast paced run and gun that was so successful when Shaq was hurt. All we keep hearing about is the aging Celtics, well run them around the floor early and often so the 3rd and 4th quarter are just a formality.

By: JB

JB — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:30:47 +0000

Adam
Malone jumped ship and finished with the Lakers.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:51:40 +0000

Raymonf Russell
Don’t forget Karl Malone and John Stockton. You can’t bring up top caliber statistics and no championships without mentioning Malone.
Barkley and Ewing tried jumping around at the end to get championships, but the Utah duo stuck it out with the jazz and retired before they became old bench scrubs.
I was never a fan of those Utah teams with them and Hornacek, but I do feel sorry that they came close a couple of times only for Jordan to fill another one of his fingers with diamonds like he did to my Sonics during that stretch. But who are the Sonics? My kids will never have heard of ‘em. Ever seen Sonicsgate? Check it out.

By: Raymonf Russell

Raymonf Russell — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:26:20 +0000

I am happy for Rondo. The guy I am sorry for lebron James. If he is not careful his career might land right where the Charles Bartley/ Partick Ewing landed, great play with good statistics and no championship ring to prove it.