I hate to be negative in this, the season to be jolly, but I was so excited to hear that the strike had ended and that the Celtics would open their season on Christmas day. So excited and so looking forward. But then it quickly went south along with my Celtic joy.
In my opinion Danny made a huge mistake getting involved in the Rondo/Paul debacle. Bad GM, bad GM. Extremely poor decision making during a time when he should have been roster building.
And the League, already of questionable credibility (although we tend not to notice till the refs begin determining the outcome of playoff games), damaged whatever credibility they might have had by interfering with a trade made by the one team the League controls. The Chris Paul debacle was so overwhelmingly negative it has put a cloud over this already shortened season.
If the League controls the team why didn't they give N.O. executives clear guidelines on what trades would or would not be acceptable? Why did they make the league look less than legitimate after GMs spent weeks negotiating only to be left with a bitter taste in their mouths and egg on their faces. The Paul debacle has been a PR nightmare for the NBA.
Danny bit at a very long shot, lost out and in the process created a negative vibe around the roster and his all-star point guard. Poor judgment in my opinion. Rondo and the other vets have to feel betrayed and disgusted despite their lip service to professionalism.
There are only a handful of good point guards in the league and Boston has one of them. Danny should have been looking for top-notch backups at Pt guard and center instead of alienating Rondo and his fellow veterans chasing a player who clearly did not want to come to Boston.
And again there was absolutely no guarantee that Paul would mesh with this team and take us any farther than with Rondo at the point. His shoot first mentality would be taking shots away from the scoring core of Ray, Paul, and KG. What they needed from Danny was to put together a bench that can at least hold a lead if not extend one.
And then came the bad news on Jeff Green. That's just bad luck, but it exacerbates Danny's bad judgment because he wasted time on the Rondo/Paul fiasco instead of roster building.
I was so very excited and looking forward to the season one month ago. Not so much now. The NBA could f uck up a wet dream.
I almost wished they'd canceled the season and held out for a better CBA that would lead to league parity and prevent the inmates from running amok in the asylum. Instead we got the Chris Paul fiasco. What a league!
In my opinion Danny made a huge mistake getting involved in the Rondo/Paul debacle. Bad GM, bad GM. Extremely poor decision making during a time when he should have been roster building.
And the League, already of questionable credibility (although we tend not to notice till the refs begin determining the outcome of playoff games), damaged whatever credibility they might have had by interfering with a trade made by the one team the League controls. The Chris Paul debacle was so overwhelmingly negative it has put a cloud over this already shortened season.
If the League controls the team why didn't they give N.O. executives clear guidelines on what trades would or would not be acceptable? Why did they make the league look less than legitimate after GMs spent weeks negotiating only to be left with a bitter taste in their mouths and egg on their faces. The Paul debacle has been a PR nightmare for the NBA.
Danny bit at a very long shot, lost out and in the process created a negative vibe around the roster and his all-star point guard. Poor judgment in my opinion. Rondo and the other vets have to feel betrayed and disgusted despite their lip service to professionalism.
There are only a handful of good point guards in the league and Boston has one of them. Danny should have been looking for top-notch backups at Pt guard and center instead of alienating Rondo and his fellow veterans chasing a player who clearly did not want to come to Boston.
And again there was absolutely no guarantee that Paul would mesh with this team and take us any farther than with Rondo at the point. His shoot first mentality would be taking shots away from the scoring core of Ray, Paul, and KG. What they needed from Danny was to put together a bench that can at least hold a lead if not extend one.
And then came the bad news on Jeff Green. That's just bad luck, but it exacerbates Danny's bad judgment because he wasted time on the Rondo/Paul fiasco instead of roster building.
I was so very excited and looking forward to the season one month ago. Not so much now. The NBA could f uck up a wet dream.
I almost wished they'd canceled the season and held out for a better CBA that would lead to league parity and prevent the inmates from running amok in the asylum. Instead we got the Chris Paul fiasco. What a league!
Still, Go Celtics!
I'm slowly getting over it, and I m beginning to look forward to the Christmas day opening game in NY. As always, I will support the team we have, and I'm glad we still have Rondo.
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