Thursday, January 04, 2007

Celtics/NBA Links

- It looks like this whole Paul Pierce injury situation could drag out for some time.

- The Truth still has his sense of humor, which would even funnier if the C's were not in a 1-7 slide: "The Cleveland Cavaliers star had just followed Wally Szczerbiak back on defense in front of the Celtics bench when he heard someone shouting, "Post, post!' It wasn’t until James saw his sidelined rival - a howling Paul Pierce, decked out in a denim suit - that his renowned game scowl broke into a smile." - Mark Murphy.
- You will not be able to convince me that Chris Bosh, who has missed significant time as well, is this much more deserving than Pierce for an All Star spot. I sense another Canadian conspiracy. Let's pick up the pace here on the Pierce voting.

- I have to admit that the creation of the NBA's All Star ballot is a bit of a mystery to me - Speedy Claxton, Chris Mihm, and others come to mind. But I really don't understand how they select three members of each dance team for the ballot. Is it all about appearance? Do they look at dance skills? Are other skills that could be useful in Las Vegas taken into account? Does Ricky Davis control the whole process? Regardless I encourage you to vote for a bunch of tall dancers and one short one. Just for kicks. I mean if you're into that kind of thing.

- You have to wonder if Antoine Walker longs for the days where his coach loved him so much that Celtics teammates called the recently deactivated Heat forward "Antoine Carr".

- Chris Sheridan (Insider necessary) groups Doc Rivers with some coaches that have to make the C's coach cringe. Sheridan has put the odds of Doc's firing at 3-1. Here's my point. Aren't the New Jersey Nets infinitely more disappointing than the Celtics?

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