After the loss, on the Celtics postgame show the hosts began making all sorts of excuses and concessions for the Celtics being blown out in Minnesota by the Timberwolves and being aired out by the four former Celtics that now wear blue. The first thing out of Gary Tanguay's mouth was "Now, Celtic fans DON'T PANIC...This doesn't mean that it was a bad trade!" The following excuses were used NONSTOP: "Wally just had a baby...his mind was elsewhere (They said his new daughters name so much that I now know it better than my own nieces'!)" "Mark Blount was being classless out there, skipping and what not! (What athlete WOULDN'T be elated to be free of the scrutiny of the Sox/Pats loving fans/media?)" "Marcus Banks and Justin Reed had a lot of incentive to perform out there, the Celtics just didn't match their energy" "They (Banks, Reed, Davis, & Blount) came out on an emotional high...they felt like they had a lot to prove" "They had career nights, you can't judge them (Banks, Reed, Blount, & Davis) off of their performances tonight" Blah, blah, blah....I'm watching these members of the Boston/New England media backpedalling and doing damage control talking about how horrible Marcus Banks was a film student and how he never gave effort in practice and all he was nothing but fast and that he won't have a long career, yada, yada, yada. They claim that he won't become another Chauncey Billups...when did I hear that last? Oh..I remember! WHEN THEY TRADED CHAUNCEY BILLUPS! And JOE JOHNSON! AND BRUCE BOWEN! I'll never forget when the Celts traded away Brian Shaw. Red Auerbach made a RIDICULOUS STATEMENT "Guys were going through him like a sieve"...he goes over to Orlando and he becomes an invaluable utility player...AND A DEFENSIVE STOPPER! LMAO! I'm so damn sick of all of this Celtic propaganda! They made a mistake! Ainge made a(nother) bad move! Just 'fess up to it! Last people to say that the Celtics were screwing up and making questionable moves were both sideline reporters...they had radio shows and they both questioned the ownership and management...they are both now without jobs (I MISS COACH WILLIE MAYE!) A bad move is a bad move! To Minnesota: enjoy your NEW fast paced, high scoring, energetic, exciting Timberwolves...I'll just get League Pass with my tax money...Mark Blount may or may not revert back to his old self....we'll see...doesn't affect his 15-18 foot jumper, though. One.
I was asked if I wanted my tickets to tonight's game...I said no. My brother in law went in my stead. The Celtics sent their running game to Minnesota and tonight they playing the runningest team in the NBA. They claim they made the trade to clear up more playing time for Al Jefferson and Kendrick Perkins...so who started tonight at power forward? Brian Scalabrine! Does this make ANY sense? The Celtics commentators claim that he's starting "for defensive reasons"...Brian Scalabrine is slow, unathletic and NOT a defensive presence and he's starting against perhaps the fastest, most athletic and versatile team in the NBA? Szczerbiak and Scalabrine aren't stopping ANYONE. I wish all of these analysts and commentators on the Celtics dime would take the red pill already and enter the real world with the rest of us! Eight minutes into the game the C's are down 16-9 and Al Jefferson is at the scorer's table. Wait a damn minute! Instead of having Al and Perk on the court at the SAME TIME (Perk has 4 points 4 rebounds and a block and NO FOULS after 8 minutes!) they bring in Al FOR PERK! So now Scalabrine is STILL ON THE COURT! WTF? LAME. One.
The Celtics have scored 27 points with 4:29 left in the first half. Scalabrine and Wally are playing SHUT DOWN DEFENSE...the Suns only have 47 right now! Kendrick Perkins has been reinserted into the game ONE MINUTE AGO! Wally Szczerbiak pulled down his first rebound of the game with 5 minutes left in the second half. This game/team/management/coaching up until now has been a disaster. One.
