What should the Celtics do with Davis? He became more mature in Boston but couldnt they trade him to get what the C's need? Or trade Jiri, but friggin release Raef! Whatda think
Keep Ricky. Naw, whatever is best for the team. But I actually liked watching Boston just cause of him. Other then that, Pierce always struggled everytime I seen a Boston game.
They need to keep Ricky, by the end of last season he was their most consistent scorer and defender, when Carroll played him. And Ainge wants a running team and Davis one of the best wingmen in the league running the fast break.
Ricky should stay, as he's our second best player. However, if the right deal came along, I'd part with him or Jiri or even Pierce (the deal would have to be sweet though). Raef can't just be released outright, we'd still eat the salary, so there's no point. Might as well see what we can get out of him before giving up on him.
We need to keep this guy..He has the potential to be a 18 5 and 5 player(He was 20 5 and 5 in CLE)....He is a better jump shooter than i initially thought...And he is a TREMENDOUS defender...(When he wants to be)..Now i am a BIG fan on defense..When i first heard about this guy i almost quit watching any more celtci games..Untill i realised...That he actually does play defense..Not only that.But if he wants too..He could become one of the best defenders in the league..This got me a little high on him..Then i saw the finger points he does after someone gives him a basket and i thought this guy is unselfish not the selfish fool everyone talked about.(Ok he missed the dunk yea yea)..But really like this guy we should try and keep both Jiri and Ricky..Jiri is also a TOUGH on bal defender..Peace!
Nice points Boston_2004. I think Ricky needed to mature. I'm not sure he's finished yet, but I don't see the malcontent that many people think he is. He can be as good as he wants to be and it's hard to say that about alot of players.
It would be stupid to trade Ricky then watch him average 20pts, the Celts need to incorporate him into the offense, and the other parts of his game will follow. With his bad reputation, whoever they trade him for will not match up in value.
Wow, so far everybody feels like they should keep him. He has really proven himself to Boston fans I see.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting sneballa7:</div><div class="quote_post">For real. I thought no one would like him because of the rumors about his lack of defense</div> I thought the same thing untill i saw him give Kobe trouble..And shut down T-Mac..I was stunned..T-Mac is the best SCORER in the game no doubt..Ricky made his asss work!
The Ricky D situation was wierd like that. When you're a Boston fan and you trade for someone, you immediately dig up every peice of dirt on that guy. It's just the way we're wired, we find what's wrong first, then figure out if it can be fixed. Ricky Davis is either pulling a brilliant ruse, or he's starting to mature and becoming the player that we all know his talent dictates he's capable of. The guy swallow his ego, which by reputation was huge, and came off the bench. He was still our second best player last year. Other than the dunk incident(which was vastly overblown), he was completely off the "trouble radar"(unless you want to talk about the practice incident with Blount, which I don't care about). A guy who's supposed to be out for himself and basically uncoachable is spending this summer working out with Paul Pierce, the undisputed leader with the team. Add to those issues that I watched him shut down TMac in a fashion that was beyond exemplary, IMO. Yes, he zones out sometimes, but it's part of the maturing process, IMO. Yes, I want him here. I think he's going to be special next year. I see it coming. I'll gladly eat crow if I'm wrong, but I'm not worried too much about having to deal with the taste.
After the incident with Blount that you mention, Did anyone else notice how much Ricky would go out of his way to show there was no hard feelings? I remember the next couple of games after the incident, if Blount hit the floor, Ricky would run from the other side just to pick him up. It was great. The funny thing about the Dunk incident was that he didn't even turn the ball over. He missed it, got his own rebound, and then dunked it for 2. All while the entire Lakers team watched from the other side of the court. Why wasn't more made of L.A.'s lack of effort? Everybody just got all over Ricky.
I'm not sure it's worth commenting on the Lakers effort on that play. It was a break away, they showed class by not trying to futily foul and gave him the hoop. Who would have thought a guy like Ricky Davis would miss a dunk? No one was back for the rebound because no one thought there'd be one. Know what I mean? The fact that he didn't let it bother him and hustled for the rebound and got the 2 anyways, says something as well. The Lakers didn't even see anything wrong with it. Kobe(who's missed his share of dunks) said it was all in the name of entertainment and there's no harm done. Ricky Davis, he said, "Is all about entertaining the people. There's nothing wrong with that. And Boston lost nothing on the play. He wants to put on a show for the fans".
You're right, but from day one of playing organized basketball, I was told to always run with the play because you never know what will happen. This Ricky situation is a perfect example.
Yeah, that a good fundamental value to subscribe to. Too bad the NBA is largely a Fundamental-less league. I'm with ya that they should have though, even if I knew they wouldn't have.
