<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Compared to the hype that brought this quick, oft-explosive guard to town as a rookie, his actual maturity has progressed quietly. After a season of speculation over whether Banks or rookie Delonte West was the best candidate to back up Gary Payton, Banks has emerged as the perfect shot of energy once the starting unit is ready for relief. </div> Mark Murphy on Marcus Banks. Great piece, Marcus is starting to look like the player that Ainge advertised him as. http://celtics.bostonherald.com/celtics/vi...articleid=78865 <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">``It's not about being young,'' he said. ``It's about being young with promise. There's a lot of young players that can't play and everybody wastes a lot of time talking about a youth movement. But their guys are legitimate. You can tell they have skill. Danny (Ainge) has done a great job with their drafts. ``I also think Doc (Rivers) has done a great job with them, not playing them until he got exactly what he wanted out of them.'' </div> Stan Van Gundy is very impressed by our young guns. (Article by Steve Bulpett) http://celtics.bostonherald.com/celtics/vi...articleid=78862 <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Jefferson was a beast against the Heat. He had a season-high 19 points in 18 action-packed minutes. He collected 5 rebounds and 5 fouls. His 13-point uprising in the first half of the fourth quarter gave the Celtics a lead they almost held to the bitter end, losing it once and thus necessitating a game-winner from Paul Pierce. Perkins's stat line won't cause jaws to drop. He had 2 points in 10 minutes, both on free throws. But he also had 3 rebounds, 4 fouls (when you guard Shaq, fouls are your ally), and a blocked shot. More to the point, with nine seconds left in the game, Doc Rivers substituted Perkins for Raef LaFrentz and Perk helped force Dwyane Wade to miss what likely would have been the game-winning basket.</div> Peter May talks about the flashes of brilliance shown by Al Jefferson and Kendrick Perkins. http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/ce...grow_in_spurts/
