<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Went to the Celtics game Monday night and enjoyed myself immensely. It was lots of fun watching the kids leaping into the stands with reckless abandon after loose balls, and I loved it when Big Al pump-faked Spurs future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan to the rafters, then put his head down and bulled his way to the hole. I bet Boston's front office got a kick out of it, too. The building was rocking, attendance was a couple thousand short of capacity, and youngsters Gerald Green, Rajon Rondo, Ryan Gomes, and Al Jefferson played bountiful, meaningful minutes. The team played hard, staged a furious and extremely entertaining comeback -- and lost. Perfect. In other words, all objectives were met. The Celtics may or may not have truly believed they were going to be a playoff team when this season started, but surely they know better now. Franchise player Paul Pierce has missed 17 consecutive games with a foot injury (the team is 2-15 in those games) and does not expect to be back before February. Wally Szczerbiak also has missed 17 games. And just when Tony Allen looked as though he had finally shaken off the doldrums that have haunted him since he went afoul of the law one fateful night in Chicago, he embarked on a dunk after the whistle blew and shredded his knee. He's done for the year. Asked on his regular radio appearance if thoughts of Greg Oden flashed through his head after witnessing that devastating injury, coach Doc Rivers confessed, "The thought crossed my mind." Doc was joking. Sort of. No coach ever wants to lose games, and Rivers certainly isn't in that mode now. Nor are his players. They are too young and too hungry and too talented to lay down and die for the purpose of better positioning themselves for some college jewel they aren't even sure is an upgrade over what they have. "We don't want Greg Oden," Jefferson sniffed. "We don't need a big man." Calm yourself, Big Al. We're talking about you and Oden playing together, not having Ohio State's man-child replace you. But here's the rub: Who's to say it will be Oden? If it's Florida's Joakim Noah or Texas sensation Kevin Durant, that, too, represents possibilities, but there are no guarantees, as longtime Celtics fan know all too well. In fact, the worst team hardly ever gets the No. 1 pick.</div> Source
It would only be gold if we could land Oden. Imagine the team in years to come. C. Oden PF. Jefferson SF. Green SG. Allen PG. Telfair Bench. Delonte Rondo Powe Ray Perk Does anyone know what picks we have in this year's draft? Should be our own and I thought we had one in the Cleveland trade.
Well, Oden isn't the only franchise type player in the draft, if you guys get the #2 pick, you could select Kevin Durant who has a chance to be just as good as Oden.
