ESPN Live Blog Recap: The State of the Boston Celtics
October 12, 2009 by Matt Golden
Chris Sheridan and Brian Robb, the C’s True Hoop blogger, held a chat this afternoon on the state of the Celts as ESPN is having a chat for each of the Atlantic teams. I have listed a link to the transcript of the recap at the end of this post.
Here are my highlights of the chat:
With the Celts starting five all settled, presently healthy, and among the leagues elite, the focus was on the bench. The consensus is the bench is a plus for the Celts. We all know the health of the big three is the most important factor for the success of the season and the strength of the bench will help keep their minutes in the 30s.
Here are some other points that were made about the bench:
- Marquis Daniels, House, and Hudson are going to combine to be the backup PG…at least until February.
- Both Sheridan and Robb love the Celts bench. Sheed, Sheldon Williams, Scalabrine, Daniels, House, and the rest will buy the vets some much needed rest during the dog days of winter.
- On the issue of weight, Big Baby and Perkins are down 15-20 lbs each. Big Baby has been doing MMA. Sweetney is overweight and not making the team.
- Tony Allen has an uphill battle to get minutes this year, unless he can improve on his awful offensive game.
Then there was talk of predictions for the season. I caution anyone who believes in superstitions or jinxes…proceed at your own risk. Toronto can be dangerous and is much improved, but is at least 10 games worse than the Celts. 60 wins is no problem. Count on it. Robb has the C’s down for 65, Sheridan for 68, and Sheed himself has them down for 73.
Personally, I don’t care how many they win as long as they are healthy after game 82. Anyway, the preseason can’t be over fast enough. What are your thoughts on the state of the C’s right now?
Full transcript link below.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/preview2009/news/story?page=Celtics-Live0910
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October 13, 2009 at 6:46 am | Jon Royer
Great statement about team wins! Who cares how many games are won??? It wont matter if the plyrs r injured heading into playofff time!
October 13, 2009 at 6:48 am | Nick Gelso
agreed
November 1, 2009 at 11:12 am | dopster00
i predict somewhere between 65-70… but it doesnt matter how many they win, as long as the C’s are healthy after 82 games! let’s go beantown!
November 1, 2009 at 5:50 pm | Nick Gelso
totally agree! Can’t wait to see Rondo vs CP3 tonight!