Saturday, February 02, 2013
'Hey, at least we’re not the Lakers’
Despite another amazing setback for the Celts, they win another amazing game. This crippled, hobbled team is starting to intrigue. I’m more eager to watch games now than I was before Rondo and Sullinger were hurt. Clippers, tomorrow, 1 p.m., two hours before Puppy Bowl IX and five and a half hours before the Pats-less Boring Bowl. Perfect.
Despite another amazing setback for the Celts, they win another amazing game. This crippled, hobbled team is starting to intrigue. I’m more eager to watch games now than I was before Rondo and Sullinger were hurt. Clippers, tomorrow, 1 p.m., two hours before Puppy Bowl IX and five and a half hours before the Pats-less Boring Bowl. Perfect.
… Re the
season-ending injury to Jared Sullinger, Reader No. 1 responds: “Bad news! Oh
well, the Fab Melo era begins! Hey, at least we're not the Lakers this season.”
Some other
thoughts:
-- Fab needs more time in Maine. But it’s fun to see him activated at least for a few
games, if not longer. It’ll let him compare the differences between D ball and
NBA ball. It’ll also let fans see how rough of a diamond he is before he heads back
north.
-- The gutsy
post-Rondo performance by the Celts doesn’t prove something was wrong with
Rondo. It proves something was wrong with the other players when Rondo was on
the court. They weren’t moving and adjusting enough. They are now, impressively
so. The question is: Can they – and Rondo – adjust to some lessons learned when
he returns?
