‘Guaran-Sheed’ gone wrong
Let’s just say Rasheed wouldn’t make a great fortune teller.
Via the Boston Herald:
They lost because they stopped passing the ball and decided it was better to go one on whatever and launch contested shots. They lost because they drove into the teeth of the Bulls defense and got their shots blocked 10 times. Yes, they were mentally tired, but they should have been smarter.
Under the circumstances, this should have been an ugly Celtics win. And that still would have been grounds to debate what the NBA allowed on the court. Instead, the latest sellout got to see the C’s mathematically eliminated from a shot at the 1995-96 Bulls record of 72 wins.
Not even halfway through the season, Boston has already lost its chance to challenge one of the most sacred records in the NBA.
And why is that? Mostly because it’s almost impossible to match the Bulls’ pace for an entire season.
To do it, a team would have to be head and shoulders above every other team in the league, give 100% effort or damn close to it every night, avoid injuries to any of their key players, and keep all that up over the course of an entire season.
If you look at that checklist of things a team needs to do to reach 72 wins, the Celtics have completed zero of them.
Which is why, only 38 games into the season, you can cross 72 wins off the list of things the ’09-’10 Boston Celtics can accomplish.
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Celtics Blog, Featured | Jay King | January 15, 2010
Jay, I think perfect health and the Celtics could have gotten there.
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Maybe so, but it still takes the perfect storm for 72 wins to occur. And health is one of the aspects that really has to fall into place. For the Celtics, so far at least, it hasn’t even come close.
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The irony is that Sheed has a lot to do with not winning 72 games. He's a shell of what he used to be, and he's essentially limited to chucking 3's.
Couple that with Big Baby getting too many minutes, KG's natural decline due to aging, and you've got a good understanding of why Boston is not quite as good as a lot of people thought.
Still a legit title contender, if they are healthy in the Playoffs, but nowhere close to 72 wins.
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He's still capable of doing a lot more, but he's pretty lazy right now. He can post up, but doesn't want to. He rarely, if ever, runs the floor hard and doesn't make any type of effort on the offensive glass. He kind of reminds me of Robert Horry, the way he's coasting through regular season game after regular season game. Hopefully, he'll get in shape and be able to turn it on in the playoffs like Horry never seemed to fail to do.
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Hey Jay,
You're talking to a Pistons fan here … I said all of those things for years. He's just lazy, he'll turn it on, he would be better if he just posted up more, etc., etc.
I still like Sheed — he'll be an all-time favorite for me. But if our experience as Piston fans is anything to go on, Sheed will be a roller coaster for you, just like he was for us. He's a tease — so much talent, so little application of it.
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Agreed. It's frustrating at times (at all times, really), especially knowing he could do so much more if he put his mind to it.
I love Sheed in Celtics green, and I think he's a great addition who will help the roster and solidify the C's frontcourt. But he could do SO, SO much more.
Please tell me he'll pull it together in time for the playoffs.
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Hard to say. What we saw from Sheed was dismal. He mailed the season in after the Billups/Iverson swap. He looks overweight and slow this year. He's a year older.
I think as long as you're not expecting more than 8 and 6 per night, then you won't be disappointed. But if you're expecting more than that consistently, then you will be.
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I think a big part of it has to do with the shape he's in. A guy like Karl Malone, who stayed in tip-top shape all the time, can play into his 40's and still be effective. Sheed, though, has let himself get out of shape and it's affecting everything about his game, from his willingness to run the court to his three-point shooting percentage.
He can still look very good, but he can't do it for extended periods of time and he can't do it every night. Hopefully he'll play himself into shape come playoff time and be the player he can be to help the C's.
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