Kevin Garnett explains the Celtic way
Forgive me for not posting anything yet this morning. I’ve been working on an Avery Bradley post and finding out that it’s very difficult to properly describe the way I feel about him.
While I struggle with my by-now-probably-very-butchered opinion on Bradley (which will likely publish sometime around 4:30 or 5, or whenever my writer’s block of sorts goes away), do yourself a favor and read Ben Rohrbach’s piece about Kevin Garnett and the Celtic way. Here’s a brief quote from it. (WEEI)
“There are no I’s. There are no You’s. It’s a We. It’s an Our. It’s a They. It’s an Us,” said Garnett. “The first thing you have to have in here is that you have to understand what you’re coming into, understand that being a Celtic is bigger than anybody in this locker room. You’re carrying on tradition. You have to have a work ethic. You have to care about the next guy beside you. If you can’t and if you don’t, then you’re not here. It’s the culture here.”
It’s that simple?
“It’s the only thing,” he added. “It’s a Doc Rivers thing. It’s a Celtics thing. It’s a Boston thing.”
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Good post.
Also, new video of Casey Anthony at http://www.wickedimproper.com
Thanks,
Martin
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Too bad Doc and the team haven’t bought in to the Celtic way of rebounding and not taking nights off. Otherwise, a good look into why the Cs are heads and shoulders above the league when it comes to tradition and playing for titles (Lakers get talent and are not built on tradition). Go Cs…play f’in harder!!!
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I wish Garnett would have talked Celtics Tradition to Danny Ainge when Ainge decided to torpedo last season just so he could stick it to Perkins and to the players generally. Or, Mr. Garnett, Sir, do your rules of Celtic Pride apply only to minions like players, and not to big shots like Danny and the owners?
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Paul… Let. It. Go.
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paul…not to restart our ‘the trade’ war, but if you take a look at KP’s stats this season you will see why those of us that supported moving Perk continue to feel the move was more than justified. His mediocre offensive and rebounding stats (6 pts/6 rebs) are offset by TOs and fouls and so far he isn’t even close to the player he was with the Cs. As I have said before, KG’s defense significantly helped Perk’s defensive efforts and so far it does not seem he is getting that same help with OKC. Lastly, and something RR I’m sure appreciates greatly, his presence clogged up the middle which now is wide open with the Cs so RR can drive and dish more efficiently. Go Cs…
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About Bradley: if Rondo would lay a little bit of that tenacious defense on some of his opponents, he would do some MAJOR defensive damage to other teams.
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He does, in stretches.
But your also talking about a guy who plays 30+ minutes a game, and goes hard running the offense and fast break for all 30 of those minutes.
To also ask him to pressure full court on the opposing PG for that time is insane. He’d be dog tired by the second half every night.
Rondo plays hard minutes as it is, he’s gotta be able to take a breather for time to time.
Which is exactly why Bradley can be so valuable, since his minutes are less and he’s not being asked to do much offensively (other than hopefully knock down some open shots) he can go 100% all out on the defensive end every second he’s on the floor.
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