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felixng2012 is offline Old 09-23-2012, 03:43 PM   #41
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wait, was Wade injured during the Celtics series? I don't recall the details anymore. I just remember him murdering my Pacers a week before that.
i guess a bum knee is a bum knee. but i wonder how much of it was the knee and how much the Celtics D.
He was gimpy for the entire playoffs. Even a gimpy Wade is an elite player though but the difference in production was clear. Two playoffs ago he averaged 24.5/7/4.4 on 48.5% shooting vs 23/5/4.3 on 46% shooting last playoffs. He was still great but he scored less on poorer efficiency and rebounded a lot less. Overall, it was a pretty significant drop off.

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Two playoffs ago he wasn't playing next to Lebron....

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Two playoffs ago he wasn't playing next to Lebron....
He had a knee operation shortly after the playoffs.

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Pierce and Garnett are too old.
old is just a soft word.
 
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I can't really agree to this statement, outside of the PG position the Heat win nearly every match up there is.

Rondo > Chalmers
Lee < Wade (Allen possibly backing him up or starting)
Pierce < James
Bass (coin flip) Lewis
KG (depends on health of KG) Bosh

You have 3 players in their respective primes vs 2 over the hill franchise players and Rando. Unless the Heat get hampered with injuries or the Celtics play amazingly well on both sides of the floor, Heat have a great chance against them.
Bass is better than Lewis, no question.
And a healthy KG is better than a healthy Bosh in my opinion.
 
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Bass is better than Lewis, no question.
And a healthy KG is better than a healthy Bosh in my opinion.
A healthy kg is unlikely though.

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I can only see them being a true contender if Rondo is the best or second best player in the league next year. KG and Pierce are another year older.

Avery Bradley should be better. Jason Terry still has some game left too, but in general I think the Celtics only real chance is for Rondo to be the best player in a series versus the Heat
 
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Contenders? Yes, absolutely. Top 4 team IMO...with Heat, OKC, and LA slightly ahead of them on paper.

The return of Green and the additions they have made make them an improved club. People forget how good Green can be...but of course he has missed a lot of time.
 
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I can only see them being a true contender if Rondo is the best or second best player in the league next year. KG and Pierce are another year older.

Avery Bradley should be better. Jason Terry still has some game left too, but in general I think the Celtics only real chance is for Rondo to be the best player in a series versus the Heat
so in other words, you think Rondo can / must have a better season than durant and lebron (the 2 current best players in the league) ?!?!? thats not fair.
 
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Celtics aint getting out of the 1st round. Championship window officially closed
 
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Celtics aint getting out of the 1st round. Championship window officially closed
they're the second best team in the East.

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Celtics aint getting out of the 1st round. Championship window officially closed
People have been saying this about Celtics and Spurs for the past 2 years. And yet each year they over achieve (besides Grizzlys upset of Spurs)
 
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Two playoffs ago he wasn't playing next to Lebron....
Two playoffs ago as in the 2011 playoffs. Wording could have been better.

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