KG said he was playing against the best in the league

All I can tell you is 13 million for a guy gives you 21/10/2.5/2.5 plus good interior defense is a complete bargain in NBA. Look at Lewis and Ben Wallace's contract, and a bunch of others first.

 

Never have truer words been spoken.

 

Thats probably true

But the double teams themselves are a good indication of respect. In fact the double teams yesterday were half the reason why Bonzi Wells got free so many times. In fact leaving Rafer Alston wide open for the playoffs is a sign of respect to the person your doubling (namely Tracy Mcgrady and Yao Ming). Definetly when it comes to Yao Ming the other players respect his ability, you don't see them going Yao is soft, im sure they dont say that themselves privately. I mean trash talk happens but if someone thinks Yao is soft then, well its definetly not a NBA player.

 

The celtics average margin of victory at home is 20 pts. Mostly because they don't get a lot of competition walking into their arena.

We put a scare into them. We gave them all they could handle. It's telling that they were celebrating like they just won the NBA championship.