BOOston?

“We were a totally different team today. We came in with a lot more energy.” - Kevin Garnett after the win over Detroit.

It has been a very difficult month for the Boston Celtics. They have been struggling from the past few games and recently was unappreciated by their home team. They recently acquired new faces for the team like Nate Robinson and Mike Finley. In my opinion, these kinds of insertions hurts the team especially when synchronizing is a major upset on team building. It takes months of practice to get the team together, and unlike when they had the championship team back 2 years ago where they actually had practiced during summer and never really broke the core of the team. And then there is the most upsetting part...injuries. The team have been stricken by numerous injuries both from their main guy. Garnett and Peirce. It is a different team now unlike before where they have key players to fill the gap due to injuries. Im talking about James Posey and Leon Powe. This 2 guys were key in attaining that Championship Trophy. But for some reason they are not with the team anymore. Bussiness. Its not that I undermine Rasheed Wallace, but c'mon the guy is getting old and there ain't anyone really to replace Posey and Pwoe in the line up. Big Baby Davis is just different from what the other 2 guys has to offer and the rest is just not yet deemed worthy for Coach Rivers to give them minutes.

Nate Robinson is ok, but you have rondo already to get things going, I still would prefer House for that 3's which most of the time bail the team out. Yeah you have Allen, but he is marked. Rondo can do the slash pass thing and can even finish it the way Nate could. Mike Finley like Wallace is not in their prime anymore. They would always be respected on the court but it will never be the same D that Championship Form Boston boasted about.

So what happens next? I say keep the focus on getting that ring again. Focus on the D that made them Champs. Focus on the match ups, because right now, its freakin hard to find someone to guard Kobe, James or even Melo. Specially now you dont have those key people who can help you relieve with the match up assignments.