Big Sports Year in Boston
 

It's looking very promising for the sports fans in the Boston area. The Red Sox are looking good and have to be among the two or three favorites to win the World Series. The Patriots added Randy Moss and have to be among the two or three favorites to win the Super Bowl. Today, the Celtics pretty much agreed to a deal to bring Kevin Garnett to town and along with the addition of Ray Allen, with those two teaming with Paul Pierce, the Celtics have to be considered one of the top two or three teams to win the East and maybe one of the five or six favorites to win the whole thing.

As a Celtics fan, I'm glad to say

WE ARE BACK!!!!!

The thing that troubles me is whether the Celts threw in 2 1st round picks or 1! I agree they got rid of alot of salary and players that didn't fit, but 2 picks?

The way I look at it is that they are going for it NOW!! The East doesn't take much to win it and with three bonafied all-stars, they are in the position to win it right now. Their window of opportunity won't be long with KG though. I understand he may be signing a four-year extention but I don't really think he's got a lot of time left. He's like Kobe Bryant in that they both came in very young so even though both are chronologically young, they both have a lot of NBA miles on those legs. If things go the way the can go, those draft picks will be late first rounders and these days, I don't think there is much out there in the draft once u get past the top 5-10 picks at most. They would be better off using their mid-level exception on an established veteran than on untested rookies. So if that's what it took to get KG, I'm all for it. Ainge has been torched in the media for a while but to get KG and Ray Allen in the span of a month, he deserves some credit.

What a great city!!!! Would love to see the Celtics get back. But most of all:


LET'S


GO


RED


SOX

The two picks are useless...they are picks in slots 20-30 at best...one of the picks is actually a pick Minnesota gave Boston in the Ricky Davis trade a few years back.

I agree with you on all but the media...there are some good writers, but alot of them have started reporting their own agenda, and making themselves part of the story, when it shouldnt be that way.

The Patriots will win the Super Bowl

The Red Sox won't make it past the ALCS

The Celtics will lose in the 2nd round.

The Bruins will be elminated in the first round

Most Importantly!!
 

And most importantly, don't forget that we will definitely have the Mass Cap this year - it is indeed a good year in Boston

Of fucl< me already.






The Mass Carp......just like the Mass Pike.


Boston Blows.

you're dreaming if you think the Bruins even make the playoffs!!!

Mass Cap weekend features the Mass Cap on Saturday and the Pats-Bills on Sunday this year...Sox likely clinching the division in Tampa Bay that weekend as well :cool:

I think that Boston needed to make the trade.

However.....

Maybe I'm wrong but I dont think they are much more than a 48-50 win team.(which I realize is a lot better than what they had) Though Garnett is still very good on both ends, Allen and Pierce couldn't guard Seattle even if they had an inclination about playing D. The point guard situation is murky and they have zero depth. Doc Rivers is still the coach.

This is a better trade in fantasyland than reality. Of course the refs may have something to say about all this.

amazing to hear that the odds of the celtics winning it all next year went from 100-1 to 5-1 after the trade was announced.

Stephen A. smith going off about how Allen and Pierce are so hungry to win. What a bunch of BS. These guys play no D whatsoever. And they cant. Both are injury prone scorers, they are not dirty work guys... never have been, never will be.
KG has the most diverse game but he IS NOT an inside scorer. They have no depth, no strength, no point guard. The good news is they will be a better team. The bad news is good luck 2 or 3 years down the road, they will return to the bottom.
They will not win the Eastern conference and it is laughable to think they can win the whole thing. Its good for the NBA, good for Boston, but there is just no way they go anywhere as a team. So damn obvious.

THAT is ridiculous!

I think they absolutely should be the favorites to win the East. People forget very easily that Cleveland won it last year with LeBron James and nothing else. If a one man team can win it, surely a three man team can. Their window is not going to last long and I do think that any one of four or five teams from the West would be favored over them in the Finals but I agree with them being favored in the East. It just doesn't take much to be the best in the East.

TRUE DAT,King!

This is one of the most idiotic threads I have ever seen in my life.




Every poster here except me should be forced to bathe.

I do not want you to send me nude phototographs of yourself.





Send them to DrugS.

Again the fatal flaw of just looking at offensive prowess. Cleveland got to the finals because they played very good defense in a weak East. DEFENSE. KG can block shots and is mobile. But he gets pushed around underneath. He needs a big physical player to complement him. Allen and Pierce have been forced to produce offensively their entire careers. They are now older injury prone scorers. Exactly how does Boston stop other teams from scoring?

King, you were the guy who picked San Antonio to lose every series in the NBA playoffs?
Think you had
Denver over San Antonio
Phoenix over San Antonio
Utah over San Antonio...?

but you did start a good thread with the Boston sports theme.

I will shower (not bathe), if you Morton, can force yourself through sheer mental will, to burst spontaneously into flames. Concentrate. Think conflagration.

Fine with me...everyone can just watch you stink then.

If everyone can watch me stink, I guess they might smell you burn...
If you can concentrate. Cant you tell that I admire you?

You couldn't hear the music with a set of HarleyDavidson Megaphones.

You are correct. You march to the tune of a different tuba.

Do you know who Tom Tuba is?

Yes... he dotted the I at Ohio State.

Good one.




I think if you tell Dillinger to go fucl< himself that your progress will prove not to be a mirage.

It gives me great comfort to know that you are keeping track of my progress, or lack thereof. The thought that you attempt to assess progress is a bit more than disconserting.

You bemuse me more than amuse me.




I'm tired..get me some sen-sen.

I had the number one pick in my fantasy league and picked Randy Moss. People laughed at me. They aren't laughing now although I must admit that even though I think he's the best player in the game, I didn't expect this kind of production. Can he get seven more td's over the next two games to break Jerry Rice's record of 22 and do it in the same number of games? I wouldn't be against it.

unless you have some unusual scoring that remains a terrible pick. tom brady is outscoring moss in every legit scoring format i know of. and he would have been a horrible #1 pick in september.

i laughed at the guy who took adrian peterson in the 4th round and left marshawn lynch on the table for me.

that guy has legit bragging rights.

taking a wr #1? no kickers you liked better?

Knowing how the public loves to bet its hometown teams, I imagine the local bookmakers in Boston have gotten murdered this year. The Red Sox take the WS, the Pats have only failed to cover once, and now the Celtics are on a straight up and ATS roll.

Update:

The Red Sox won the World Series.

The Patriots just finished the regular season undefeated and set an NFL record for most points ever scored (breaking the record of the 1998 Minnesota Vikings; Randy Moss played for them too....coincidence???).

The Celtics are 26-3 and could very easily be 29-0. In their three loses:

-came from 20 down to lose at Orlando 104-102 and had chance to win it on the last shot.

-lost in overtime at Cleveland 109-104 when Ray Allen uncharacteristically missed two free throws in the final half minute and LeBron James killed them for 38 and 13 assists.

-lost to Detroit 87-85 when Chauncey Billups hit two free throws with .1 left on the clock.

To be fair, there have been some last minute wins in there too so things have a way of evening out. But they've been in every single game this year. For those of you that said that defense would be the problem, the Celtics are leading the league in holding opponents to the fewest points, lowest field goal and three point percentages, biggest rebound differential, and are third in the league in steals.

Why didja go to da gahdens wit Mahcia? Me n' Mahk whento da movies in Hahvahd ta watch the Sax game wit Stacy n' Cahly.

Admission of stupidity:

The Celtics play defense.
Doc Rivers has really done a good
job with this team.

Still got to wait to see them
make the Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston tour though.
Patty cake schedule so far.
However, first significant road trip,
ending LA was a sign they are good.

I think the Jags are the one team that could beat New England. At their best, Indy could too, but with all the injuries they've had, I don't see it. But Jville is very tough and physical; the kind of team that wins games in January. If the Pats do win next week, it may be downhill from there.