Enjoying The Enemy’s Pain, and Fantasy Sports News

i love being reminded that starbury is on that team.

@buu: Yeah every time I see a picture or stat line it makes me laugh. I just hope that same picture is taken in June at the Q.

I agree that KG not watching his team is complete crap. Our guys were always on the sidelines when they were hurt (unless it was a road trip and they were rehabbing in Cleveland), but not even going to the home games? what a bunch of crap, too intense? how about too much self pity.

With Boston struggling the way it is that has to be getting under the skin of some of those guys, especially the ones that play hurt. Given my dislike for all things Boston sports I’d like nothing more than to see that team fall apart from the inside out as the season winds down, Orlando passing them for the 2 spot looks pretty legit right now. I think Boston’s chances of going on the road to beat Orlando and Cleveland to get to the finals are very very small. Its a lesser version of last year’s team that barely got through the east (thanks to home court advantage) and they’re older and worse for wear this time around.

We had our injuries, we played through them, we stayed in contention, we had guys step up, we didn’t make conspiracy theories about our losses.

go cavs

Thanks Rick. I was just getting into this argument yesterday to a Boston fan about how we’ve had to endure injuries way more this season, but didn’t feel like looking up the stats. Thanks for giving me more fuel for the fire.

It’s articles like this that make this site the best around. Great work. GO CAVS!

I’m definitely up for fantasy baseball…

Do not argue with a Boston fan about any of this. Having lived there, here’s the deal: they are Celtic (or Red Sox or Bruins) fans. They are not basketball fans. They are completely self-absorbed, and really don’t want to hear about players or teams in other cities, other than those in New York or L.A. I learned this the hard way. Neither Manny, nor Luis Tiant, nor Dennis Eckersley had careers before they appeared, ex nihilo, in Boston uniforms. I’m sure they understand on some level that Garnett and Ray Allen played elsewhere, but they probably couldn’t name the places because, you know, they just weren’t important until they came to Boston. Point is, that’s how they are. Ignore them.

Hey guys – if you still have room for fantasy baseball, let me know.

@Rick: Lol nice way to abuse the power of running the site haha.

Just saw on ESPN that D-Wade is out tonight against the Celtics. Too bad!

I would enjoy testing my fantasy baseball mettle with you all. I have never done a 16 team league, would be interesting.

Harv 21, that’s utter nonsense. Who is the self absorbed one, really?

Ray Allen played for Milwaukee and Seattle before being drafted out of UCONN (where he played with D. Marshall), whereas KG came out of Farragut Academy (HS) and played for the T-Wolves. There. A Boston fan who had just dispelled your theory.

And you can’t compare an injury to Delonte West to an injury to Kevin Garnett. I’m not one to wish injuries on anyone, not even opponents, but if LeBrick gets hurt, where does that leave the Cavs? Out in the first round.

Nicky,

You’re (not so) clever use of google prior to posting doesn’t negate Harv’s opinion (not theory). Although your over the top knee jerk reaction probably helps support it.

You can’t compare D West’s injury to KG, thats true. But comparing KG and Lebron doesn’t work either, your best player is Paul Pierce, hands down. Let me shed some light on something the rest of non-Boston believes: KG is not intimidating, hes not a force to be reckoned with, hes a great big man, but hes not Shaq (in his prime) or even Dwight Howard or Yao (both of whom do a better job of keeping Lebron out of the paint than KG).

But aside from Delonte we also have been without our starting center and starting power forward now, but we’re still holding up.

If we lost Lebron, yea we’d probably be the 3rd best team in the east and not the 1st.

Valid points all around.

I think Mo Williams is a legit scoring threat if Lebron is off (hes gone over 40 twice this year and is averaging 22 a game). We don’t have a big 3rd option, although Delonte and Zydrunas both average double figures as well.

I don’t think Lebron is going to be killing 3′s in the playoffs like he has been, lately his jumper has been on and obviously thats something that is going to come and go from long range. However during the playoffs he goes hard to the rim night in and night out, so I don’t think he’ll have to rely on that 3 pointer.

KG definitely helps your D, my point was that he doesn’t make the paint impenetrable the way other big men do. Tougher to get to? definitely, impenetrable, no.

You definitely win 7 degrees of Ray Allen as well.

Aaaand, of course I meant to say that Mo, Delonte and Z, albeit being capable scorers are NOT in Ray Allen’s caliber. Phew. Long day in the office.

I fully realize that Z is a Center and not a Shooting Guard. I was talking from the manufacturing points perspective — he can definitely pitch in, just not in the rate that Ray can. You have to remember, the Celtics go to Ray as a third option right now, but when they need him (Lakers series), he has the ability to turn up big.

I said earlier I like West (probably the Celtics history), and the fact that he’s a terrific defender. But, again, harking back to the Lakers series, you can’t take away what Ray Allen did on Kobe from him. He’s a very underrated player on D.