With or without KG, the Celts win more games than the Knicks this year.

I voted Celtics. 30, 31, and 32. They will be a very good squad. No shame in having them outpace us in wins for the next year or two. They don't have any future though.

I'm not so sure they win more games. It would seem that they should but there's a good chance that they may experience some chemistry problems. I predict they'll be on the defensive end. While we have to mesh Zach into things, I don't think it's nearly as hard as what the Celts will have to deal with. Their whole team will have major adjustments. So far we've mainly heard how good the team should be, but that's not taking into account some reall issues they'll have to deal with.

1. How does the bench perform, considering how weak it is and that they will have to get used to the rotation patterns, heck they'll have to develop a rotation period.

2. The competition is stiffer this year and they won't be cut any slack. teams will get up for them and look to prove themselves against this new juggernaut.

3. Once they face any foul trouble they have nothing to fall back on. They're top heavy and I don't think that's gonna work over 82 games.

4. Can they find a PG that is competent enough to run the team? is Rondo a guy they can trust to take them far into the playoffs?

5. Will they be able to withstand any injury? The old guys may be fine, but what about if one of them twists an ankle? Who fills in and keeps them going till they get back?

Posted by JohnWallace44:

I don't buy the hype, didn't buy it when the Sixers got Webber either. You can't toss trash on the floor at the 1 and 4 spots let alone the bench and expect to be serious contenders. All the teams that have been in it for the title in the past few years have had future stars (Barbosa, Harris) or former stars (Finley, Stackhouse) coming off of the bench.

Who did the Cavs have at the 1 and 4 spots? Hell, who did they have at the 2 and 5 while you're at it. And who were the future or former stars coming off their bench?

Barring injury, the Celtics should easily win more games. There's no shame in that, so lovers need to stop getting so defensive.

Comparisons to Webber are ridiculous and will cause some to question your basketball knowledge, so please stop using broken logic.

Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen = dominance. At the center and point guard positions they can put moderately good players and that puts them likely as one of the top 4 teams in the NBA. That squad should win around 56 games with no roster changes.

[Edited by - Solace on Jul 31 2007 03:26 AM]

Posted by Solace:

Barring injury, the Celtics should easily win more games. There's no shame in that, so lovers need to stop getting so defensive.

Comparisons to Webber are ridiculous and will cause some to question your basketball knowledge, so please stop using broken logic.

Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen = dominance. At the center and point guard positions they can put moderately good players and that puts them likely as one of the top 4 teams in the NBA. That squad should win around 56 games with no roster changes.

[Edited by - Solace on Jul 31 2007 03:26 AM]

Yeah, seriously. Barring major injuries to either team, the Celtics should win 10 to 15 more games than us (if not more). I'd say they have a chance to win the east, whereas we may not even make the playoffs again.

Who plays defense on the Celtics ? Post them up and live on the free throw line.

with kg, celtics will win by a great margin. it will be close without kg though i think the knicks would win more games. as a matter of fact, the knicks should compete for the atlantic division title if boston does not have garnett. if we get artest, we would close the gap of the garnett-led celtics.

well this is the ultimate starphuck you cant do more than this. now the questions
can tony allen come back and play like he did before he got hurt[probably the biggest question of all because he is an elite tier defender]
can they fill around the other spots well enough?
will the players they have stay healthy?

We have players with potential, they have superstars who kinda compliment eachother. Only problem is, there is just one ball for them too, but KG likes having others take over, which is good, and Ray's a good passer and can feed off of other players as well. No reason that team can't become Eastern Conference champs.

Posted by islesfan:

With or without KG, the Celts win more games than the Knicks this year.

Our best player would be their FOURTH best player.