End of an era...

gone, not forgotten.

Well that was unexpected...

I'm not going to bore you with an in depth analysis on why the Celtic's made a stupid trade, two very good writers make these points on which I agree with.

Per Bill Simmons: "I just spent the last 20 minutes on basketball-reference.com trying to find one great shooting guard who didn't decline significantly in Years 12 through 14 of his NBA career. Here's the list: Reggie Miller. That's it."

And from Elrod Enchilada: "I thought long and hard: could the Sonics get a high lottery pick and a 23 year old starting guard for Allen from any other team in the league? No, hell no. Why did Boston pay so much then? The lame defense: hey, we got rid of Wally Szczerbiak’s contract and Allen is an upgrade over Wally. Uhhh, yeah, but do you torch a high lottery pick to cut off one year of Wally’s contract and get a 32 year old shooting guard?"

It seems to me that the demise of Danny Ainge is at this point, inevitable. Our inability to stay healthy next year will ultimately lead to a lot of questions Danny and Doc won't feel like answering. This is a step back, and a certain end to the build through the draft era.

DBM'S 2007 OFFICIAL NBA DRAFT PREVIEW...

...for the celtics of course.

The 2007 NBA Draft comes at a crossroad of sorts for Danny Ainge. Celtic Faithful feel abused after one of the most disastrous regular seasons in memory. Face it fuckers, we know you tanked.

With only the 5th pick to show, the past week has been filled with three way deal after KG trade talk after inside source. Pretty much, the internet has turned into the rumor mill for sports. And honestly, it seems like a lot of fuss for nothing. In the end, fans always think their smarter then their respective team's bosses and thanks to a thing called blogging (thanks again Google) WE ALL HAVE OUTLETS OF OPINION! So bloggers become sources, and forums become wiretaps and soon after journalism becomes one big circle jerk of bullshit.

What about the Celtic's 2007 NBA DRAFT?

As I was saying, what follows is what I will transcribe into Wiki's 2007 NBA Draft Page on Thursday night.

Atlanta drafts Yi. From a business standpoint it makes perfect sense. Ask a team this, are you prepared for at least 20 million more fans? Reportedly, Atlanta is having a front office civil war over Horford/Yi. Apparently ownership wants the ticket not the prospect. This is also rumored to be the reason the Amare deal got axed. So say Atlanta takes Yi at 3, Memphis makes a critical pick.

It's Conley, Horford or ,thanks to Chris Wallace, Kedrick Brown. They go for point guard, we go home with the 3rd best player in the draft, HALLELUJAH. They BPA? Brace yourself, we take Conley for the following reasons.

• With the exception of ODerant, no other rookie holds more trade value than the number one drafted PG in a PG starved league. If we're serious about obtaining a late first round pick for a highly skilled steal, this is the perfect pick to shop around on draft day.

OR

• We take seriously that Mike Conley Jr. could become a star in this league. Let's not act like PG is a deep position for Boston, Allen Ray scored minutes towards the end of the year. Having 2 point guards who can run the transition like that could be a dangerous thing in the woeful Atlantic.

In the end, we need to look at this class in tiers. Tier 1 are you know whose, Tier 2 is Conley/Horford and arguably Yi and Tier 3 is the rest. Why should we dip our chips lower tiers to fill positional needs? Danny isn't stupid. Conley Jr. is a Celtic and THATS THAT OK?

NOW LETS GET DRUNK PEOPLE

r.i.p rod beck

Rockstar Rod Beck, Dead at 38.

According to wiki, "Once traded for former Potomac Nationals pitching coach Charlie "Chaz" Corbell."

Always seemed like a pretty interesting guy. I remember him unhitable in one of my Game Gear baseball games.

Anyway, he was one of my favorite relievers for one of my favorite (2001) Red Sox teams of all time. And by favorite I mean absolutely dreadful. The team featured one all-star (Manny), Carl Everett (one year after THAT mental breakdown), and 7 Million dollars to Dante Bichette.

That team's bullpen had El Guapo, D-Lowe (In full fledged breakdown role a la Brad Lidge), and the immortal Hipolito Pichardo.

One of the lone brightspots of a woeful season, the manager and GM ended up getting fired, was Rod Beck. 6-4, 6 Saves and a 3.90 ERA in 81 innings. Does that deserve this long of an obituary, maybe not. However, the hair and mustache brought the charisma that captured the hearts of the Fenway faithful for 2 years.

Bittersweet his career, once one of the great closers in baseball, when he ended up in Boston. But Heaven just got another sweet Mustache, and Rod Beck you will be missed.

dear kg

Pardon the Seashore...

Kevin Garnett likes living in Minnesota. Kevin Garnett likes non-competing in the atrociously brilliant West. Kevin Garnett likes his incompetent GM of the same first name, plugging in his car in the morning to start it, and promises to Spencer Hawes.

I don't get you KG. I mean at least give us a shot. The fan base is passionate (while sometimes rabid albeit), the seats will be filled and the commitment towards winning will be there. You know we're going to love you, the last big man with that type of passing game left Boston dubbed "Basketball Jesus."

Don't like Wally? I know a guy, who knows a guy, who knows a guy. Let's just say Wally ain't exactly the pope around these parts. We'll dump him like a Big Dig Contractor.

Just give us 2 years. You will be surprised about how terrible the East is. Don't believe me? Here's a list of Eastern Conference teams that might be preseason power ranked ahead of us next year.

• Cleveland (who will win 40 games next year).
• Miami
• Chicago

That's it. No, that doesn't seem like the Mavs/Spurs/Suns/Jazz/ODerant/Kobe cluster fuck that is the West. Face it dog, it ain't going to happen in this Conference.

But look a little East. New Jersey in the first round, Washington in the second, Chicago for the title; YOU WILL DOMINATE THESE PLAYOFFS. YOU WILL BE A GOD IN BOSTON.

This situation is SO much better then what you have going on right now. Sure, the Suns are nice but if you don't win it all you become a disappointment. The only way you can let Boston down is by opting out after one season.

We love our basketball stars, you will love our city. Just give us a chance,

pretty please?

So that's what the G in gangsta stands for...

I don't know what's funnier. D.J Sven's mustache or Miker G's jacket.

first, powerrankings, EVER

BdaBostonBum from CelticsBlog found this cute little website.

Hot off the press, June 14th, it's your VERY OWN ___>

NBA PRESEASON POWER RANKINGS!!!

And the Celtics are LAST?!!?

But what about our 5th overall pick of, oh.
I suppose the draft hasn't happened yet.

Well off-seasons acquisitions aside, we know where to go to find our nba preseason power ranks before the season ever actually ends.

I even clicked all the google ads so Our friends can make a couple of cents off a good, hearty chuckle.

See the good thing about being ranked 30th before the off season begins, there's nowhere to look but up!

All i wanna know about Celtics Thug is one thing:

This is what your average Celtics forum lurker looked like a week ago, when Celtics Thug was the hot new centerfold in a pornographic off season.

Seriously, all this draft foreplay with Yi, Noah, Green, Brewer, Shard Lewis, (insert hot new prospect here); I'm going to cum out of Draft Night with blue balls.

Anyway a wonderful little realGm poster named Celtics Thug, creeped into our lives of recent, sparking a very interesting week for the Celtics' blogosphere.

For those Celticbloggers who have no idea who we're talking about: Some dude said he knew another dude who was inside the team and kept getting trade speculation right, before the big media outlets did.

Funny thing is, we at Danny Being Manny believe that such female Boston Globe beat writes reported this Rashard Lewis hooplah through a thread on the internet.

So pretty much, some stoned dude in Boston is running Basketball coverage in new england...

SWEET! A/S/L WANNA cYbER?????

linx
Celtics RealGM - Here at Healthpoint

when will the rockies get their acts together?

The Colorado Rockies are not a good team this year. Statistically they can be found in the bottom four of such team offensive categories as runs, home runs, RBIs, and total bases. The diminish of what was once a powerful line-up is the number one reason the Rockies fail to compete in the woeful National League West division.

Let's check the stats

• Amazingly, the Rockies are number 2 in the NL with 192 walks and THIRD in On Base Percentage (OBP). This team is getting on base but thanks to: (1) Garrett Atkins' Adrian Beltre type collapse (more on this later) and (2) Todd Helton losing all of his power : the Colorado Rockies cannot seem to give any sort of run support to a surprisingly decent pitching staff.
  

• The pitching has been typical Rockies. Second in last in ERA (4.69), and no one has struck out less batters then the Colorado pitchers in the National League this year. Again in the bottom four in such categories as ERA, Walks and Hits Per Inning (WHIP), and Opponents Batting Average.
  

So lets go around the horn and get a better idea of the cast of characters that make up this Rock Pile. And to make it a little interesting, I'll supply some grades to you know, let you know what I really think.

Taveras CF : Batting .306, Fast Wily has alarmingly only 4 extra base hits this year. All four being doubles as well. Also unspectacular is his 10 stolen bases, (Kaz has 7 in half as many at bats) and his average defense. Ladies and gentlemen : YOUR BIG OFF SEASON ACQUISITION 2007 1st Quarter Grade : C

Tulowitzki SS: Now we're talking. Great defensive shortstop with a spark plug bat and a persona that screams winning. If he had a better bat he would be Nomar Garciaparra in Colorado. Could improve his range and when his bat gets going Troy is a keeper for sure. 2007 1st Quarter Grade : B- (wait 'til his bat improves.)

Holliday LF: The real deal. The guy whose going to represent the Rockies in the All-Star game for the next 7-10 years. Fantastic in every sense, have I told you how much I love Matt Holliday. He's in the highly exclusive allowed to sleep with a not so close relative club. 2007 1st Quarter Grade : A

Atkins 3B: 2007 winner of the "Worst Time On Having A Bad Season the Year After Your So-Called Breakout" Award. Garrett Atkins, what can you say? Batting .226 with only 15 extra base hits (a pathetic 3 homers may I ad.) Last year Atkins put up 120 RBIs with a .330 average. The ghost of Adrian Beltre haunts you, THE GHOST OF ADRIAN BELTRE HAUNTS YOU!!!
Seriously though at this time I would like to commend the front office for waiting before paying the man 10 million for the next six years. Garrett Atkins, it was nice knowing yah. 2007 1st Quarter Grade : F

Todd Helton 1b: Yes I know he's second in the NL in batting but listen, Todd Helton is on pace to hit 20 HRs and 80 RBI. Not exactly what your looking for from your cleanup hitter. I like Todd but seriously the time has come to realize that he's not the Helton of old. He still has the touch and contact but the power has disappeared. And that's fine! As long as your willing to admit that he's a number 2 hitter not a clean up. He gets singles and walks, he's a glorified Kevin Youkilis who gets paid like a Carlos Delgado. But it's OK because Todd Helton has an awesome beard. 2007 1st Quarter Grade : B (inflated by his BAA)

Quick Shots:

Hawpe RF : Where have you gone. Last year you were a fantasy steal, this year...the epitome of mediocre. 2007 1st Quarter Grade : C.

Carroll 2B: Our Second Baseman weighs more then his batting average (.185). 2007 1st Quarter Grade: F

Iannetta C: From SI Cover Story to a whole lot of blah, I don't see the hype around a catcher who hits below the Mendoza line. 2007 1st Quarter Grade: F

Pitching: They all stink, seriously. You don't believe me? Watch the Rockies try to keep a 3 run lead in the 7th. 2007 1st Quarter Grade: F

Overall: A truly unspectacular season thus far. I was fortunate enough to be part of THE game (Tulowitzki triple play and Matt Holliday walk-off against Atlanta). Besides that, it's amazing to me how a team can fail to compete in this division. We're one big bat away from being able to do a little damage but I seriously doubt ownership's commitment to spending some bucks. I am sad to say this is probably 5 years away from baseball leaving Colorado. Attendance is down, and the Rockies have settled for being the 4th team in Denver. If we had any brains we would bring every sinkerballer in baseball to this organization, as it seems to be the only real remedy for pitching in Denver. Generation R must stand for Really Bad because there's no other adjective that starts with the letter R that could possibly describe this team or its future. I do believe we have what it takes to lose 100 games this year but unfortunately Greg Oden doesn't play baseball. Thank god I have the Red Sox. Otherwise this would be a sad summer for a rabid baseball fan.


2007 1st Quarter Grade: F

Lottery Hangover And What Should Happen.

Props to Bob Ryan's Sports Blog:

"I asked about a good luck charm. "This suit is it, I guess," he said. The suit in question is a charcoal grey suit with green pinstripes. I read elsewhere he had it made in Florence, and I assume that was the one with all the museums in Italy and not the town in Alabama. Let me say it takes courage to wear that suit in public."



Lemme get this strait Wyc, on the biggest night of a whole generation of fan's lives you forget to bring a good luck charm of any sort? A 5,000 dollar suit? A Phillie Cigar painted in purple and gold would have been less sacrilegious then not bringing anything at all. You are almost in Jon Barry territory in my pie chart of blame for the 2007 NBA Lottery.

On the subject of ping-pong balls: yes I did yell at my television. Yes I did spend about 20 minutes venting on realgm and yes I fell asleep at about 830 Mountain Time (get used to that.) On Wednesday I was fairly delusional to the point where I wondered if I should have showed up at work. But I got through the day and came up with TWO THINGS that Danny has to do to so save himself from a Wikipedia tag under Former Celtics GM's.

1. Trade the 5th pick, Gerald Green and Theo Ratliff for Shawn Marion. I think it's time to seriously (I know it feels like the 5,000th time ownership has said this) turn into a high octane offensive powerhouse (I really like saying that). The Eastern Conference is paper thin, and probably will stay that way. It's time for an Eastern Conference team to take the Suns' formula and succeed with it. We know what Marion can bring in such a design, and Al Jefferson seems well suited to play the role of Amare Stoudamaire.

Give the keys to Rondo and commit to becoming a complete running team. Tie up Rajon and tape his eyes open to hours and hours of Phoenix tape. Or, if you think it's a little to soon you can...

2. Trade the 32nd pick, Ryan Gomes and Wally to New Jersey for Jason Kidd. I'm an old schooler and there is NO ONE in this draft, outside of the big two, that I would rather have then Jason Kidd. Further more what has been the number one need for the Celtics for the last decade, point guard. Granted, Kidd has miles on him, but with a 35/25 split on minutes with Rajon Rondo the Celtics have a chance to have one of the best point guard situations in the league.

So what your doing is turning us into the Suns huh?

A watered down version of one. Does Pierce work in this style of play? We'll see.

Trading out of such a highly touted draft may raise some eyebrows, but I really think the Celtics need to take advantage of this laughable Atlantic Division. Kidd, West, Pierce, Marion and Al instantly makes us the favorites to win the Atlantic. It also brings a fun, run and gun style that could bring smiles to a city full of sad basketball fans with paper bags on their heads.