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!