After the past season and a half, I can see why Lucky is leaning on a cane; he's too fucking old! Just like the Celtics, Lucky has gotten old real fast. And it all came to our glaring attention Sunday against the Lakers. The game was the Celtics to lose. But a Paul Pierce forearm shiver--which usually is a no call at home, and another Black Mamba sighting led to the Celtics third straight loss.
Kevin Garnett is making me cringe when he moves. It's like I can feel his bones grinding at the knees. I'm convinced Ray Allen is stone more than Jesus (and I'm not talking about Jesus Shuttlesworth) because he looks sluggish. I don't even know why Pierce would get to his favorite spot on the floor (the elbow), pull up, get the defender in the air, and then pass the ball cross-court to Allen for a when--when we're down by one! Pierce, you are the Truth. You are the captain. This is your team. Take the fuckin' shot!
I'm not even going to get in to how the young gunnin' Hawks have wiped the floor with us this year. I mean, the beat up on us all four times this year. [And yes, I said us. I group myself in with Paul, Rajon, and Kevin. A real sports fan should be so emotionally invested that when the team loses a little part of yourself dies. It's for serious.]
However, if there's anyway to get a quick self-esteem boost it would be to play the Wizards. The Celtics put their defensive clamp on in the 4th quarter, that I grew so accustomed to watching in 2007, and held the Bullets--ahem, Wizards--to a mere 10 points. I'm glad the Celtics found a win before Dwayne Wade visits the Bean, but the story is not the win.
"You're playing against the Boston Celtics, so you're not going to get a lot of calls. KG's going to set illegal screens; they're not going to be called. That's just part of the game. You're going to go to the basket, and if it's not basically just a straight-up WWF body slam, you're not getting the call." These were comments after the game from Wizards center Brendan Haywood.
I'm sorry, but can someone remind me who the fuck Brendan Haywood is? Oh yeah, he's a first-round bust who's never amounted to anything. He definitely has the right to talk about the officiating. Maybe he doesn't get calls because the refs didn't realize who you were. What I don't understand is if everyone in the league knows KG is a dirty player, like many players have said in the past, why doesn't the NBA do anything about it? They outlawed AI's crossover. They slapped Kobe with a foul every time he'd extend his leg after a shot in an attempt to draw fouls. Why, after ten years in the league, has David Stern or the officials done anything to stop KG's "dirty" play? Probably because he isn't doing anything wrong. Life in the paint in the NBA is a gritty, tough life. If a player like Brendan Haywood thinks he can just stroll through the lane, past Garnett's hoop, finger-roll it in and skip his way back the court he's got another thing coming.
KG is a man-and-a-half, while Haywood is hardly half-a-man. And it showed when Haywood takes a shot at a future HOFer on the night he passes Celtic's legend, Larry Bird for 24th on the All-Time scoring list. Much like in life, in the NBA you have to have class to be treated like first class. I think that's something Brendan Haywood has yet to learn in life.
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