ESPN: Kevin Garnott?

Joebiscuit · Post #21 » by **Joebiscuit** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:46 am

Naturally KG is going to be bashed by the media for what is going on here. Garnett is the only one playing well. While PP is playing well on the defensive end he is not on the offensive end. Allen has had his moments but overall has more bad than good moments.

The issue here is that when push comes to shove in crunch time the Celtics look completely lost on offense. They take bad shot after bad shot and every player plays iso basketball. You cannot score 12 points on the road in the 4th and expect to win.

These road losses have been a combination of questionable coaching, bad shots, poor defense and overall meltdowns. There is really no person to blame because the whole team is doing it too themselves.

The thing is the way this team is playing now is the way we expected them to play the first few months of the season. Now our battle testes vets cannot handle the pressure of an away crowd in the play-offs which no one can understand.

s1ickd · Post #22 » by **s1ickd** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:50 am

does Tim Duncan demand the ball and take over during the playoffs? not at al. he plays within the system and gets his points. 20 and 10. why does everyone expect garnett to play like kobe?

the man who needs to initiate the offense is paul pierce. they are always forced to double team him.... and thus, ball movement would be much easier. if you havent noticed, they dont really double kg.

Cep · Post #23 » by **Cep** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:52 am

Meanwhile, ESPN and TNT kisses LeBron's hairy ass.

ermocrate · Post #24 » by **ermocrate** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:46 am

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You don't really get that with LeBron because the Cavs absolutely have to have LeBrons points in order to even be competitive. Even if he's not scoring the team is way better if he in on the floor (both offensively and defensively). That's why it hurt so much yesterday when he picked up that 3rd foul.

SO you think there's a reason why C's fans should bash KG?

MyInsatiableOne · Post #25 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:03 pm

Cep wrote:Meanwhile, ESPN and TNT kisses LeBron's hairy ass.

Of course. The NBA made it perfectly clear 4 years ago who they were throwing their lot in with when LBJ was drafted...

Red2 · Post #26 » by **Red2** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:59 pm

when you lose on the road the way we have, everyone is a target. I agree that KG has been our best player in the post season. I also agree that he came up small in the 2nd half on Monday, especially in the 4th. Given his history of not being abel to advance in the playoffs it's inevitable that this type of criticism is going to surface. Garnett, Pierce and ALlen have an incredible opportunity in front of the: to get the monkey off thier backs once and for all and show that they ARE capable of winning a championship. They won 66 games in the regular season. How come they can't win tonight and then in game 6. If we win the next 2 then we take Cleveland out in 6 and they went to the finals last year. where will all the doubters and nay sayers be then. I'mprepared to go as negative as the next guy if we don't acheive our goal but we're 2 games away from the eastern finals so let's go celts

NDaATL · Post #27 » by **NDaATL** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:29 pm

I can't believe anyone is bashing KG for the Celtics road woes. He is definitely not the problem.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #28 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:50 pm

NDaATL wrote:I can't believe anyone is bashing KG for the Celtics road woes. He is definitely not the problem.

Exactly. If it wasn't for him, the road losses would look a LOT worse...