Rondo regularly shoots from way closer to the basket than CP. It shouldn't be a mystery why his oreb% is higher. It's a function of him not being able to shoot.

ahahahaha

CP destroyed from the 3 pt. line in college (47% over two years) and has shown a steady path of improving his 3FG% in bulk numbers while being by far the major focus of every defense he faces. It's not unreasonable at all to think he's just getting to be a better shooter from distance as time goes on.

Drennan is just like Trivisonno and Reghi. They'll say 50 ******ed things and when 1 is right they'll say "I told you so." I used to like Reghi when he was calling games too.

Yeah I realized this today - that lack of shooting ability and offensive rebounds should be correlated for PG-s. Rondo spends less time in the perimeter.

But I wouldn't go as far as saying he crashes the boards (like someone did before), most of his (offensive) rebounds should come from the shots that take a nasty angle from the rim and fall to him 10-15 feet from the basket, I don't think it hurts their transition defense very much.

as a Celtic fan i may be considered a homer for saying this but i believe the winner of this series will win the championship any one else agree

why?

Orlando and LA say hello.

i still dont like orlando i feel the winner of this series will beat orlando

both are correct.

you as a boston fan, I'm suprised you feel this way. great justification btw.

orlando is the BTITL. they have been for the last 30 something games. LA is playing really well in their last 6 also.

disagree with this, imo lakers are the best team in the league when healthy altho the bynum injury somewhat scares me

i'd say there is a clear top 4 which are all close to each other of

lakers
cavs
magic
celtics

then suns

Magic have a 14.x PD their last 31 games (28-3)...............thats insane and double any other team left in the playoffs. 18 of those games were against playoff opponents.

Do you believe that Boston is a contender today?

If not, how much better would Boston be today with Nash, Williams or Paul replacing Rondo - considering that Rondo has been, by far, Boston's best player during the playoffs?

Now, if we leave Rondo in place, would Boston be closer to a true championship contender status if Garnett was replaced by Gasol or Pierce by Durant?

The significant gains gathered from either of those hypothetical roster changes would, imo, outweigh the difference between Rondo and another PG.

All I'm trying to say is the PG isn't the need issue in Boston. Younger, more athletic legs at PF, SF and even SG are of more concern. That doesn't make Rondo a better player than any of the guards being discussed.

It also doesn't mean that I wouldn't trade Rondo for Williams or Paul.

im not going to vehemently disagree with you. if you want to put the lakers first they have earned it with how they have played.

however, orlando has dismantled their two teams in the playoffs this year, and they still have mismatches offensively if they face cleveland. if they arent 1 they should be the clear #2 right now imo.

yeah this is pretty sick.

I admire your continuing support of Boston as a true contender - and hope that you are right.

I'd like the Cavs to beat orlando but if they can't close out the Celtics. I don't see how they can beat the Magic. And the Celtics would need to drink from the fountain of youth to come close.

based off of what? boston is getting old at every position except for PG, and they have to double team dwight to be anywhere near effective against him defensively, the way our guys are shooting from the 3-pt line is going to make magic a very tough match up for boston.

if cleveland wins we have 2 of the better one on one defenders to match up against Lebron in pietrus and barnes. Shaqis getting old but still prolly has thebest chance at at least somewhat holding dwight back, but dwight is MUCH too fast for him, so i predict quick foul trouble for shaq, and then anderson v needs help against dwight (when he doesent get the calls quick on his flops)

well the magic matchup really well with the hawks and bobcats which is where 8 of their games were played

teams like the lakers/cavs/celtics matchup better vs the magic, imo if magic play either lakers/cavs they are clearly dogs (esp lakers)

lol @ boston having to double dwight since perk always plays him straight up and sheed has as well and perk when on him does a great job vs dwight. and lol @ getting old at every position except pg, at center i didn't know somehow perk was getting "old" either.

and while boston is "getting old", kg when healthy is clearly a top 15 player (and hes pretty healthy), pierce/ray ray are both top 20 players or very close to that and rondo is a top 15ish player as well.

magic will be significant underdogs against the cavs if they play them in the 2nd round (and rightfully so)

lol

no they are not a contender, but they are on the fringe when rondo is on and when rondo is on he is still a good bit worse than when the other 3 are on.



boston's defense is great. its offense is not, so the biggest "need" is more consistent/better offense. you can say pg isn't the issue b/c rondo isn't good but inserting any of those 3 pgs is pretty much a lock to make the c's offense good. they likely get worse defensively, but are also still prob a top 5 defensive team


edit: prob not top 5 b/c their bench sucks. still a very good defensive team. i don't think you or other celtics fans are appreciating how much better those 3 players are than rondo

yeah wtf at KG being healthy....he is never going to be healthy enough to be a top 15 player any more. and wtf at ray ray or pierce being top 20 players any more healthy or not. they are closer to bottom top 50 than top 20.

This is nonsense.

kg was close to 100% healthy for the first ~30ish games of the season before he reinjured himself and has played like hes close to 100% healthy in the playoffs, if he is not top 15 he is ridiculously close

pierce and ray are closer to top 20 than bottom 50....both put up very impressive stats this season

guys like billups/joe johnson are ~20ish type players, how are they better than either of them? and if they are better it's by a very small margin.