I’m not a huge stats guy, but not out of lack of respect for it. I’m just not that good at crunching numbers and I know my own limitations. What I do know, is that when used properly and when blended with traditional scouting and coaching, advanced statistics and analytics is absolutely the way of the future and in fact the present as well. Now there’s a new system called SportVU that (more…)
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May
2012
Celtics Are Watching And Tracking Every Move
16
May
2012
The Truth Hurts – Perhaps Pierce Should Sit
Paul Pierce should not play tonight and not until his bummed knee improves. He is hurt. He is ineffective. The Celtics are a better team without him on the floor. Paul Pierce continuing to play injured does nothing to help the Celtics this post-season. The only thing that can help this team is his rest, and rest he should for as long as it takes to make some serious improvements in his (more…)
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16
May
2012
A Random Rondo Goes, So Goes The Celtics
Don’t know why I never thought of this before, but I must say that the word “random” is about as good a word as you can get to describe Rajon Rondo’s game. Like a great jazz player jamming with his band, you never know what’s coming next and that’s part of what makes him so great. Of course the flipside is that sometimes that randomness comes out flat. Sometimes the band mates (more…)
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12
May
2012
Insider: KG the playoff MVP
Greg M. Cooper/US PresswireKevin Garnett’s stat line in Game 6 included 28 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks.ESPN Insider makes the case for Kevin Garnett as MVP of the postseason thus far . A taste from ESPN.com’s Tom Haberstroh: The more we look at the numbers, the Celtics’ battered state of affairs and his overall contributions, a case can be made that he has been the most irreplaceable player in the postseason. (more…)
Read moreThe Celtics-Hawks series went according to plan for the most part . . . win at least one of the first two away games in Atlanta and then hold court at home to take the series in six games. That is the recipe the Celtics followed in 2010 when they didn’t have home-court advantage, but managed to beat the Cavs and the Magic to go into the Finals. But for the ATL (more…)
Read moreThe phrase “if he could only shoot” trails behind him everywhere he goes. Never mind the long list of talents that he does posses. He fills up a stat sheet as well as anyone playing his position, …except maybe that column under points (and truth be told he’s no slouch there either). As a bonus he brings excellent defense to the table as well. He’s burdened with expectations that he’s supposed to (more…)
Read moreI think one of the best things to happen for Rajon Rondo in the second half ot this season was that he turned into a more consistent player. Each night, regardless if his shot was falling or not, he’d set up his teammates for 10 plus assists a game. Aside from getting tossed out of game 1 and having to miss game 2, he had played pretty well in the series. Then (more…)
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09
May
2012
Video: Who’s the most important Celtic?
Kevin Connors and Tim Legler discuss who the most important player on the Celtics is right now.
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05
May
2012
Rajon Rondo Makes History (Again)
Ho hum, another record for Rajon Rondo. Rondo etches name in NBA record book – TrueHoop Blog – ESPN Rondo became the first player in NBA history with at least 17 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists and four steals in a playoff game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Elias also tells us he’s the first player in NBA history to record a triple-double in a playoff game after missing his team’s (more…)
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NBA fines Hawks owner $35,000
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BOSTON — The NBA fined Hawks owner Michael Gearon $35,000 for publicly criticizing NBA officiating and making negative comments about an opposing player, executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson announced Saturday evening. During Wednesday’s offday before Game 6, Gearon at an event in Atlanta said: “We don’t get any calls, which I know everybody always hears. But I’ll give you a stat. Last night, we are playing this old physical (more…)
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