" I Love our team, other than a need for a big man we are all set"

How do you figure that Doc? Again Pierce and Ray are 1 year older, and I hate to say it because I love Pierce and have been following his career since he got into the league, but hes starting to show his age a bit.  The guy needs someone to spell him, and we need someone GOOD to spell him. Preferably a Battier type player. Doc made the huge mistake of not giving Billy Walker any significant minutes last year because maybe he could have been the guy for this season and we could have saved money. I hate to say it as well because I am a huge Eddie house supporter, but to raise banner 18 we may need a bit of an upgrade on the defensive end as far as spelling Ray Allen.  Im cool with brining in guys like Grant Hill, but I also believe that we need to bring in some talented youth to help build this team for years to come.

Doc I agree we need a big man desperatley because Mikki Moore was a complete failure, but thats it? Cmon you know better than that. Im gonna stick with what Wyc said in that he is pulling out the checkbook this summer. The window is closing fellas, lets not make the same mistake we made last summer and get complacent with our team.

In the NBA, as we all know, there are the All NBA teams that credit the best offensive and defensive minded players the league has to offer.  Yet, what about the mediocre players. No, im not talking about players that suck, but guys that just scream mediocrity.  The kind of attribute, although hard to describe,  you just know it when you see it. Anyways, here is my All-NBA Mediocre 1st team.  Feel free to throw in the second team.

point guard- Speedy Claxton 5-11 171lbs  career stats 9.3 pts 4.3 assists

Aside from the cool name, theres nothing to spectacular or over the top when it comes to Speedy.  Got to love the career average of just under 10 pts and just under 5 assists. It says to me "Im not bad, but I aint all that great either"

Shotting guard- Ime Udoka 6-5 220lbs career stats 6.0 points, 4.1 boards and ...da da daaa 78 game starts!

Ive always thought of Ime Udoka as solid. The type of player that you dont have to worry about messin up all that much. Probably because he doesnt touch the ball...all that much. Aside from this. you got to love hoopshype.com player description of Ime "Good rebounding for his size...and can play all three perimeter positions". Dare I say....servicable?

Small forward and Captain- Shane Battier 6-8 220lbs career stats 10 points 5 boards and 1 steal...gotta love it

Alrite so many of you will probably disagree with me placing Battier here with the great defensive job he did on Princess Kobe, but you know what... this guy is never going to make an all star team and ill be damned before I let him go without any recognition.  The man screams mediocrity atleast on the offensive end.  I love it when you read about players in the draft and get descriptions such as not great at one thing, but good at a lot of different things.  It was like me in Highschool classes.  I salute you captain.

Power Forward -Mark Madsen 6-9 25Olbs career stats 2.2 points 2.3 boards....went to Stanford

Dont let the numbers fool you folks, this guy was incredibly mediocre. Known for Energy and bad dancing (dont know how i remember that but dont ask). Hes the type of guy you would love to round off your bench with, not afraid to get his hands dirth and knows how to use a little elbow greese. Also, he went to Stanford, aside from academics, this school pumps out mediocre basketball players.

Center-Andrew Bynum- 7-0 2009 Playoffs Statistics ppg 6.4 3.8 rebounds, A lot of hype, A lot of injuries. A lot of Spite in this descision.

Why do I put Andrew Bynum on this team you wonder? Well, mainly for spite, but my descision is grounded in the fact that he has become incredibly mediocre in this playoffs. And also, I just dont like the Lakers, or Bynum, or Kobe, or that ugly Hairdresser looking Sahsa Vujabitch. Bynum is guilty of not being great until proving me differently.

Anyways, there you have it. The All-NBA mediocre 1st team

I good friend of mine is a Lakers fan. If possible, this guy would have a full fledged bromance with Kobe Bryant.  He hates Paul Pierce and everything that has to do with the Celtics. Are basketball discussions ussually end with me "losin it!" (said like George Costanza) because I just cant stomach Kobe Bryant and all the ass kissing that follows him.  Being a rational mind, however, it got me thinking for a second. Why do I hate Kobe Bryant so much. Im not just talking like "man I really cant stand this guy because he is so good" I mean like, boy I cant stand the site of this guy.  Well, here are my top five reasons why I feel this way; I want to see how the rest of Celtics Nation feels about this. Is it in our genetics to hate the Lakers, or is it something about Kobe that just heightens this anti-Lakerism (made that one up) to the max. Anyways  heres my five;

5. The scowl; what is with this guy. I get it your a great basketball player, im really happy you made a 1 in a million shot, but do we really need to see "the scowl" after every made hoop.

4. The Vanessa Bryant family maid incident. Boy did this get my blood pumping.  Look, I dont even know If Kobe had anything to do with this, but for someone to make thier house maid reach into a bag of Dog poop to dig up jewlery is beyond me.  I blame Kobe for marrying this broad.

3. "Kobe Doin Work".....do I really need to elaborate on this one.  Why dont we just change the name "Spike Lee doin work kissin Kobe's ass.

2.  The Lack of recognition of Paul Pierces talent.  Bryant and Pierce are both from L.A. Both incredibly talented.  Both have rings, (Kobe is splittin them with Shaq in my book), but what makes me upset is how come Kobe gets all the glory, yet Paul Pierce always seems 10 steps behind in star power.  Say Pierced wins 2 more championships, I still dont think we are gonna see a Spike Lee Joint called "Paul doin Work". 

1. The I want Shaq off the team because I wanna be like Mike disease. Thats rite, Dr. DeStefano just prescribed it.  This was the topper for me.  Lets face it, Shaq left because Mr. Bryant said so. That guy has more pull in the Lakers organization then a World chanpion rower.  This also is the number one reason I never wanna see this guy win another championship. And exactly why next to last years championship win, my most recent favorite was Shaq winning it all with Dwayne Wade.  It reminded me of a Beyonce song that plays on the radio.  I pictured Shaq singing it to Kobe. "you must not know bout me you must no know bout me, I can have another you in a minute matter fact he'll be here in a minute...D Wade".  Shaq got the last laugh and said hey Kobe, sorry buddy didnt really need you all that much.

Anyways, Thanks for letting me vent. Please let me know your feelings on this matter!