Opening Reactions
- The Celtics were utterly dominant and Rondo's defense was spectacular. Still, I'm going to hold off on the We're Going to Dominate! talk until we play a team that can hit a three pointer and actually attempts to play defense. The Toronto game should be more telling than the Wizards matchup.
- Eddie Jordan needs to do something soon or he'll find himself out of a job. The lack of defense is laughable and when the Wizards looked like they could make a run, he left Nick Young in there to get abused by Ray Allen.
- I'm still non-plussed by the smaller signings. Hopefully Posey will turn back the clock but neither House nor Pollard gave me much confidence.
- Kevin Garnett is amazing.
Elsewhere...
- Watching the Wolves made Ainge's trade all the more stunning. Gerald Green was benched, Gomes was airballing corner threes, and Jefferson (who did have an overall solid game) was absolutely abused by Marcus Camby in the 4th. If you trade Kevin Garnett and the second best player in the deal might be Sebastian Telfair, there's a problem.
- The TJ Ford for Charlie V deal just gets worse and worse for Milwaukee. Charlie is slowly becoming the new Tim Thomas and relying too much on his jumpshot rather, while Mo Williams proved to be one of the dumber point guards in the league. With his team down two and the 'Cats on the line, Mo heads over to the sidelines where Larry Krystowiak tells his team that Felton (shooting two with 7 seconds left) will miss one and the Bucks will still be alive. Felton proceeds to miss the first. After Felton hits the second, Mo gets the ball, dribbles down the floor, fiddles and diddles... and drives to the hoop for a layup with .4 seconds left. Bucks lose by 1.
- It looks like I have once again overrated the Bulls and Nets.
- Philly might not be great but they are better than most people give them credit for. They could be this year's Charlotte, a team that struggled last year yet still managed to take down more than their fair share of elite teams.
- The Hawks are a year away from being a dangerous team. The Horford/Smith duo looks great.
- With Andrew Bogut owning the boards, Yi Jianlian could average more fouls than rebounds this year.
- LeBron is going to have a career year. The Cavs will still be worse than last year.
- No matter what the Knicks do, Zeke and Marbury will get the headlines.
- Daequan Cook might help the Heat more this year than he helped Ohio State last year.
- Obieball is back in Indiana. Not sure if they have enough horses to make a real run but, then again, it's not like Obie ever needed more than two horses to make a team win.
