Q&A with ClipperSteve from ClipsNation
CelticsBlog —
ClipperSteve from ClipsNation and I traded a few questions and answers in advance of the game today. Steve's answers to my questions: Green17: The obvious ones. Will Sam be bought out? When? If Sam does sign with the Celtics, what should we expect at this point in his career? ClipperSteve: God, I hope not. I'm pretty disappointed right now, directly after the trade deadline, that the Clippers weren't able to trade Cassell for SOMETHING. He's a veteran point guard with a ton of playoff experience. And he's also an expiring contract. He has some value to almost every team in the league. Yet the Clippers, going nowhere, did ...
CelticsBlog Q&A
Clips Nation —
As you know today's game is against the mighty Boston Keltics (I like to pronounce it properly). Since we already did a Q&A with my SBNation sister site Green Bandwagon, I figured I would get another perspective this time, so I went to Tom from CelticsBlog. CelticsBlog is an institution at this point, or as close to an institution as a blog can be. Since it's a different blogger for the same team, I thought it might be interesting to ask some of the same questions to see how the answers differ. That, and it saved me having to come up with new questions. Click here for the earlier ...
The Sports Guy: Rockin' and chalkin' with The Links
ESPN Feed: bill simmons —
Before we hit The Links, let me give you four thoughts about Monday night's Kansas-Memphis game: 1. In my Chris Webber column two weeks ago, I mentioned the 1986 World Series and the concept of Microcosm Losses, when a team blows a championship because its fatal flaw ends up rearing its ugly head at the worst possible time. Sure, the fans of that team can look back and say, "We blew that game; we should have won it," but a fatal flaw is fatal for a reason. With the '86 Sox, it was an unreliable bullpen. With Webber's 2002 Kings, it was their lack of a dominant player. With Memphis, it was lousy free-throw shooting. So you can't really ...
Old School Friday - Larrrrrrry
The Commission —
Straight up? Greatest fucking music video ever. '86 Boston Celtics - First Time Since 1969 When he gets to Bird's part, I laughed so hard I think I startled people across town. That video and song is just classic beyond belief. Alas, they couldn't pull off the repeat. Why? A buzzsaw named Magic Johnson tore them a collective new asshole. It was the beginning of the end for the C's and they haven't been the same since. Nevertheless, we'll always have this video. Thank God, we'll always have this video.
YouTube Classic: '86 Boston Celtics' 'music video'
Ball Don't Lie —
After much deliberation, I have decided that this 1986 Celtics' song entitled the "First Time Since '69" ranks just below the Hawks' "Nothing Can Stop Us" classic and the Lakers' "Just Say No To Drugs" anthem on the NBA's Greatest Team Music Video of All-time list. The lyrics are brilliant, but it lacked clips of Kevin McHale wearing Ray-Bans. [High fives and gift certificates to The Commission.]
34 Reasons To Cheer For The Boston Celtics
Daily Basketball —
In the first edition of our theoretically four-part series, check out 34 reasons why Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics should win the NBA championship this season. Some are serious, others cynical and sarcastic, but feel free to add your own.
They have the Three Amigos.
So it’s not an San Antonio Spurs-Detroit Pistons matchup. The grind-it-out Spurs-Nets Finals a ...
Celtics Make The Finals
FanIQ Blog —
With the Celtics now back in the Finals, going up against the Lakers no less, it's like we've gone back in time 20 years to when the NBA ruled. And to celebrate that, here's a vaguely dirty sounding video called "First Time Since '69" about the '86-'87 Celtics. The '86-'87 team was obviously trying to be the first C's team to repeat since the '69 squad. It didn't happen, and guess who stopped them? Yep, the Lakers.
But back to this year's squads. The funniest thing is a year ago no one would have ever expected these two teams to be in this year's Finals. The Celtics won 24 ...
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Boston Celtics [NBA]
Deadspin —
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team you might have heard of in the news: The Boston Celtics. When last we saw them: Finished 66-16, best record in the league, and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals to win the franchise's 17th NBA title. Key Arrivals: Darius Miles, Patrick O'Bryant, rookie J.R. Giddens Key Departures: James Posey, P.J. Brown, Scott Pollard (snicker) The Good: ...
