Josh Q. Public:It might feel good, it might sound a little somethin’, but damn the game if it don’t mean nothin’. -Public Enemy
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! Hey you gabronies, do you smell what the Celts is cookin’? Sure smells good. Ooooh that smell. Can’t you smell that smell? Smells like playoffs baby, playoffs. Ray Allen. The rootinest tootinest shootinest guard in the West East. The best jump shootinest guard in basketball. Jump shooting threes at forty percent clip. I was shining my nine, you know how I do. I got a fully loaded clip, I be on that #### Ray Ray be on that #### Seven time All-Star who just fills it up. Kills it up. Thrills it up. Thrilled it up for fifty-four last year against the Utah Jazz. Thrilled it up two years ago putting himself in second place on the NBA’s list of all-time three-point field goals made in a game. Thrilled it up again in ‘06 breaking Dennis Scott’s ten-year-old NBA record for three-point field goals in a season by sinking 268. Thrilled it up in ‘01 by becoming theNBA All-Star Weekend Three-point Shootout champion. Did I mention this cat can shoot. His shot poetry in motion. Mmm, but it’s poetry in motion. And when she turned her eyes to me. As deep as any ocean. As sweet as any harmony. He’ll be playing in harmony with Big Al and the Truth. With Sugar Ray, Big Al and the Truth, the Celtics are going to score some points. A plethora of points. A plentitude of points. A profusion of points. Preposterous points. More points than you can shake a stick at. More fun than a barrel of ####. Roll out the barrel. We’ll have a barrel of fun. Roll out the barrel, we’ve got the blues on the run. Yup, we got the blues on the run all right. On a playoff run. And the fact that Theo Huxtable Ratliff’s expiring contract is still on the books tells me they ain’t done yet. She looked at me with them brown eyes and said: You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. B-B-B-Baby, you just ain’t seen n-n-n-nothin’ yet. Here’s something that you’re never gonna forget. B-B-B-Baby, you just ain’t seen n-n-n-nothin’ yet. The Boston Celtics, repaving the path to glory.
Public Acknowledgements: He Got Game, Rocky Maivia, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 50 Cent, Thomas Dolby, Bobby Vinton and Bachman Turner Overdrive.
Great pickup by the celtics, I've always liked Allen, great shooter, but shouldn't Boston be looking more toward a defensive player? They didn't have a problem scoring did they, I thought Bostons probs were mainly defensive oriented.
I thought the Sonics were idiotic for trading Ray Allen. I like the Jesus Shuttlesworth reference. That's a good movie.
Durant will be a star, but building an entire team around him? Might be a mistake. By trading Allen, I definitely think they're moving out of Seattle very soon.
Josh....I am sending hi fives all the way from Cali! I am stoked about Allen. Finally, we Celts fans have something to cheer about....hope Paul is happy....lets rock and roll!
I like Ray Allen. Smooth as silk. I'm not sure that it will translate to a good basketball team and he sure isn't getting any younger...but I like Ray Allen.
Oh did I say that already?
As for positivity, I try that occasionally myself. Being a Knicks fans I say you can never have enough "big guys" on a team that can get you 20 and 10 a night. Now Da Brickerbockers have two.
I miss the old Garden. I had a bad feeling when they tore it down. I'm sure they would have been better over the years if they still played there:) Nothing like a little help from the ghosts of the past.
i used to work on canal street a block away. i was working there as they were tearing it down. very very sad. i spen a lot of time in that old place. we had seasons for like 15 years. i miss it too.
My Celts made the right move.
Why take one of those Green Lizard Florida players who haven't proven themselves as pros!
Now we can shout for joy a little more often.
Yi-ikes is a project player.
Kohler is looking to sell him back to the Chinese Basketball team in a year. It's a balance of trade thing.
Josh, I just wonder why you think a double broke ankle, 32 yr old Allen is a better move than drafting somebody young for the long haul? I think him and Pierce will end up squabbling over the rock. And as a diehard 76ers fan (R.I.P.), I'd like to see both franchises return to their former glory.
ed- the celtics are a very very young team. now they have scorer mto compliment paul. give the younger guys some time to develop. plus ray allen is a great guy to have in the club house. and, i dont think the c's are done yet. but time will tell
Ed- They needed to make a move to help P34. He is a vet, and they made a right now move, not a future move. It will give their youngters expierience, time to develope and by the time their ready to carry the team, Ray and Pierce will be gone. So it works out either way because the youngsters can be something special.
Sidenote - Ainge needs to go whether this improves them or not. He is the cancer of the team.
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Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! Hey you gabronies, do you smell what the Celts is cookin’? Sure smells good. Ooooh that smell. Can’t you smell that smell? Smells like playoffs baby, playoffs. Ray Allen. The rootinest tootinest shootinest guard in the 
