Comments on: Celtics 2009-10: One of the Greatest Teams Ever?

By: Thomas Halzack

Thomas Halzack — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:41:40 +0000

No doubt L.A. has the better track record in recent memory..and they are knocking on the door to catch the vaunted Celtics.

That is what makes this season and the 3 recent ones all the more interesting and intense.

Can Kobe stay healthy? Can Bynum? Can they repeat anyway? Great questions that will be answered by June.

But remember…L.A. didn’t have 2 star players (Reggie Lewis and Len Bias) die on them either. Fate dealt a cruel hand to the Celtics in the 80s’ and 90s.

But that doesn’t account for other Boston missteps along the way such as Rick Pitino.

By: Brian Kincaid

Brian Kincaid — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:32:57 +0000

I wish they made the teams that lose each year go back and re-read all the stupid stuff they said during the regular season. This goes for their fans even more-so.

No “will be this season”, no “are going to win ‘not 6 not 7 not 8 titles’ (psssht whatever Queen James)”, no palm reading and storytelling…. but rather greatness is a franchise that in their 61 year history have only failed to make the playoffs 5 times, made the finals 33 times, and won the whole damn thing 16 times. That’s greatness. That’s none other then the current back to back champion LA Lakers.

Some might argue that the Celtics have won (1) more title than the Lakers, but they’ve been to the finals 13 less times, and failed to even make the postseason 15 times. If it weren’t for the Bill Russell years in the early years of the NBA, they have only 6 titles in the last 41 years. That makes them a great team for a great decade, but not the greatest franchise.

And those are the cold hard facts kids. Lakers are the greatest now, and the greatest ever. Soon you might not even have the “won more titles” thing to hold on to with your last dying breath ;.)

By: david loera

david loera — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:13:39 +0000

you know whats funny? they aren,t even the best team in their conference. the lakers will win the title again. racheed is stoned. garnett is a solid player as is allen and pierce. they will fall to orlando in six games . lakers over orlando in six.

By: drew

drew — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:20:29 +0000

is this the video game or real life? i have a prediction — they dont win 73 games or the title. get back to earth Celtic nation. Fakers? only 1 team can repeat this season. that would be??

By: edevera

edevera — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:30:32 +0000

The 2009 – 2010 Celtics Team are not cocky – we are just talking of reality here, maybe they can be the best team ever.. but has to be seen, but for sure they might be able to surpass the 72-10 record of 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls Team…AS long as they remain Healthy in the coming years they will be the best ever assembled team out there…as for me THE CELTICS is still the GREATEST NBA TEAM Ever, unless their 17th titles will be overtaken by another team… not the Lost Angeles Fakers for sure…

By: Jack Jemsek

Jack Jemsek — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:26:30 +0000

Congrats on the BDL link today to this article – nice job of reporting and news gathering by Mr. Celtics Central – Tom Halzack

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:53:57 +0000

The celtics are so cocky. They have a talented team. They will win 60 or very close to it because teams in the east are better. But come on. They have a 36 year old rasheed wallace who hasn’t shown up for more than 2 games in a row in 3 years. They have ray allen who has 1 good game per playoff series. Then they have Paul Pierce who fades at the end of big games time and time again. They have rondo who doesn’t really want to be their and can’t hit a jumper if his life depended on it. Then there’s KG…he coming off a serious knee injury and will not be the same and he’s 33 years old. Then add the fact that nobody is scared of kg and the celts anymore and their defense is not nearly what it is 2 years ago. Laker orlando part 2 in the finals.

By: NineSevenEight

NineSevenEight — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:41:37 +0000

Nobody made predictions IGNORANT (take your own advice)! A prediction is when a person DECLARES or PROPHESIZES what WILL happen in the future. Would you like it in a sentence? “We are going to surpass 70 wins” = PREDICTION. “I think we CAN,” is not. Since when is setting a goal for yourself, in which you want to do what no one else has done, cocky? Pretty pathetic to see people huff and puff about a team that sets a high goal for itself.

By: Rondo

Rondo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:50:25 +0000

LOL!!!

By: ignorance_intolerant

ignorance_intolerant — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:32:32 +0000

WOW…seriously? The Celtics have got to be basketball’s most cocky team. It’s one thing to just go out and do it and it’s another to go out and predict it. You know what happens when a team makes a prediction? First play all the good teams in the NBA. Those Lakers are looking awfully good as well Celts.