Boston Tradition

[sauce1977]

It seems like these 'stars' don't particularly like playing for the Celtics as much as they like playing with each other.

Ladies and gentlemen, your Boston Mercenaries.

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[agoo101284]

Am I missing the point here?

Are there a lot of teams out there where the best player grew up as a fan of that team?

[sauce1977]

Uh, you're missing the point.

[agoo101284]

So they were Laker fans and hated the Celtics, and hated Bird and McHale. If Pierce hated the Celtics, he would have demanded a trade a while ago or he would have asked to be dealt after he was stabbed and Pitino offered to try to deal him out of town. Garnett and Allen both knew they were moving to a team that they hated when they were Laker fans.

Why don't you find some clips of them talking about Celtics history or about Garnett's relationship with Bill Russell.

I didn't properly state what I was trying to say, I still think I am missing the point of the post. So they were Laker fans who should and did hate the Celtics. I have a feeling Bird, McHale, Parish, Havlicek, and others weren't huge Celts fan before they got here.

[sauce1977]

P1: Then why did they even bother speaking about it?

P2 + 3: Yeah, you don't get it.

[conceptualpete]

I don't get it. I'm not sure how hating the arch rival of your favorite team growing up equates not not enjoying playing for them.

[sauce1977]

Why even speak about it then? You don't hear 99 percent of every other pro from everywhere else doing what they're doing in that interview.

[conceptualpete]

huh?

[onlytakenotes]

I'm a Bulls fan. Joakim Noah, our newest high-hope rookie, famously admitted to being hugely into the Knicks as a kid, and hating Michael Jordan, since MJ, you know, crushed his maybe-my-Knicks-will-win dreams a lot.

As a Bulls fan, I get this, it's cool.

But, now, that's also because Noah tells his stories with a huge grin on his face and you know he's thrilled to be playing basketball for Chicago.
If he was some sulky kid taking my team's money while biting the hand that feeds him, I'd be of a different opinion.

I'm not really all that familiar with KG, Allen, and Pierce as a Celtics unit. I take it there's something you're reacting to, an attitude, that a casual viewer doesn't see.
I mean, I see the clip and when they start making fun of Danny Ainge I'm on-board. (You know, aside from counting how many times you can say "check your ego" in one interview.)

[sauce1977]

I take it there's something you're reacting to, an attitude, that a casual viewer doesn't see.

Yeah.

[jerrylube]

They can check their egos 100 times for all I care... Until they prove that they can win something besides individual awards then that's all they will ever be... three individual talents but non-winners... NBA has seen plenty of those come and go.

[sauce1977]

McAdoo, McAdon't. McAwill, McAwon't.