A few things of note in today's news. First, The Herald has a piece on Delonte West. When asked earlier about Danny's search for a point guard, Delonte said it upset him. If it didn't, I would be worried about his competitive nature. Today's article shows us that he is willing to do whatever it will take to win.

“I see the guys that we brought in are great additions that can change things up and play different styles of basketball. Overall, that makes us a greater threat out on the basketball court. So whatever way it goes, I’m rollin’ with it. “Whatever my role is this year, that’s my role, and I’m going to try to do it to the best of my abilities.”

Boston has the talent to take a step and become a playoff team this season. It will take a number of key young players improving their games and becoming far more consistent: Sebastian Telfair, Gerald Green, and Al Jefferson come to mind. The Celtics' defense in particular will need to tighten up and with Kendrick Perkins and Theo Ratliff blocking shots in the middle and with Rajon Rondo grabbing steals, they might actually pull it off.

What this team needs this year is….a motivator. There needs to be a wholesale conversion to play better defense, more intently, more consistently and with more confidence as a team.

With Gotham's promotion to COO, he's in charge of bringing in revenue through sales, marketing, consumer services, investments in technology, signage contracts, etc. The bottom line produced by Gotham impacts, in no small way, the product Ainge can put on the court. "Like maintaining Paul Pierce, instead of letting him go as a free agent," says Gotham. "We want to be able to keep the guys Danny likes." If younger players like Ryan Gomes, Tony Allen and Al Jefferson prove their NBA mettle, the Celtics don't want to go broke re-signing them.