Well, here we are in a lull between a Friday game and a Tuesday game. Still no cuts have been made so we still have 18 players and need to jetison 3. With Luke Jackson coming in, it seems that one of the 3 may be a wing and I am thinking that Pitts and Akingbala will be the other two. In spite of saying he wanted to pare down the roster weeks ago, Doc still hasn't done it. Here is what is going on around the Celtics Nation today:

Steve Bulpett reports in the Herald that Doc is really wanting to push the pace this season. In order to do so, he practiced with a 12 second clock. It seemed that we slowed down in the third game but were settling into more of a half court set much of the time. One thing that bothers me is that when Doc goes small he goes all small and doesn't leave any rebounders in there. I mean, with Gerald as your center, how many rebounds will you get? Going with a 3 guard set is fine but you need a couple of rebounders in there because you can't run if you don't have the ball.

Scott Souza has a good piece on West. I believe that he will see a lot of time at shooting guard this season and should get a lot of open looks. I am worried about him though. The paper reports that his back is fine but Kim Malo, who has been wonderful about giving us first hand reports from the events for season ticket holders, reported that Delonte didn't practice yesterday.
Delonte and Paul were there but didn't participate. From her report:

Poor Delonte looked like he was in agony when he stood up at one
point, and he's never struck me as someone who readily lets you see
he's in pain. Was walking like an old, old arthritic who could barely
move. Wonder if it was the back stiffening up rather than rust behind
the bad shooting last night.