Celtics resume practice today after a day off and hopefully will have all of the active players healthy enough to practice. The buzz around the web this morning has to do with the rumors about Danny going after Gasol. He would certainly be a nice addition to the team, especially if we could get him for a couple of young guys, Ratliff's soon to expire contract and some draft picks. I was both pleased and totally amazed to see that we are in a 3 way tie for the lead in the Atlantic division with just a 5 and 8 record. New Jersey has lost 5 in a row, Philly lost their last game and Boston won their last game putting us in the 3 way tie. Very interesting.... We seem to do better when we don't play than when we do. Here is what is going on around the Celtics Nation today:

In the Herald Notebook, Bulpett remarks on the fact that Telfair took over and led the team to the comeback win in Milwaukee. It sure would be nice to have a PG who can direct the team in crunch time. I think Rondo is capable of that as well and I think both PGs are just going to continue to get better. Also in the article is the fact that Gomes has become expert at quietly great performances. He is just steady and does many things well and very rarely makes mistakes. Doc and Danny contribute our poor performances last week to injuries and the lack of practice with the whole team. We will see this week since we have 2 days of practice before Wednesday's game with the Nets.

The Globe Notebook reports that the Celtics are just trying to put together longer stretches of good play than the stretches of bad play. We have been inconsistent so far but I think that this team is going to eventually put it all together and be more consistent.

"What I tell the guys is that we need to play solid defense every night regardless," said Pierce. "That's going to help us develop consistency on a night-in, night-out basis when our shots aren't falling. We've got to be more consistent on defense and keep our turnovers down. If we can do those two things, it gives us the best chance of winning every night.

"Teams that have been together for a while with veterans have more consistent stretches. When you have a lot of new guys and young guys, you're going to have a lot of good and bad stretches.