CELTICS GREEN BLOG by and for boston celtics fans: Fiddlin' and Diddlin' on 5/11

Today's news is all about Doc's extension. The Herald, the Globe and Celtics.com, and ESPN all have articles on it. The ESPN article has an interesting quote at the end.

"Doc did a good job," Ainge said after the season, "and that's why we'd like to keep him as coach of this team and give him a real opportunity and chance to coach."

Doc did a good job? At what? Tanking? Honestly, they have been using all the injuries as an excuse. Golden State had injuries this past season along with a huge trade mid season and they are in the playoffs. Rick Carlisle lost the heart of his team to suspensions along with injuries and still got his team to the playoffs. It is what good coaches do. Doc hasn't had a real opportunity to coach? This seriously sounds fishy.

As expected, the reaction from Celtics' fandom was less than favorable by Doc's extension. Celtic's Blog presents the fellowship of the miserable with a montage of comments from the Celtics' faithful. The Globe has a poll where the fans have voted almost 2-1 that extending Doc was a bad move. JB over on CelticsStuff Live just asks "Why?" Fanhouse considers the extension absurd with the candidates that are available here.

There was some good news today as Hoopsworld reports that Tony Allen's rehab is ahead of schedule. The headline is a bit misleading as it proclaims that Tony is playing basketball again. Well, he is, but only on XBox. It is good news that his rehab is ahead of schedule. He expects to start running in June and hopefully will be ready to play by training camp.

Metro announces its UN-Star team and our own Sebastian Telfair makes it.

The questions surrounding Oden's age and his comments that he grew up liking the Celtics cause they were good continues to give blogs fodder. Deadspin allows that sometimes it happens that you forget your own age.

Draft Express has an interview with Tiago Splitter. I wonder if this is the year he finally gets to make the leap to the NBA. He has been in the draft so many times I almost feel as though I know him.

11 days until the lottery. I honestly don't know how I am going to make it until then. The Globe has a ticker that counts down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the lottery and they ask the question as to whether you feel lucky. I wish I did. 38.7% chance of getting a top 2 pick is a 61.3% that we won't get one. That is like a 2-1 chance that we don't. With the way the Celtics luck has gone for the last 21 years, I am afraid to get my hopes up. But sometime our luck has to turn around, doesn't it?

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