How must the Boston Celtics feel about this? It's a fair question because the Celtics looked like the big loser at the lottery when they drew the No. 5 pick after hoping to land the rights to Oden thanks to the second-worst record in the league. But now the Celtics look like the big winner of that lottery. Instead of investing in a young player like Oden or Durant, their disappointment with the lottery forced them to jump-start their recovery with trades for Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett. Today, more than ever, it looks as if losing that lottery was the best thing that could have happened for Boston.

I'm back in Boston now...and I've officially met everyone on the team. These guys are coo. I didn't know what to expect at first because these are All-Stars that I'm playing with, but everyone is really coo and down to earth. We all have been chillin with each other and our team chemistry seems to be great. We got together a few nights this week over Paul's house and played spades, and today we all went golfing. Practices have been going well! I'm really looking forward to the season now! The preseason starts in a few weeks...until then, I will just be practicing everyday. I'll holla!

The Boston Celtics franchise is anything but mediocre. The franchise flame has been re-ignited and we need someone to lead us out of the doldrums. Can we really settle for mediocrity? When I looked up antonyms for mediocre, the words above par, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, unusual were highlighted. These words describe the Boston Celtics… not Doc Rivers. So, can a mediocre coach direct and motivate his core trio of superior players?

Even this morning he walked in and one guy was just sitting here and he busted in the locker room and he's just so energetic he said 'hey guys let's go, it's another great day'. You're looking at guys like Gabe Pruitt and Glen Davis looking at a guy like this who has had so much success with that type of spirit. There's no way they can walk in acting tired or say 'hey man we worked hard yesterday' because Kevin just keeps moving forward and I think that's a good thing.

Point guards are important in our league there's no doubt about that. You win with them, it's tough to win without them. Having said that I really am proud and love to watch what Rajon has done over the summer. His progression is going to be key to our success and I think he'll be up to the test I really do. He's really put in a lot of time and so I think he'll be ready.

You can just imagine the reaction from the blogger and message board crowd the first time Doc Rivers was asked about Jianlian and his reponse was: “We probably won’t know for a couple of years.” Close your eyes and you can actually hear him saying it too. Kinda makes you shudder, huh?

Speaking of Jasikevicius, the Boston Celtics are actively speaking to the Warriors in hopes of landing the seldom used Pg. Boston has offered Glen "Big Baby" Davis and/or Leon Powe but the Warriors have been reluctant thus far. Stay Tuned