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Random Thoughts 20 Days Till Training Camp
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
by FLCeltsFan 8:25 AM
It seems like these 20 days till training camp are going to be the longest 20 days of the summer. The Suns have announced that they are beginning 5 on 5 scrimmages with most of their players already in camp. Weeks ago, the Magic all gathered to do some workouts and build chemistry. Danny mentioned that the younger guys were already working out and that Pierce was in town. I would feel a whole lot better if the Celtics had the mindset they did when they won the 2008 championship. Everyone was in camp already by the beginning of September. We have several new guys and it would be good for them to build chemistry with the returning guys. Hopefully we will get a report on KG soon too. I don't buy the no news is good news argument. I want to hear an actual report that he is in town and playing basketball.
Here is what a couple of our players are up to. Ray's son celebrated his birthday yesterday with a safari theme and Ray joined in the festivities with some face painting.
He looks pretty fierce and I think he may have something here. Maybe start painting all the guys on the team before games. It might just give them an edge. And here is what else Ray has been up to: he played in the recent Deutsche Bank golf tourney and has been using golf to keep his competitive juices going this off season.
Marquis Daniels has been cheering on the Florida State Seminoles and is dressing the part. I don't know why the top got cut off but if you click on the picture it will take you back to the original.
Congratulations to Candace Parker and the LA Sparks for clinching a playoff spot. Candace's husband, the Celtics' Shelden Williams is in Boston getting a start on the season. This is Lisa Leslie's final season and she is one of the true class acts of the WNBA. I'd love to see her go out as a champion. Also, if Candace wins a championship, Shelden would be even more motivated to get one of his own or he might not live it down.
Celtics Hub is running a contest along with Forum Blue and Gold where you can win some Converse shoes for hating on the Lakers. Good deal! I've been hating on the Lakers for decades and will happily continue doing so for free. Anyone who has been around me for any length of time knows how much I absolutely abhor the Lakers. I shared an anecdote on the Celtics Hub site that I will repeat here to show how deeply my dislike of the Lakers goes.
I have been a Celtics fan since high school back in the 60’s. And needless to say, I have always had an intense dislike for anything Laker related. One time my son (who was in middle school) brought a friend home from school who had the misfortune of wearing a Lakers tee shirt. I made him wear wear a shirt over it while he was in the house so I didn’t have to look at it. He didn’t come back again. He thought I was a bit deranged because he was wearing the shirt just cause he thought it was cool and didn’t understand why I didn’t like it. :)
Celtics fans who were afraid that Iverson would end up in Boston can breathe a sigh of relief as he just sent this tweet out:
God Chose Memphis as the place that I will continue my career. I met with Mr. Heinsley, Chris Wallace and my next head coach Lionel Hollins
Iverson will sign with the Grizzlies. Now maybe the rest of the PG dominoes will fall into place and Danny will finally make a move to bring in a PG to back up Rondo.
20 days till training camp. KG, SugarRay, The Truth, Rondo, Perk, The Landlord, Quisy, Big Baby, Sheed, Eddie, Sky Walker, JR, Tony, Scal, and a PG to be named later. The best starting 5 and one of the deepest benches in the league. I'm getting really excited. How about you?
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