And the hits just keep on coming

[ryanmnelson at verizon.net]

did allen hurt the same knee he had surgery on before?

rmn


>From: Steve Ouellette <bosox18 at charter.net>
>Date: 2007/01/11 Thu AM 09:19:41 CST
>To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List <celtics at igtc.com>
>Subject: Re: And the hits just keep on coming

>I think Rondo or Gomes will start over Ray, not that it's very important. And the reason the Celtics don't sign someone to a 10-day contract is because they would have to cut somebody to make roster space. They could cut Ray and I wouldn't blink, but that kind of defeats the purpose of adding extra bodies. 
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>Never imagined Tony was going to get hurt like that ... but when he started driving the lane -- after the whistle -- I was already saying "what is that idiot doing?" I know it doesn't make any difference how he got hurt, just that he was hurt, but it seems so senseless.
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>And yes, I may now have to rescind my prediction of an Atlantic Division title. At least there's no way for Doc to keep Gerald Green stapled to the bench now. And he may even be forced to play Powe and Rondo :-) Though that might take one more injury ...
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>Steve O
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>---- "Ryan wrote: 
>> Our projected starters against the Raptors on Friday night:
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>> Telfair, Ray, Green, Jefferson, and Perkins
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>> On the bench: Rondo, Powe, and Gomes.
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>> On the IR list: Ratliff, Pierce, Sczerb, Scal, Allen, Olowakandi (maybe),
>> West (maybe).
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>> So, anyone still think we can win the Atlantic? Anyone think we'll actually
>> sign a ten-day contract or two with our penny pinching owners (OH MY GOD!
>> THAT'S CHRIS WEBBER'S MUSIC!!!!!!  I could just see them doing that too -
>> signing another corpse to go along with our collection)?  
>> 
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>> This season, whether we like it or not, is D-O-N-E.  Allen's injury
>> circumstance just sums up the Celtics luck over the past decade or two now.
>> Guys go up for after whistle dunks every single game - but I've NEVER heard
>> of one ending a player's season (and possibly career) before.  
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>> The saddest part is that there are (were) more and more flashes each game
>> that invoked thoughts that just maybe the corner was about to be turned.
>> Give and gos/pick and rolls on a regular basis. Some extra passes for layups
>> (instead of for 3 point shots). Getting to the hole seemed to be the focus
>> instead of jump shots.  They were just that, flashes, but they were there
>> almost every night for maybe a half a quarter or so teasing us with hope
>> that once again seems to merely have been a deep breath before the hearty
>> guffaw right in our face.
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>> This isn't saying Tony Allen isn't replaceable, but it is saying that he was
>> the biggest source of hope that once some bodies returned healthy that we
>> could in fact make that nice post All-Star break run and sneak into the
>> playoffs. And Jefferson is still fragile too - when was the last time he
>> made it through forty straight games without injury?
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>> As Earl Hickey says: 'karma'.  We had it so good, for so long - we're now
>> just paying the bill.
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