Little fear of Allen at point

[JB]

On Oct 1, 2007, at 8:18 AM, asterix ninetynine wrote:

>    Given the intensity at which it is reported that Garnett drives the  
> practices, I find it encouraging to see Tony Allen out there running  
> with the boys. Based on the press, I was under the impression that  
> Tony Allen wasn't coming back until mid-year, so if he's playing at  
> even 80% of where he was before he went down that is really good news  
> for this team.

Asterix
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There are still some concerns (see below).
My guess is that Dahntay Jones is here until they are really convinced  
that Allen is healthy.

Allen puts knee to full test
By Steve Bulpett  / Celtics Notebook  |   Monday, October 1, 2007
<http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view.bg? 
articleid=1035216&format=text>

“Yeah, that’ll be the biggest key,” he said while team massage  
therapist Vladimir Shulman tended to his legs. “Hopefully it don’t  
rain. When it rains, my knee starts aching.

“This is definitely the hardest I’ve gone since last season - plus the  
long period of time we went for this practice. I’ve probably played two  
or three games tops, games to seven, three-on-three. And I’ve probably  
played 5-on-5 maybe three times a week.”