The Long Fingers Of The Law

If you’re not excited about Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen coming to Boston, you’re whacked. KG is one of the top 6 or 7 players in the league. Allen and Paul Pierce have to be included in the top 25. That has got to be enough for the Celtics to be an upper echelon team in the weak Leastern Conference. This baby is cyclical - let the power come east.

Even though I’m a fan of the Raps, I am jacked about the opportunity of seeing Garnett play in the EST time zone. The guy is under appreciated. The numbers speak for themselves but when you’re surrounded by teammates like Ricky Davis, Marko Jaric and Mark Blount, you can’t compete in the West. Look at the names struggling over there: Kobe Bryant hasn’t won a playoff series in 3 years, Tracy McGrady hasn’t won a round in the postseason ever, and so on. Both Garnett and Allen will finally stand out playing in the East.

I watched both those players take their respective teams on their backs last season. I remember KG single handedly stopping the Suns 17-game win streak with 44 effortless points. Just too many skills to speak of: rebounding, passing, defending, etc. As for Ray, it’s trendy right now to say he’s washed up. Yes, he is 32. And yes, he is a jump shooter. The consensus is his legs have to go some time soon and he’s seriously banged up. Whatever. The way he played when he was scoring 26 per last season leaves no doubt in my mind he will be very capable for the final 3 years of his contract. Especially considering he will have 2 Hall of Fame caliber players shouldering the load. He had to free himself up constantly to get off his shot in Seattle, but with double teams swarming around Pierce and Garnett, you’ll see the man with the most beautiful stroke in basketball elevating with lots of room around him. He says his ankles are perfect and frankly, I’m just naive enough to believe him.

The Truth, the Big Ticket and Ray-Ray all know this is their best shot to win a title. They’ll all be 30+ when training camp starts. Pierce said he felt like a rookie again during KG’s press conference (and even though we all knew PP wore #24 #34, it was a nice little snapshot of the future seeing the big 3 hold up their jerseys). The trio is rejuvenated and ready for a hard run, and that drive will have a trickle down effect on to the rest of the roster. Take a role playing Brian Scalabrine for example. Last year, he was pleasantly plump, but you know when he heard KG was gonna to be playing next to him, Ginger Balls put down the old Krispy Kreme and went for a jog. Three Hall of Fame worthy players and a thinner Ginger Balls, sounds like a winning formula to me.

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By Tas Melas at 4:10 pm on 08.01.2007 — Tags: Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, Celtics

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9 Responses to “The Long Fingers Of The Law”

  1. goathair at 4:21 pm on 08.01.2007

    Paul Pierce wears #34.

  2. J.E. Skeets at 4:35 pm on 08.01.2007

    Fixed.

  3. weston at 4:43 pm on 08.01.2007

    Kobe has been to the playoffs the last two years. he just hasn’t WON a series in three years (since the Finals beat-down at the Pistons’ hands).

  4. JTExperience at 4:53 pm on 08.01.2007

    A thinner Ginger Balls will take over the league.

  5. Granteed at 11:50 pm on 08.01.2007

    But do they have the role players, the coaching, and the defense?

  6. George at 11:07 am on 08.02.2007

    Ginger Balls… high comedy! But I prefer Jesus Shuttlesworth to Ray-Ray. The Big Ticket, The Truth, Jesus and GB (Ginger Balls), now that has got to be 4 of the 5 starters for the all nick-name team!

  7. Will at 6:09 pm on 08.02.2007

    If Pierce and Allen are Hall of Famer caliber players then I’m the King of Canada.

  8. John at 12:10 am on 08.03.2007

    Why is Garnett now #5? Who has #21?

  9. J.E. Skeets at 9:09 am on 08.03.2007

    Will: You don’t think Garnett and Ray will make the HoF? Dear God. I’ll pray for you tonight…

    John: #21 is retired. Bill Sharman, I think.

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