The two teams are tied in the standings and have pretty similar stats. Celts coming off a loss last night to the Sixers. Not ready to use "Knicks" and "big game" in the same sentence yet, but if the hope is to make the playoffs...
(Newly starting center) Robert Williams got manhandled by Embid and got into early foul trouble. With Tristan Thompson sidelines, the Celtics had to really juggle the lineups to cover Embid and their defense went to hell. They also committed something like 22 turnovers. Smart was especially stupid. Tatum and Brown don't seem to elevate the play around them and go into hero ball when things get tense and that is not successful. New guy Evan Fournier is a new guy on the COVID list and so there is little bench depth and much of that lacks any experience at all.
The Celtics are a really good team. And they are a really bad team. Which is why they are a .500 team.
The rangers are getting vaccinated today, wonder if the Knicks players plan on doing the same
The fact that they didn't vaccinate all of the athletes by now is insane. I get people would have bitched about it, but who cares. People who bitch about it probably found something else to bitch about 5 minutes later. With all of the MLB, NBA and NHL player and team personnel we're probably talking about under 5,000 people. We have been vaccinating 2- 4 million people a day for over a month now. The fact that teams are still having outbreaks is ridiculous.
For one thing, you can't force anyone to get vaccinated
So it's not simply about availability. Some people are choosing not to be.
That's a larger, off-topic, question. But, there are things that I hope they (eventually) do that stop sort of "forcing" but make it untenable to choose not to.
So it's not simply about availability. Some people are choosing not to be.
Oh no I didn't mean you have to force all the players and personnel to get it, I'm just saying it should have been available to any who want it. That way you wouldn't have the issues of team outbreaks still like the Nats and Vancouver Canucks.
The rangers are getting vaccinated today, wonder if the Knicks players plan on doing the same
The fact that they didn't vaccinate all of the athletes by now is insane. I get people would have bitched about it, but who cares. People who bitch about it probably found something else to bitch about 5 minutes later. With all of the MLB, NBA and NHL player and team personnel we're probably talking about under 5,000 people. We have been vaccinating 2- 4 million people a day for over a month now. The fact that teams are still having outbreaks is ridiculous.
Totally agree. And once all the players and personnel have access to the vaccine- can't they stop with the mandatory quarantining rules and get back to a normal schedule? Can't force anyone to get it, but can't they lift the protections once its available to everyone?
Would love to see a W tonight. I am enjoying the disappointing Celtics season. Ainge and Stevens have gotten way too much praise and not nearly enough criticism.
Would love to see a W tonight. I am enjoying the disappointing Celtics season. Ainge and Stevens have gotten way too much praise and not nearly enough criticism.
Same here! I'm old school started watching in the late 70's. Cant stand the Celts and that shitty green. I'm enjoying this a lot. My kids don't get it. They don't have any ill will towards them more than any other team. Growing up watching them kick our ass and McHale reaching for that shitty towel every time he was going to the free throw line. Screw them. And I'm sure those older than I hate them even more and would love to have shoved that victory cigar up Red Auerbach's ass on more than one ocassion lol.
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Would love to see a W tonight. I am enjoying the disappointing Celtics season. Ainge and Stevens have gotten way too much praise and not nearly enough criticism.
Same here! I'm old school started watching in the late 70's. Cant stand the Celts and that shitty green. I'm enjoying this a lot. My kids don't get it. They don't have any ill will towards them more than any other team. Growing up watching them kick our ass and McHale reaching for that shitty towel every time he was going to the free throw line. Screw them. And I'm sure those older than I hate them even more and would love to have shoved that victory cigar up Red Auerbach's ass on more than one ocassion lol.
I'm older than that and have zero feelings about the Knicks. It's not a Red Sox/Yankees thing to me. I just don't think it's a rivalry. Our rivals are the Lakers and Sixers. But I think, as old as I am, I missed the times when the Knicks were really good and competing for titles (and the Celtics may have stunk at that point, for all I know).
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: With vaccine eligible in NY 16 and up
Would love to see a W tonight. I am enjoying the disappointing Celtics season. Ainge and Stevens have gotten way too much praise and not nearly enough criticism.
Same here! I'm old school started watching in the late 70's. Cant stand the Celts and that shitty green. I'm enjoying this a lot. My kids don't get it. They don't have any ill will towards them more than any other team. Growing up watching them kick our ass and McHale reaching for that shitty towel every time he was going to the free throw line. Screw them. And I'm sure those older than I hate them even more and would love to have shoved that victory cigar up Red Auerbach's ass on more than one ocassion lol.
I'm older than that and have zero feelings about the Knicks. It's not a Red Sox/Yankees thing to me. I just don't think it's a rivalry. Our rivals are the Lakers and Sixers. But I think, as old as I am, I missed the times when the Knicks were really good and competing for titles (and the Celtics may have stunk at that point, for all I know).
Well from the mid 70's on it hasn't been much of a rivalry. I wouldn't expect a Celts fan to have any hatred towards the Knicks. Actually though the Knicks championship days were just a bit before my time, reading Harvey Araton's book "When the Garden was Eden" the Knicks-Celts had some intense bitter playoff series in the late 60's-early 70's. Also the Knicks-Washington Bullets did too before Earl the Pearl was traded to the Knicks.
I started watching the Knicks when the Celtics were in the process
of winning 8 straight NBA championships, something that almost certainly will never happen again. So I hate them in a way that fans of a certain era hate the Yankees.
I actually didn't hate the Celtics of the Larry Bird era all that much, though, as I kind of admired Bird.
But generally I hate all Boston teams on principle.
of winning 8 straight NBA championships, something that almost certainly will never happen again. So I hate them in a way that fans of a certain era hate the Yankees.
I actually didn't hate the Celtics of the Larry Bird era all that much, though, as I kind of admired Bird.
But generally I hate all Boston teams on principle.
I was just starting to watch during (and can really only remember the ending of the Havlicek/Cowans era.
and I STILL hate the Celtics, the green color, the stupid leprechaun and the 4-leaf clover, Larry Bird, the parquet floor, the whole thing. Still pissed off about Bird and the '80s. And now the Knicks are a fun team.
It would be great to beat the Celtics this season. I don't even care that much about playoffs or not, I just want them to win each time they play and to see the young guys get better.
I respect that. I lived in Maine for a year between their first & second title & man...talk about an obnoxious fan base. It's only gotten worse since then. I ran a half up in Hampton Beach, NH in '19 & went out to a bar afterwards for NFL Sunday. I believe it was Giants Vikes, but I was wearing a Giants T-shirt & hat & the bartender was being a complete dick to me because I was a Giants fan. Still sore from XLII & XLVI...oh well.
Got Memphis, Toronto and Lakers at homr coming up, time to rack up a few in a row
The Celtics are a really good team. And they are a really bad team. Which is why they are a .500 team.
Haha. Nice. Get that needle into your veins!
I hope so. Let's get back to normal dammit!
The fact that they didn't vaccinate all of the athletes by now is insane. I get people would have bitched about it, but who cares. People who bitch about it probably found something else to bitch about 5 minutes later. With all of the MLB, NBA and NHL player and team personnel we're probably talking about under 5,000 people. We have been vaccinating 2- 4 million people a day for over a month now. The fact that teams are still having outbreaks is ridiculous.
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going to DVR and start it whrn i get homr, so i hope you guys dont miss my angry heat the moment posts 😊
Haha. Nice. Get that needle into your veins!
Thanks for that. When I read his post, I thought he meant he was setting up to be drinking during the game.
That's a larger, off-topic, question. But, there are things that I hope they (eventually) do that stop sort of "forcing" but make it untenable to choose not to.
I think both teams' fans are going to be in need of that...
Oh no I didn't mean you have to force all the players and personnel to get it, I'm just saying it should have been available to any who want it. That way you wouldn't have the issues of team outbreaks still like the Nats and Vancouver Canucks.
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The rangers are getting vaccinated today, wonder if the Knicks players plan on doing the same
The fact that they didn't vaccinate all of the athletes by now is insane. I get people would have bitched about it, but who cares. People who bitch about it probably found something else to bitch about 5 minutes later. With all of the MLB, NBA and NHL player and team personnel we're probably talking about under 5,000 people. We have been vaccinating 2- 4 million people a day for over a month now. The fact that teams are still having outbreaks is ridiculous.
Totally agree. And once all the players and personnel have access to the vaccine- can't they stop with the mandatory quarantining rules and get back to a normal schedule? Can't force anyone to get it, but can't they lift the protections once its available to everyone?
Would love to see a W tonight. I am enjoying the disappointing Celtics season. Ainge and Stevens have gotten way too much praise and not nearly enough criticism.
Would love to see a W tonight. I am enjoying the disappointing Celtics season. Ainge and Stevens have gotten way too much praise and not nearly enough criticism.
Same here! I'm old school started watching in the late 70's. Cant stand the Celts and that shitty green. I'm enjoying this a lot. My kids don't get it. They don't have any ill will towards them more than any other team. Growing up watching them kick our ass and McHale reaching for that shitty towel every time he was going to the free throw line. Screw them. And I'm sure those older than I hate them even more and would love to have shoved that victory cigar up Red Auerbach's ass on more than one ocassion lol.
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Would love to see a W tonight. I am enjoying the disappointing Celtics season. Ainge and Stevens have gotten way too much praise and not nearly enough criticism.
Same here! I'm old school started watching in the late 70's. Cant stand the Celts and that shitty green. I'm enjoying this a lot. My kids don't get it. They don't have any ill will towards them more than any other team. Growing up watching them kick our ass and McHale reaching for that shitty towel every time he was going to the free throw line. Screw them. And I'm sure those older than I hate them even more and would love to have shoved that victory cigar up Red Auerbach's ass on more than one ocassion lol.
I'm older than that and have zero feelings about the Knicks. It's not a Red Sox/Yankees thing to me. I just don't think it's a rivalry. Our rivals are the Lakers and Sixers. But I think, as old as I am, I missed the times when the Knicks were really good and competing for titles (and the Celtics may have stunk at that point, for all I know).
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Would love to see a W tonight. I am enjoying the disappointing Celtics season. Ainge and Stevens have gotten way too much praise and not nearly enough criticism.
Same here! I'm old school started watching in the late 70's. Cant stand the Celts and that shitty green. I'm enjoying this a lot. My kids don't get it. They don't have any ill will towards them more than any other team. Growing up watching them kick our ass and McHale reaching for that shitty towel every time he was going to the free throw line. Screw them. And I'm sure those older than I hate them even more and would love to have shoved that victory cigar up Red Auerbach's ass on more than one ocassion lol.
I'm older than that and have zero feelings about the Knicks. It's not a Red Sox/Yankees thing to me. I just don't think it's a rivalry. Our rivals are the Lakers and Sixers. But I think, as old as I am, I missed the times when the Knicks were really good and competing for titles (and the Celtics may have stunk at that point, for all I know).
Well from the mid 70's on it hasn't been much of a rivalry. I wouldn't expect a Celts fan to have any hatred towards the Knicks. Actually though the Knicks championship days were just a bit before my time, reading Harvey Araton's book "When the Garden was Eden" the Knicks-Celts had some intense bitter playoff series in the late 60's-early 70's. Also the Knicks-Washington Bullets did too before Earl the Pearl was traded to the Knicks.
I actually didn't hate the Celtics of the Larry Bird era all that much, though, as I kind of admired Bird.
But generally I hate all Boston teams on principle.
5 and 6 are wide open right now.
Knicks have very little chance of winning a playoff series but I would like to see them in the playoffs.
I want nothing to do with a play in game or 2.
I actually didn't hate the Celtics of the Larry Bird era all that much, though, as I kind of admired Bird.
But generally I hate all Boston teams on principle.
I was just starting to watch during (and can really only remember the ending of the Havlicek/Cowans era.
It would be great to beat the Celtics this season. I don't even care that much about playoffs or not, I just want them to win each time they play and to see the young guys get better.
One of the dumbest plays I've seen in a long time.