One of the subplots that came out of the Detroit game is the Celtics lack of a backup point guard. I think a lot of people have this same feeling: Eddie House is doing a great job as a shooter off the bench, but he's not a point guard. Detroit pulled the old run-and-jump defense... and he didn't respond well.
Enter, perhaps (according to Marc Spears), Gary Payton
Ex-Celtics point guard Gary Payton watched on television from his Las Vegas home Wednesday night as his former team lost to the Pistons. And once Chauncey Billups hit the winning free throws with a tenth of a second remaining, Payton called his agent.
"He called me and said, 'Hey, I'm reminding you that the Celtics are a team I feel like I can help,' " said agent Aaron Goodwin.
Goodwin says GP is OK with coming off the bench, and OK with making the veteran minimum. He's 39 (which means Doc will probably play him 41 minutes a game)... but call me crazy... I think GP can help us. Not only that, I think he can do it without cutting significantly into House's minutes.
The C's also asked about Chris Webber's availability.... but ESPN says Webber is returning to Detroit
You want a rant? Check out the very calm, level-headed folks over at Perk Is A Beast... who have a message for the woe-is-me Celtics fans who are breaking their ankles jumping off the C's bandwagon after the Detroit loss. To the credit of our readers... we haven't seen any of that on Red's Army.
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And my favorite link of the day (and maybe the year): Acie Earl has a basketball camp! Yeah... Acie Earl. If any of you younger readers don't know who Acie Earl is... his nickname was "Jurassic"... because he was as slow as a dinosaur... and that was the most complimentary thing that was said about him.