As Summer Turns into Fall...

Greetings Celtics fans! As we see summer heading towards fall it's a reminder that the Celtics will be back on TV very soon. I think my expectations are tailored right now because last season I was Banner 18 or bust. Unfortunately a 3-0 deficit to Miami and a turned JT ankle made last year a total bust for me. No one remembers the team down 3-0 and loses game seven. Yet I think I will... Derrick White made a play that should have put him in that Gerald Henderson category of I'll never forget that play.

From my vantage point, I expect career years from JB and JT. I also expect JTs overall game to improve on so many levels. This young man talks about the Mount Rushmore of Celtics players and I fully believe he wants to be one of them. That all starts by winning a ring and then winning a few more. Overall we all know how well JT is on offense yet I feel he can bring it to a whole new level. Defensively I expect the same. The kid is built to be great. Now without Marcus Smart I feel JB and JT will imprint themselves on this group. No more alpha male from a tweener type player. I love Marcus but his personality was a very large and his game was not.

Side note once again Leflop is building a super team this time for the Olympics... I remember a kid from North Carolina who led his 84 team to Gold. He played with who was on the roster. They DOMINATED! Part of me will want the USA to fail if he's on that Olympic roster. On another NBA front, what we are seeing about what Kevin Porter did to his girlfriend is disgusting... the NBA needs to come down very hard on him for this awful behavior. He as anyone deserves forgiveness, but he must be punished.

One more thought for now... How blessed and lucky were New England fans to have Tom Brady. That man was the ultra competitor. The ultimate Winner. He gave us 20 years of freaking greatness and then three more in Tampa. Tom is one of the greatest athletes I've ever seen play a sport. Imagine that getting to see Tom Brady Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and countless other greats in my lifetime. What a life! Bleed Green! Celtic Pride!

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