The Veteran Minimum
I'm a huge fan of the NBA, and this blog is a conduit through which I can celebrate the sport I love. It's a combination of humor, opinion, and nostalgia, with a bit of a slant toward my Celtics.
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- ‘01 Patriots (won SB)
- ‘02 Celtics (lost)
- ‘03 Red Sox (lost)
- ‘03 Patriots (won SB)
- ‘04 Red Sox (won WS)
- ‘04 Patriots (won ‘SB)
- ‘06 Patriots (lost)
- ‘07 Red Sox (won WS)
- ‘07 Patriots (lost SB)
- ‘08 Celtics (Won NBA Finals)
- ‘08 Red Sox (lost)
- ‘10 Celtics (lost NBA Finals)
- ‘11 Bruins (Won Stanley Cup)
- ‘11 Patriots (lost Super Bowl)
- ’12 Celtics (???)
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Celtics decide to rest for game 6 instead of over the weekend.
The title for the Celtics discussion on CSNNE’s Sports Tonight.
It really encapsulates how frustrating it is to be a Celtics fan right now. One minute they look like world beaters, the next they make the Bobcats’ offense look prolific. And the worst was game 4, when we sat through halftime listening to how our C’s have the heart of a champion, and how Miami should take note of how champions do things, only for them to gag away an 18-point lead by not hitting a field goal for seven minutes. They’ll probably win on Saturday, and we’ll think they’re world beaters again with the heart of a champion, but seriously, this is getting ridiculous.
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Photo reblogged from Fuck Yeah! New Hampshire
A young Matt Bonner fan is being threatened by school officials that he’ll be kicked out if he doesn’t “fix” his hair. What? It’s not cool to shave a portrait of an NBA star into your head in Texas? Must be because Matt is a New Hampshire liberal. It can’t be because he’s a shitty role model. The dude never got less than an A in school, he defines “gentlemen” and swings like Benny Goodman from the parameter. Matt sent a bunch of us the link to this story this morning soliciting ideas on what he can do to support this kid. Let us know and we’ll pass it on.
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Ernie let me tell you something, you know why people hate the Miami Heat? They’re a whiny bunch.Charles Barkley on LeBron James speaking out against (or whining about) Danny Granger’s treatment of him in their playoff series.
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Since the 1992-1993 season, more NBA championship winning teams have come out of the Lone Star state, seven, than any other, and the Spurs are poised to make it 8. In their way: their neighbors to the north, OKC, who, until David Stern, in one of his myriad power plays, took the Sonics from Seattle, were content to root for the Texas basketball teams to their south. The Thunder came up short last year against the Mavericks, but will they have more success this time with another member of the Texas Triangle?
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To quote Jim O’Brien: “I’m a Tony Battie guy.” Most Celtics fans will remember him as the starting five on the team that last played the Sixers in the playoffs, but now he’s holding down the 12th man spot for Philadelphia as they battle our C’s in game five tonight.
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Photo reblogged from NBA Through the Lens
(Source: nba)
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They’re basketball for adults.Howard Bryant on The Sports Reporters, talking about the San Antonio Spurs.
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I suggest they win this game.Bob Ryan on The Sports Reporters, after being asked whether this is a must win game for the Miami Heat.
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When you think ‘92 NBA Draft you think who?— okay, most of Tumblr doesn’t think anything because they either weren’t alive then or were in diapers, but just bear with me. Most of us think Shaq picked first overall, and Zo and Laettner right behind him. No one thinks about LaPhonso Ellis going fifth overall to the Nuggets, which is why Wikipedia was invented, so kids who are too young to remember the ‘92 Draft and people like me who are too old to remember the ‘92 Draft can go back and look, especially after picking up a sweet Champion throwback like this. My best LaPhonso Ellis memory? Either that ‘93-‘94 Nuggets team that upset the top seeded Seattle Supersonics in the first round, or the ‘97-‘98 Nuggets team that lost 71 games.
