After every game, we'll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player's overall value. Starters Rajon Rondo: Rajon accouned for almost half the Celtics' offense by assisting on 36 points (six 3's, and nine 2's) and scoring another 18. That's 54 of the Celtics' 115 points. That's amazing. He still has some lapses [...]
April 11, 2012 John - Red's Army Uncategorized After every game, we'll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player's overall value. Starters Rajon Rondo: Another 15 assists. And yes, he sometimes gets a little too casual out there. I'll take the bad with the good as this guy continues to set up his teammates. His assists led to 32 points, [...]
April 9, 2012 John - Red's Army Uncategorized After every game, we'll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player's overall value. Starters Rajon Rondo: Sometimes, when it's obvious some guys are off, Rondo has to take it upon himself to start taking over and getting more aggressive. Even if he takes it to the hole a few straight trips… even if [...]
April 6, 2012 John - Red's Army Uncategorized In the first half of this game, the Celtics were doing just about everything right. They went into the break with a 49-38 lead. Their defense was doing its job, they were even in the rebounding column, and the Celtics were controlling the tempo of the game. Then the Bulls stormed out of the locker [...]
April 5, 2012 John - Red's Army Uncategorized After every game, we'll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player's overall value. Starters Rajon Rondo: 17 points, 11 assists and 4 steals. No one else in this game got more than 5 assists. My knock on Rondo last night, though, was the jumper he took with the Spurs up 1 with 5:09 [...]
April 5, 2012 John - Red's Army Uncategorized AP Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here... highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. "I was trying to make the shot," said Pierce. "I got the switch on the big man, got to a good place — I just missed [...]
April 5, 2012 John - Red's Army Uncategorized Keyon Dooling hasn't just been stepping his game up on the court… he's been stepping up in the quote department too. Check out what he told The Sports Hub's Toucher & Rich: “Doc (Rivers) creates a great environment, a very conducive environment for an NBA player. If you’re an NBA player, you want to play [...]
April 3, 2012 John - Red's Army Uncategorized After every game, we'll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player's overall value. Starters Rajon Rondo: Screw the green arrow, Rondo deserves a gold star for his performance. His 1st quarter was phenomenal: 10 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds. The Heat knew they were in for a fight right from the [...]
April 2, 2012 Chuck - Red's Army Uncategorized Keyon Dooling has taken a lot of crap around here. I've been one of the chief culprits, celebrating on Twitter whenever he did….. anything at all. But it's time to move past that, because Keyon is showing that the early season injuries and lack of any practice time have been huge obstacles for him [...]
April 2, 2012 John - Red's Army Uncategorized Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here... highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. But it might be wise to interject here that the Celtics point guard is on a rather historic run. Rondo has had double-figure assists in his last 11 games, [...]
March 30, 2012 Chuck - Red's Army Uncategorized