Comments on: What’s Left in Sheed’s Tank?

By: vag. rich

vag. rich — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:10:14 +0000

sheed is one of the greatest PF's in nba history, he'll definetely make the celtics bench more deeper...gooda mova

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:43:42 +0000

I've noticed that Laker fans love to mention that L.A. swept Boston last season, but both games were very close, and a last minute play or two could've resulted in Boston winning both of those games. Assuming that age and injury doesn't make Boston worse than they were last season at full health, it should be a great matchup again. In fact, losing Ariza for Artest could benefit Boston, because Ariza's quickness was a problem for everybody. Artest is a strong halfcourt player, but halfcourt play is Boston's bread and butter (San Antonio's too, for that matter), and now Boston has Rasheed. Kaveh: You ARE kidding about 2003, because my Spurs won that year (^_~), and I hope that they can surprise the Lakers this season as well by beating them and cementing themselves as the team of the decade. (Timmy > Kobe; he's got the edge in Finals MVP awards to prove it) Also, Gasol doesn't want any part of Shaq, so if the Cavs and Lakers get to the finals, you better hope that Bynum is healthy. There's no guarantee that the '09 Lakers (who struggled against a depleted Houston team but whipped up on a confused Orlando team; go figure) would have beaten the '09 Cavs in a finals series, and especially without home court. And the Cavs now have Shaq, Moon, and Parker - all without losing any of the key pieces that they had last season.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:38:41 +0000

I am a Detroit fan. I hate to see Sheed leave the Pistons but if it was any team my wish would be Boston. He made Detroit better from the first day he arrived to the last day he played. He will make a Boston Celtic team that could have repeated as champs with a healthy KG last year, to NBA champs this year. Sheed makes an already tough Boston team better on offense and defense. They will match well up to LA and possibly take them in 4 if LA even gets there(yea I said it and I'm a Detroit fan),but will LA even get there with the Spurs new line up. The Spurs were always tough to beat but now they have filled the small needs that they had with two players that will take them to possibly the best team of the decade.A.McDyess and R.Jefferson. Boston and San Antonio in the NBA championship in 2010 this could be the best matchup in a long time.

By: Kaveh

Kaveh — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:47:17 +0000

I think the bigger question is not does Sheed make the Celtics better, but does sheed make the celtics better enough. I am a lakers fan, so i have an obvious bias, but i think that the biggest obstacle for the Celtics are the Lakers. In the 08 finals, the Lakers played without Trevor Ariza and Andrew Bynum. These are two starters for the lakers. And even in last year's finals against the Magic, Bynum was playing injured/rusty. Will the Celtics be good enough in their last year to beat out the Lakers with Artest and a presumably healthy bynum? I think that with these additions (i think bigger than Sheed is M. Daniels believe it or not), the Celtics will be able to defeat both the Magic and the Cavs. They should have more difficulty with the Cavs, but they seem to match up extremely well with the Magic. D Howard was easily slowed down with Kendrick Perkins. Now add in Sheed and KG, and D. Howard is easily over-matched. Also, KG will be playing Rashard. We saw how good Rashard was in last year's finals when Odom was his defender ---Rashard sucked it up royally. So with KG on Rashard and Sheed/KG/Perkins on Howard, the Celtics should easily defeat them. Against the Cavs, it may be a different story. The Cavs, despite what people say now, have a great supporting role for Lebron --that's why they won 66 games last year. Will the celtics be able to beat them in a 7 game series? I think so, but it'll be close. Next year's finals is going to be one for the ages ---Lakers vs Celtics rematch (awesome) or Lakers vs Cavs, Kobe vs Shaq/Lebron. I think this is going to be the best NBA season ever (except for 2000-2003 and 2009 when my Lakers won it all, lol...just kidding).

By: JMillott

JMillott — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:34:49 +0000

I love the signing for the Celtics as Rasheed Wallace has in my mind always been a better version of Sam Perkins who was able to play a simular role to the one the Celtics will be asking Sheed to fill through age 38-39 for the Sonics.

He is without a question a better player then the primary player he will be replacing in Glen Davis at both ends of the floor. I also believe his ability to stretch a defense to the threepoint line will be a major advantage for everybody from Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo all the way down to possibly Marquis Daniels, Bill Walker and should they return Leon Powe and Stephen Marbury.

By: KneeJerkNBA

KneeJerkNBA — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:21:29 +0000

Sheed's aversion to the paint in Detroit probably has more to do with apathy than declining skills. I can see Boston posting him up when Garnett's on the bench. And hey, he's still light years better than Mikki Moore or Scalabrine. WIN.

By: Jason J

Jason J — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:14:33 +0000

It's funny that 'Sheeds flare-ups always seem to worry the fans, but his teammates consistently love him. I'm a little worried about health overall for the Boston bigs. Garnett missed a ton of time last year. Sheed missed a ton of time last year. Perkins has a history of shoulder problems. Scallabrine is terrible. I don't think they have any other bigs signed at the moment. I feel like a Spurs fan wishing we could skip the reg season and just play the playoffs while Timmy and Manu are still healthy.