Garnett maybe out for playoffs

[ex carrabba fan]

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jesus

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Uhhhhh yea, folks saying Cleveland would still roll thru Boston with a healthy KG, pass some of that **** you smokin' over here LOL.

[BTB]

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jesus

Lol yea it was awesome. Used it to pay my car insurance haha

[ex carrabba fan]

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Uhhhhh yea, folks saying Cleveland would still roll thru Boston with a healthy KG, pass some of that **** you smokin' over here LOL.

Yeah that's not fair IMO. I don't think anyone said that, but with KG I had CLE as a slight advantage due to HCA for CLE and that KG wouldn't be 100%.

[BTB]

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Bill Simmons new article sums up exactly how I feel

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...6&sportCat=nba


Here's the last snippet that summarizes what I've been trying to say

4. The best thing about winning an NBA title is defending it. My favorite Celtics team ever was the 1986-87 group. They lost Lenny Bias 48 hours after drafting him. They lost Bill Walton and Scott Wedman for basically the entire season. Kevin McHale injured his foot near the end of the regular season, played on it and broke it (and gamely kept playing). Dennis Johnson, Danny Ainge and Robert Parish were limping around on sprained ankles by the second round. Only Larry Bird was healthy -- he ended up averaging an inconceivable 44.1 minutes in 23 playoff games. In the second round, they fended off a really good Bucks team, winning Game 7 even though they trailed by 10 with six minutes to go. In the Eastern finals, they held off a hungry Pistons team by winning two of the greatest games in the history of the Garden: Game 5 (Bird's famous steal from Isiah) and Game 7 (an unforgettable display of heart and will, with a little luck thrown in: the Dantley/Microwave collision). In the Finals, they came within Magic's baby sky hook and Bird's miracle 3-pointer missing by a sliver of tying the series at 2-2 against one of the five best basketball teams ever. When they got bounced in Game 6, every Celtics fan said to themselves, "I cannot ask for anything more than I just got."

Now that, my friends, is a title defense. Mike Fine was the first writer to mention the similarities between the 1986-87 Celts and 2008-09 Celts in the "What else can go wrong?" sense; I was furious I didn't think of it first. The other thing those teams had in common: a refusal to quit or make excuses. This season, Garnett disappeared but Powe and Perkins stepped up, then Davis did the same when we lost Powe. Pierce played the best all-around basketball of his life, and that's saying something. Allen played brilliantly this season -- remarkably efficient, repeatedly clutch -- and reinvented his career in a historical sense. The young guys played with particular purpose and pride. If there was a defining Celtics game this season, it was Game 81: The No. 2 spot already clinched, Allen suspended, no reason to try at all ... and yet there was Pierce submitting another world-class performance (31 points, 12-for-16 shooting, defended Andre Iguodala all game) and leading them to a road win over a Philly team that desperately needed the game.

You know who deserves more credit than anyone? Doc Rivers and his coaching staff. It's hard to keep a defending champ motivated; it's really hard to keep them focused without their leader; and it's REALLY hard to keep them consistently good as you're constantly integrating new guys into the rotation. Currently, the Celtics have three guys (Stephon Marbury, Mikki Moore and Davis) who weren't in their nine-man rotation at the start of the season. They haven't missed a beat. They finished with 62 wins, and honestly, I don't know how they got there. There was no bigger Doc critic over the years than me, but the man was unbelievable this season and defended his guys vociferously every time they were getting screwed by calls. He had the single hardest coaching job in the league. Period. And he delivered. I have to hand it to him.

Because of Pierce, Garnett and Allen, and Doc as well, it's a proud Celtics team that cannot be counted out. If there was ever a team built for "Nobody Believed In Us" status, it's the 2008-09 Boston Celtics. They will miss Kevin Garnett, but I guarantee you that everyone on that team believes -- from Doc on down -- that they can make the Finals and win.

I am dubious. Very dubious. But I do know they will kill themselves trying. Regardless, it's a sad day and not the way I wanted to start my morning. Whether you love the Celtics or hate them, you have to admit, the playoffs would have been more entertaining with KG involved. He will be missed.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Yeah that's not fair IMO. I don't think anyone said that, but with KG I had CLE as a slight advantage due to HCA for CLE and that KG wouldn't be 100%.

2 people in here said it.

[ex carrabba fan]

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KG or not, Cavs would still roll them.

I only see this guy.

Man his knee must really be f'd up.

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

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Is Cleveland not a contender? They'd roll Boston with or without Garnett.

There's the other.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Oh well yeah I don't think that's fair..

But it's not one of the more outlandish things I have heard. I mean like I said KG might not have been at 100% or near it. Couple in no HCA and IMO that's two strikes.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I mean i'm not saying they would repeat or anything but to say that they would get punished regardless, i'd say that's a ridiculous statement.

Hell I would say if they were to meet the Cavs in the ECF, very good chance they'd go 7 games again.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Hell I would say if they were to meet the Cavs in the ECF, very good chance they'd go 7 games again.

I felt the same way had KG been able to go.

[Chip Douglass]

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There's the other.

Should I have added the "assuming Garnett isn't 100%" disclaimer, since it's obvious he's not, even if he suited up?

[BAMJ6]

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The champs don't need him to beat the Bulls.

I bet he'll be back for round 2.

[Tha_Kid]

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I only see this guy.

Man his knee must really be f'd up.

Not sure why the major outlets have been acting like its a mystery

Kevin Garnett will miss the NBA playoffs and likely have surgery on his right knee during the offseason, Celtics coach Doc Rivers said today.

The surgery will be to remove a spur in Garnett's knee. But a strained popliteus tendon -- and not the spur -- has affected Garnett's inability to return from a Feb. 19 injury. The tendon strain must heal naturally, and has taken longer than anticipated.

Garnett performed in 53 games before sustaining the injury in Utah, then returned for four games.

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2009/04/tendon_keeping.html?camp=localsearch:on:twit:celtics

[BTB]

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I ran into this kid who gave me the thoery that the Celtics had this planned all along and are just trying to give KG more time to rest and shock Cleveland. I dont believe it, but I hope its true.