How does Boston feel about the Ray Allen deal? Bob Lobel asked that question on Sports Final last night… and got a very telling result. Each answer (yes, no, not sure) had 30-something percent of the vote. Celtics fans are split right down the middle on this.
Ray will be in town today to meet the media. We expect to have a good portion of that news conference (if not the whole thing) posted at some point today. The local writers must have spent yesterday resting for today’s news conference because there are no new items to post as of this morning. On the plus side… the writers have plenty of energy to wolf down the complimentary donuts at the news conference.
Yi Jianlian actually played basketball yesterday… against real human people! He scored 15 (11 in the 4th quarter) for China’s 19-and-under team in their loss to the US. China will play the Maverick’s summer league team tomorrow.
And Vince Carter will re-sign with the Nets for 4 years, $62 mil. Congrats… locking up an aging crybaby with a knack for disappearing in big spots for big money will clearly get you over the hump. New Jersey should have followed Seattle’s lead and dumped Jason Kidd for cap relief and picks… let VC walk… and start over. You’re going nowhere as currently constituted. But hey… thanks for eliminating another Atlantic Division competitor for us. 3 seed… here we come!
I can’t wait to see your coverage of the news conference. I checked FSN, NESN, NBA.com and WEEI but couldn’t find any coverage. Thank goodness for people who actually care about the Celtics.
Thankfully… there are still a few of us around. As soon as that video comes back… we’ll post it.