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Celtics Basketball => Celtics History => Topic started by: Bombastic Jones on June 19, 2012, 04:21:20 PM

Title: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: Bombastic Jones on June 19, 2012, 04:21:20 PM
SLAM: Was it tough to watch the Boston-Miami series, considering how integral you were to those Celtics teams as recently as a year ago?

GD: Yeah, I went to two games. I went to go check it out. It was touching, I ain’t gonna lie, it was touching. Just to see those guys battling. I’m one of the last guys from the last nine guys on that 2008 team that won—I was the last guy of the role players to leave. [dang], that’s crazy. Of all the role players on that team I was the last one. It was tough knowing that if I hadn’t have gotten traded, I would have still been there. I’d have been that guy, starting, and helping our team win a Championship. I think the reason I’m glad I went was that now I’m finally at peace. Like OK, I’m not a Celtic anymore. Just to see all those guys, and it being their last game playing together. James Posey was there, too. He was on that 2008 team when we won it. He was at that game. He was probably understanding just like me. And just seeing that team leave. Eddie House probably felt the same way watching the game, PJ Brown probably felt the same way, Sam Cassell—you know all the guys that played and were on that Championship team, to see the core of those guys gone, it’s deep. That’s why Doc was so emotional after the game.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2012/06/qa-glen-davis-orlando-magic-big-baby/
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: snively on June 19, 2012, 04:32:35 PM
Wow, Baby seems pretty convinced that the was the last of the Big 3.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: indeedproceed on June 19, 2012, 04:33:19 PM
Wow, Baby seems pretty convinced that the was the last of the Big 3.

Seems pretty delusional about his own skill level, and his impact on the team as well.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: snively on June 19, 2012, 04:46:36 PM
Wow, Baby seems pretty convinced that the was the last of the Big 3.

Seems pretty delusional about his own skill level, and his impact on the team as well.

I though that went without saying!
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: sofutomygaha on June 19, 2012, 05:07:11 PM
I'd be happy to have him back. I think Baby has become underrated at this point.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: j804 on June 19, 2012, 05:19:56 PM
Wow, Baby seems pretty convinced that the was the last of the Big 3.

Seems pretty delusional about his own skill level, and his impact on the team as well.
what are you guys talking about Baby would have been THAT guy

 ;D
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: ACF on June 19, 2012, 05:41:08 PM
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Oh, Baby, you... you got what I need...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbH3bAvTYjg
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: Junkyard Dawg on June 19, 2012, 05:43:55 PM
yeah how dare he for feeling like he was a part of the team that won the championship?  how dare he for commenting on what a special team that was?  tsk.. tsk...
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: ACF on June 19, 2012, 05:51:23 PM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aC3bkuqZJPo/T7rjwXPYQkI/AAAAAAAAEXw/1bKQUW56vwI/s1600/adam-morrison-lakers.jpg)

When/if LeBron James wins his first ring, a player like Adam Morrison will still have one more ring to show off  ;D And Baby'll have the same amount of rings as James. A lot of guys do. Sam Cassell's got three of 'em. Point being: You' okay, Baby, you' ok. If you were a part of that team (and that goes for anybody) you deserved to bask in the light of sun known as victory.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: Neurotic Guy on June 19, 2012, 05:57:38 PM
yeah how dare he for feeling like he was a part of the team that won the championship?  how dare he for commenting on what a special team that was?  tsk.. tsk...

I'm with you on this.  I'm not a pro or anti-BBD guy but I thought his words seemed genuine -- the guy's a basketball player, not Walt Whitman.  What he had to say i thought showed deference to the team, to the championship and I don't think overstated his role (referred to self as role player) at all.   

Even if he had been a little self-aggrandizing, I'd forgive him because the sentiment of his message was one of respect for the team and for its accomplishments.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: clover on June 19, 2012, 06:13:08 PM
Wow, Baby seems pretty convinced that the was the last of the Big 3.

Seems pretty delusional about his own skill level, and his impact on the team as well.

I think he's right, he would have started by the year's end if he were still here.  But that's kind of a slam to say they'd have won it if only he were out there instead of Bass.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: bfrombleacher on June 19, 2012, 09:09:12 PM
Wow, Baby seems pretty convinced that the was the last of the Big 3.

Seems pretty delusional about his own skill level, and his impact on the team as well.

I think he's right, he would have started by the year's end if he were still here.  But that's kind of a slam to say they'd have won it if only he were out there instead of Bass.

But he was putting up some insane numbers. Although I have no idea how since I did not watch the series.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: indeedproceed on June 19, 2012, 09:21:15 PM
Wow, Baby seems pretty convinced that the was the last of the Big 3.

Seems pretty delusional about his own skill level, and his impact on the team as well.

I think he's right, he would have started by the year's end if he were still here.  But that's kind of a slam to say they'd have won it if only he were out there instead of Bass.

That was what my comments as getting at. The implication that with him instead of Bass, he would've been the difference. Same old Baby, do/say something good, then something self-indulgent to taint it.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: ianboyextreme on June 19, 2012, 10:12:43 PM
Wow, Baby seems pretty convinced that the was the last of the Big 3.

Seems pretty delusional about his own skill level, and his impact on the team as well.
I guess you diddnt watch him go 20 and 10 for the last month of the season and playoffs for the Magic.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: indeedproceed on June 19, 2012, 10:29:15 PM
Wow, Baby seems pretty convinced that the was the last of the Big 3.

Seems pretty delusional about his own skill level, and his impact on the team as well.
I guess you diddnt watch him go 20 and 10 for the last month of the season and playoffs for the Magic.

8.7 rebounds per 36 minutes on a team that lost its best rebounder, 44% shooting from the field while playing center (terrible), And 19 points playing 38 minutes a night.

Not world beating numbers, especially when you consider he only played 5 games.

I know Glen Davis as a player, I've watched as much of him as anyone who didn't watch Orlando games on league pass, plus all the clerics games from 2008 on. Good spots, bad spots.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: celtsfan84 on June 19, 2012, 10:37:34 PM
Wow, Baby seems pretty convinced that the was the last of the Big 3.

Seems pretty delusional about his own skill level, and his impact on the team as well.
I guess you diddnt watch him go 20 and 10 for the last month of the season and playoffs for the Magic.

I did watch him go 20-10 and it was about as unimpressive a 20-10 as any player in NBA history.

His PER at the Center position is 17.2 (on the level of a solid 2nd option).  His opponents PER at the Center position was a 20.2 (All-Star level).

A 20-10 isn't worth much if you're giving up a 25-15 to the opponent.

Also, how about his January, where he went 7-6 with 37% shooting.  Or his February, where he went 8-3 with 43% shooting.

Those games count too.  Any player is great if you cherry pick only his best games.
Title: Re: Baby gets nostalgic
Post by: tonyto3690 on August 16, 2012, 05:23:22 PM
You do have to give him some credit for the playoff games.  He was the best player on a team that had no business being there without Dwight. 

That being said, his attitude and overall skillset just does not fit well with Rondo's game who has every year, increasingly been the key to our success.  Bass fits beautifully with Rondo's game and while started out miles behind Davis as a defender, by the end of the year was more than a capable defensive player.  He'd be perfect as a bench player, but as a starter he more than holds his own.  He just needs more experience in the playoffs and against an elite team like the Heat.