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Ray Allen will return to TD Garden on Sunday for the first time and Doc Rivers said he hopes the crowd cheers the former Celtic.That's nice of Rivers to say, but Allen's Heat teammates are far less enthusiastic about a potential warm greeting in Boston. "I don't expect it to be good," LeBron James said about the reception. "If you don't wear green, in that building they don't like you." Knowing the Celtics crowd, we expect he'll get his fair share of boos, but it could very well drive Allen to one his best games of the season, which would make owners very happy.Related: CelticsSource: FOX Sports Florida Jan 26 - 9:38 AM
Quote from: Scottie on January 26, 2013, 07:31:06 AMHave always been a bit confused about the venom shown towards Ray. He took less money to play for a team that has a better chance of a championship....aren't we supposed to laud players like that?Only when it benefits us. then we lavish praise on such players as paragons of sport and true Celtics. When you do it for another team, your a traitor and a horrible human being who should be expunged from all team history. It's greenglasses (well really any fanbase) 101.
Have always been a bit confused about the venom shown towards Ray. He took less money to play for a team that has a better chance of a championship....aren't we supposed to laud players like that?
Looks like Ray made the right call for himself. The team sucks and many people here think Doc is just horrible. So why should he stay again? More money? He has more the he could spend probably. Make the fans happy? Many of them wanted him traded. I was mad at him at first but now he's proven to have done the smart thing.
Quote from: Scottie on January 26, 2013, 07:31:06 AMHave always been a bit confused about the venom shown towards Ray. He took less money to play for a team that has a better chance of a championship....aren't we supposed to laud players like that?he went to enemy #1
Quote from: lightspeed5 on January 26, 2013, 02:27:45 PMQuote from: Scottie on January 26, 2013, 07:31:06 AMHave always been a bit confused about the venom shown towards Ray. He took less money to play for a team that has a better chance of a championship....aren't we supposed to laud players like that?he went to enemy #1I don't think you laud that. Did you expect the Magic to cheer Shaq when he took less to go to the Lakers?Ray was within every right to backstab Boston (as was Shaq), but that's what he did. He took less money to play for the team that was the biggest barrier to the C's reaching the finals.That said, I wouldn't boo him. I'd applaud cordially in deference to his run here. Then just root hard for the C's. Beating the Heat is the only real way to make Ray feel anything negative about his move. Unfortunately, there is little doubt right now that Ray made the right move for himself.