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Will the Celtics name a captain for the upcoming season?
« on: August 31, 2015, 06:39:57 PM »

Offline Tr1boy

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If not, are the Celtics the only team in the league without a captain?


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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2015, 06:51:13 PM »

Offline marlon.oddo

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Brad seems to be down on the captain concept and we don't currently have a player worthy of the role.  I'm not sure if every other team has an official captain.  Somehow, I doubt it.

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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2015, 08:16:42 PM »

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Somehow, in only his 2nd season, I think Smart would be the obvious choice. As my coach used to say, "he's a man amongst boys", a natural born leader who's all-out hustle and tenacity rubs off on everyone around him. I can't think of anyone better than him to hold that title, except maybe Crowder or Bradley in a stretch.

Of course if I was CBS, I'd be hesitant to name anyone Captain if the best choice is a sophomore, if have no issue going without it.

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If not, are the Celtics the only team in the league without a captain?

Actually that was a more interesting question than I expected.

Teams without a captain: Detroit, Denver, Minny, and ... LAL  :-X

Teams with 3 captains: Clips, Cavs, Hawks, Wizards, Memphis, SAS, Oklahoma (Dakari is the third  ::)).

And the teams that have two are roughly the same number with the teams that have one captain.

So, there are a lot more captains than teams but only bcs several teams go over the top.

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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2015, 08:33:20 PM »

Offline BraxVitto

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Most likely it would be Bradley or Smart who would be named captain, but neither really deserve it at this point.

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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2015, 08:34:42 PM »

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If not, are the Celtics the only team in the league without a captain?

Actually that was a more interesting question than I expected.

Teams without a captain: Detroit, Denver, Minny, and ... LAL  :-X

Teams with 3 captains: Clips, Cavs, Hawks, Wizards, Memphis, SAS, Oklahoma (Dakari is the third  ::)).

And the teams that have two are roughly the same number with the teams that have one captain.

So, there are a lot more captains than teams but only bcs several teams go over the top.

So dakari is a 1st year servant and captain? 

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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2015, 09:26:27 PM »

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If not, are the Celtics the only team in the league without a captain?

Actually that was a more interesting question than I expected.

Teams without a captain: Detroit, Denver, Minny, and ... LAL  :-X

Teams with 3 captains: Clips, Cavs, Hawks, Wizards, Memphis, SAS, Oklahoma (Dakari is the third  ::)).

And the teams that have two are roughly the same number with the teams that have one captain.

So, there are a lot more captains than teams but only bcs several teams go over the top.

So dakari is a 1st year servant and captain?

As far as wikipedia is concerned.



The conclusion I draw from the data is that most stars are the captains of their teams with multi-captaining taking place to avoid diva issues (SAS, Cavs, Clips) but you still have outliers that defy any theoretical approach (Kobe, Dakari).





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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2015, 10:23:00 PM »

Offline Celtics4ever

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CBS will be the captain even if they name someone else, he is our leader.

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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2015, 10:30:30 PM »

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Not opposed to pulling a McHale and naming our rookie PG the captain if we are in the hunt come playoff time. Send only Rozier out to shake hands with opposing captains before tip-off while our stud muffins give them the stank eye from our bench.
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Offline slamtheking

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no one's worthy of the Captaincy right now.  wouldn't give to anyone we traded for, signed as a FA or drafted at this point.