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PrimeTime Saturday

 ,☘️      C's look like they are going to be full strength tonight. I am not looking forward to hearing ABC drool all over the Lakers, Luka, and Leflop. I really hope the refs don't dictate tonight's outcome. If we look at overall talent the Celtics are the better team and I hope they prove it. I wonder what the odds are on how many flops the Fakers have tonight. To be honest with you these national games and analysts on ABC are awful. Update on the health of KP he's out tonight yet again.        Do me a favor C's fans keep track of how many bad calls are made tonight. Nice to see the Celtics wearing their classic white uniforms. C's D isn't playing up to standards right now.  Joe calls timeout and hopefully he gets into them. The defense continues to look a step slow. The offense has really picked things up and they are finding their groove.       I like what I'm seeing from the Jays! Everyone is touching the rock and mak...

K C Jones: "Hail fellow well met" just happened to be a great coach

  "Hail fellow well met"  is an  English   idiom  used when referring to a person whose behavior is hearty, friendly, and congenial, in the affirmative sense. It took an excellent CelticsBlog article by Dan Kelley  to once again remind me why the hell K C Jones has not been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. Read Dan's article for many specifics. Both former Celtics coaches, Bill Fitch and Rick Pitino , are in the Hall as coaches. Why isn't K C there? I was never a fan of Fitch and still despise Pitino. Rick came close to ruining a treasured sports franchise (Celtics) and I didn't care for Bill - even though Larry Bird still showers praise on him. I first learned of Fitch's harsh treatment of his (then) assistant, K C Jones after reading Jones' book, Rebound . Fitch's abuse of K C was well-known ( per latimes.com's Thomas Bonk ): "Fitch had little use for K.C. Jones, who was one of his assistant coaches, but who succeeded...