Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

For those skeptics who feel Larry Bird should not be rated Top-5 All-Time, I present the following from September 20, 2020 ( per The Sacramento Bee's Joe Davidson ): OUR ALL-TIME NBA STARTING 5, PLUS A FEW MORE If I’m picking an all-time NBA starting lineup, here’s who I hit the floor with: Point guard: Magic Johnson  — The ultimate floor leader, ball handler, passer, leader, personality and champion. Magic led the Lakers to nine NBA Finals, winning five. He could play any position. Shooting guard: Michael Jordan  — Relentless in scoring, in defending, in leadership and winning. Jordan and the Chicago Bulls went 6-0 in the NBA Finals while owning the 1990s. Small forward: LeBron James  — Ageless, timeless, relentless. James at 35 can score inside and out, handle the ball, finish with the ball, and has his third team in the Finals. Power forward: Larry Bird  — Yes, he could also play small forward, and James would be seamless at power forward, but in this game, just u...

Boston Celtics forward Semi Ojeleye is about to enter his third season in the NBA - a critical one for his career. His contract is very team-friendly at $1.6 million this year and $1.8 million for 2020-21 with a team option. A close look at his stats show that even with his minutes cut from 15.8 MPG as a rookie to 10.6 MPG last season, he still showed progress. His points rose from 2.7 PPG to 3.3 PPG (last season), mostly due to better shooting from the field. His rebounding dropped from 2.7 RPG as a rookie to 1.5 RPG as a sophomore. He needs to get better with that. Semi was an elite defender right out of the gate in his rookie campaign. He was drafted to be a classic 3-and-D guy, but thus far, his offensive production has not blossomed. If he shifted from the 3-and-D mode for which he was drafted to R-and-D - the "R" referring to rebounding - his career in the League could be assured. For the record, Semi Ojeleye is 6'7" and can't dribble, pass, or shoot ...

Continuing my off-season ramblings, Timeless Sports supplied an idea of a comparison that I may not have considered prior to the tweet. Dennis Rodman was one weird son-of-a-bitch, but he would never give up on a play - as the video below demonstrates. The most Dennis Rodman clip ever. Absolutely relentless. 💯 pic.twitter.com/ZBB8CXdofN — Timeless Sports (@timelesssports_) August 2, 2019 Whether you liked Rodman or not, just remember that he was a 7-time NBA rebounding champ - at 6'7" and 220 pounds. He was a 2-time All-Star, 7-time All-Defense First Team and 2-time Defensive Player of the Year. Quite a resume. Forget that he termed Larry Bird over-rated because he was white. That was heat-of-the-moment stuff. Wearing a wedding dress? I have no answer for that. The main pont is that "the Worm" never gave up on a play. He was relentless - much like our own Marcus Smart. I went searching for a video compilation of Smarty's winning plays, and as usual, I fou...