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The sun was barley hiding away, but as the sun was running away. Rays of light flew through the glass, filtering memories of the past. What I remember most from June 17 wasn't KG's "Anything's possible" catch phrase. It was the suffering ending. The years that I spent watching less than brilliant basketball had ended. Memories that should be faded,but aren't out of your mind. Some just too damn tainted. Time travels just too damn fast. Before you know it, its all in the past.
KG pounding his chest five seasons later still brings out the same joy for me. but I didn't seem to soak up in 2008. Everything seemed to move so fast. I often spend time, watching games from 2008, to see If I can feel the same way as I did in 2008. It's funny how we want to feel that same exact feeling from a time where everything seemed perfect. We want to hear that song, we want to taste the same food. We want to touch the couch arm as we grab a seat too watch the game. We want that game time refreshment to feel as cold as it did the first time.
So someone tell me why I keep hearing the same song. I can't let go of all the wrong in the past four seasons. Maybe that's why it hurts to hear these lyrics play out over, and over again. Maybe that's why I always feared the end. Hearing the song from 2008, memories never seem forgotten. In the dungeons of my mind. I have been trying to lock away and hide memories of 2010,and 2011, and now 2012. I have been searching for that 2008 feeling.
Memories are tricky things. when all we have is now, and the torture that eats us apart. We keep memories in little boxes arranged neatly in a pile, We sort them in many ways by date or place or time. Happy or sad, joy or regret. In the archives of the mind. Some boxes we hold so dear their contents bright and clear.
Some boxes we try to hide broken pieces lie inside. I want to hide 2010's game seven deep inside the grown. Inside a casket.
The happy memories make me cry the most. Paul diving for the jump ball over Lebron in-game seven. KG with the monster dunk against the Pistons.Pierce with the two big three's in-game one of the NBA finals. But such memories are often obscured by the shadows of sad recollections, which out number, and constantly surround them. They never leave me. Yet, it's strangely comforting to realise that the happy memories have more power, and that these will always make me cry the most.
It's been a long five years,but it has gone so fast, and way too fast at that.
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Entertaining that question leads to more questions. Is there a correlation between our steadily weakening bench and KG's unbelievably massive contract? I think there obviously is. So now that we are facing a post-KG era with a bare cupboard, without a group of strong players going forward, KG has the gall to tell us 'I won't come back unless you have a winning team for me!"
Or so it seems. And it seems he still wants maximal pay. COME ON PEOPLE!! Sure you can buy into all the propaganda, but use your brains. KG is not a stupid man. He knows that we can't build a winning team without some money.
Amidst the endless fawning over KG, no one wants to talk about the elephant in the room - that his salary has crushed every team he has been on. His only championship came on a team where the crushing effect of his salary hadn't taken place yet. But it soon did. Right away we began losing key bench players.
They say ball don't lie. Well it's not lying here. There's a reason that one of the best players in the history of the game only ever won one championship. That reason is being laid bare right now.
Greg says...
Paul, its tooo early to say what he wants. KG didn't hurt the Celtics the past 4 seasons with his contract. The Celtics still signed players from free agency. KG isn't a leage minnum guy. He's not a max guy. So their must be somthing in the middle.I honestly think the mid level exception of 5-6 million would be the right deal. My only concern about KG is that he's 36,and what if he breaks down next season? The ten million or so will be for nothing. KG is full of self pride,and he still believes he has stuff in the tank,so he wants the money. But we can't go by one silly rumor. Untill the market opens I won't bash KG yet.
Greg, it isn't just one source sending out this message, and I think it's naive to think that KG didn't want that message sent out. And I would have felt differently about the message had KG said something about how important it was to him to continue to sustain the Celtics Way, and to be part of the ongoing tradition he helped revive. And I would have liked to see some words about him being willing to make some sacrifices. But as far as I have seen, there's been none of that. The message I''ve seen is that he loves Doc (not no mention of loving the fans or the Celtics Way, apparently), and that he wants a lot of money, and that he wants to be on a winner.
And I think it's just folly to say that his contract didn't hurt us. His contract has been massive, and has obviously been the biggest part of the reason why we have to scratch and pick for cheapo free agents, and why we have steadily lost some of our key bench guys.
Again I say, there is a REASON why this guy has won one championship in his amazing career.
Greg says...
I just don't think we can rip KG yet. Every playoff team has contracts holding them back. The Thunder will feel the effects when its time to sign Harden,and Serge. Sources seem to aaume things at times. KG won't get that money anywhere else. Nobody has the cap, nobody who contends. He will take less money. Let's not cut KG down just yet. Let it more sources come out.
KG has all summer to send a different message from the one he has sent so far. I hope he does. But when you mention less money for KG, I hope you mean a lot less. I wouldn't pay him more than 8 million. You know, it's damn well time, in my view, he helped the Celtics out a little. He's spent five years selling us the lie that he cared about the Celtics. That was an expensive BJ we got from him.
But yeah, if he starts talking a little more positive line, then I'll be darned glad to see it. And let it start with 'yeah, of course I'll come back for a team-friendly contract so that we can start to build a strong team for the Celtics and Rondo's future. That's only reasonable, since I've been talking about how much I love the Celtics tradition for so many years now, and since I'm not exactly hurting financially. Heck, I really look forward to working with young players and helping them learn about being real Celtics."
But I predict he won't. I expect he'll take his BJ business elsewhere. He may even 'take his talents' to South Beach. Wouldn't that be a kick in the groin for us?
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