Originally Posted by mrsister

I agree that Rondo shouldn't have been shooting the ball in OT. There are times where I wish he would shoot, but at a critical time when he's not shooting well, he should defer. He's no Ray Allen where he can snap out of a bad streak easily. He needs a few more years experience before he can be clutch. I don't want to discourage Rondo from shooting. It's the only way he'll get better, and he has shown significant progress. But there are good times and bad times to shoot, and OT was a bad time. Pierce was having a horrible shooting night, but I would have rather he took the shots than Rondo.

I'm not concerned about the Cavs yet. I still think the Celtics can handle them. They demolished them in the preseason. I know it was the preseason, but both teams were pretty much treating it like a regular season game because it was the last one before the season started. I think in the playoffs, the Cavs would win a couple, but I think the continued onslaught of KG, Pierce, and Allen every night would wear them down because Lebron has to do so much. But who knows. The Pistons couldn't beat them, but the Spurs had no trouble.

Originally Posted by Shaq_Diesel

A true sign of greatness is when people start hating you. If he wasn't great, you wouldn't hate.