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Not necessarilly. I know it's hard to believe, but I don't speak for the entire Boston fan-base. Someone mentioned the Celtics matching up with the Heat very well and it went from there.

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that was straight up against Payton. Wade won't ever put up 33 on Marcus as the primary defender - maybe Delonte, but not Marcus

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Check out the box score, Shaq didn't play that game.

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Unfortunately, for Boston, Payton did.

Look, the Celts have some options against Miami, Ricky D has a good handle (in fact, he carries the ball up court a lot when Delonte's in the game), and can play the point. Meaning that the Celtics can run Ricky and Tony Allen in the backcourt, leaving TA free to terrorise Wade. This isn't to say that Wade will ever be stopped. What you want is for Wade to start shooting and keep shooting by the bushel, while connecting at a Walkeresque pace.

Also, Walker is no longer the second option, he's the third. Pierce and Walker have picked up where they left off, Walker is that good at reading P2. What should worry the other Eastern Conference coaches is Walker potentially developing that sort of chemistry with Davis. When Walker and Davis are instinctively on the same page Boston will do some serious damage in the half court.

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Between Marcus Banks, Tony Allen, and Ricky Davis they could hold Wade to under 20ppg in my opinion. Tony Allen is said by many to ALREADY rival Artest on defense and Banks is probably the best defensive point in the league. Ricky is also a very very underated defender...when he wants to give 100% on defense, he'll drive someone batty.

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Ok well, ive never liked the celtics... and I really dislike Toine, but don't get me wrong I am extremely excited about having another good team in the east. I really think that the acquisition of walker is gonna really push the celtics into the upper regions of the playoffs this year and in years to come. If they can pick up a good ball distributor pg... maybe a young guy who can be mentored by payton.... one who can drive and kick, or feed people in the post, the celtics will be pretty unstoppable. They dont really need the bigs so much in the east, and they have the perimeter talent. I think they will do well.

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Delonte West and Marcus Banks

Tony Allen and Marcus Banks

They have Al Jefferson and Kendrick Perkins as their future big men.

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I can't disagree with that. I was just supporting my original point that the Celtics won't be a nightmare matchup for the Heat.

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They are a very good duo

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I'm not too impressed by this team. I think they should be happy to get past the first round. Pierce nor Walker are as good as they were a few years ago. Their roleplayers are better this time, granted, but i don't see why the Pistons or Heat should be worried (or the Wizard, for that matter).

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Danny Ainge has done well to breathe some passion back into the green machine.

I love Walker's game and always have. He is really the leader of the team but lets the others think that they are the leaders - and that is an art in itself!

I loved how they took it to the Suns(whom I love, always calling them the C's of the west). Amare had some foul trouble, which explains his absence of "dominance" in that game.

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