The 2012 - 2013 Celtics are a whole new team. Their extended bench consists of Jeff Green, who is not a completely new face, but was unable to play last year based on health reasons, and new faces Courtney Lee, Jason "Jet" Terry, rookie Jarred Sullinger, Leandro "Leandrinho" Barbosa and a few other minor players. This brings significant increased depth to the guard position for Boston. The only notable absence is the future Hall of Famer Ray Allen, who left to join the Miami Heat to help Lebron defend his title. Most Valuable Celtic is going to have to be Rajon Rondo, the capable Celtics PG.
Game 1 was in South Beach vs the Heat and the Celtics did not emerge victorious. Lebron and Wade had massive games and Ray Allen's first game wearing red and black was a memorable one. It really hurt to watch that smooth jump stroke count against the Green. I think the line was fair at Heat -6.5, and probably would have taken the Celtics with the points. However, the new pieces of the Celtics are not yet clicking as I think they will be as the season winds to a close. This Celtics team is constructed a lot differently, the offense is going to be much improved, and the defense, which has been the hallmark of this team since we acquired KG seems to have fallen off a bit based on the first game. They will need to improve this as the season moves forward to be competitive.
I am very confident that the Celtics will emerge as the #2 or #3 seed in the Eastern Conference and the success of our new players will be critical to any post season success
Celtics coach, Doc Rivers, looing stylish with the window pane SC, nice tie and french cuffs. Doc Rivers tends to favor Ermenegildo Zegna.
