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In what's been the bleakest of years to be a Celtics fan (Except for maybe the Dino Raja years...)this week has been pretty good for the green. The Celtics broke their 19 game losing streak on Valentines Day of all days (which was predicted by yours truly), and now Gerald Green Wins 2007 Slam Dunk Contest. If you're a Celtic fan you have to see the silver lining in this season, Green shows the youth and athletic talent of our team, that's just oozing with potential.
Hopefully the next thing the Celtics win is the Lottery draft pick, with a Mr. Greg Oden right behind it.
Gerald's homage to Dee Brown was completely classic. Earlier in the day I was talking with my friend Zac about how much i loved Dee Brown, and even broke out my old away Brown Jersey. Seeing Green do the same hours later was awesome and helped make this year a little more easier to endure.
SawxBlog is going into full fledged Spring Training mode, but I had to blog about this, I'm just itching for the Celtics to return to glory in a few years, and think this can tide me over for a bit :-)
Congrats Gerald!
I think the bottom for me was the Claxton era - Claxton?!?!?!
Here is to hoping for a successful lottery - Oden reminds me of another bearded Celtic great - Bill Russell!
Posted by: Chris Hixon | February 21, 2007 at 02:23 PM
Claxton is absolutely classic!!!
I don't think either of us realize how lucky we were to see him actually play.
I found him on basketball reference and he played only 3 games in his NBA career, and they were all with the C's in 1996.
I'll never forget when we turned to each other and were like who the %&$* is Charles Claxton!?!
Peep his impressive stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/claxtch01.html
2 points and 4 fouls in his illustrious career!
Posted by: Derek Hixon | February 22, 2007 at 11:00 AM