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Summer Quandaries: Smart Breaking Celtics Rookie Curse?
by bobheckler Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:56 pm
http://celticsgreen.blogspot.com/2014/08/sq14-35-smart-breaking-celtics-rookie.html
For several years it seems as if it is the fate of each Celtic first round pick to miss sizeable segments of the summer after the draft, training camp, or their first season. It is hard enough to make the leap into the pros without stumbling at the start. Just when they need to be driving their bodies into a physical peak, making the most of each practice to acclimate and learn how to slide into their proper positions within the offense sets and defensive rotations, and leveraging every moment on the court into greater understanding and a statement earning more court time, they spend their hours in the training room, their energy consumed by therapists and strength and conditioning coaches rather than position coaches, and their study from the bench and in the film room rather than on the court soaking up subtleties in the school of hand checks and knee nudges.
Just think of this sad litany of retarded career starts:
Young--Car wreck and lingering neck pain and concussion like symptoms
Olynyk--Plantar fasciitis through summer and into the fall
Sullinger--back pain limits summer and sidelines him for surgery three months into season
Bradley--rehab from ankle surgery nixes summer, camp, and impacts well into season
Can’t these kids get a break, NO NOT LITERALLY! How about our Green heroes get off to fast starts, make more progress that average, surprise us with their early productivity? It is time for the pendulum to swing the other way.
Enter Marcus Smart. Refuses to look like a timid rookie in summer league. Gleans raves with national practice team. Dare we hope . . . oh wait, what the heck, let’s go all in, it's about time for some optimism.
Only 30 more days until training camp.
bob
MY NOTE: At the risk of putting the whammy on him, Marcus Smart has been brutally physical in every game/scrimmage he has been in. It was awesome watching him putting his shoulder into a defender on a drive in summer league and finishing through the contact, as his rep from college said he'd do. Fingers crossed.
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For several years it seems as if it is the fate of each Celtic first round pick to miss sizeable segments of the summer after the draft, training camp, or their first season. It is hard enough to make the leap into the pros without stumbling at the start. Just when they need to be driving their bodies into a physical peak, making the most of each practice to acclimate and learn how to slide into their proper positions within the offense sets and defensive rotations, and leveraging every moment on the court into greater understanding and a statement earning more court time, they spend their hours in the training room, their energy consumed by therapists and strength and conditioning coaches rather than position coaches, and their study from the bench and in the film room rather than on the court soaking up subtleties in the school of hand checks and knee nudges.
Just think of this sad litany of retarded career starts:
Young--Car wreck and lingering neck pain and concussion like symptoms
Olynyk--Plantar fasciitis through summer and into the fall
Sullinger--back pain limits summer and sidelines him for surgery three months into season
Bradley--rehab from ankle surgery nixes summer, camp, and impacts well into season
Can’t these kids get a break, NO NOT LITERALLY! How about our Green heroes get off to fast starts, make more progress that average, surprise us with their early productivity? It is time for the pendulum to swing the other way.
Enter Marcus Smart. Refuses to look like a timid rookie in summer league. Gleans raves with national practice team. Dare we hope . . . oh wait, what the heck, let’s go all in, it's about time for some optimism.
Only 30 more days until training camp.
bob
MY NOTE: At the risk of putting the whammy on him, Marcus Smart has been brutally physical in every game/scrimmage he has been in. It was awesome watching him putting his shoulder into a defender on a drive in summer league and finishing through the contact, as his rep from college said he'd do. Fingers crossed.
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Re: Summer Quandaries: Smart Breaking Celtics Rookie Curse?
by Sam Sat Aug 30, 2014 1:09 pm
If he's a solid keeper, laurels go to NYCelt who has supported Marcus consistently.
If he gets injured—ever—that's also NYCelt's fault.
Sam
If he gets injured—ever—that's also NYCelt's fault.
Sam
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Re: Summer Quandaries: Smart Breaking Celtics Rookie Curse?
by NYCelt Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:12 pm
sam wrote:If he's a solid keeper, laurels go to NYCelt who has supported Marcus consistently.
If he gets injured—ever—that's also NYCelt's fault.
Sam
I'll send the C's a few extra rolls of athletic tape, just in case.
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