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  • pinoy
    On the Rookie List
    • Dec 2007
    • 33

    swans = celtics???

    Is it just me or does the way Boston Celtics go about their business similar to the way the Swans go about theirs.

    I've watched every game of the NBA finals series and the Celtics seems like hard working group of guys, who play for each and for their coach.

    They seem to have huge respect for their coach and Doc Rivers coaching style is very similar to Roosy's, defence, defence, defence.

    They only have about 3 big names players supported by hard working 2nd tier players.

    I don't know, I just saw some similarity when watching it.
  • NMWBloods
    Taking Refuge!!
    • Jan 2003
    • 15819

    #2
    I've always seen as a club the Celtics are to the NBA what Collingwood is to the AFL.
    Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

    "[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."

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    • goswannie14
      Leadership Group
      • Sep 2005
      • 11166

      #3
      Originally posted by NMWBloods
      I've always seen as a club the Celtics are to the NBA what Collingwood is to the AFL.
      Same same. Could have something to do with being a Lakers supporter though.
      Does God believe in Atheists?

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      • timbo
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        • Aug 2003
        • 344

        #4
        They only have about 3 big names
        Considering the size of a NBA roster is about 15 players as well as the fact that they were "purchased" with big money in the off season, I wouldn't see too many similarities there.

        Without the 3 of them they wouldn't have made any impact in the playoffs.

        But I guess the way they play is somewhat similar, but then again there are many teams which you can say play like the swans. Guess it sounds better if comparisons are with a championship team.
        Onwards to Victory!

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        • stellation
          scott names the planets
          • Sep 2003
          • 9721

          #5
          Doc Rivers must have been the happiest coach on earth when Danny Ainge told him "I just got KG" then, after Doc came back to, "Oh, I got Ray Allen as well".
          I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
          We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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          • voodooguru
            Self-lubricating
            • Apr 2007
            • 421

            #6
            Originally posted by NMWBloods
            I've always seen as a club the Celtics are to the NBA what Collingwood is to the AFL.
            I'd say the Celtics are the NBA's Carlton, and Detroit is Collingwood.

            Because the teams are smaller, it's easier to dominate the league if you get the right core group in the NBA. Taking this into account I'd say that San Antonio are the Swans of the NBA. No fuss, no frills, finals regulars - with a successful style that is constantly denigrated by (doofus) NBA fans.
            I was wrong about Gerard and his hair.

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            • JudesaGun
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              • Sep 2003
              • 554

              #7
              Originally posted by pinoy
              They only have about 3 big names players
              Given these three are absolute NBA supertars and take up 3/5 of the starting positions most nights, that's huge... in fact they have more superstar-type players than just about any other team in the league. Combined with young talented guys like Rondo and Powell and really I think they are nothing like the Swans.
              Sanford Wheeler 4 President!

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              • hammo
                Veterans List
                • Jul 2003
                • 5554

                #8
                Does Larry Bird still play?
                "As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk

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                • Jeffers1984
                  Veterans List
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 4564

                  #9
                  don't get me depressed (Lakers Fan).
                  Official Driver Of The "Who Gives A @@@@ As The Player Will Get Delisted Anyway" Bandwagon.

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                  • stellation
                    scott names the planets
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 9721

                    #10
                    Originally posted by hammo
                    Does Larry Bird still play?
                    Yes, only he changed his name to Adam Morrisson and started to suck.
                    I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                    We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                    • Triple B
                      Formerly 'BBB'
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 6999

                      #11
                      Originally posted by hammo
                      Does Larry Bird still play?
                      Wasn't he the guy they gave the #14 to ???
                      Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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                      • NMWBloods
                        Taking Refuge!!
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 15819

                        #12
                        The Swans remind me of Pat Riley's New York Knicks in the early 1990s. Very strong defence, not so many stars, and offence built around a talented, if slightly flawed, big man.
                        Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

                        "[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."

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                        • ScottH
                          It's Goodes to cheer!!
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 23665

                          #13
                          The swans remind me of an old model Ford.

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                          • TheHood
                            On the Rookie List
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 1938

                            #14
                            ?'m the white Larry Bird."
                            The Pain of Discipline is Nothing Like The Pain of Disappointment

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