Boston Celtics Team Review

Yet one more mediocre team in the Atlantic division, the Celtics have some of the top young talent and depth in the Eastern Conference. The difficulty is that they do not have much else aside from Paul Pierce in the in attendance to win games. Doc Rivers has his work cut out for him to make the playoffs in the future season, and angry Boston fans are expectant no less.

As mentioned before, Paul Pierce is the only superstar on a team with players typically motionless searching for an identity. Pierce had a career year last season averaging 26.8 points per game. He also was highly praised for his unselfishness and leadership roles. For the Celtics to win games, Pierce has to carry on to be on the same page as his coach and teammates.

Outside of Pierce, the Celtics Tickets will brag their roster with many recent first-round picks. The point guard place will be the responsibility of two of these young players, in newly acquire Sebestian Telfair and Delonte West. West had a pretty good season last year with over 11 points and 4 rebounds and assist a game. Meanwhile, Telfair was drafted directly out of high school and has the pure talent to be a playmaker in the future.

At the shooting guard place veteran Wally Szczerbiak and Tony Allen will be asked to give a second scoring option to Pierce. Wally is a good scorer who has always been dependable for about fifteen points a game. Meanwhile, Tony Allen should be a good option off of the bench.

Other key players for the Celtics comprise big men Al Jefferson and Kendrick Perkins. Both of these power forwards/centers have shown a lot of possible in the past and could be entering their breakout seasons. Coaches have been very frightened with Jefferson 's weight loss over the offseason, and feel as if he can make a huge crash on the team. Behind these two are more reliable options in Ryan Gomes and Theo Ratliff. Ratliff in exacting has been in the league for quite some time and can be a good power on Boston 's young players.

For Boston Celtics to be winning in 2006/07, they must set up a solid rotation (in 2005 they rotated in so many players that their play was conflicting), and they need Pierce to carry on his stellar play from last season. It is hard to see them making the playoffs with no at least one of their young players becoming a star.