Recent content by cmaxwell's silver hammer

Agree. More broadly, how many centers/big men in the league would you trade TL for right now, considering the blossoming superstar potential, young age, and incredible contract? I love watching this guy play like no other Celtic in a long time, especially the way he times and controls blocks...

The Captain Video-Parish story is memorable.

Terrible. Should have kept WFT. The adoption of 'Wizards' by the basketball franchise years ago was bad, but this is much worse.

I didn't say you were wrong nor was it intended as a criticism. When I read that sentence it just occurred to me that I recalled reading the similar observation leading up to the Super Bowl in 2001. Everyone expected the Rams--the Greatest Show on Turf-- to steamroll the Patriots. The...

Swap out Bengals for Patriots and that sentence was probably written many times 21 years ago.

I strongly agree with MM above about Paul Brown. I would put him in the top five. Also would consider Vermeil, Lambeau, and Halas. I think Gibbs disastrous comeback hurts him. Grant and Levy never winning a SB hurts them.

It would be ironic if, after all this talk of how to acquire a third star, it turns out we already have that blossoming third star in TL. Far from a sure thing, but he has unique unlimited ability, and his durability has been better than anticipated this season. His confidence is clearly...

As bad as he can be at times, I like to watch Nesmith because he seems to have attended the John Havlicek school of continual movement. Once he learns how to move efficiently and with purpose, he could emerge as a surprisingly good player.

I think I have read that as Sam released his high-arcing shot over Wilt's outstretched fingertips, he would routinely shout 'too late!'. And apparently after the 'stool game', the Celtics played Philadelphia again the very next day, as described here by Sam: link

His use of the backboard has never been replicated. And warding an irate Wilt Chamberlain off with a stool is one of the most iconic moments in Celtics history. RIP, Sam.

The Kanter signing is the final confirmation, if that were needed, that next season is a bridge year. Sure, Kanter is a defensive black hole that brings some offense and rebounding, replacing a bit of that which has been lost, but by most accounts his greatest value is his personality and...

The hamstring muscles flex the leg at the knee and extend the thigh at the hip. Therefore full lower limb anterior movement is most stressful to those muscles since both antagonistic actions (leg extension and thigh flexion) are being performed simultaneously. It's the reason why it is...

It is quite possible, but we are not privy to the inside details nor can we know the future outcomes of deals made and not made. So it inevitably comes down to opinions, and your take is more than reasonable. I also think it is important to remember that we don't know what constraints...

Absolutely--and I think Chaim's philosophy is to strike a flexible balance between the near- and long-term. If acquisition costs had not been so extreme, I think we would have seen more substantial deadline activity.

Particularly Pivetta, overall, has been more than adequate. Sale, Eovaldi, Houck and Pivetta (always assuming health) is not spectacular, but solid. If Rodriguez can turn it around, it becomes very good. Richards is really the one that needs to go ASAP.