So the Celtics are on the cusp of franchise history with the best start in team history with a win tonight. The Washington Wizards are the final hurdle to clear while in doing so. With the Wizards having a tough time putting anything together that looks like good basketball this should be an easy mission for the boys in green to accomplish. The true question is this team better than the team that we had on the floor that won the Championship last year. All the key parts are back in place for another title run and now being a battle-tested team I personally think they're slightly better. Sure they lost the "Heart and Soul" of last years bench in James Posey, he did give Celtics that veteran presence off the bench that is hard to find. But now is the true test of some of these guys that Ainge held onto like Rondo & Perk. I know it early still in the season, but it truly looks like those two have come into there own. Rondo's assist are up about 3 a game and he has nearly doubled his steal per game average. He has definitely come in to his own as a floor leader with a true lock down presence on the opposing teams Floor General. Perk has increased both his points and rebounds by a couple and is showing more confidence at the line. Not to mention he is 5 years in the league, about the time frame it takes for a Big Man to develop in the NBA. Considering he came out of High School that's not too shabby. After all you can't expect him to put up numbers you'll see Big Al put up in Minnesota, but you don't exactly need another scoring threat when you have the Big 3, you need a presence. With there playoff run last year they gained lots off valuable experience for the guys on the Bench like: Powe, E. House and Scal. This said the one vital part they're missing is a back up point. Not something to be super concerned with right now, but come playoff time we'll need someone that can come in for about 10-15 minutes a game to give Rondo a breather. I don't think Cassell is going to be the man we need, and this is where they could use an improvement. I've never been a big fan of having a guy in the wings coming back for the last 20 games or so and for a playoff run. Hopefully there will be some names available come the trade deadline. Either way they seem hungry to repeat and I have yet to see a game this year with there is no fire in their eyes. Lets face it 66 wins last year is a tall order to top, but with a quarter of the season over is sure looks like something that they can achieve. I feel if they can make it to the All-Star break with 6 losses or less there wouldn't be any doubt in my mind they could contest for the best record of all time 72-10. We'll just have to see what happens...
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