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		<title>The Delayed Takeoff: A Letter to Jason Terry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trey Adell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Dear JET, What happened to you man? What happened to the killer pick and roll ball handler that took out the Miami Heat in the finals? What happened to one of the best best scorers off the bench in the past decade? At the beginning of the season you&#8217;re bravado and showmanship off the bench [...]</p><p><a href="http://hardwoodhoudini.com/2013/05/14/the-delayed-takeoff-a-letter-to-jason-terry/">The Delayed Takeoff: A Letter to Jason Terry</a> - <a href="http://hardwoodhoudini.com">Hardwood Houdini</a> - <a href="http://hardwoodhoudini.com">Hardwood Houdini - A Boston Celtics Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_8296" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 660px"><a href="http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/18/files/2013/05/7301766.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-8296" title="NBA: Playoffs-New York Knicks at Boston Celtics" src="http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/18/files/2013/05/7301766.jpg" alt="" width="650" height="432" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Apr 26, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Celtics guard Jason Terry (4) reacts during the fourth quarter of game three of the first round of the 2013 NBA playoffs against the New York Knicks at TD Garden. New York Knicks won 90-76. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports</p></div>
<p>Dear JET,</p>
<p>What happened to you man? What happened to the killer pick and roll ball handler that took out the Miami Heat in the finals? What happened to one of the best best scorers off the bench in the past decade?</p>
<p>At the beginning of the season you&#8217;re bravado and showmanship off the bench was probably the best part of your seemingly nonexistent contribution to this team. I enjoyed it, for awhile. I also for awhile believed you were a much better option than Ray Allen would&#8217;ve been(<a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&amp;sum=0&amp;p1=allenra02&amp;y1=2013&amp;p2=terryja01&amp;y2=2013">Boy was I wrong</a>). I believed that you would be the same dynamic guard that I so enjoyed watching in Dallas. It&#8217;s not so much that I hate you JET, it&#8217;s more that I despised the talking.</p>
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<p>My biggest pet peeve with you was that satanic, jinx of a tattoo you decided to permanently ink you&#8217;re body with. I appreciated the confidence and I know it worked before with Dallas but it was just unnecessary. I wouldn&#8217;t have been as mad if you actually backed it up with great play. 10 ppg on 43% shooting with the lowest PER of you career(12.8) isn&#8217;t gonna cut it. You had you&#8217;re 4th worst shooting season of your career and never learned any of the defensive rotations.</p>
<p>Even with all of the negatives there were still some positives. Your TS% was the best since you 08-09 season in Dallas and you had some great moments. You&#8217;re late game heroics in the New York series let me have some closure with the Celtics season and I thank you for that. While I cringed when you shot them I did secretly enjoy every PUJIT you made no matter how awful they were. You took one for the team and got JR suspended for a game in the New York series.</p>
<p>The future in Boston is quite uncertain and I don&#8217;t know who&#8217;ll be suiting up in Green. Whether your here or not, Your time in Green will certainly not be forgotten. I probably won&#8217;t remember you fondly and will mostly likely direct my ire for this season towards you in the future but for now I&#8217;m gonna focus on the positives and remember you as a solid yet inconsistent 6th man. You certainly weren&#8217;t Dallas Jet for most of the season but you helped us when it counted in the playoffs and allowed me to have fun with this team instead of hating it. For that Jet, I am thankful, you may not have contributed much but you made the season a lot easier to enjoy.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Silva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The offseason came early for the Celtics, and Danny Ainge has begun the process of evaluating the 2013 NBA Draft entrants. Ainge has shown he can land good players late in the draft, such as Avery Bradley, Rajon Rondo, Al Jefferson, Tony Allen and Kendrick Perkins. With the Celtics holding the 16th pick in the [...]</p><p><a href="http://hardwoodhoudini.com/2013/05/12/players-celtics-could-target-in-2013-nba-draft-part-2/">Players Celtics Could Target in 2013 NBA Draft: Part 2</a> - <a href="http://hardwoodhoudini.com">Hardwood Houdini</a> - <a href="http://hardwoodhoudini.com">Hardwood Houdini - A Boston Celtics Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>The offseason came early for the Celtics, and Danny Ainge has begun the process of evaluating the 2013 NBA Draft entrants. Ainge has shown he can land good players late in the draft, such as Avery Bradley, Rajon Rondo, Al Jefferson, Tony Allen and Kendrick Perkins.</p>
<p>With the Celtics holding the 16th pick in the draft, Ainge is in position to grab another future piece. Last week we took a look at some players the <a href="http://hardwoodhoudini.com/2013/05/05/early-look-at-players-celtics-could-target-in-2013-nba-draft/" target="_blank">Celtics could be targeting in the upcoming draft</a>. Surely those are just a few of the players on the radar.</p>
<p>Today we&#8217;ll take a look at three other players that could fit nicely into the Celtics&#8217; future.</p>
<p>The first is Jamal Franklin of San Diego State University. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard did it all for the Aztecs this past season while leading them to an NCAA tournament appearance. Franklin led his team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals, averaging 17 points per game, 9.5 rebounds per game, 3.3 assists per game, and 1.6 steals per game.</p>
<p>For a Celtics&#8217; roster that struggled to rebound, having a guard with Franklin&#8217;s rebounding ability could do wonders on the glass. He is not afraid to mix it up down low, and has a junkyard dog mentality where he&#8217;ll fight and scrap for everything. His athletic ability also immediately stands out. He once threw an alley-oop off the backboard to himself during a game.</p>
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<p>His size, mentality, and athleticism give him all the tools needed to be a good NBA defender. As Celtics&#8217; fans have seen, no young player will get on the court for Doc Rivers without the ability to play defense. Franklin&#8217;s offense has room for improvement, but he&#8217;s a strong slasher who finds a way to put the ball in the basket.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t teach height and length, and that is certainly what Rudy Gobert has. The center from France stands in at 7-foot-2 with a ridiculous 7-foot-9 wingspan. The Celtics already took a project big man last draft with Fab Melo, but it may be hard to pass up a 7-footer with this amount of potential.</p>
<p>Gobert&#8217;s length makes him a threat to block every shot around the paint. With Garnett&#8217;s career in the final stages, Boston will need to find their defensive anchor of the future. It may take a year or two for Gobert to develop into an everyday NBA center though. He weighs just 230 pounds, but appears to have a good frame to add muscle.</p>
<p>Coordination is usually an issue with players the size of Gobert, as seen with Melo. However, despite his size he moves very well. Gobert is someone who could sky rocket up draft boards as the process moves forward. Scouts and general managers tend to fall in love with potential, and Gobert is full of it.</p>
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<p>Gobert has the capability of becoming a dominant defensive center, while this next prospect has a way to go on that end.</p>
<p>Kelly Olynyk turned himself into a first round pick with an impressive season at Gonzaga. The Canadian-born center transformed himself into arguably the best offensive post player in the NCAA this past season. He averaged 17.8 ppg while shooting nearly 63 percent from the floor.</p>
<p>His footwork in sensational and he has an array of ways to score once in the paint. Olynyk has even shown the ability to stretch defenses, shooting 33 percent from behind the arc.</p>
<p>As mentioned earlier though, Rivers won&#8217;t play young players who cannot defend. The Gonzaga big man lacks foot speed and lateral quickness, which could make it difficult for him to defend the pick and roll at the NBA level. There also has to be some questions concerning the level of competition Olynyk consistently faced. Scoring on mid-major quality big men in the West Coast Conference won&#8217;t be quite the same as in the NBA.</p>
<p>Ultimately he could be a solid contributor off the bench, particularly on the offensive end. If the Celtics stay largely intact next year, Olynyk may be able to contribute right away unlike some big men in this draft. With Boston likely looking toward the distant future though, Ainge may pass for a player with greater potential like Gobert.</p>
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