Here's the only negative thing Doc had to say about Wednesday night's preseason opener against Philly:
“I didn’t think anybody played poorly,” he said before pivoting. “Well, actually I did. I thought Baby (Glen Davis) played poorly, honestly. I thought he turned the ball over, was going too fast, didn’t set a lot of picks. So he’s got to have a better (stretch) from this point to the start of the season than he has from this point since the start of training camp.”
Davis' line: 6 pts, 2-5 FG, 3 Reb, 5 TOs in 19 minutes. As Scott Souza states in the above article, Doc is using the media to kick Big Baby in the ass. You won't find any objections here. I just hope Davis reacts the right way…and doesn't start sulking.
Paul Pierce was on WEEI's Big Show yesterday…and thanks to the Globe's Chad Finn who transcribed it, we've learned the Truth wasn't truly healthy at all last season:
I'll tell you one thing, I'm a lot healthier this season. A lot of people don't know this, but I wasn't 100 percent for most of last season. Before the season, I had a bone bruise in my left knee, and that was an issue for most of the year. I give Doc [Rivers] a lot of credit [for making sure it didn't become a worse problem.] It didn't heal until April, the playoffs, and then I hurt my right knee in the finals . . . [So I feel much healthier now.]
Tommy Heinsohn is adding to his "homer" reputation. He's only working Celtics home games this year. Donny Marshall gets the call on the road for Comcast.
For those headed to the D&D Center in Providence to catch the Celtics-Cavs, you won't see Kendrick Perkins, Sam Cassell or Sasha Pavlovic.
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