Why is everyone counting out Boston as a contender?

Eastern Conference:

1. Heat

2. Bulls

3. Celtics

Sometimes it's better being the underdog.

Because Pierce, Allen, and Garnett are getting old. But, they still have young players like Rondo and Bass. Pierce and Allen are still doing great, but Garnett is another story. IMO, he should really take it to the rim more. He gets a decent number of points, but those are from jump shots. If he took it to the rim more, he could get like 4 or 6 extra points a game. But, the main reason is they're old and look bad to the Miami Heat. However, they put up a good fight in Miami, they might have won if it wasn't for Norris Cole. People are saying that the only contenders against Miami is the Bulls, but look at what the Mavs did last year. Dirk was unstoppable. I don't know if they can repeat or not, because the Heat are looking as good as ever.

ok. i will bypass by way of a number of your factors. confident they got here interior of a million game of prevailing all of it. And if Perkins did no longer get harm, they possibly could of gained it. they did no longer loose a extensive piece on the group. yet Perkins is out with a considerable injury. there is not any thank you to tell how he will come returned. basically look at T-Mac. He replaced into super and then have been given his knee harm, now he's not something yet a function participant. Jermaine O'neal isn't an improve. He replaced into terrible final year. i'm a extensive warmth fan, I stay in South Florida. And Jermaine replaced into the explanation the warmth purely gained a million game interior the playoffs. Shaq replaced right into a stable addition yet he would not play stable %. and roll protection, which would be used plenty from the warmth and Magic. he will purely provide constrained minutes. Pierce and Allen nevertheless look stable. Garnett on the different hand, is defiantly ageing. He lost a number of that explosiveness (returned with a knee injury). He doesn'tcontinual to the basket anymore. he's basically a mid variety bounce shooter. And the Celtics did no longer play nicely on the tip of the time-honored season, they only have been given warm during the playoffs. that occurs at times. the proper group would not continually win, at times it quite is basically the main well-liked group.

I'm a hawks fan I could say the same but I don't cause talk is cheap I could sit here all day if I was a "knicks fan and explain how my team should be talked about because we're good and we could make it to the conference finals" ESPN is full of it when it comes to favorites they want to say exactly what the viewers want to hear. Bottom line is your team is here to shut their a$$ up that's if you bother to care about what they have to say I know I don't. Just wait as the season wines down. This is how I put it, its you and your team ignore the media. Like I said they say what's going to get them money "what's a hot topic?"

because people buy into what the media tells them. I think the Mavs, Lakers, Spurs, Portland could all contend for a title,not just the Thunder. People who say the Thunder will 100 percent guarantee to come out of the west put too much stock into the season rather than what counts, the playoffs. Same with the Celtics issue. What better teams to come out of the East and West than the veteran teams?

I wouldn't write off any of the teams that won a championship or more. Mavs, Spurs, CELTICS, :P

All these unproven teams like the Bulls, heat, Thunder, who haven't won any are simply hungry.

One of them has been there, but none of them has done that:P (win it all)

Edit: Whoever thumbed me down knows nothing about basketball. Thumb me down and prove your ignorance.

They are too old. It is that simple. What Miami did to them last year showed that. Being one year older, and having deal with the loss of one of their key younger role players, in Jeff Green won't help either.

09-10 was two years ago.

Still early but Boston is a good 3rd place team

Because they're "too old." People said that about the Mavs last year and look what we did. The Celtics are still one of the best teamsin the league.

Cuz they suck and are olld news. I would be embaressed to be a Celtics or Lakers fan. Its 2012 sweety forget about the past cuz history its in the making.

Veteran Expierence is on their side now and Rondo