Rivers to Brooklyn?

The Brooklyn Nets have recently spoken to the Boston Celtics concerning Doc Rivers. The Nets are interested in having the Celtics coach on their team.

Doc Rivers still has 3 years and 21 million dollars on his contract.

The spot for Rivers opened up when Nets intern coach P.J Carlsimo was released after being knocked from the play-offs. I think that was the wrong move because he turned a team of nobodies into a team filled with somebodies.

I don't think Rivers will except the offer to coach the Nets. My reasoning is simple, he has coached the Celtics for as long as anybody can or wants to remember and he still has 3 years on his contract. Maybe after that he would take the Nets up in their offer.

By David B.

Doc Rivers Fined

The Coach of the NBA's Boston Celtics, Doc Rivers, has been fined 25k for criticizing referees publicly, NBA executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson announced on Thursday.

After the Celtics center, Kevin Garnett, ran into foul trouble during Tuesday's Game 2 loss, earning two whistles in an 18-second span early in the first quarter. Rivers showed his displeasure with the officiating in a post-game news conference.

He said in his words that "I thought the fouls on Kevin were horrendous and had a huge effect on us." This was said during the postgame news conference that he was given the fine for after the game 2 loss to the Knicks.

The Celtics have just dug them selves into a 2-0 deficit in their series with the Knicks. How do you think their playoff season will pan out! Post in the comments!

By David B.

Hornets vs. Celtics

Tonight the New Orleans Hornets are going up to Boston to play the Boston Celtics.  The Celtics lost Ray Allen in the summer and he went to the Miami Heat.  So now the top three performers for the Celtics are Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Rajon Rondo.  Rajon Rondo leads the team in assists with 11.2 a game.  He also averages 13.2 points per game and 5.2 rebounds a game.  To average that many assists and still average that many points,  is very impressive.  Rondo is one of the smallest players in the NBA, so it is impressive to average 5.2 rebound a game.  Kevin Garnett averages 14.6 point a game and 7.1 rebounds per game.  Garnett has done this with the Minnesota Timberwolves early in his career.  The good thing about Kevin is that he has a long shooting range and he grabs hold of so many boards, offensively and defensively.  Paul Pierce averages 19.6 points per game and 5.5 rebounds per a game.  Pierce is in his fourteenth season in the NBA and he led this team to the Eastern Conference Finals last year and lost to the Heat in seven games.  Doc Rivers has a son named Austin Rivers.  Doc said, " I can't wait until this game is over."  Finally, Brandon Bass averages 7.8 points a game to go along with 5.1 rebounds.

On the other side of the court, the Hornets aren't having the season they expected to have by adding Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers.  The center, Anthony Davis, averages 13 points per game, 7.7 rebounds a game, and 1.8 blocks per a game.  Robin Lopez( brother of Brooklyn Nets, Brook Lopez) averages 11.4 points and 1.9 blocks a game.  Greivis Vasquez averages 14.3 points a game and 9.1 assists.  Finally, Eric Gordon averages 16.9 points a game.  The Hornets haven't been a good team since Chris Paul left to go to the Los Angeles Clippers.  If Austin Rivers could do better,  there is a chance that he and Anthony Davis could lead the Hornets into the playoffs.  By Ameen I.