October 29, 2015

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 4 comments

Tom Brady's comments about the hotel rooms are probably pretty far down Buffalo's list of anger inducing slights at this point.

posted by beaverboard at 10:32 AM on October 29, 2015

posted by Ufez Jones at 12:44 PM on October 29, 2015

Thabo Sefolosha on his NYC police assault.

posted by tron7 at 02:41 PM on October 29, 2015

Went to the Celtics' opener vs Philadelphia last night, and I must say the team takes care of its season ticket holders. They threw a pre-game cocktail party for some of us, with open bar, hors d'oeuvres, and a chance to meet some of the other season ticket members. Spent most of the cocktail hour knocking down a couple of Lagunitas IPAs and chatting with another long-time C's fan (he from 1957, me from 1952). We had lots of favorite memories to share.

The game was not bad for an opener. There were a lot of turnovers, shooting percentages were not real high, and there were a lot of rough spots. I attribute this to new personnel working into both teams. Give it 5 or 6 games, and the timing and movement will smooth out. Most are predicting 45 wins or thereabouts for Boston, but I believe they can exceed 50. It was pretty obvious last night that Celtics' bench is a lot better than most of the benches in the rest of the league. When the inevitable injuries happen, they should have the depth to carry on without too much of a reduction in quality. The bold prediction for the season is for them to finish around 4th or 5th in the East. We shall see.

posted by Howard_T at 02:52 PM on October 29, 2015

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