How much weaker do the Celtics become when Garnett is out?

Last season in the playoffs with Garnett injured, it obviously affected Boston. If that type of thing happens again early in the season, how will that affect Boston's playoff chances?

A LOT weaker, as we can see by the playoffs. If they hard Garnett, the Bulls would have been lucky to bring the series to 5 games. They probably would have been able to beat the Magic, too. If it happens early in the season, it'll be some trouble, but not as much as people will think it will be.

The Celtics are close to re-signing Glen Davis, and now they have Rasheed Wallace to take care of some big men duties and Marquis Daniels to help fill the scoring gap. But it WILL affect them, and they will do worse than they would have.

The Celtics will barely stay a top 10 team because of Rondo. He's their third guy when Garnett is hurt. Plus, Sheed spreading the floor won't hurt either. Basically, taking Garnett takes away the defensive intensity and shot blocking.

Do the Celtics have any good defenders besides KG? Lol

You won't get anywhere without good defenders..And when your best defender is out with no other defenders...uh-oh

It happened last year in the regular season as well. If I recall correctly, KG was out with a sore knee and that resulted in the GSW and Clippers beating them on their roadtrip to the West.

Boston also had a losing streak earlier last year. If they happen to lose KG for a good amount of time like last year in the reg. season or playoffs, their team record will suffer just like it did beforehand. I still think they'll make the playoffs, but I wouldn't be surprised if they fell down a few places in the rankings.

If KG somehow manages to get injured for the whole season + playoffs, they will be around the 5th seed. They showed that they are barely above a 7th seed in the Chicago series, but barely below a 3rd seed in the Orlando series.

The middle of 3 and 7 is 5.

The Celtics are less defensive without him. KG was the rebounding leader and blocks leader for the Celtics. With him, the Celtics can't get many rebounds or blocks. Big Baby Davis is not in the same lvl of KG so Glen has to work harder if the Celtics want to be stronger.

But if Garnett gets injured for a long time in the beginning of the season (before the trade deadline), then the Celtics can try to trade for another big man (and possibly a replacement to the aging Garnett)

Sheed is back,so not as much weaker as they used to get, but considerably weaker.

Whenever I think in depth about the Celtics, I can't think of any way to deny their winning the title next season.

Until I think in depth about the Lakers. Or the Mavericks. Or the Spurs.

The NBA is too concentrated, but it's going to make for some very interesting series and matchups.

Sheed is getting old and had his worst season of his career last season. Unless it was just a bad season, he won't be much of a replacement for K.G.

The Celtics do have a lot of depth...But like you said, so do a lot of other teams

Oh yea I forgot the Celtics have Rasheed. If KG gets injured again, Kendrick Perkins or Rasheed can fill in.
Celtics lineup with KG
PG: Rondo
SG: Allen
SF: Pierce
PF: KG
C: Rasheed

Celtics lineup w/o KG
PG: Rondo
SG: Allen
SF: Pierce
PF: Rasheed
C: Perkins

Isn't Sheed coming off the bench?

It wouldn't really affect them at all. They took the Magic to 7 games without KG

They still have 2 H.O.F players on the roster without him and a great PG in Rondo. Now that they have Rasheed and Daniels, I doubt thaat losing KG will affect them a whole lot.

If he were to miss the whole season I would still think that they have a solid chance of winning 55 games.

Rock On, they took the Magic to 7 games, but they let the Bulls take them to 7 games. My logic was that they proved they are barely better than a 7th seed, but barely worse than a 3rd seed. That makes them a 5th seed lol

I think we were able to take them to 7 because they were caught of guard. Even without KG people on ESPN were picking the C's to beat us in 5.

But the bulls don't go down without a fight!!!! :albino:

That's because ESPN loves riding the Celtics' dick.

Celtics without KG = 5 seed

Nah... I think ESPN has a crush on the Lakers.

hahahah

ESPN loves the Lakers, Celtics, Cavs, and Lebron.

Pop Quiz- Where was the first ESPN studio located?

dont cheat

America!

CHICAGO!!!

Which city did ESPN make the first website for?


CHICAGO!!!

I guess ESPN loves us most

Raza, I disagree with your logic on the Celtics as a fifth seed. It's all about matchups.

Right now, the Celtics match up well against every team in the league.

The reason why Boston went to 7 with Chicago and Orlando, is because both of those teams are big and solid at the center position.

Kendrick Perkins and "Big" Baby Glen Davis aren't exactly up to size with Dwight Howard or Joakim Noah (yes, size matters.)
Now with Rasheed, The Celtics really don't drop that low. Rasheed is known for his good post defense, which the lack of last season, ultimately booted Boston from the playoffs

But Sheed is old and declining. Unless he can bounce back from his season last season, he's basically just a perimeter shooter, which the Celtics already have. The older you get, the weaker you get

True, age is Boston's Achilles heel.

That's what brings them back down to stratosphere. But still, at his age, Sheed is an upgrade to their roster.