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OT - Ray gets some Boston love from KG

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This is such great news for Ray. Boston fans get far too butt hurt when players go to a rival. If his number does get retired and the fans embrace him strongly again that would be huge for Ray and not hurt our brand by any means.
 
tentoes4rings said:
This is such great news for Ray. Boston fans get far too butt hurt when players go to a rival. If his number does get retired and the fans embrace him strongly again that would be huge for Ray and not hurt our brand by any means.
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You wanna tell KG he got far too butt hurt? Be my guest haha. He's the main guy who started the rift between him and the team, which naturally bled into the fanbase. Ray didn't openly communicate with them he was going to Miami. Cowardly move on his part after all they had been through, IMO (and I'm as big a Ray fan as anybody).

Can't pin this on the fan base. Still a lot of love for Ray in Beantown and he should/will get his # retired one day.
 
I don’t think Ray ever had beef with that team. But glad KG decided to let it go.
 
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InKembaITrust said:
Didn't call him a coward, said it was "a cowardly move." An open dialogue with his teammates and brothers before he jumped ship to a rival was warranted.
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Potato, potahto. The Celtics didn't want the guy.
 
A big reason that KG was willing to go to Boston was he wanted to play with Ray. Ray had signed as a FA with Boston. When Ray left for Miami, it could have been seen by KG as a betrayal. Especially since Ray won a ring in Miami. But that's all water under he bridge, over the dam and into the sea.
 
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superjohn said:
Ray has been fairly silent on all of this as Garnett has acted like a Mean Girl for years. I'm not even a huge Ray fan but it's pretty clear Garnett is a tool.
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Yeah, a tool that had a sold out TD Garden screaming on its feet for an hour AFTER the team lost a close game yesterday.

Garnett's as real as they come and is admired by his peers and the entire NBA. Let's also not forget it wasn't just KG that had it out for Ray through all of this. Ray had several Celts teammates on his bad side for years, which validates that what he did was disrespectful.

UConn bias is expected on this board, so whatever.
 
Waquoit said:
Potato, potahto. The Celtics didn't want the guy.
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Offer was on the table by the Celts front office. Regardless of his business decision, Ray owed his teammates an explanation before signing with Miami.
 
superjohn said:
Ray has been fairly silent on all of this as Garnett has acted like a Mean Girl for years. I'm not even a huge Ray fan but it's pretty clear Garnett is a tool.
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Take a poll of the Celtics organization - from the locker room attendants and parking valets to the execs - and see who they think the tool is.
 
InKembaITrust said:
Offer was on the table by the Celts front office. Regardless of his business decision, Ray owed his teammates an explanation before signing with Miami.
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One of those CYA offers. The C's were happy with Avery Bradley. Ray didn't owe anyone anything.
 
It’s all water under the bridge Ray left as a FA, how is that back stabbing.
 
Waquoit said:
One of those CYA offers. The C's were happy with Avery Bradley. Ray didn't owe anyone anything.
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You can side with Ray on the manner in which he exited the Celts org. That's your right.
 
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InKembaITrust said:
Yeah, a tool that had a sold out TD Garden screaming on its feet for an hour AFTER the team lost a close game yesterday.

Garnett's as real as they come and is admired by his peers and the entire NBA. Let's also not forget it wasn't just KG that had it out for Ray through all of this. Ray had several Celts teammates on his bad side for years, which validates that what he did was disrespectful.

UConn bias is expected on this board, so whatever.
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Lebron and Riley wanted him more I guess.
 
Scoe said:
Lebron and Riley wanted him more I guess.
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Ray leaving for more $ is one thing. The manner in which he did it, i.e. ghosting your teammates (who you won a championship with) on your way out is an altogether separate thing.
 
InKembaITrust said:
Offer was on the table by the Celts front office. Regardless of his business decision, Ray owed his teammates an explanation before signing with Miami.
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Clearly a jaded Celtics fan to side with KG here.

Yeah, Celtics offered Ray a cheap deal...
ONLY after Miami got involved and made him an offer.
And this was after MONTHS of rumors where Ray's name was openly floated in trade talks... Celtics were trying to deal him and were not hiding it.

Ray felt disrespected. He had no obligation to the team after the organization showed no loyalty to him. You say he "owed the team an explanation?" Give me a break, its a business.

Ray had already wasted how many prime years of his career prior to joining the Celts? He earned the right to be selfish for his legacy and make his own decision. No different than Brady leaving the pats.

This revisionist history of "Ray was selfish and bailed on his teammates" is garbage that gets rehashed by bitter Celts fans every thread about Ray.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Take a poll of the Celtics organization - from the locker room attendants and parking valets to the execs - and see who they think the tool is.
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No thanks. Of course the Celtics like him, he won them a championship and he loved being there.
 
UChusky916 said:
Clearly a jaded Celtics fan to side with KG here.

Yeah, Celtics offered Ray a cheap deal...
ONLY after Miami got involved and made him an offer.
And this was after MONTHS of rumors where Ray's name was openly floated in trade talks... Celtics were trying to deal him and were not hiding it.

Ray felt disrespected. He had no obligation to the team after the organization showed no loyalty to him. You say he "owed the team an explanation?" Give me a break, its a business.

Ray had already wasted how many prime years of his career prior to joining the Celts? He earned the right to be selfish for his legacy and make his own decision. No different than Brady leaving the pats.

This revisionist history of "Ray was selfish and bailed on his teammates" is garbage that gets rehashed by bitter Celts fans every thread about Ray.
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UChusky916 said:
Clearly a jaded Celtics fan to side with KG here.

Yeah, Celtics offered Ray a cheap deal...
ONLY after Miami got involved and made him an offer.
And this was after MONTHS of rumors where Ray's name was openly floated in trade talks... Celtics were trying to deal him and were not hiding it.

Ray felt disrespected. He had no obligation to the team after the organization showed no loyalty to him. You say he "owed the team an explanation?" Give me a break, its a business.

Ray had already wasted how many prime years of his career prior to joining the Celts? He earned the right to be selfish for his legacy and make his own decision. No different than Brady leaving the pats.

This revisionist history of "Ray was selfish and bailed on his teammates" is garbage that gets rehashed by bitter Celts fans every thread about Ray.
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My last post on this debate. Go ahead and watch and you be the judge (previous Area 21 video post too). Ray essentially explains he made a mistake in his ESPN interview. His explanations come off pretty desperate as he tries to validate how he left his teammates IMO.

I love Ray. He's a class act and obviously an all-time husky. He dropped the ball on this though with how he left his Celtic teammates. The human element, team comradery, brotherhood, mutual respect, etc. is being swept under the rug. Everyone's over it and bygones can be bygones.
 
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