Courtney Lee Rips Grantland's Zach Lowe

Somebody Please tell me who Zach Lowe is??? If your going to report anything about me or go on shows talking about meINTERVIEW ME FIRST!!

— Courtney Lee (@CourtneyLee2211) January 30, 2013

Damn... This Zach Lee guy is going to come under some serious heat. If you remember he was the guy who said Lee "feels like the whole offense is Rondo pounding the ball and doesn't get to do anything". If that is bogus and he just made it up then shame on him. Yet, there is a part of me that wonders if Lee would say that, as he has had a really tough season and I could see him boiling over. Yet, since I am a Celtics fan I'll go with Zach Lowe is a douche, and Lee is in the right.

I am very interested to see how the Celtics play. A lot of people seem to think their defense is now going to be a lot better with Rondo out, and Lee and Bradley starting. It's an interesting theory, and there is just so many things that could happen.

1. Celtics play better short term, but in the end don't get past first round because they don't have that "elite" player.

2. Celtics suck, blow up the team.

3. Celtics suck, and just hope for Rondo's return.

4. Celtics defense improves to the point where they are a top 4 seed, but fail in playoffs without top talent.

5. Celtics defense improves and people wonder if they should deal Rondo this offseason.

6. Celtics do so well on offense and defense that they notice Rondo is a problem and ship him out.

My guess is it's either option 1 or 4, but it certainly has me interested since they will be a vastly different looking team without Rondo on the court. He has the ball in his hands so much that it just has to be dramatically different.

Rajon Rondo Out For the Year

Rajon Rondo is out for the year with a torn ACL.

It happened during the Hawks game apparently, and for some reason he was able to practice the next day and shoot around yesterday. Then before the game we found out he was getting an MRI for a hyper extended knee, then later his ACL is torn.

So that happened, now what.

I know that I am a homer and bleed green, however, this team is not dead yet and the Celtics have showed against the Knicks earlier this year and Heat last night, there is still a lot left in this team.

This Rondo injury gives more opportunity for Courtney Lee, Jason Terry, Leandro Barbosa and even more minutes for Jeff Green. I believe in that. They have to and will step up like they did last night. They still have Paul Pierce, they still have Paul Pierce, they still have Avery Bradley, they still have an up and coming Jared Sullinger and Doc Rivers. This certainly hurt, but the next person needs to fall in line. Rondo is not only the best player on this team, a top 5 PG and a top 10 NBA player, but this team still has something left in it and I'm not ready to "blow it up". It's hard to replace 40% of your offense, but it's a good challenge.

I have got calls and texts all day yesterday from my friends and family saying, "It's over", "trade Pierce?", "well that was fun". I don't think Danny Ainge will blow it up because I don't think he can. In today's basketball no teams ever trade young pieces for aging stars aka we are getting nothing close to worth for Paul Pierce or Kevin Garnett. Nobody will be giving us any young talent for them. Rondo can't be traded now, Jeff Green's contract is a lot for a team to take on and what is really the worth of Courtney Lee and Jason Terry right now? Nothing.

If that's the case Danny Ainge just should hang up the phone if somebody asks about Avery Bradley and Jared Sullinger.

If anything I would think that Ainge is going to try and add to it rather than admit defeat. I know its a real tall task for the Celtics to win it, but if any team can show the type of Grit and Balls, it's these Boston Celtics.