Peter May

Good -- Peter made joins us now by the be real real high tech being called telephone Peter Peter may -- with Yahoo! Sports. And covered the Celtics for how many years Peter fifty -- hundred. Was it that long in. Well this was kind of a special experience those it was a little different than your experience of last -- 21 and a half years right.

It by -- really I. The open excited that was around the article you know -- it that it's appealing experts -- you went in New York Times and palace and a lot it was have made it. Now you have a book coming out in the fall. Yeah I. Ask hopefully coming -- are right -- all that at bat and the only thing in play at.

That's you know it's just the small hurdle for you know at certain at poppy no time which you are. Guy from the from the -- of the Celtics fans we don't know who's been well chronicled the history of this franchise which was so it is more after the yeah. Really be seven season they got the funds lost that -- since then has -- just now whole bunch of things that went against the Celtics. You know from the depth of Reggie Lewis and went the Len bias actually was probably the first and kicked off the bad luck streak that the ping pong balls all that stuff. And as recently Peter as last may or so June. May 22 there there -- right there was nothing else it was going to. Affect his team's fortunes however in relatively quick fashion. They they revamp the whole the whole -- scenario won more games than anybody else in the NBA. You give the most credit to is that Ainge is it -- is that the players is that the ownership.

Well I eat I at a game be if he won the a couple of pot and and I you know the other -- the ownership who signed on -- credit or. Work on the floor at any one of wear and I was. As critical and it's anybody's if I didn't see this comment and I think in eight it's did not. Last eight and expect in the lottery. You know come out of it if they. You know let L a -- at -- advocate Ray Allen and it kept back at and whatnot and -- all yours. And he would bet that at night you know what I'll laughed -- count but that's exactly what he did -- He deserves all the credit because he built this team. And -- I'm not. You know I think it would have been significantly eat in Posey house and that's like that it about the roster as. That you need guys like that is the.

We sure found that our Posey in particular. -- a lot of value at different points during the course the season with the things he does well. He can shoot a little bit from -- from outside we know that he also plays a pretty good -- Who would've thought that he would have been a guy we be talking about it is greatly this stage after a championship season what's going to happen with Posey we know now he says. His toes in the big in the -- free agent waters. What do you what do you anticipate it's the Celtics are serious about what they say about keep them how to -- about that.

Well about the and on the shock of and neither am I on the -- I mean I think there is. Mike Lowell back there it was him in at you know everybody. Close eat IT EU which statement yet and in. -- back to reading now. And he looked -- 8% cut it from the Austin and I was speaking with Pat Riley. -- I think he he said he could not. -- looked -- in the give him a pay cut and coached. -- work out work in Boston because actors and if so I don't know how that out and play out I. -- Riley Cote and at serious offers out if -- I think you'll do you. -- went out the very very valuable guy. We -- situation he would create great compliment.

You got to put a team over the top in relatively short order with you know he's done it he's done it more than one placed twos so you know here's a guy that maybe maybe the Celtics winning this whole thing you know hurt their cause a little bit as far as making him so visible. When when it in the whole world is watching only two teams left in the NBA it is not a general manager out there that's going to miss out on what this guy can --

Now I think a lot of news that -- At the post in the right situation but in the ability valuable commodity in like and our team. Like Seattle or somebody who's back in. The ED in a situation where he can win. And be. The kind of lets the opposite here and be it starter. That it be honest in it in the effect at that situation. Where he can win as I think that's currently years.

Now or the other guys on the scene it was they followed this category that you -- resisted and what that what they're thinking and where they're going to go what's the status on Leon --

I have no -- it was -- tempo will be back I think that. You know there's there's going to be a lot of -- And on about I think -- we are right. About it out yup he he it would make it easy to think he'd know our seniors and he goes to -- yeah yeah and -- that. We all know I think Eddie House I was really easily handled. Well in this building collapsed dirt and he's in where he is kind of became. All stupid and he handled that so well. At least publicly on a lock -- properly and as deeply as he handled it you -- and now.

Of course that JR didn't uses is basically you know via a defender who can shoot outside at the guard position -- he.

Yeah it is yeah Tony Allen you can say about it okay Tony down but from what I am I don't oldest is. Apparently -- myself I think on the -- post in it this kid at all oh by the way. Never heard in as close igniting an out but -- eat it eat it eat at 88 he would. And you can pick apart on reality and and I -- I believe they allowed to become an unrestricted free agent. Basically means you know thank you don't let --

So eyes so that he as far as and then of course the of the old guys -- to sell and and PJ brown I mean -- 38 years old.

You know I yet the it'll be you know less -- a tight.

So -- out there who's out there than Peter -- Yahoo! Sports who's out there who's credited that the -- there at the Celtics can go after. I mean I -- front movie tell me the highlights of who you think there might be looking.

Well let me. If they're they're -- be confined by money is because the paint Summitt might do three guys I might well. It's -- outlet here but never hit the irons -- and it's and the bird in the hand. Who with the world and you know he likes -- Create it he embodied it in in play in the PJ brown open. Significantly under a lot more athletic it PTA but PK anticipate it. Human being as it is great that he's somebody. And I think you know pick and panic though internally is it -- the a lot of I'm here and I think that's. -- act like --

That's going to be interesting to see how dreary and personally the the scrutiny is going to be substantially enhanced not just here in Boston and New England but nationwide. As now that they've done this what they did buy that thing they did have been everybody's watching -- everybody's looked and Adam you can you can include the LA Laker fans. As we look -- forward toward next year it's going to be. A whole new era because unless these guys barring injury I was -- say that but the Big Three. You know with the right people around them really now appeared to be something that the rest -- at the reckoned with.

Yeah I it. That it is important right people around them and they understand that it that's -- I think -- He that it fit the pieces in around them to really about the roster. Being -- with these huge picnic and back at east. He's going to be expensive I think if he didn't mind and I think in the item eight in. -- last year and play it now I think I need you know quite get how -- It may not be able to get us an option.

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1 more thing for you Peter before before we let you go it Doc Rivers at this guy and he really grew on me in a big way. Now we hear all kinds talk on this radio station he can't get beaten they'd lose a game up as the 24 win season not receiving a lot of complaints about everything Celtic that year. Even during the playoffs Peter I was getting calls saying they've elusive Gail okay and then lost lost a home game -- moves on the road to Atlanta all he can't coach on other realistically even -- he can't coach Doc Rivers I gotta get rid of I heard that right -- the playoffs right through. Those Sunday losses the only losses Celtics at home history he can't coach I. Of people filing they showed up about that.

It I don't think so I mean I think he proved itself -- in the east. Or they're capable coaching eating out and I think what happened he really. Expect or charity really bad at bat ball out on him in the end it was a struggle for them. It was a bad matchup athletically and it was a struggle once they got. And I think it and in the Lakers and -- Ryan. -- I wrote. I was hall and -- out of prosecutors including -- now in oh Laker lovers in. You know what do people watching -- it's a great team -- area that.

How -- people say it most experts beat that wrongly detail all the LUS the end guys Peter and I not a I saw it. --

Well it's it's been so much -- I don't took me a long time to come back to best -- 27 year old son loves the NBA and and he was five in the Celtics last when -- get it out trying to explain tomorrow he's yours and you see the old tapes it still doesn't translate. But now right now they know now -- this whole new generation of.

Older -- now -- exactly. The last you know -- that -- and you know they're tablets exit count out there are no. -- Act on at this at this -- that he's going to be Curtis on the Garnett has and a credit stays healthy he's an -- at all and he's got to stay healthy he's proven he's pretty terrible so. He's stayed healthy and it it to be an.

Years Peter -- longtime beat writer for the Boston -- on the Celtics -- a tremendous -- he isn't like so many of our great writers this country now doing it on the Internet but the big companies Peter -- with Yahoo! Sports nice talkin' to me. We'll talk to you soon. Niedermayer on the Sports Radio WEE