Dwight Feeney's ankle and Reggie Bush's ring situation highlight media day, plus Celtics' woes continue.
Thought #1- So far the two biggest stars of the Super Bowl so far are Dwight Freeney's ankle and the weather. In fact I'm pretty sure the ankle might need it's own agent after the wall to wall media frenzy that has surrounded it over the past 24 hours. Today at media day Freeney was optimistic that he would be healthy enough to play a role in Sunday's game. After hobbling around in a pair of sandals during the event it was clear there is no way the guy is going to practice this week, but his statement alone puts some added pressure on the Saints. Think about it, they can't not prepare for Freeney, he's had 84 sacks since 02. As long as he's dressed out on Sunday he's a threat. Having Dwight on the sideline is like the Colts having a gun with only one bullet. Sure there might not be much ammo there, but you can't ignore the gun because that one bullet can still be extremely dangerous.
Thought #2 - Aside from Freeney's ankle fielding around 100 questions, the next big topic on everyone's mind was the potential engagement of Reggie Bush to Kim Kardashian. Rumors have spun wild lately that if Bush's Saints won the Super Bowl he would drop to one knee and proceed to get hitched. After Reggie's response on media day, he might best invest some coin those eatable flowers I keep seeing commercials for. In responding to questions about the rumor Reggie made it clear that he would much prefer to be getting a ring from Roger Goodell right now than from Kim. Ouch Kim. Even though every guy knew exactly what Reggie meant, (seriously what is cooler than a Super Bowl ring?) every guy also cringed a little bit for Reggie when those words came out. Yeah, definitely want to go with those chocolate flowers Reggie and you might need to throw in one of those heart necklaces Dr. Quinn keeps pimping for Kay as well.
Thought #3 - As you get older injuries seem to compound on top of each other with a domino like effect. You sprain and ankle, suddenly it moves to your knee, and then one day you wake up and your hip feels like you got kicked by a mule while you were asleep. It's a perplexing and often if all hits you at once. You basically just have to come to terms with the fact you are broke down.
The Boston Celtics woke up this morning and no doubt wondered what in the world happened to them. The most recent of the season long injury bug that has plagued the team was Paul Pierce injuring his foot in Monday night's win over the Wizards. This is the last thing the Celtics need right now. With Garnett obviously not 100%, Marquis Daniels yet to return from injury, and the team's overall appearance over the last week resembling more of a church league slow break squad than an NBA team, losing their captain and leading scorer for any length of team could be the final nail in the Celtics season. Pierce is listed as day to day and insisted that if his foot was broken he would know it by now.
Celtics' fan should hope and pray Pierce's diagnosis is correct and his healing will be sooner than later, if not they could very easily drop behind the Raptors in the Atlantic and lose home court for the first round of the playoffs. Also, the absence of Pierce could persuade Danny Ainge to push even harder in trading Ray Allen in an attempt to fill the void left by the absence of Pierce's 18 ppg.
Either way the Celtics have aged more rapidly than that bad guy at the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade over the past few months. Combine that with a few key injuries and some late game fatigue and they're finding it's a very slippery slope from Cavilers and Magic of the East to fighting the Bulls and Bobcats for a playoff spot.