It's Getting a Little Too Loud for Rivers' Liking

(Keith Allison)


By: Greg Payne

With the addition of Rasheed Wallace, it's obvious the Celtics will be one of the loudest teams in the league this season. That thought was compounded in a recent practice. From the Globe:

Yesterday, with the decibel levels getting out of control, Rivers decided to dial it down a bit, declaring a 30-minute window of silence.

“There was too much of it,’’ Rivers said. “I just told everybody today that they were too loud. So I said we’re going to have a non-talk practice for a half-hour."

I love the intensity, BUT, Wallace did acknowledge after that louder is not always better.

“Doc feels as though once we get to talking smack to each other here in practice that we lose our focus,’’ Wallace said. “The intensity’s there, but we lose the focus. Which on some plays he’s right, but I think that’s just the character of some of the guys here in the gym."

I can only hope the focus is there when the games are being played.