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I remember when the Celtics first got Scalabrine there was a huge article justifying it. It was all about how he made his teammates better. It had all sorts of statistics showing that when he was on the Nets, when he was playing, other people averaged more points. They were trying to say this was because he was a playmaker and made his teammates better. This was pretty damn retarded.


But hey, he made #208 on Simmon's MVP list!

208. Brian Scalabrine
Not a joke. He played 19 minutes a game before getting hurt last month, shot 40 percent from 3-point territory and played surprisingly good defense, and that's before getting into all the intangibles (great character guy, everyone loves him, etc.). The Celtics were 19-35 when he played and 4-22 without him. Sure, anytime Brian Scalabrine emerges as one of the bright spots of the season, you can probably reserve hotel rooms in Secaucus without even looking at the standings. But given how much abuse I gave Scalabrine last year, he needed to be mentioned. It's not his fault Danny Ainge overpaid him.