Found December 26, 2011 on Rant Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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The problem for the Boston Celtics the last few seasons has been the simple fact that Danny Ainge has not given the team a quality bench. Misfits like Glen Davis, Stephan Marbury, Mikki Moore, Patrick O’Bryant, and Nate Robinson provided both little production and cost the starters valuable rest. The Celtics needed to find an answer to their bench woes this off season. Celtics president Danny Ainge needed to find a guy that could be the sixth man and provide the team with a boost of f the bench. When Glen Davis was dealt to Orlando for Brandon Bass, Ainge got his man. Brandon Bass was born to both be a Celtic and play for Doc Rivers.  Bass is a blue collar player that punches in for work and gives all that he has. Boston makes gods of people of this ilk. Bass does not take plays off or stops hustling on the floor. During yesterday’s game Bass displayed these qualities for Celtics Nation to see. Bass hustled in the paint and got dirty grabbing 11 rebounds including some hard fought o...
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