Welcome back TA, from your fans over at CelticsLife!

When TA, aka Gucci (see Figure 1 for TA rimrocking with one good hand) came back to the Celtics, there was a mixed reaction. People were worried, especially with the simultaneous injury to Marquis Daniels, that our bench would be weaker, especially with Davis already injured. There seems to be a general dislike and/or lack of understanding of Tony Allen's game among most Celtic fans that I talk to. Even the national-broadcast commentators don't know what to make of him, claiming at different times that he has no offensive abilities, or that he is mostly a 3-point shooter, and so on. A lot of the time, TA is injured or just doesn't get much playing time. TA seems to fit the cliche: "he's not a bad guy, he's just misunderstood."

Well understand this dear reader, TA CAN PLAY, AND HE WILL PROVE IT, TO YOUR FACE.

While I have had to educate other basketball fans on Tony's abilities, (including some of the CelticsLife staff...), I have had to be patient. He is not a superstar, he makes mistakes, but when he is healthy, he can be quite impressive. See below: (Press HQ)


Watch that video again...

Ok, now how sick was that? I mean, clearly House deserves a ton of credit for starting that play and making the perfect and very difficult pass, but wow. Tony Allen is dead serious right there. Anyways, he has a jump shot, his defense is very good, he is agile, and he rivals Death Race 2000 in aggressive driving. While this article may seem to be in response to a above-average game from Tony Allen, I have always been a fan of him, obviously, and was glad when I heard that he was able to fill in for fellow swingman Nasty Daniels. Hopefully he keeps the pedal to the metal (figuratively speaking, Tony).