It's also very obvious, check below.

Before big contract:

Bass - 12.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 47.9% FG

After big contract:

Bass - 7.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 45% FG

 

It's bull crap to say Doc is not allowing Bass to post up or Doc removed him from the low post. Bass has always been a jump shooter. He has never been a low post player.

Last season Bass was automatic from the perimeter. When he was left open, it was an automatic 2 points. This season he's missing a lot of open jumpers. That's why he's trying to do too much and ending up making a mistake.

 

 

In response to Kirk6's comment:

i agree when you are talking about a point guard you should take away one assist for every turnover...........so instead of having 15 assists he would only have 6 and that is not a reliable point guard.......-

In response to Fierce34's comment:

If the Celtics can net either Big Al or Josh Smith this year for a package that includes Green and Bass, then I would not trade Rondo this year because those 2 players could have a major impact on this team....fingers crossed for Big Al.  If we cannot get either one of these players, then, yes, I would trade Rondo for the right deal because I do not feel this team is close to contending and in 3 years we'll have to give Rondo a max contract, whcih is a frightening thought.

In response to hedleylamarr's comment:

I would trade anyone in the NBA not named Lebron or Durant for the right deal.

 

In response to teejaytee70's comment:

It's too early to think about Rondo's new contract. He'll become a FA on July 1, 2015. That's 2 seasons away.

Here's thing if Rondo is traded, instead of just looking for a replacement for Paul Pierce, the Celts will also have to look for another PG to replace Rondo. Right now the Celtics have a potential starter in Sullinger. Maybe Melo at Center in 2014. So basically the Celts' future is composed of Sully, Melo, Bradley, and Rondo. The Celts are just one superstar away from becoming contenders again in 2015-16. But if you trade Rondo the Celts will need to add 2 key pieces, a scorer and a new starting PG.

If Rondo is going to be traded, for example for Cousins, the Celts will still need a scorer and a new PG. Cousins or any other great big man needs to be complemented by a scorer or multiple players who can score. One great big can't win a championship all by himself.

In response to Fierce34's comment:

I agree! The big contract has made BB soft and comfortable! Doc needs to make him hungry again!! OR move him to another team!!!

In response to Fiercest34's comment:

no, we're really not.  you've been bludgeoned by the board drones into unconditional admiration of rondo.  i am delighted when rondo plays to his potential.  i realize not every game is going to be 30 points, he also does the valet parking before and after the game and works the hot dog stand at half time.

what I am asking for is: CONSISTENCY.  that's what an old team needs.  because once you have consistency about you- when pierce of KG has a tank-it kind of night- YOU CAN STEP IN AND COVER THE GAPS.  moreover, if rondo is NOT going to LEAD this team into the future then what's the point of having him around? 

we see how ray left town largely because of rondo.  that's a bad sign.  not because ray was any great shakes at his age bracket and the amount we over-played him in four years time bu the very idea of the consummate pro ray allen having issues with rondo being the dunderhead that he is....

all MOST OF US are asking for is to play FURTHER UP TO YOUR POTENTIAL on a nightly basis.  for rondo, "bigger players" should mean he exploits the living daylights out of him, and middling TURKEY NO NAMES should never drop 20-25 points on rondo at this stage of his career.  we're asking for effort, all the time.

in short, we are asking for celtic pride.

rondo HAS obviously exhibited that in spots, most often seen in the playoffs.  but remember how red had a short leash on maxwell when he thought max was sandbaggin' regular season games and only wanted to be a "playoff player"? 

how do we go from that to RONDO, the 40 game a year sandbagger x 7 years?!!? 

"if rondo is NOT going to LEAD this team into the future then what's the point of having him around?  "

I joined Dudder's assessment of Rondo a few years ago......some fans here still thick like Fierce. I'm Dudder's diciple - he was right before and right up to this minute.

In response to Fiercest34's comment:

like usual fierce, you are full of bland, useless, foamy rhetoric.

here is the truth of the matter- do you even read boston.com

do you even understand what the role of a #4 is?  have you looked at bass' advanced stats for post up looks?  he doesn't knock you over with delightful numbers, but the cancellation of his post game was NOT WARRANTED just by looking at his advanced stats.

how would you recommend a wayward bass re-train his shooting eye if he is not allowed, per ribbers' fiat / fatwah, to post up and draw a fould and get to the line?

this isn't the first time bass got a raise in his career...  he went from rook contract to 3 million a year and only performed better.  he's got work to do to make his game better and the POTENTIAL to pocket more than 6M/year (think paul milsap) if he takes his game to the next level.

blount is a non-compes-mentis comparison- blounty played a mere 20 games at a somewhat proficient level of "center" play on a HORRENDOUS team to "get his contract" and then went calvin booth on us.  bass played decent an entire year and is not the sort of uncaring JUDAS that blount was.

in summary, you are so full of crap it's coming out your eye sockets fierce.  once again, in an unprovoked manner, you step on your wang for all to see.  bass HAS BEEN BANNED FROM THE POST BY DOC.  read the article fuzznutz

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/2012/10/15/brandon-bass-tries-stay-focused-despite-being-unsure-his-role-for-this-season/HBUp53sUJtVR9bFFQJNhgO/story.html

Come on, acie, is the name calling really necessary?

I try to talk basketball and you resort to name calling.

It's a fact, acie, even when the Celtics win you still complain. There's no point in engaging you with basketball talk because win or lose you still complain.

and even more than that fierce- you prove yourself out as someone who has never played basketball by TOTAL IGNORANCE of what it's like to play under a coach that has undermined you and screwed you over.  it's horrendous.  it can make you feel like a prisoner.  bass was never a post up maven but NO COACH EVER has said to him "don't do that any more" until doc THIS YEAR and that's what coincided with his contract extension. 

so if you're going to do nothing with bass' talents, why not just get a 6-8 guy who is a marksman outside shooter with no inside game?!   nothing makes sense with either you or doc

speaking of doc's, you should go see one- a head doc.  and pack as many fish oil caplets into your yapper as possible and try to get some intelligence behind your keyboard pitter pattering

http://www.celticstown.com/2012/10/16/celtics-brandon-bass-thinks-he-can-play-post-strangely-stats-confirm-it/

In response to Fierce34's comment:

is you talking out of your rear end and insinuating i am an aspiring mass shooter really necessary?  you started that crap fierce, now live with getting put in your place = dunce-ville

Bass said he wanted to be a better rebounder.

“This year I just want to be a better rebounder, that’s all,” said Bass, who averaged a career-high 6.2 boards in 59 games last season.

Did Bass become a better rebounder this year?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bassbr01.html

Look at Bass' per 36 mins. Since his rookie season his rebounding numbers have been declining.

We're not asking Bass to score a lot, just rebound. He's not been able to do that.

In response to aciemvp's comment:

OK, we can go that route. I tried to be nice but that didn't work.

It's true, acie, your profile, the way you complain or how unhappy you are win or lose tells us you have that inner Adam Lanza in you.

In response to Fierce34's comment:

there is such a thing, fierce, as prescience.  the ability to see where things are going, a/k/a discernment.  this team is going nowhere right now just as it is going nowhere with rondo as the centerpiece. 

i am sorry if you find honesty so appalling.  no i'm not sorry.  i don't give a crap what you think.  time and again you just invent theories that are easily proven wrong.  bass is a sandbagger just like blount was.  the two situations and personalities are so divergent it's ridiculous. 

then you go on to blather than "doc never banned bass from the post".  well, yes he did.  but you're not man enough to admit when you're wrong.  you just pick another piece of minutia and start whining.

i'm a big picture guy.  the c's have a legacy to live up to.  lots of wrong moves were made that we have to mitigate to compete like the front office SAID we were going to- remember that?!  it's not an easy task, but hamstringing bass and the three other pieces plus barbosa that were brought in to help all showing up befuddled more often than not.....  one win does not erase the problem at hand.

and 7 years of rondo being rondo does not go away with a thirty point performance.  it WILL take him the 1 game before and the two after to score his next thirty points.  right now he sits at 17 pts in two games.  wrapped around a 30 pointer.  he should be 18 a night by now.  automatic.  has the skills plus some to do it.

i'm sorry that i demand excellence just like red used to.  to me, it's brutal and disgusting to watch players underachieve in a wanton manner and a coach make unprovoked mistakes and fail to integrate the talent that COULD help us to be in a position to compete at a decent respectable level

Total ignorance? 

Who admitted that he was wrong about assuming Gortat had a big contract? It was you, right?

You don't even know how to use google for crying out loud!

And you bring up an article from Oct. 15, 2012? You must be fuzznutz!

You see how easy it is to pull your strings, acie! 

Complain, complain, complain, and more complains!

BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, AND BANG!!!

That's acie!

Go acie! Go!

You're like an AR-15, acie, 800 complains per minute! Wow!

In response to Fierce34's comment:

fierce you need to book an appointment with a shrink.  you have a really substantial personality disorder if this is what you are left with as a "debate weapon". 

you were a dingbat so i called you a moron for being a moron.  you earned it.  just like you've crawled all over me for being wrong about gortat's contract- that i admitted I WAS WRONG ABOUT- but you are such a lilliputian that you can never admit you are wrong.

i'm no shrink but i smell narcissism mixed up with a lot of weeks/years in momma's basement catching up with you

Acie Earl MVP? 

Only a moron would use Acie Earl as an avatar. What's worse is that moron even considers Acie Earl an MVP. HAHAHA

In response to Fierce34's comment:

fierce, you are a bazooka of incorrect information, that when called to accountability you are too small of a person to admit you were wrong and resort to calling the person holding you accountable a mass murderer. 

that is some serious delusional thinking.

In response to Fierce34's comment:

satire fierce.  small minds cannot understand two syllable words much of the time

Come on, acie, I try to talk basketball and you shoot me with 800 complains per minute.

Celtics win, complain.

Celtics lose, complain.

It's very obvious that someone who is never happy, win or lose, is the one who needs to see a shrink.

I mean what is it with you and those chubby PFs. First it was BBD, now it's Bass. You have a fetish for those undersized chubby PFs, acie. 

In response to Fierce34's comment:

what about the two links i posted re: doc's BANNING bass from the post and bass BY THE NUMBERS not being a bad post option?

just the gun stuff is all you got?  kind of ironic since you habitually shoot blanks....

you are incapable of debate or any intellectual activity.  when you are found to be wrong you have a massive tantrum.  immaturity + heaping coverings with crazy sauce to go the "AR-15" route.....  glad i don't know ya because you're the kind who would reach for a weapon to compensate for your otherwise small-ness of character

In response to aciemvp's comment:

No, acie, only small minds think Acie Earl is MVP.

You don't even know how to use capital letters and you want to jump to syllables? Learn to walk first before you run, acie.

Banning Bass from the post?

Were you watching the Celtics last season?

Bass rarely scored in the post. It was all jumpers. Every Celtic fan knows that.

Come on, acie, you have a small mind, we know, but you have small eyes too?