And then this happened

Jamison gets shredded by the Talon

Just like this for 48 more minutes

Time to put Cleveland away

Let's take care of business tonight, eh boys?

Ninja

"He might as well have been wearing an all-black suit with a hood. Just like a ninja." - ESPN

"Marquis can bite me" - The Talon

Lopez Posterized by the Talon

Tony Allen is for Shining Startering

The Talon's been straight up freak-nasty the last few for the Celts. Doc's raving about his defense saying he's playing better than he played before his injuries years ago. The Talon is the super-glue that keeps this team in a groove. Paul who?

See you next Tuesday Bitches!

Slumming it back one broken ankle at a time

The Talon Supports Young Rondo

Real talk from your boy Holla Abdelnaby -- Rajon Rondo copped $55 million for 5 years on his extension jawn, all of it hard earned. Holla would like to point out, though, that the reason negotiations stretched till the last possible day before young Ro-Ro would become a free agent was, let's face it, cause C's already have the point guard of the future -- the Talon. But the Talon is also the shooting guard/small-forward/etc. of the future -- yeah, his ball-handling skills are bananas, but that's just part of the package. Ultimately, it's worth it for the C's to spend $55 million on anything, just to keep TA avilable for anything else they may need him to do: Center? General manager? Concessions supervisor? Talon do it all, yo. Be easy, Abdelnaby out.

Friend of the Talon

What's good, what's good. I've been watching the C's steamroller from the sidelines, so that's left me some time before I come back and make us a super awesome crazy steamroller, to catch up with big homey -- yeah that's right, some exclusive shit with future hall of famer and official friend of TAIFP Antoine "Wiggle" Walker. Some thoughts on the squad and all that:

On the off-season pick-ups
I like them but you know, it’s kind of a bummer also at the same time. Especially the ‘Sheed pick-up – oh all of a sudden we’re totally cool with big guys shooting threes? Really? I remember when a certain high-sock wearing once-smiley fellow did it, he was basically run out of town on a pole! Or whatever the expression may be.

On talks of a comeback
You know, just waiting for the ol’ phone to ring. Feeling like a homely girl on Friday night, but, you know, just waiting for it to ring! Ha ha ha! Yeah. You heard anything?

On his summer
You don’t read the Globe, man? It was terrible. How the hell did I spend $110 million that fast? On an unrelated note, do you need any gold toilets? How about gold toothbrushes? Gold goldfish?

You Cavs make me Laugh

Two games in and we're 2-0, and the Cavs are 0-2. And did I mention that the Talon hasn't even played yet? One's a dynasty, and one's gonna die nasty. Talon be cracking up.

Yo Man NBA Preview-Time

On the eve of the opener, we caught up with Tony, "The Talon" Allen. Here are his thoughts on a variety of topics:

His summer

"Been quiet man...been quiet off-season for me personally, just, you know, xbox, training, watching television, man there's a lot of great television on out there...they got these like crazy cooking shows on all the time now and I'm hooked on it...I tried some of those recipes out and then it didn't work out, so now I just watch you know."

On the state of the Celtics

"Highlight of the summer hands down was when Sheed signed. I texted him and was like, 'yo Sheed good call man, we gonna have some good times,' and he never wrote back...I don't know if he's into that whole text thing, he's pretty vocal, but I was just looking forward to him coming over you know and playing xbox, getting a little lifted...he said he was big into NBA 2K10, but the last time we played he wasn't all that good, so I think I could beat him there."

On the other Celtics besides Sheed

"I don't know about you man, but it just seems like we got a lot of players now. More than last year. I remember a few years ago it seemed like we only had like 8 players, and then we signed KG and Mr. Ray Allen, so that's two, plus the draft, and Sheed, Sheldon, Marquis de Sad, and now we have like 15 players with Lester Hudson. You watch out for Lester, he take no prisoners. We've been trying to come up with a nickname for him, but nothing sticks. Sheldon came up with hawk because he got a mohawk, but I think that's being a little obvious, you know."

On where he sees himself with the team

"You know, I'm still the 6th man on this team. First off the bench. Doc's got a weird system where he plays his bench 10-6 usually on size, and I'm coming in for PoPo, so it's like 2 minutes and here I go, but I'm still the 6th man you know, I think everyone knows that. Sheed said he'd never be the sixth man so that takes care of him there. I don't know, Doc doesn't really say much to me, he just throwing me the ball and sort of nods, you know, like 'alright Tony, here's the ball' you know what I mean...Being a veteran on this club, Doc just knows who I am, and I know him, so it just works like that."

On his ankle injury

"Yeah that's unfortunate like, I want to play, but then they're like it's the beginning of the season, you should rest it on the bench, and I just get so bored on the bench usually, I'd rather be home watching the game, hitting up the xbox with the same teams, but they're like no wear a suit and sit there. So we go to Cleveland, then home for a couple. I think I'll play against the bulls. Lock down on Ben Gordon you've been warned."

On how far the Celts are going this year

"All the way baby. All. The. Way. You can quote me on that. Internet quote right there."

DELONTE WEST > ANTONIO BANDERAS

From the AP:

"Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West was arrested Thursday night in Upper Marlboro, Md. after officers pulled him over for speeding on a motorcycle and discovered he was carrying a loaded shotgun in a guitar case and two loaded handguns.

Police said a handgun was found in West's pocket, another in his pant leg and a shotgun in a guitar case strapped to his back. They said West, 26, was cooperative."

There was some discussion over at TAIFP HQ over whether the former Celtics legend was rocking a soft or hard guitar case, but the "strapped to his back" heavily suggests soft.

Also this is a good time to remind you that WIYAAAA HANGAAAAHHH



And, oh by the way, Tony Allen Is For President is fucking back!