Maine Celtics – 2024

[lon3lytoaster]

We’re about two months from me being insanely bullish on JD.

He’s a very fringe NBA player due to his size, shooting and turnovers but hey. Would almost definitely give you more than Pritchard most nights.

[ConstableGeneva]

We’re about two months from me being insanely bullish on JB.

Same. It will happen eventually.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

We’re about two months from me being insanely bullish on JD.

He’s a very fringe NBA player due to his size, shooting and turnovers but hey. Would almost definitely give you more than Pritchard most nights.

The raw number of turnovers doesn't look good but that has to be taken into context. He plays 34 minutes per game and has the ball in his hands ALL the time.

This season:
JD Davison 30.1 USG% / 41.0 AST% / 2.09 ast:to ratio / 58.6 TS%
Lamelo Ball 30.8 USG% / 38.7 AST% / 2.08 ast:to ratio / 56.8 TS%

This isn't to compare how good those two are because obviously doing it at the NBA level is much harder than the G-League, but just to give an idea of the kind of offensive load Davison is shouldering right now.

Davison was shooting 30.3% on 3.0 attempts from three last year and is now up to 34.6% on 4.7 attempts this season. It might just be noise from the tiny samples sizes but at least it seems to be trending in the right direction.

Not much he can do about his height but he measured with the same wingspan and standing reach as Christian Braun during their combine. He isn't that small, there are plenty of bench guards in the league that are his size or smaller including Pritchard.

[165bows]

We’re about two months from me being insanely bullish on JD.

He’s a very fringe NBA player due to his size, shooting and turnovers but hey. Would almost definitely give you more than Pritchard most nights.

The raw number of turnovers doesn't look good but that has to be taken into context. He plays 34 minutes per game and has the ball in his hands ALL the time.

This season:
JD Davison 30.1 USG% / 41.0 AST% / 2.09 ast:to ratio / 58.6 TS%
Lamelo Ball 30.8 USG% / 38.7 AST% / 2.08 ast:to ratio / 56.8 TS%

This isn't to compare how good those two are because obviously doing it at the NBA level is much harder than the G-League, but just to give an idea of the kind of offensive load Davison is shouldering right now.

Davison was shooting 30.3% on 3.0 attempts from three last year and is now up to 34.6% on 4.7 attempts this season. It might just be noise from the tiny samples sizes but at least it seems to be trending in the right direction.

Not much he can do about his height but he measured with the same wingspan and standing reach as Christian Braun during their combine. He isn't that small, there are plenty of bench guards in the league that are his size or smaller including Pritchard.

Yeah his size is fine. Comes down to defense, shooting and ball control.

Thing is he isn’t that young anymore, 21 years old at this point.

[sam_I_am]

We’re about two months from me being insanely bullish on JB.

Same. It will happen eventually.

I’ll believe it when I see but as a JB stan I am glad to hear it Killah.

I also have like JD but his defense is atrocious. Until he can get to NBA minimum level on that end of the floor he will be unplayable.

[Hal14]

We’re about two months from me being insanely bullish on JD.

He’s a very fringe NBA player due to his size, shooting and turnovers but hey. Would almost definitely give you more than Pritchard most nights.

The raw number of turnovers doesn't look good but that has to be taken into context. He plays 34 minutes per game and has the ball in his hands ALL the time.

This season:
JD Davison 30.1 USG% / 41.0 AST% / 2.09 ast:to ratio / 58.6 TS%
Lamelo Ball 30.8 USG% / 38.7 AST% / 2.08 ast:to ratio / 56.8 TS%

This isn't to compare how good those two are because obviously doing it at the NBA level is much harder than the G-League, but just to give an idea of the kind of offensive load Davison is shouldering right now.

Davison was shooting 30.3% on 3.0 attempts from three last year and is now up to 34.6% on 4.7 attempts this season. It might just be noise from the tiny samples sizes but at least it seems to be trending in the right direction.

Not much he can do about his height but he measured with the same wingspan and standing reach as Christian Braun during their combine. He isn't that small, there are plenty of bench guards in the league that are his size or smaller including Pritchard.

Good post.

Good to know he's making solid improvement on the 3 FG% and the volume.

If he can sustain that, it'll certainly help his chances to make it in the league.

[Parliament10]

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[playa-hater]

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I...


won't ...


take the bait

[KillahGhostface]

Walsh shooting 40/30/69, and has the worst on/off on the team.

I like him, but he’s nowhere near nba ready.

[Gant]

Mazzulla is courtside at the Maine game being played right now. Kornet sat in on the broadcast in the second quarter. (I learned his Mom is a local news anchor.)

Walsh looks good. Davison looks good. Queta played briefly and looks like an NBA player. (I learned Queta was G league MVP runner up last season.)

[Homerclease]

We’re about two months from me being insanely bullish on JD.

He looks great when you pair him with an athletic rim runner and let him spam pick and roll. Which is great because that’s a huge part of the NBA game. However he’s got to broaden his horizons outside of that niche

[Smart2Nesmith43]

Blow out win for Maine that wasn't nearly as close as the final score indicates (shooting 53% from three helps).

Davison: 23 pts, 4 rbs, 12 asts, 4 stls, 3 tos, 7/15 shooting (1/3 from three)
Walsh: 20 pts, 6 rbs, 1 ast, 2 stls, 1 to, 9/14 shooting (1/2 from three)
Knight: 2 pts, 2 rbs, 1 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk (14 minutes, apparently he was a game time decision and he clearly wasn't 100%)
Queta: 10 pts, 3 rbs, 2 asts, 1blk (18 minutes)

Boxscore: https://www.espn.com/nba-g-league/boxscore/_/gameId/401595485

[165bows]

Mazzulla is courtside at the Maine game being played right now. Kornet sat in on the broadcast in the second quarter. (I learned his Mom is a local news anchor.)

Walsh looks good. Davison looks good. Queta played briefly and looks like an NBA player. (I learned Queta was G league MVP runner up last season.)

Ah I knew I recognized that voice on the highlight reel but couldn’t place it lol.

[return2glory]

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Big games for Davison, Steward and Walsh.

DJ Steward with 24 points on just 12 shots, 7 assists and 5 rebs.
Davison with 23 points, 12 assists and 4 steals.
Walsh with 20 points on 9-14 from the field, 6 rebs and 2 steals.

[jfs1000d]

He’s a very fringe NBA player due to his size, shooting and turnovers but hey. Would almost definitely give you more than Pritchard most nights.

The raw number of turnovers doesn't look good but that has to be taken into context. He plays 34 minutes per game and has the ball in his hands ALL the time.

This season:
JD Davison 30.1 USG% / 41.0 AST% / 2.09 ast:to ratio / 58.6 TS%
Lamelo Ball 30.8 USG% / 38.7 AST% / 2.08 ast:to ratio / 56.8 TS%

This isn't to compare how good those two are because obviously doing it at the NBA level is much harder than the G-League, but just to give an idea of the kind of offensive load Davison is shouldering right now.

Davison was shooting 30.3% on 3.0 attempts from three last year and is now up to 34.6% on 4.7 attempts this season. It might just be noise from the tiny samples sizes but at least it seems to be trending in the right direction.

Not much he can do about his height but he measured with the same wingspan and standing reach as Christian Braun during their combine. He isn't that small, there are plenty of bench guards in the league that are his size or smaller including Pritchard.

Yeah his size is fine. Comes down to defense, shooting and ball control.

Thing is he isn’t that young anymore, 21 years old at this point.

21 is still very young.


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[Kalela]

We’re about two months from me being insanely bullish on JD.

He has improved so much offensively since he was drafted. His defense is not great though for someone who is a very good athlete.

[lon3lytoaster]

Bit of a non-story but just ran into one of our rookies, Jaiden Delaire downtown. Nice kid, not sure he’ll ever see the NBA but talked about how JD is running the pick and roll this year for a minute and just how humbled and happy he was to be playing pro ball.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

JD Davison: 17 points (6/9 shooting, 4/5 from three), 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 money time dominated (2 different pull up threes to take the lead and one more for the dagger in the last 3:30)
Walsh: 11 points (3/7 shooting, 3/6 from three), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals
Peterson: 11 points (4/9 shooting, 2/5 from three), 6 rebounds, 3 assists (should have been more but his teammates didn't do him any favors, he's a good passer), 1 block
Queta: busy wrecking the Orlando Magic for fun

Boxscore: https://www.espn.com/nba-g-league/boxscore/_/gameId/401595513

Highlights:

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[Gant]

Davison is up to 39.7% three point shooting over his 14 games so far. He can dunk as well.

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[Parliament10]

Davison is up to 39.7% three point shooting over his 14 games so far. He can dunk as well.

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Not too shabby. But, I wonder if he can translate that into at least being a 3rd PG, at the NBA-level?