Celts Hungry for a Title, Start By Eating Big Apple! Opening Night Victory Cigar vs NYK 10/25

[exculpatory]

Are you going back to the Nets board? Or maybe the clippers?

Nah.

Truth is long gone - safely ensconced in the HOF & in Celtics lore.

The few years I followed him on other teams while maintaining my lifelong attachment to the Celtics are long gone.

I think I will stay here because 1) I want to see #18, #19 & #20; & 2) maybe just to bother u.

Oh, so it’s not bye bye then. You don’t bother me ex, never have. Just calling it like everyone sees it.

Go for it.

[Fierce1]

I will give brown 10 games to find his place.

He is 3rd scorer and needs to be a defensive stud and help rebounder.
Its not complicated.

To us, it's not complicated.

But to Jaylen, it's very confusing, to say the least.

You realize you are saying words, not actually doing it, right?

What I mean is JB should know his role like what us Celtic fans know that he should be making things simple and not making it complicated.

The problem with JB is it becomes complicated for him because he tries to do things that he shouldn't do.

If he stick to his strengths then he's an elite player.

Us Celtic fans know that!

[Big Joke Line]

The Knicks gave it away at the line like they always do. If they don’t shoot 50% from the line and worse down the stretch the Celts lose.

[KillahGhostface]

The Knicks gave it away at the line like they always do. If they don’t shoot 50% from the line and worse down the stretch the Celts lose.

And if the Knicks didn’t get out of their minds hot from deep early in the 4th, they lose by 20.

That’s a silly game to play.

[Big Joke Line]

The Knicks gave it away at the line like they always do. If they don’t shoot 50% from the line and worse down the stretch the Celts lose.

And if the Knicks didn’t get out of their minds hot from deep early in the 4th, they lose by 20.

That’s a silly game to play.

Fair enough. Not trying to piss on the parade. Just a lot of teams will get hot like that but not a lot will miss FT’s like that.

[KillahGhostface]

The Knicks gave it away at the line like they always do. If they don’t shoot 50% from the line and worse down the stretch the Celts lose.

And if the Knicks didn’t get out of their minds hot from deep early in the 4th, they lose by 20.

That’s a silly game to play.

Fair enough. Not trying to piss on the parade. Just a lot of teams will get hot like that but not a lot will miss FT’s like that.

But we can play that for the whole game. Hauser and Pritchard missing multiple wide open threes, Celtics in general shot way below their level from deep.

Celtics did what they needed late, which is always something I like to see.

[bigboi]

I can imagine it. Both JT and KP free and Trae jacking it from 32 feet then watching his man waltz past him to the basket.

I have a number of issues with JB, but he is far better than Trae and he will have better games than tonight.

You’re out your mind if you think JB is better than Trae, think you may be one of the only people that thinks that. JB could never lead a team to the ECF. You’re forgetting that JB is a chucker at times as well. Trae is a much more willing passer than Jaylen, he’s just forced into the first option role.

Eh, it's debatable. I think Trae and JB are in the same tier.

And I actually wrote multiple posts this summer about why I felt like (based on the contract situation of both of them, and based on this specific celtics team having more of a need for a playmaking PG rather than another scoring wing) Trae was the better fit for this celtics team and I would have traded JB for Trae.

With that being said, Trae got the Hawks to the ECF 3 seasons ago. So that is not super relevant to a discussion happening today. Trae also had a pretty easy path to get to the ECF that year, especially with Simmons completely crumbling and forgetting how to play basketball in the semi-finals that season.

Also, we don't know whether JB would be able to lead a team to the ECF. Maybe he would, maybe we wouldn't. Hard to hold that against him, when he wasn't been put in he position yet to show whether or not eh can do it. What we do know, is he was our best player during the 2022 NBA finals.

Yes, obviously Trae is a better playmaker. But that's not very fair, since they play completely different positions. Trae is a PG and JB is a wing. Most star PG's are better playmakers than star wings. That's obvious.

But JB is a better defender, has more size, and is a better finisher at the rim.

It’s not irrelevant at all. Kyrie is literally getting super maxes off his finals appearances with Bron. Trae is a better playmaker and a better scorer. Jaylen is limited because of his ballhandling so he gets very hit or miss in the playoffs. Trae would add JB’s scoring and the much needed playmaking that we’ve been missing. Again Trae should be a second option not a first option