Official Celtics 2022 Off-Season Thread

Joshyjess · Post #1181 » by **Joshyjess** » Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:14 pm

So, with Pritchard playing the way he did against the Pistons, think we'll see him getting more minutes the rest of the way? Is it possible that we now have a 9 man rotation? Then again, we haven're really seen much of Theis in the last couple of games. Maybe we still have an 8 man rotation, just with Pritchard replacing Theis?
Come on Ime, you're confusing us!!! Who's in? Who's not? We need to know!!!!

Post #1182 » by **bisme37** » Sun Feb 27, 2022 8:25 pm

Joshyjess wrote:So, with Pritchard playing the way he did against the Pistons, think we'll see him getting more minutes the rest of the way? Is it possible that we now have a 9 man rotation? Then again, we haven're really seen much of Theis in the last couple of games. Maybe we still have an 8 man rotation, just with Pritchard replacing Theis?
Come on Ime, you're confusing us!!! Who's in? Who's not? We need to know!!!!

Yeah it looks like the main guys off our bench going forward are White, Grant, and Pritchard.

With Theis mainly being injury insurance, although I think a lot of us would like him to play and decrease the load on Horford.

And hopefully Nesmith gets in the game now and then too.

But it's hard to complain about it when we've won 11 of 12 with the rotation Ime is using.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1183 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sun Feb 27, 2022 8:29 pm

Celtics use load management on key guys, we complain.
Celtics don't use load management on key guys, we complain.

I think we will never be happy as a fanbase lol.

Marvel · Post #1184 » by **Marvel** » Sun Feb 27, 2022 8:32 pm

Embiid averages 7 fall downs per game. League best.

edit: whoops wrong thread

Post #1185 » by **Parliament10** » Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:56 am

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Grant Williams and Payton Pritchard, are active Celtics that remain on that list.
Sam Hauser has got to be pretty good too. He just hasn't played enough, to register.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1186 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:15 pm

Schuhmann still stanning the Cs and shrugging off the two recent losses. Celts remain at 4th in this week's NBA powah rankings.

Before the Celtics’ game in Indiana on Sunday, coach Ime Udoka said, “We don’t have a lot of weaknesses defensively.” And then the Celtics allowed the Pacers to score 128 points on 98 possessions, Indy’s second-most efficient game of the season. Maybe Oshae Brissett (27 points on 9-for-14 shooting) heard Udoka’s quote and considered it a challenge. Celtics opponents have shot worse than 33% from 3-point range in seven of their last nine games, with the other two being losses in which the Pistons (29th in 3-point percentage for the season) and Pacers (25th) shot better than 50% from beyond the arc. It’s a make-or-miss league, sources tell NBA.com.

Both of those losses were also the second games of back-to-backs for the Celtics. They were without Marcus Smart and Robert Williams III against Detroit, and they were without Al Horford in Indiana. They’ve won their last 10 in which they’ve had their entire starting lineup and even with those absences, the last five games have been the Celtics’ best stretch of offense this season (121.7 points scored per 100 possessions). Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have each averaged more than 25 points and more than 4.5 assists over those five games and Grant Williams (third in the league in 3-point percentage) continues to shoot a good ball.

The Celtics don’t have another back-to-back until March 20-21. They play five of their next six games at home, set to face the Grizzlies for the first time on Thursday and the Nets (for the third time in less than four weeks) on Sunday.

Bohemian · Post #1187 » by **Bohemian** » Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:47 pm

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Bohemian · Post #1188 » by **Bohemian** » Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:48 pm

Marvel wrote:Embiid averages 7 fall downs per game. League best.

edit: whoops wrong thread

NBA is a joke sometimes. 27 FT for a guy is just not serious. He basically falls on people and the refs send him to the line.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1189 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Mar 1, 2022 3:59 pm

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It's all downhill from here now that Cs are garnering attention.

Post #1190 » by **Feed Your Head** » Tue Mar 1, 2022 7:47 pm

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Tatum 2B (13-16) Jaylen 3B (28-33) Rob 4A (43-58).

Post #1191 » by **bisme37** » Tue Mar 1, 2022 10:56 pm

ESPN BPI is the latest computer formula that loves us. #1 in the league...

https://www.espn.in/nba/story/_/page/Basketball-Power-Index/espn-nba-basketball-power-index

ESPN's NBA Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength developed by the ESPN Analytics team. BPI is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance for the rest of the season. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. BPI accounts for game-by-game efficiency, strength of schedule, pace, days of rest, game location and preseason expectations.

RANK OFF DEF BPI POFF BPI

1. BOS 1.9 4.9 6.8 6.8
2. MIA 1.6 4.5 6.1 6.1
3. MEM 3.3 1.8 5.1 5.1
4. DEN 3.0 2.0 5.1 6.1
5. UTH 3.9 1.0 5.0 5.0
6. DAL 3.3 1.6 4.9 5.0
7. PHI 3.1 1.6 4.7 4.8
8. GS 2.6 2.1 4.6 4.7
9. MIL 4.4 -0.1 4.3 5.3
10. PHX 2.9 1.3 4.2 7.7
11. ATL 4.7 -1.8 2.8 2.8
12. TOR 0.7 1.5 2.2 2.3
13. MIN 3.4 -1.4 2.0 2.0
14. NO 1.5 0.3 1.8 3.8
15. CLE 0.1 1.4 1.5 1.6
16. CHI 3.0 -1.7 1.2 1.5
17. LAC -0.6 1.3 0.7 4.3
18. SA 1.9 -1.8 0.2 0.2
19. CHA 0.6 -0.5 0.1 0.1
20. BKN 1.8 -1.9 -0.2 1.3
21. LAL 0.3 -0.5 -0.2 0.5
22. SAC -0.1 -1.4 -1.5 -0.9
23. IND 1.3 -3.3 -2.0 -1.2
24. NY -2.1 -0.3 -2.3 -2.0
25. WSH -0.7 -1.8 -2.5 -2.2
26. ORL -2.6 -0.5 -3.1 -1.9
27. DET -2.2 -1.1 -3.2 -3.2
28. OKC -3.4 0.2 -3.2 -3.2
29. POR -1.9 -2.7 -4.6 -2.3
30. HOU -0.8 -4.8 -5.6 -5.5

Triple M · Post #1192 » by **Triple M** » Wed Mar 2, 2022 5:02 pm

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33 points in the 2nd half but including the first 4 mins that is 33 in 28 minuets

Post #1193 » by **bisme37** » Wed Mar 2, 2022 5:19 pm

Article on FiveThirtyEight about our defense...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-celtics-have-finally-found-their-identity-suffocating-defense/

In reference to our top 6 players:
God help the crunch-time switch-hunter choosing one of these human fire blankets to deem a “mismatch.”

Marcus Smart:
He can embarrass or annoy you, whatever it takes to ruin your day.

Robert Williams:
At his best, he renders an entire side of the floor off-limits

ITYSL · Post #1194 » by **ITYSL** » Wed Mar 2, 2022 7:50 pm

A couple charts I quickly pulled together:

Joshyjess · Post #1195 » by **Joshyjess** » Thu Mar 3, 2022 2:39 am

CoP wrote:A couple charts I quickly pulled together:

Wow, looks like one of the images John Madden used to put on screen to try and explain a simple run pattern. :lol:

zoyathedestroya · Post #1196 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Thu Mar 3, 2022 6:43 pm

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zoyathedestroya · Post #1197 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Thu Mar 3, 2022 7:28 pm

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Why they honor Smart like this? This goes against every hater narrative I've heard for years.

Post #1198 » by **bisme37** » Thu Mar 3, 2022 10:44 pm

Pretty cool...

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zoyathedestroya · Post #1199 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Thu Mar 3, 2022 11:39 pm

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moonie_mcgee · Post #1200 » by **moonie_mcgee** » Fri Mar 4, 2022 3:36 am

Joshyjess wrote:So, with Pritchard playing the way he did against the Pistons, think we'll see him getting more minutes the rest of the way? Is it possible that we now have a 9 man rotation? Then again, we haven're really seen much of Theis in the last couple of games. Maybe we still have an 8 man rotation, just with Pritchard replacing Theis?
Come on Ime, you're confusing us!!! Who's in? Who's not? We need to know!!!!

Pritch had a beautiful teardrop on the baseline vs the Grizz. Played really active defense too. Pritch and Theis are rotation pieces for sure. Ime used him the second Jones was put in in the 1st half. Pritch will be valuable running with the opponents smaller guards saving Smart and others from that exhausting duty.