Celtics 2025-26, Off-Season/Training Camp Thread

Post #1261 » by **Shak_Celts** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 5:11 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:
Shak_Celts wrote:How bad is our home record vs the league? Okc and Cavs obviously excluded. 13 is bad for us, because as you said it’s unusual, but how bad is it really?

It's still good. I think it's 4th in the East and 7th in the league. We were just elite in home games first two Mazzulla seasons. No idea what's different this season.

Worth nothing that our defense at home is just far worse than on the road.

We rank 2nd on defense on the road and only 15th at home. (This is 5th and 4th respectively last season.)

Maybe they are taking for granted winning at home, they probably tried to focus more on winning on the road this season. Sort of like what Joe said about our defense a couple seasons ago, when he said, he didn’t know he had to really talk about it and focus on it often.

I don’t know, I’m just trying to throw things at the wall because we’ll need to win at home this season in the playoffs because we have home court in the first two rounds at least. We don’t have to worry about OKC or the Cavs until the Eastern conference at least.

ConstableGeneva · Post #1262 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 5:26 pm

Shak_Celts wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:It's still good. I think it's 4th in the East and 7th in the league. We were just elite in home games first two Mazzulla seasons. No idea what's different this season.

Worth nothing that our defense at home is just far worse than on the road.

We rank 2nd on defense on the road and only 15th at home. (This is 5th and 4th respectively last season.)

Maybe they are taking for granted winning at home, they probably tried to focus more on winning on the road this season. Sort of like what Joe said about our defense a couple seasons ago, when he said, he didn’t know he had to really talk about it and focus on it often.

I don’t know, I’m just trying to throw things at the wall because we’ll need to win at home this season in the playoffs because we have home court in the first two rounds at least. We don’t have to worry about OKC or the Cavs until the Eastern conference at least.

I don't have the answers either. Maybe they go through opposition in the postseason like a buzzsaw and this RS home game thing turns out to be just noise. We'll just have to hope and see.

ConstableGeneva · Post #1263 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Fri Apr 4, 2025 5:34 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:No three players from the same team has made 225+ threes in the same season... until PP (227), White (230), and Tatum (230) of the 2025 Celtics came along. The Celtics have 12 games left.

All three could realistically break the single-season franchise record for most threes made by a player (245) set by Isaiah Thomas in 2017.

On a slightly disappointing note, the Celtics might not be able to replicate the record of having 8 guys making 100+ threes each in a single season they set in 2023 and 2024. Holiday (91) and Horford (97) could get there and become our 6th and 7th guys to convert 100+ 3s but Porzingis needs 18 more with 12 games left (he's likely resting for some of these).

I'm wrong yet again...

Per Sean Grande:

In 1988, Danny Ainge became the first Celtic to make 100 3’s in a season, and the only Celtic to do it in the first 16 years of the 3-point shot.

Kristaps Porzingis enters tonight with 91, 9 more in the final six games and he’ll become the 8th Celtic to do it…

...this year.

KP just needs nine in last 6 games. It's still possible. 8 guys with 100+ threes each in three straight seasons. Let's goooooo!!!

No other team has done it once in NBA history. A Mazzulla team about to do it a 3rd time.

Post #1264 » by **bisme37** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 12:17 am

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sam_I_am · Post #1265 » by **sam_I_am** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 4:06 am

Who is the Celtic or former Celtic with the most 3’s in a season? It’s not DWhite ….yet…..so it happened when said player played elsewhere.

Spoiler:

Post #1266 » by **Shak_Celts** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 4:10 am

sam_I_am wrote:Who is the Celtic or former Celtic with the most 3’s in a season? It’s not DWhite ….yet…..so it happened when said player played elsewhere.

Spoiler:
Kemba Walker 260

Doesn’t count.

DW baby!!!!

ConstableGeneva · Post #1267 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 5:57 am

Shak_Celts wrote:
sam_I_am wrote:Who is the Celtic or former Celtic with the most 3’s in a season? It’s not DWhite ….yet…..so it happened when said player played elsewhere.

Spoiler:
Kemba Walker 260

Doesn’t count. DW baby!!!!

Prime Kemba and prime IT would've enjoyed Mazzulla Ball.

ConstableGeneva · Post #1268 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 12:26 pm

Here's the video of all of the Celtics record-breaking 1,370 three-pointers made this season:

Spoiler:

sam_I_am · Post #1269 » by **sam_I_am** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 1:18 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
Shak_Celts wrote:
sam_I_am wrote:Who is the Celtic or former Celtic with the most 3’s in a season? It’s not DWhite ….yet…..so it happened when said player played elsewhere.

Spoiler:
Kemba Walker 260

Doesn’t count. DW baby!!!!

Prime Kemba and prime IT would've enjoyed Mazzulla Ball.

Steph Curry has 11 seasons with 260 or more with his record being >400 in a season.

Post #1270 » by **bisme37** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 5:18 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:Here's the video of all of the Celtics record-breaking 1,370 three-pointers made this season:
Spoiler:
...just kidding. That's a lot of threes lol.

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zoyathedestroya · Post #1271 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 5:34 pm

bisme37 wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Here's the video of all of the Celtics record-breaking 1,370 three-pointers made this season:
Spoiler:
...just kidding. That's a lot of threes lol.

Read on Twitter

Lazy video editor, tsk.

Fencer reregistered · Post #1272 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 7:10 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:
bisme37 wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Here's the video of all of the Celtics record-breaking 1,370 three-pointers made this season:
Spoiler:
...just kidding. That's a lot of threes lol.

Read on Twitter

Lazy video editor, tsk.

So you're saying that ConstableGeneva is a bum?

ConstableGeneva · Post #1273 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 5, 2025 8:18 pm

No game thread yet? JB and JT are QUESTIONABLE for the game against the Wizards.

ConstableGeneva · Post #1274 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Mon Apr 7, 2025 4:42 am

After the Celtics blowout win vs. WAS and Cavs loss to the Kings, Celtics have somehow overtaken the Cavs as 2nd in net rating for the season.

The Celtics (26-5) also have the best record in the NBA since 01/29/2025. Suck it, OKC (27-6).

Post #1275 » by **djFan71** » Mon Apr 7, 2025 7:21 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:After the Celtics blowout win vs. WAS and Cavs loss to the Kings, Celtics have somehow overtaken the Cavs as 2nd in net rating for the season.

The Celtics (26-5) also have the best record in the NBA since 01/29/2025. Suck it, OKC (27-6).

Pretty much clinches things. Not sure we need to bother with the formality of the actual playoff games. But I guess we can let the league pay some bills.