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[redslastlaugh]

Cooper Flagg in Miami drinkin a iced pina colada on some ceiling-fan beachside patio with Duncan Robinson... shudder ... glad that possibility is eliminated

[Parliament10]

The Playoffs (and Play-In) being essentially a different Season, and a different type of Season.
They should give some additional Awards to the Men who make a difference, in said Post-Season. I.e. Defensive Players.

[Fierce1]

Davion Mitchell just out-Traed Trae Young. That's like 3 threes in three minutes in OT.

Guess the standard for other teams is different.

If that happened to the Celtics, Joe would absolutely get blamed for letting Davion go off like that.

Why no adjustments, right?

But since it's another team, the coach is not talked about.

[Parliament10]

Davion Mitchell just out-Traed Trae Young. That's like 3 threes in three minutes in OT.

Guess the standard for other teams is different.

If that happened to the Celtics, Joe would absolutely get blamed for letting Davion go off like that.

Why no adjustments, right?

But since it's another team, the coach is not talked about.

Sounds like you're trying to stir up trouble? (Fierce1)

[Fierce1]

Davion Mitchell just out-Traed Trae Young. That's like 3 threes in three minutes in OT.

Guess the standard for other teams is different.

If that happened to the Celtics, Joe would absolutely get blamed for letting Davion go off like that.

Why no adjustments, right?

But since it's another team, the coach is not talked about.

Sounds like you're trying to stir up trouble?

Just calling a spade a spade.

Like ConstableGeneva said, Davion made like 3 threes in 3 minutes.

So why didn't the Hawks coach make any adjustments when Davion was already hot in the 4th quarter?

For the past 3 seasons, a number of Celtic fans kept saying Joe does not make in-game adjustments.

But in this case, nobody here is talking about how the Hawks coach failed to adjust to Davion Mitchell.

[165bows]

Yes, I feel ya. However, if Miami makes the playoffs, the 15th pick goes to OKC. If Miami would miss the playoffs, they keep the pick. At this point, I'd rather OKC not get the ammo.

But, it's moot. Miami won, the 15th pick is going to the Thunder.

Going to OT. I want Miami to win (and I loathe them) because I don't want them in the lottery.

Yeah, the rich get richer. I'm still glad Miami has no shot at jumping into the top 4.

I believe pick went unprotected next year if it didn’t convey so I suppose this is a decent middle of the road option.

[Parliament10]

Guess the standard for other teams is different.

If that happened to the Celtics, Joe would absolutely get blamed for letting Davion go off like that.

Why no adjustments, right?

But since it's another team, the coach is not talked about.

Sounds like you're trying to stir up trouble?

Just calling a spade a spade.

Like ConstableGeneva said, Davion made like 3 threes in 3 minutes.

So why didn't the Hawks coach make any adjustments when Davion was already hot in the 4th quarter?

For the past 3 seasons, a number of Celtic fans kept saying Joe does not make in-game adjustments.

But in this case, nobody here is talking about how the Hawks coach failed to adjust to Davion Mitchell.

You are trying to instigate, as usual. Mods are onto you.
We have records of all your infractions.

Cut it out.

~ Parl

[Fierce1]

Sounds like you're trying to stir up trouble?

Just calling a spade a spade.

Like ConstableGeneva said, Davion made like 3 threes in 3 minutes.

So why didn't the Hawks coach make any adjustments when Davion was already hot in the 4th quarter?

For the past 3 seasons, a number of Celtic fans kept saying Joe does not make in-game adjustments.

But in this case, nobody here is talking about how the Hawks coach failed to adjust to Davion Mitchell.

You are trying to instigate, as usual. Mods are onto you.
We have records of all your infractions.

Cut it out.

~ Parl

Understood.

[Fierce1]

Looks like packing for 8 days will be too much as it's looking like the Mavs' season will end today.

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[zoyathedestroya]

Nico Harrison is still walking a free man after the crime he committed in Dallas. An outside party should investigate him, Adam Silver, the Mavs owner, and esp the Lakers.

[Fierce1]

I think it's the owner Dumont who's the real culprit here.

Nico is just following orders.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/nba/mavericks/nico-harrison-dallas-mavericks-gm-did-not-want-to-do-closed-door-meeting-patrick-dumont-owner-espn-report/287-387cba54-ecab-428d-a270-fb151f7bee43

Dallas Mavericks owner forced Nico Harrison to do closed-door meeting with reporters, ESPN says

[Fierce1]

Great game from AD, almost half the Mavs points are from him, but the Mavs are going home.

What's worse is it's looking like AD is hurt again.

[Shak_Celts]

Debating whether I should reply or not because it will only lead to a circular or redundant argument.

But I also consider brad stevens, an excellent coach, but using some of the logic brought on this debate. I guess since there was a lot of infighting during the kyrie irving gordon haywood years as well as horrible chemistry in the locker room and a very depressing finish to a team that may have more talent than any in recent memory, would you now classify Stevens as a bad coach? Because players in the locker room were technically piss poor??

And even after getting rid of toxic kyrie, irving, it really wasn't too much better. Hence brad stevens relieving himself of coaching duties the following season or two.

Brad can be both a good coach and not good at handling the player’s egos. People credit Doc for being great at handling stars, but not as great at coaching. Maybe Joe is good at both? I don’t really care about every opinion on him, it’s just good to debate, it’s fun. I believe Joe is a really good coach and handles the personality side well too.

We’ve lost excellent coaches around him and we’re still going strong. There are many examples of great talent not working, it takes more than that. Joe deserves his fair share of credit, he inherited what he inherited, he can only work with what he’s given. The players know what they have in Joe and that’s all that matters to me!


I haven’t heard any guy say it is easy making this team fit, just because games mesh well doesn’t mean they don’t have to work very hard at it! Every last one of those guys have an ego, I think Joe is part of them all looking at the bigger picture for the better of the team. I don’t care about all the back-and-forth that goes on and how much people don’t like what they see at times, it’s obviously working, and Joe is part of that!

The same people talking about the talent that Joe inherited are some of the same people who say Spo is a great coach, as if his career didn’t start the same way Joe’s did. Except he had the second best player in the history of the game on his team. You can say he’s been a good coach since then, with lesser talent, but that’s not fair to Joe because he hasn’t had to go that route yet. If it’s the talent for Joe, it was definitely the same for Spoelstra.

I get not liking everything the man does, but to say Joe isn’t part of our success because of the talent, as if he’s a bad coach, that’s something I can’t agree with! He will always be a Celtics champion! He’s doing something right!!

You using Doc Rivers is a great example to strengthen my argument. Doc Rivers won a title and was one Kenrick Perkins injury and game 7 victory away from winning back to back. But When Doc lost his "great players" he showed many times what a poor coach he actually is. Doc has to have been hired and fired as much or almost as much as any coach ever, I think. Doc continues to live off the Narrative of being a "player's coach". And perhaps he is. But no matter what his strengths are, you have to judge the whole package. Doc Rivers has or should have been Proven a fraud by now. Doc is a great example of Hiring "retreads" over and over again.

Spo, like you said has already proven himself after Lebron and Joe has not yet had the chance. That is fair. But The idea that I may think Joe is a lot closer to Doc than Spo agitates a handful of posters (mainly one) so much I find interesting. I get I am often on the opposite end of the spectrum on Joe. But I am not alone in that thinking. I Just take the most heat because I am not shy about saying it. It is a shame because there were some quality posters who agreed but were often "attacked" for having this opinion and have not returned. Caveman, I found to have a pretty sophisticated understanding of BB and is no longer here. That appears to be the GOAL of some. I guess we should all agree on everything and sing Cum-ba-Ya or something like that.

I already said idc what anyone else thinks about it. My take isn’t going to be shaken on Joe.

Phil Jackson? Any championship coach has won because of top-tier talent, don’t try to single out Joe in that regard. It’s not as easy as you think, these people are good coaches. They might not be your/our favorite coaches, but even Doc is a good coach.

You can say what you want within reason, people will disagree or agree. No mod has cared about your opinions, as far as trying to stop them, unless it’s against rules.

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[ConstableGeneva]

Celtics in 5.

[ConstableGeneva]

Is this the healthiest postseason we've had in a while? At the very least the top 2 stars for each team are available. Hope it stays that way.

OKC: SGA, JDub, Chet
MEM: Ja, Bane, JJJ
DEN: Jok, Murray, Gordon
LAC: Harden, Kawhi, Zu
LAL: Bron, Luka, Reaves
MIN: Ant, Gobert, Randle
HOU: Green, Sengun, FVV
GSW: Curry, Butler, Dray

CLE: Mitchell, Garland, Mobley
MIA: Herro, Bam, ??
IND: Hali, Siakam, Turner
MIL: Giannis, Dame (likely to be back), Kuz
NYK: Brunson, KAT, OG
DET: Cade, Duren, Thompson
BOS: JT, JB, KP
ORL: Banchero, Franz, ??

[playa-hater]

Silly me. I thought the playoffs started tomorrow. I love my weekends during the day. I also love my playoff BB of all games. Damn. Irresistible force vs Immovable Object

Is it too Early to say - GO CELTICS!!!!!!!!

[redslastlaugh]

Man, Davion Mitchell made himself some money with that game.
Advanced stats do not like him and, if memory serves, Sactown paid 2nd round picks last offseason just to dump him to Toronto ... but I think Davion Mitchell is probably looking at 3/$18 this coming offseason to be somebody's Kris Dunn
huge night for Mitchell and his pocketbook

Davion Mitchell just out-Traed Trae Young. That's like 3 threes in three minutes in OT.

[ConstableGeneva]

Man, Davion Mitchell made himself some money with that game.
Advanced stats do not like him and, if memory serves, Sactown paid 2nd round picks last offseason just to dump him to Toronto ... but I think Davion Mitchell is probably looking at 3/$18 this coming offseason to be somebody's Kris Dunn
huge night for Mitchell and his pocketbook

Davion Mitchell just out-Traed Trae Young. That's like 3 threes in three minutes in OT.

Solomon Hill is smiling somewhere nodding in approval.

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