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2022-23 Celtics Predictions

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Re: 2022-23 Celtics Predictions 

Post#21 » by zoyathedestroya » Tue Apr 11, 2023 12:24 pm

steefP2 wrote:57-25 record
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Tatum first team all nba
Jaylen all star, just missing third team all nba
Smart 1st team all defense
Brogdon 6moy
White 2nd team all defense
Horford and rob 2nd team all defense
Tatum top 3 mvp finish
Top 3 defense, top 7 offense

Pretty good. Well done.

I don't think anyone saw Cs finishing top 2 in both offense and defense.
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Re: 2022-23 Celtics Predictions 

Post#22 » by zoyathedestroya » Tue Apr 11, 2023 12:27 pm

Feed Your Head wrote:54-28, I bumped this up from the 52 I was thinking the other day, when I heard how the team looks, and their FU mindset.

If we’re healthy in the playoffs, I’d feel good against anyone. I’d like another shot at GS, but I think the Clippers or Denver make the finals from the west.

Smart 11/4/6 on a 58% TS. Yes, 58%, also makes first or second team all defense.

Brogdon 16/5/5 on a 60% TS. Top 3 in 6MOTY, plays 55-60 games at about 27 a night.

Horford 10/8/4 on a 59% TS, plays heavier minutes in the first half, but only 20-25 down the stretch.

Tatum 27/8/6 on a 60% TS, gets legitimate mvp buzz. Improves his mid ranger to 40-42ish%, and is 38/39% from deep.

Jaylen 23/7/3 on a 59% TS, makes the all star team and has the best season of his career, even if the raw numbers are slightly down. 40% from deep in 8 attempts per game. Gets some votes, but falls short of 3rd team all nba.

White will shoot 35% from deep, and continues being a guy who makes everyone better, while having an elite defensive season again.

When Rob is back, I hope and think we only play him 20-25 a game, trying to preserve him some.

Grant gets extended for 4/54 with escalators up to 60. Shoots between 38-42% from deep on relatively high volume, talks more than ever.

Vonleh earns a spot in the rotation, because I want it to happen.

Mazzulla will ditch the interim tag very quickly, he’s GOOD. And if anyone was worried about him getting on this teams players, forget the worries, he’s already got on everyone.

Last thing isn’t really a prediction, but something zoystable said. This team is loaded with high iq players, and a lot of unselfish guys. The players either consistently make the right play, or at least want to make the right play. When you combine that with the talent level this team has? It’s going to lead to some extremely high level basketball.

Injuries are a legitimate concern, we have a pretty injury prone team. Tatum is the one guy we obviously can’t afford to lose, but if we want to win the title, we need to hope the team is mostly healthy for the playoffs.

Conservative on the numbers but nicely done overall esp the part where I said we'd play more unselfishly this season (WHICH WE DID!) lol.
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Re: 2022-23 Celtics Predictions 

Post#23 » by 31to6 » Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:50 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:
31to6 wrote:57 wins
We stay mostly healthy but try to decrease RS workload a bit (tough for Ime at first but he does it)
Tatum 3rd in MVP voting, we have team success but other guys put up more impressive stats
JT All NBA 1st team, JB 3rd team, both are all stars and Marcus gets ASG consideration too just for fun
Rob and Marcus 1st team all defense
Malcolm and Al get close to 2nd team defense
Brogdon plays like 65 games and is great
Vonleh and Jackson emerge the most from the 3rd stringers
Kabengele and Davidson get some run against bottom feeders and become board binkies
Maybe PP gets traded (along with a FRP) for a backup 3 or 5 if no one emerges from the third stringers?

Playoffs: LAC, GS, MIL, and PHI are all really good
We beat all of them
ANYTHING IS POSSSSSSIIIBBBBBBLLLLLEEEEEEE!!!
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Win total prediction is dead on. And some other good ones here too.


My Vonleh love was unrequited after that one beautiful dunk in game 2 against MIA.

Brogdon was great. Lol at me thinking Al would play enough for a RS award. Davison (spelling!) is my binky.

On to the title. I’ve got us going 4/5/6/7 in the playoffs. ATL/PHI/MIL/whoever IT ENDS WELL
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Re: 2022-23 Celtics Predictions 

Post#24 » by steefP2 » Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:05 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:
steefP2 wrote:57-25 record
Champs
Tatum first team all nba
Jaylen all star, just missing third team all nba
Smart 1st team all defense
Brogdon 6moy
White 2nd team all defense
Horford and rob 2nd team all defense
Tatum top 3 mvp finish
Top 3 defense, top 7 offense

Pretty good. Well done.

I don't think anyone saw Cs finishing top 2 in both offense and defense.



Thank you for finding and quoting that. Yeah I feel pretty good about how this year went; went 17/30 on o/u calls too. Smart was just too hampered by injuries but white makes up for it. Horford isn’t deserving of an all defense team but rob would be if he had player 60 games.

Jaylen is gonna make all nba but that was a 50/50 call anyway. And yeah 2nd in offense I couldn’t see coming. I flirted with the idea of a top 5 offense but couldn’t predict this shooting or just the force that is Sam hauser.

Still think there’s a monster waiting inside these guys; rob being right (looks like he is anyway) will elevate everything else this team does.

Can’t wait for Saturday !
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Re: 2022-23 Celtics Predictions 

Post#25 » by 165bows » Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:45 pm

Yup lotta good work there in several posts above. Servers must have dumped my post where I said 57 wins and a title favorite.

Smart’s up and down season is the one that seems missed the most outside of some deep bench stuff. Smart turning into a ball handler/playmaker guy instead of a defense first guy wasn’t on my radar screen.

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