Celtics General Thread 2019-20, "Re-Start"

KGboss · Post #461 » by **KGboss** » Mon Dec 2, 2019 5:49 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:

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55 wins would tie a Stevens-era high.

I still think they do better than that

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cloverleaf · Post #462 » by **cloverleaf** » Tue Dec 3, 2019 11:07 am

I will be disappointed if they come out 4th in the conference, but there are a half-dozen decent or better teams there this year, so maybe not a big gap between 2nd or 3rd and 5th or 6th. My hope is 2nd, after the Bucks.

zoyathedestroya · Post #463 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Dec 3, 2019 2:41 pm

It's a non-game day. I hear it's time for a FUN FACT!

10 of the 13 top minute-getters of the Celtics last season are averaging career-highs in points per game this season. The only ones that aren't -- Horford (his ppg with Philly still higher than any season in Boston), Hayward (about 7.5 ppg higher than his previous season), Ojeleye (could still go up).

Post #464 » by **Parliament10** » Wed Dec 4, 2019 5:27 am

KGboss wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:

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55 wins would tie a Stevens-era high.
I still think they do better than that

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Agreed. Winning this game, would keep us on pace to win 62 Games.
So 60 Games, is a reasonable hope.

hickfromfrenchlick · Post #465 » by **hickfromfrenchlick** » Wed Dec 4, 2019 7:31 pm

Why did the "international" thread get locked?

sam_I_am · Post #466 » by **sam_I_am** » Thu Dec 5, 2019 1:43 am

Parliament10 wrote:
KGboss wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:

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55 wins would tie a Stevens-era high.
I still think they do better than that

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Agreed. Winning this game, would keep us on pace to win 62 Games.
So 60 Games, is a reasonable hope.

I suspect that projection is based on 50% of games without Hayward and 33% games without Brown. We might project better, perhaps 60 wins when all guys on deck and better sample size.

zoyathedestroya · Post #467 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Thu Dec 5, 2019 1:49 am

hickfromfrenchlick wrote:Why did the "international" thread get locked?

Probably because it's a bump of a really old thread, per forum rules or some ****. Shouldn't have been locked imo.

Fencer reregistered · Post #468 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Thu Dec 5, 2019 6:08 am

I don't generally do podcasts, so I haven't listened to this at all, but it seems the WashPost has a bit on Enes' politicking.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/the-nba-star-courting-congress-on-turkey/?tid=aud_hpmid_postreportslnch

keevsnick1 · Post #469 » by **keevsnick1** » Thu Dec 5, 2019 5:09 pm

So at the 20 game mark 3 guys have played all 20 games those being Tatum, Semi, Wanamaker. 3 guys have played 19 of 20 those are Kemba, Smart, GWill and 4 guys have played 17/18 of 20 those are Brown, Theis, RWill, Edwards. So really besides Hayward the Celtics have been fairly healthy.

KGboss · Post #470 » by **KGboss** » Thu Dec 5, 2019 5:17 pm

keevsnick1 wrote:So at the 20 game mark 3 guys have played all 20 games those being Tatum, Semi, Wanamaker. 3 guys have played 19 of 20 those are Kemba, Smart, GWill and 4 guys have played 17/18 of 20 those are Brown, Theis, RWill, Edwards. So really besides Hayward the Celtics have been fairly healthy.

Hayward is a big loss tho. All that success to start the year had a big piece to do with him.

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Roddy · Post #471 » by **Roddy** » Thu Dec 5, 2019 5:59 pm

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keevsnick1 · Post #472 » by **keevsnick1** » Thu Dec 5, 2019 7:30 pm

KGboss wrote:
keevsnick1 wrote:So at the 20 game mark 3 guys have played all 20 games those being Tatum, Semi, Wanamaker. 3 guys have played 19 of 20 those are Kemba, Smart, GWill and 4 guys have played 17/18 of 20 those are Brown, Theis, RWill, Edwards. So really besides Hayward the Celtics have been fairly healthy.
Hayward is a big loss tho. All that success to start the year had a big piece to do with him.

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Sure but most team will suffer a big loss at some point. Raps lost Lowry and Ibaka, Bucks lost Middleton, Heat lost Winslow for almost 4 weeks, Pacers without Dipo and Turner was hurt, Nets without Kyrie. Losing hayward for 12 games is probably more hurtful than those injuries but not like overwhelming so.

5InOfLouisville · Post #473 » by **5InOfLouisville** » Thu Dec 5, 2019 7:45 pm

https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2019/12/boston-celtics-jaylen-brown-was-in-the-gym-two-days-after-2018-19-season-ended-and-results-are-showing.html

summary: jb practices basketball to get better at playing it.

GoCeltics123 · Post #474 » by **GoCeltics123** » Thu Dec 5, 2019 11:41 pm

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Romeo's voice :lol:

Fencer reregistered · Post #475 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Dec 6, 2019 2:15 am

I wouldn't be surprised if the best chess player on the team turned out not to be Jaylen. He claims to with one exception never have played somebody who could beat him consistently -- in the chess part of the article https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2019/12/boston-celtics-jaylen-brown-was-in-the-gym-two-days-after-2018-19-season-ended-and-results-are-showing.html. That's basically inconceivable if he ever played any tournaments, strictly scholastic ones perhaps excepted. However, there are anecdotes to the effect that Grant did play in legitimate tournaments.

E.g., I was the best player in my high school, and apparently the best player my age in California or even the country. (I think that's correct, but it deserves many asterisks, because typically the best 12-year-old players are VASTLY better than I was.) Even so, I lost games in almost every tournament I ever played in; sometimes had negative overall tournament scores; and easily found lots of people muc better than I was.

Post #476 » by **Shak_Celts** » Fri Dec 6, 2019 3:53 am

GoCeltics123 wrote:

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Romeo's voice

I'd guarantee that was rookie hazing, I bet they made him do it. he is too quiet naturally and that was full out while everyone was laughing. if it was all his doing and not for jokes, awww that's "nice".

I loved every bit of it!

Fencer reregistered · Post #477 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Dec 6, 2019 8:47 am

So which Celtics could actually sing? Two examples come to mind, but after that I haven't a clue.
Oh yeah -- Shaq was a Celtic at one point and an attempted rapper at some others. Who else?

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zoyathedestroya · Post #478 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Fri Dec 6, 2019 9:05 am

Fencer reregistered wrote:So which Celtics could actually sing? Two examples come to mind, but after that I haven't a clue.
Oh yeah -- Shaq was a Celtic at one point and an attempted rapper at some others. Who else?

Dunno if they're any good...

Watch on YouTube

Fencer reregistered · Post #479 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Dec 6, 2019 10:08 am

I can't judge rappers' singing abilities, except for the very best ones.

But that reminds me that Smart laid down a rap too, after he got paid.

zoyathedestroya wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:So which Celtics could actually sing? Two examples come to mind, but after that I haven't a clue.
Oh yeah -- Shaq was a Celtic at one point and an attempted rapper at some others. Who else?

Dunno if they're any good...

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

GoCeltics123 · Post #480 » by **GoCeltics123** » Fri Dec 6, 2019 5:32 pm

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During his appearance on WEEI.com’s 5 Out, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski gave Celtics fans reason to think the wing would want to stick around.

“I’ve had no indication he’s been anything but really happy with being in Boston,” Woj said. “I think it’s a question of, I think, his health, what happens between now and the end of the year, and is there an ability to do a longer deal where he is? Or, he plays it out at that number.”

Another thing that could play in the Celtics’ favor: Hayward’s injury history.

“I think, normally, without the injuries, you would’ve expected he would’ve opted out and did a new deal that would’ve been worth more money,” Woj said on 5 Out. “But I think, because of his injuries, that dictates it a little bit.”

Ironic that what’s kept Hayward off the court is what could inevitably keep him in Boston.