It Was Just Like Harry Potter... Except All the Wizards Died! Victory Cigar vs WAS 10/30

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what team is CHO? Chorlette?

[sam_I_am]

I swear, some of ya'll care more about garbage time than the part of the game that actually matters

My only real takeaway from garbage time tonight, is that I want to see more Lamar minutes - preferably meaningful mins, when he's out there with some of our top 6 guys.

And that's not even just based on tonight's game. As ya'll know I was high on him during the offseason, plus he looked good in preseason and looked good again tonight.

Yeah man, he's really well rounded. Not really deficient in anything.

3 TO’s in 6 min. against G-leaguers wasn’t looking that good to me.

[flintsky21]

3 wins, 3 different VCs and doesn't even include our best player yet.

[tfribs45]

I voted Pritchard just to agitate you guys.

where all the PP lovers that were ecstatic to have him crack the rotation LMAO. Bench needs help, that's for sure! Starters look great, all we need to do is add some help to the bench. This will be a difficult team to beat in a 7 game series!

[jfs1000d]

Anyone who is whining about garbage time is garbage. I can’t take another 82 games of people micro venting on things that don’t matter.

Garbage time is garbage time for Celtics. Wizards? Those guys played like their careers were on the line.

Mazulla is gonna have to develop the bench. We need Hauser/PP to hit shots when they are in there as the 7, 8th man. We need brissetr, Blanton, Stevens, Kornet ti become a sort of the rotation.

That’s it though.

Celtics go balls out with short rotation to go 17-3 to start. They then cruise for 30 games to develop bench and go 20-10. 37-13. Final 32 games u get your team ready for playoff run and seeding .

Thas the plan. I am calling Celtics 58 wins.


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[BrianFitz]

I swear, some of ya'll care more about garbage time than the part of the game that actually matters

My only real takeaway from garbage time tonight, is that I want to see more Lamar minutes - preferably meaningful mins, when he's out there with some of our top 6 guys.

And that's not even just based on tonight's game. As ya'll know I was high on him during the offseason, plus he looked good in preseason and looked good again tonight.

Yeah man, he's really well rounded. Not really deficient in anything.

3 TO’s in 6 min. against G-leaguers wasn’t looking that good to me.

That entire unit in the 4th were running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Coughing the ball up left and right. You saying that Lamar playing minutes with some of the starters in a regular bench rotation wouldn't likely be a different outcome? I wouldn't base my evaluation of a player from 6 minutes of play. Seems like a bit of a small sample size.

[Hal14]

The coaches should have a coaches only meeting about the team's bench.

Good grief - I hope this is a joke, smh.

[KillahGhostface]

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didn't stop people "not happy unless we're miserable" when complaining about JB any chance they get even when we were winning and always in the conference finals. I could go on and on about what people complain about during the good times but are pretending to be above it now. we all talk about the good during the bad. we're not even saying much except the bench looked like poo, because they did! It was an embarrassing display by key contributors vs guys we likely wont see doing anything worth while if their good players don't sneak them into the playoffs.

also, yes you can get championship habits 1-15, didn't say they had to be good, but that team effort wouldn't beat a gleague team and two (3 KORNY) guys we actually want to play real minutes looked like they were dudes off the street, not guys who have been with us 3 years at least.

had they just missed shots, whatever, they looked like JB vs Mia game 7 except against guys lucky to have a job. not just bad, horrible.

This is a fair point. You're not wrong here. Last year our bench was pretty good. But it had to be. Because our starting 5 didn't have the firepower this one does. All we did was move that bench scoring into the starting lineup. Can't help but feel like complaining about the bench 3 games in seems "greeady" almost. Our scoring is going to come mostly from our top 6 guys is we're humming anyway. Generally there will only be 2 bench guys on the court at any time unless we're blowing a team out by 30 and those guys won't (and shouldn't) get that many shots because the other 3 guys should handle most of the heavy lifting. That said, yes they had a bad game. Agree with you there. But it's a long season and everyone will get a chance to contribute over the course of the season. As Joe said, guys will have to be patient. Fans will have to be patient on this team as well. Meanwhile, there's a lot of good happening on this team right now.

I hear what everyone is saying and I mostly agree but I'll say it again, if it was just missing shots I'd have been OK, but they didn't even look like they belong out there with people most of us don't know! They looked inept in everything they did. Last season people were mad at me for being positive Patty, those same people want me to be that way now, weird. I want Prichard and Hauser to keep playing, I thought they did some solid things with the starters, but we're trying to win a championship, they SHOULDN'T look like they don't even belong in the league playing against the deep ddddeep end of the WIZARDS.

FORGET MISSING SHOTS, did you see that mess?

Good grief, Shaq. We could take the negative posts you've made in this thread, combine them together and we'd have a novel.

It was just 1 game. A game we won in a blowout. And we're talking about garbage time - who cares?

If this is still an issue 20-25 games in, let's talk.

Do you not remember just a couple weeks ago when our bench guys ran the Hornets bench guys out of the gym, and we had like 5 wide open transition dunks in a row?

[shackles10]

PP has been like a bench version of all the bad stuff the JB pundits fill the RealGM pages about. He'll look better not being the blowout bench commander, but he gets into the lane and can't do anything or gets it stripped, shoots... A LOT, turnovers, and poor defense. Much like JB too he'd be better off ball and finishing plays and a PP led offense has been rough once the minutes counted (R.I.P. to Pre-season P). The rest of these guys look bad too with no table setter, but if PP could run the offense they could fill their roles better.

[The_Ghost_of_JB]

Wizards are awful, and Poole is pure comedy to watch but that was a solid performance by Boston.

I know Hauser had 8/8 and PP had 7 rebounds and 6 assists but it was garbage time. Cs need much more from both these guys.

[Homerclease]

They won by 19. And any choke job would still have led to the starters coming back in to close it out. Respectfully, I don't understand this argument because the premise is unprovable either way. As for championship habits 1-15, I'm sorry but that doesn't exist. Guys who are at the back ends of roster are there for a reason. I mean we're worried if this is gonna cost us a championship already. I mean...can we get to Game 4 first before we start panicking because of our 8th and 9th guys aren't playing well to start out?

Meanwhile, let's ignore that our Top 6 is dominant right now and we still haven't even fully figured out how to play with each other yet. There are levels to this and our offensive and defensive continuity still have levels to go. There really isn't much to complain about on this team.

Everything is peachy right now when the top 6 is healthy and the bench is relegated to support roles. When the inevitable injuries happen and guys are going to be thrust into larger roles, well that’s where the concern comes in.

People are talking about how poor the bench played because there’s nothing else to discuss. The starters put on a clinic.

Could've ended the post right here. Nothing else to discuss?? You could try discussing, I don't know...how "everything is peachy right now"? Or are we not happy unless we're miserable?

Well I mean, sure. The starters played great and demolished a tanking wizards team. They did their job and it was a short night where we didn’t have to play them many minutes. Don’t really think there’s anything to dispute in there.

And if they stay this way, then the bench is fine. These guys are supposed to be in there in a support role to our better players. Obviously an all bench lineup is going to expose our bench guys for their limitations. The worry going forward is still the same as it ever was. Health. The hope was one of these lottery tickets brought in to play off the bench would be able to distinguish themselves as possibly being able to take on a bit more of a role. So far that hasn’t been the case. It’s far too early to worry, but it’s also not something to be ignored either

[sam_I_am]

Yeah man, he's really well rounded. Not really deficient in anything.

3 TO’s in 6 min. against G-leaguers wasn’t looking that good to me.

That entire unit in the 4th were running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Coughing the ball up left and right. You saying that Lamar playing minutes with some of the starters in a regular bench rotation wouldn't likely be a different outcome? I wouldn't base my evaluation of a player from 6 minutes of play. Seems like a bit of a small sample size.

I hope not given his play with Cleveland last year. That said, Hauser, Kornet and PP playing with the regulars has been no different either. Nobody can say they expected less from the bench than me…..I don’t think they need to score much at all as the starting 6 is going to put up 110-115 ppg. However, they do need to hold down the fort. Getting outscored 20-4 in 6 minutes with something like a 35 pt lead is not holding down the fort. It is incompetence on a disastrous level. And it was against WAS 3rd stringers.

[KillahGhostface]

People don’t appreciate how much off ball work Tatum does, cutting to score is only a small part of the equation. Naturally to prove this, I show a clip of him cutting to score.

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[Celts17Pride]

People don’t appreciate how much off ball work Tatum does, cutting to score is only a small part of the equation. Naturally to prove this, I show a clip of him cutting to score.

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Not disagreeing with you but that clip was an out of timeout designed play.

[Shak_Celts]

This is a fair point. You're not wrong here. Last year our bench was pretty good. But it had to be. Because our starting 5 didn't have the firepower this one does. All we did was move that bench scoring into the starting lineup. Can't help but feel like complaining about the bench 3 games in seems "greeady" almost. Our scoring is going to come mostly from our top 6 guys is we're humming anyway. Generally there will only be 2 bench guys on the court at any time unless we're blowing a team out by 30 and those guys won't (and shouldn't) get that many shots because the other 3 guys should handle most of the heavy lifting. That said, yes they had a bad game. Agree with you there. But it's a long season and everyone will get a chance to contribute over the course of the season. As Joe said, guys will have to be patient. Fans will have to be patient on this team as well. Meanwhile, there's a lot of good happening on this team right now.

I hear what everyone is saying and I mostly agree but I'll say it again, if it was just missing shots I'd have been OK, but they didn't even look like they belong out there with people most of us don't know! They looked inept in everything they did. Last season people were mad at me for being positive Patty, those same people want me to be that way now, weird. I want Prichard and Hauser to keep playing, I thought they did some solid things with the starters, but we're trying to win a championship, they SHOULDN'T look like they don't even belong in the league playing against the deep ddddeep end of the WIZARDS.

FORGET MISSING SHOTS, did you see that mess?

Good grief, Shaq. We could take the negative posts you've made in this thread, combine them together and we'd have a novel.

It was just 1 game. A game we won in a blowout. And we're talking about garbage time - who cares?

Do you not remember just a couple weeks ago when our bench guys ran the Hornets bench guys out of the gym, and we had like 5 wide open transition dunks in a row?

Hal, don’t start, do you not remember your posting history? Also, i don’t think you know what a novel is.

[Shak_Celts]

Wizards are awful, and Poole is pure comedy to watch but that was a solid performance by Boston.

I know Hauser had 8/8 and PP had 7 rebounds and 6 assists but it was garbage time. Cs need much more from both these guys.

They played well with the starters. People still went after pritch on D though. They tried to with Hauser but unlike Bird thinking it’s disrespectful, he held his own very well.

[Parasite]

I voted Pritchard just to agitate you guys.

where all the PP lovers that were ecstatic to have him crack the rotation LMAO. Bench needs help, that's for sure! Starters look great, all we need to do is add some help to the bench. This will be a difficult team to beat in a 7 game series!

It’s been 3 games! SMH. PP will be absolutely fine.

[Celts17Pride]

I voted Pritchard just to agitate you guys.

where all the PP lovers that were ecstatic to have him crack the rotation LMAO. Bench needs help, that's for sure! Starters look great, all we need to do is add some help to the bench. This will be a difficult team to beat in a 7 game series!

It’s been 3 games! SMH. PP will be absolutely fine.

Agree! Have to give them at least 4 games