Welcome to Boston, Jordan Walsh!

[Shak_Celts]

I like Groot better than Jute!

I have only seen the first one, it was many years ago so I don’t remember much, why Groot?

Groot is loing, can extend his arms, and is a fan favorite!

Thank you! All I remember is the name being repeated a lot.

[Dogen]

I have only seen the first one, it was many years ago so I don’t remember much, why Groot?

Groot is loing, can extend his arms, and is a fan favorite!

Thank you! All I remember is the name being repeated a lot.

Jordan said he was not able to sit through three hours of The Godfather as per Al's request, but maybe his Gen-Z nature will have a fondness for Guardians of the Galaxy.

[shackles10]

I like Groot better than Jute!

I have only seen the first one, it was many years ago so I don’t remember much, why Groot?

Groot is loing, can extend his arms, and is a fan favorite!

Is Springer then Baby Groot?

[phincsfan]

Real excited for the kid. You can tell Joe likes him and is rooting for him. He missed those two 3's but he didn't do anything that hurt the team. That's all you can ask from him at this point. I hope they keep him with the big club all year and let him play against the best everyday in practice. Watch how the vets act and stay involved in the Boston community. Scoring 15-20 points in Maine isn't gonna do much for him. Creating for yourself against 3rd stringers won't make him better. If you watch his college tape he never was a player who really created for himself. He reminds me of AB. Everybody wanted him to be this creator, but in reality he was an undersized 3 and D player. Keep him in the corner and be ready. But make sure your defense is 100%.

[Homerclease]

So I think I’m coming around to Shaks side on this when it comes to Walsh. They need to feed him rotation minutes to see what they have with him. I see what he could be, IMO he’s a year away from being a + player but I think trial by fire may be the way to go now

[shackles10]

Missed that second 3 and I said to my son he's about another missed 3 from being pulled and needs to do the Brissett stuff out there. Did just that, and I don't think he took another 3 the rest of the game either. He's a better shooter than Brissett and I think some of it is nerves and pressure upon himself to perform when he's gotten limited chances, so it might come around some. The defense, the crashing the offensive glass from the baselines, and the energy was needed. Good on you Groot. Stretch those arms out and wreak havoc out there on both sides of the ball!

[ConstableGeneva]

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The wingspan of his coming in handy (armsy?) -- tipping balls, grabbing boards, just being an all-around pest.

[hugepatsfan]

Not to be dramatic but his putback was the greatest athletic feat I've ever seen and he's clearly destined for superstardom. Brad did it again

[165bows]

Not to be dramatic but his putback was the greatest athletic feat I've ever seen and he's clearly destined for superstardom. Brad did it again

I like his energy, athleticism and wingspan, plus that early stat line of 2.5/3.7/1.2 per 36 really stuffs the stat sheet.

[ConstableGeneva]

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[phincsfan]

He's active and he doesn't hurt you when he's out there. I still think keeping him with the big club vs Maine is the way to go with him.

[darrendaye]

He's active and he doesn't hurt you when he's out there. I still think keeping him with the big club vs Maine is the way to go with him.

I have a differing opinion. I still would prefer him shuttling with stretches in Maine to continue to work and build confidence breaking down a defender off the dribble. As I said in the Hawks game thread, I would strive to have him as the scoring focal point on the Gino-time unit by the 2nd half of the season. I get that he can also take steps toward improving those skills in practice, but, would prefer they try to elevate that part of his game beyond Avery Bradley level improvement.

[ConstableGeneva]

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[phincsfan]

I'd like to see Walsh get some minutes on Saturday. Joe seems to have put him in the corner for the last week.

[redslastlaugh]

I'd like to see Walsh get some minutes on Saturday. Joe seems to have put him in the corner for the last week.

Yea, what happened? Two weeks ago Walsh was checking into the game in the first quarter and last night, a blow out on the second of a b2b, he gets in with less than 2 min left? What the H??

[ConstableGeneva]

I'd like to see Walsh get some minutes on Saturday. Joe seems to have put him in the corner for the last week.

Yea, what happened? Two weeks ago Walsh was checking into the game in the first quarter and last night, a blow out on the second of a b2b, he gets in with less than 2 min left? What the H??

Maybe as simple as Brown and Hauser being healthy and available again.

Joe might be set with a 9-man rotation at most without KP. Walsh as that 10th man who occasionally cracks the rotation.

[redslastlaugh]

I'd like to see Walsh get some minutes on Saturday. Joe seems to have put him in the corner for the last week.

Yea, what happened? Two weeks ago Walsh was checking into the game in the first quarter and last night, a blow out on the second of a b2b, he gets in with less than 2 min left? What the H??

Maybe as simple as Brown and Hauser being healthy and available again.

Joe might be set with a 9-man rotation at most without KP. Walsh as that 10th man who occasionally cracks the rotation.

That might be it, all he wing mins going to the Jays + Sam. But I’d love to see more Walsh because outside of Neemi, the bench lacks athletic pop, so Walsh 10-12 minutes would be great IMO

[brackdan70]

Trade Jaylen, start Jordan.

[redslastlaugh]

Walsh in 108 minutes has attempted 16 3PTA and 4 2PTA, only FOUR two point attempts! Man, Jordan is 6-7 with a 7-3 wingspan, bounces off the floor like a rocket ship and possesses boundless energy. Walsh shooting 50% on 2s but only 25% on threes. I don’t understand why he isn’t on the young AB plan, cutting baseline to get some rim attempts until he is more comfortable with his three pt jumpshot. He should have 15 two point attempts and 4 three point attempts until his confidence comes up, imo

EDIT: Walsh defensive rating is best among rotation players, but his offensive rating is garbage. Even at 20 yrs old, he’d be a much more useful player if they could focus on getting him some higher % attempts even if only for two points.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

He can't get to the rim until the defenders have to come out, contest his shot and he can drive the close out. Him randomly cutting and mucking up the spacing for everybody isn't going to help.

His offensive rating is bad because he has played a lot of garbage time on units that have been utterly inept on offense (for which he does bear some responsability). Per cleaning the glass, once you filter out garbage time, his offensive rating is 128.4 which is actually above the Celtics' average, mainly due to a gigangtic increase in offensive rebounding (https://cleaningtheglass.com/stats/player/5250/onoff#tab-team_efficiency). I don't think he is an above average offensive player and that on/off is more a product of who's out there with him but there's nothing to suggest the Celtics offense falls off a cliff when he is in the game.