Celtics (7-5) @ Trail Blazers (9-3) – 9:00PM, Sun, Nov. 11, 2018

CSL_1904 · Post #941 » by **CSL_1904** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:25 am

Patsfan1081 wrote:Not going to win when three of your starters have horrible games. Stevens doesn't seem to care how good or bad these guys are playing, he's going to stick with his starters to close out. So we have to hope that Jaylen and Al plays out of their slump, and Hayward gets back to gameshape very soon.

That's not true. Hayward and Jaylen were on the bench at the end of games already this season.

Jakeopp · Post #942 » by **Jakeopp** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:26 am

I hate this team.

Tired of Jaylen being a worse version of Jeff Green. Al aged 5 years over the off-season, bricks all day from him. Rozier brings nothing to this team right now, I'd be fine moving him for someone who can shoot and play off-ball. Hayward looks afraid to take the ball into the paint and his shot still isn't falling.

Props to Tatum for showing up. Should have used him more in the 4th. Kyrie didn't have it tonight.

Bill Lumbergh · Post #943 » by **Bill Lumbergh** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:26 am

Do you guys think Hayward will be near what he was in Utah at any point this season, and if so, when do you think it'll happen?

return2glory · Post #944 » by **return2glory** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:26 am

NuckyPowell wrote:Brown's been really bad so far. He's too much like Jeff Green for my liking. Al really looks a lot worse than last year. At least JT got his game rolling, only for Brad to put the kabosh on him.

OMG. Finally I’m not the only person that is seeing this. I called him Jeff Green his rookie year and last year. Only because both of them are talented but disappear for long stretches. They both have too many games where the disappear for about most of the game.

robdog_5 · Post #945 » by **robdog_5** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:26 am

This team will look much better come March I believe (hope at this point) but we better figure it out because the East is no joke anymore.

CelticsPride18 · Post #946 » by **CelticsPride18** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:26 am

thelarrybirdx wrote:
CelticsPride18 wrote:
PierceFan4ever wrote:It’s not Kyrie’s fault he can’t trust Horford at all, nor Brown or Hayward. Only Tatum helped.

His shot selection was awful in crunch time.

Him taking a contested 18 footer is infinitely better than watching Hayward, Brown, or Horford shoot at this point.

No it’s not. He needs to drive to the basket.

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #947 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:27 am

This team is trash! The most dissapointing team in the nba! They can’t shoot a lick!

CSL_1904 · Post #948 » by **CSL_1904** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:27 am

We already have Kyrie back and if the last 2 games are anything to go by, it looks like Tatum is back too. Slow process.

titlebound1 · Post #949 » by **titlebound1** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:27 am

I'm also on board with starting smart and Baynes

Irving
Smart
Tatum
Horford
Baynes

Green89 · Post #950 » by **Green89** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:27 am

25 minutes for Morris is **** disgusting. He's earned much more than that this season. Bench or not, he should be getting more minutes than Hayward and Brown every single game.

Jakeopp · Post #951 » by **Jakeopp** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:28 am

NuckyPowell wrote:Do you guys think Hayward will be near what he was in Utah at any point this season, and if so, when do you think it'll happen?

No. He may get close physically, but mentally he looks terrified to be out there. No aggression in his game at all. Afraid of any situation that may lead to contact.

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #952 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:28 am

robdog_5 wrote:This team will look much better come March I believe (hope at this point) but we better figure it out because the East is no joke anymore.

This team won’t even be a top 3 seed right now. They have to be the most dissapointing team in the nba right now.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #953 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:28 am

CSL_1904 wrote:
The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:
CSL_1904 wrote:We got plenty of stops.

No they didn't. Blazers scored every single time the Celtics got the lead down to 2.

We had at least 2 wide open shots down 2.

And they missed those shots ands every single time they did the blazers scored.

return2glory · Post #954 » by **return2glory** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:28 am

NuckyPowell wrote:Do you guys think Hayward will be near what he was in Utah at any point this season, and if so, when do you think it'll happen?

I think he will be close to what he was around February. I expect him to show progress around December and January. But hoping he is about 80% of what he was around February.

GotDaSauce · Post #955 » by **GotDaSauce** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:29 am

NuckyPowell wrote:Do you guys think Hayward will be near what he was in Utah at any point this season, and if so, when do you think it'll happen?

No. Not this season. Maybe next season or maybe never. Rght now we are paying 60Mil to two players averaging 10pts a game. That needs to change by adjusting or by trade.

Bill Lumbergh · Post #956 » by **Bill Lumbergh** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:29 am

return2glory wrote:
NuckyPowell wrote:Do you guys think Hayward will be near what he was in Utah at any point this season, and if so, when do you think it'll happen?

I think he will be close to what he was around February. I expect him to show progress around December and January. But hoping he is about 80% of what he was around February.

I hope you're right.

CSL_1904 · Post #957 » by **CSL_1904** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:29 am

Jakeopp wrote:I hate this team.

Tired of Jaylen being a worse version of Jeff Green. Al aged 5 years over the off-season, bricks all day from him. Rozier brings nothing to this team right now, I'd be fine moving him for someone who can shoot and play off-ball. Hayward looks afraid to take the ball into the paint and his shot still isn't falling.

Props to Tatum for showing up. Should have used him more in the 4th. Kyrie didn't have it tonight.

Al looked great for the first few games. I don't think he aged 5 years in 2 weeks. It's just a bad spell. We've seen this before with him in the regular season.

titlebound1 · Post #958 » by **titlebound1** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:31 am

I don't care how bad Horford looks. He'll show up in the playoffs

CSL_1904 · Post #959 » by **CSL_1904** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:31 am

The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:
CSL_1904 wrote:
The_Ghost_of_JB wrote:
No they didn't. Blazers scored every single time the Celtics got the lead down to 2.

We had at least 2 wide open shots down 2.

And they missed those shots ands every single time they did the blazers scored.

Yeah, we were not gonna stop them scoring for the rest of the game. Still, got plenty of stops in the second half and down the stretch. Just didn't execute on offense.

return2glory · Post #960 » by **return2glory** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:32 am

Green89 wrote:25 minutes for Morris is **** disgusting. He's earned much more than that this season. Bench or not, he should be getting more minites than Hayward and Brown every single game.

Couldn’t agree anymore with this.

Morris and Rozier need more minutes and Hayward and Brown need less.

Rozier put up 22 and led the team in rebounding in his only start last game. He also shot over 50% from the field and on 3’s. Morris has been good all season.