The Boston Celtics No Longer Have the Best Record in the NBA (22-5)

GreenBloodedC · Post #21 » by **GreenBloodedC** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 11:36 am

Danny had a lot of good moves, but signing Brad Stevens must be one of the best.

We never had the chance to legit tank because our team has always been well coached. We have always been a playoff team during the CBS era (other than the first year).

He maximized the talent of his players: Turned IT into an MVP candidate, rejuvenated Crawford and ET's careers.

And now with Gordon out, and with a 2nd year player and a rookie in the starting line up, we have been killing it early in the season.

sam_I_am · Post #22 » by **sam_I_am** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 11:37 am

Season has changed dramatically since half time in Philly. Did the “SMD” moment from Kyrie have more importance than we realized? Was that over reaction by Kyrie a sign of the fire that was about to erupt?

cloverleaf · Post #23 » by **cloverleaf** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 11:38 am

ShazamDaShiznt wrote:it was big time overreaction when celtics traded bradley, crowder, thomas, olynyk away

a lotta people forgot that jaylen brown was going to improve
they also forgot about tatum

they said all these guys were lost just for hayward and kyrie this team right now is much more playoff ready with more legit talent on offense

The real dip in projections was when Hayward went down. Conventional wisdom was that it would take the team a good chunk of the season to gel, and when Hayward went down they suddenly saw it all as rookie-ville.

But Theis is a 7-year pro, Semi will be playing as a 23yo role player, and Tatum is a basketball prodigy.

cloverleaf · Post #24 » by **cloverleaf** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 11:38 am

sam_I_am wrote:Season has changed dramatically since half time in Philly. Did the “SMD” moment from Kyrie have more importance than we realized? Was that over reaction by Kyrie a sign of the fire that was about to erupt?

That was completely irrelevant.

UNCBlue012 · Post #25 » by **UNCBlue012** » Thu Nov 2, 2017 11:42 am

ShazamDaShiznt wrote:it was big time overreaction when celtics traded bradley, crowder, thomas, olynyk away

a lotta people forgot that jaylen brown was going to improve
they also forgot about tatum

they said all these guys were lost just for hayward and kyrie this team right now is much more playoff ready with more legit talent on offense

I think with IT, it was more about him being the soul of this team. With Bradley, I think people were right to be furious, dude is a great player. Crowder and and Olynyk were a huge overreaction.

ConstableGeneva · Post #26 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 4:08 am

Bump. Lol.

Drax · Post #27 » by **Drax** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 4:13 am

Best record, best point differential, best defensive efficiency, 2nd in REB.

If you told me that after opening night would have called you crazy.

hickfromfrenchlick · Post #28 » by **hickfromfrenchlick** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 4:15 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:Bump. Lol.

When we saw the bottom half of GH's leg jutting out in the wrong direction, none of us ever thought this season would be this much fun. It's crazy. Everybody's stepped up.

leper-con · Post #29 » by **leper-con** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 4:21 am

I hope brad Stevens takes over once Danny retires.

31to6 · Post #30 » by **31to6** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 4:43 am

wrong sport, but I've got a soundtrack for this thread:

Watch on YouTube

(any way to make a video auto-play when opening a thread?)

ViperGTS · Post #31 » by **ViperGTS** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 4:45 am

leper-con wrote:I hope brad Stevens takes over once Danny retires.

Stevens is going to the new Pop. He isn’t going anywhere for a long, long time. His coaching style just works with young guys and vets alike.

ConstableGeneva · Post #32 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 6:05 am

ViperGTS wrote:
leper-con wrote:I hope brad Stevens takes over once Danny retires.

Stevens is going to the new Pop. He isn’t going anywhere for a long, long time. His coaching style just works with young guys and vets alike.

Mike Zarren will succeed Ainge once he retires while Stevens keeps coaching. I believe those two are the same age. Zarren is a CBA/cap/analytics genius that is also well-liked and respected around the league. Just hope no one snatches him away from the Cs. They could be the new Pop-Buford.

ConstableGeneva · Post #33 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 8:03 am

Read on Twitter

brackdan70 · Post #34 » by **brackdan70** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 1:58 pm

still true

, wonder how long this thread will be relevant? I am guessing until 2032....I am thinking Tatum will be starting to slow down by then, and Brown will be a surly vet.

Post #35 » by **ParticleMan** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 2:10 pm

meh. our schedule so far:

brackdan70 · Post #36 » by **brackdan70** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 2:52 pm

ParticleMan wrote:meh. our schedule so far:

some truth to this but the rest of the month is relatively soft as well....and really doesn't look bad until west coast trip jan 23rd. Looks like a conservative estimate at something like 34-13 record at that point...gets a little tougher for a while after that though.

pac213up · Post #37 » by **pac213up** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 3:05 pm

ParticleMan wrote:meh. our schedule so far:

Your are not going to play GS or the Spurs every night.

A majority of the games have been against playoff teams. More road games than home.

LarryBirdsFingr · Post #38 » by **LarryBirdsFingr** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 3:09 pm

leper-con wrote:I hope brad Stevens takes over once Danny retires.

If you think this hasn't been the plan all along, you've played yourself.

Iguodaladon · Post #39 » by **Iguodaladon** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 3:22 pm

ParticleMan wrote:meh. our schedule so far:

That was a statement win against OKC last night tho

Green89 · Post #40 » by **Green89** » Sat Nov 4, 2017 3:46 pm

ParticleMan wrote:meh. our schedule so far:

When you're as good as we are, the entire schedule is meh/soft.