Maine Celtics, 2024-25 – Loss in the EC Finals

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JD averaging 9 assists with only 2.4 TO’s a game, also shooting 39% from deep so far, albeit on pretty low volume. TS of 64%, as well.

If he can hit enough threes, and limit his turnovers….his ceiling is pretty intriguing lol.

Should be 30% from 3, in the G League?

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JD averaging 9 assists with only 2.4 TO’s a game, also shooting 39% from deep so far, albeit on pretty low volume. TS of 64%, as well.

If he can hit enough threes, and limit his turnovers….his ceiling is pretty intriguing lol.

Should be 30% from 3, in the G League?

This was from before today’s game, the 0-5 dragged him down 9% lol.

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JD averaging 9 assists with only 2.4 TO’s a game, also shooting 39% from deep so far, albeit on pretty low volume. TS of 64%, as well.

If he can hit enough threes, and limit his turnovers….his ceiling is pretty intriguing lol.

Should be 30% from 3, in the G League?

This was from before today’s game, the 0-5 dragged him down 9% lol.

https://stats.gleague.nba.com/player/1631120/


Where did you get those Stats at?

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Samanic is currently listed out (health and safety protocol). What's interesting is that he's removed from Maine's website. They added Jaire Grayer.

IMO, he's getting a 10-day from someone soon.

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Should be 30% from 3, in the G League?

This was from before today’s game, the 0-5 dragged him down 9% lol.

https://stats.gleague.nba.com/player/1631120/


Where did you get those Stats at?

From before todays game lol.

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Samanic is currently listed out (health and safety protocol). What's interesting is that he's removed from Maine's website. They added Jaire Grayer.

IMO, he's getting a 10-day from someone soon.

I can see him getting a 10-Day.
He really should be one of our Two-Ways. But, we're still only doing 2 x Two-Ways at a time.

It was reportedly supposed to go up to 5 x Two-Ways, when all the NBA Teams got a Minor League Team.

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This was from before today’s game, the 0-5 dragged him down 9% lol.

https://stats.gleague.nba.com/player/1631120/


Where did you get those Stats at?

From before todays game lol.

Ohhh, I see what you mean. Missing 0-5 from 3, brought it down today.
Damn. That is a small sample size, huh?


If he's really a 39% 3pt shooter, then he'll definitely make a place from himself, in the NBA.
He's still only 20. -- IDK what happens next year, if the other 4 PG's/Combo's are still on the Roster.

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https://stats.gleague.nba.com/player/1631120/


Where did you get those Stats at?

From before todays game lol.

Ohhh, I see what you mean. Missing 0-5 from 3, brought it down today.
Damn. That is a small sample size, huh?


If he's really a 39% 3pt shooter, then he'll definitely make a place from himself, in the NBA.
He's still only 20. -- IDK what happens next year, if the other 4 PG's/Combo's are still on the Roster.

I usually use Realgm as my source for stats, rather than the g league site. That screen shot shows a sample of only 10 games played.

But if you go here, scroll to the bottom and view the full season section that shows a 26 game sample, it shows JD with 6.8 APG, 3.3 turnovers a game and 30% from 3:

https://basketball.realgm.com/player/JD-Davison/Summary/151480

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From before todays game lol.

Ohhh, I see what you mean. Missing 0-5 from 3, brought it down today.
Damn. That is a small sample size, huh?


If he's really a 39% 3pt shooter, then he'll definitely make a place from himself, in the NBA.
He's still only 20. -- IDK what happens next year, if the other 4 PG's/Combo's are still on the Roster.

I usually use Realgm as my source for stats, rather than the g league site. That screen shot shows a sample of only 10 games played.

But if you go here, scroll to the bottom and view the full season section that shows a 26 game sample, it shows JD with 6.8 APG, 3.3 turnovers a game and 30% from 3:

https://basketball.realgm.com/player/JD-Davison/Summary/151480

Nice Resource. Shows more variety.

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From MydaughterlovesTomGordon/SOSH, an excellent perusal of the last Maine game:

Caught my first in-person Maine Celtics game last night.

First, if it wasn't already known in these parts, it's really the best bang-for-your-buck pro sports option in New England, if you ask me. The basketball talent is very high and you sit basically 10 feet from the court for $30 a ticket. It's incredible how close every seat in the place is to the action. You can hear all of the coaching instructions, hear the players talk to each other, etc., from even the "bad" seats.

As for observations:
- Samanic wasn't playing. Bummed about that, but I guess he's hurt? Very hard to find Maine Celtics news, in general.

- Davison seems pretty legit to me. For people saying he's small, I don't see it. He looked plenty big on the court last night, and even got 7 rebounds to go with 10 assists and 16 points. He's also a gifted finisher and generally attacks the hoop really well - lots of finishes high off the glass, to the other side of the rim, etc. Plus, he seems to have real court vision - his 10 assists was his fourth straight game in double-digits with assists, and he didn't even start last night. The fans really key on him and he gets people out of their seats with his passes.

Unfortunately, while he got back to block a couple of fast break layups after turnovers last night, he also just ole'd his man from the top of the key four or five times. Maybe he was funneling to the shotblocker, but it looked like he just couldn't body up his man.

- Kabengele is really fun to watch, because he's animated and plays up to the crowd, but was an absolute foul machine last night - 6 and tossed from the game with 11 minutes to go in the fourth. He came back in with 5 after sitting much of the 3rd and my kid correctly predicted he'd be gone in 30 seconds. I believe it was only 14 seconds of game time and he played just 18 minutes total. Just brutal. He did look good from three, though, nailing one from the top of the circle and pulling up on the fast break for one that went halfway down.

He does come down with a lot of boards, though, and clearly has NBA-level size and athleticism.

- Marial Shayok looks like an NBA player. He handles the ball well enough to be a 2 guard at 6-5 and he's currently at 49% on 4.5 threes a game over the last 11 games. He was raining threes last night on the way to 32 points, and he's averaging 19.5 a game, after averaging 23 a game for Delaware in the 19-20 season.

He's had a weird career so far, coming out of Ottawa, and playing three years at Virginia, then taking a year off, then doing a year at Iowa State where he was the leading scorer in the Big 12. Philly drafted him late in the 2019 draft and he played 4 games for them while assigned to Delaware. Then he went to play two years in the Turkish league before being waived by Philly in May of 2022 and signing a one-day contract with the Cs in October of 2022. (Not sure why he was signed and waived the same day?)

Now, of course, he's 27 and probably as good as he's going to get, but there are NBA rosters who could use him on their second units I think.

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5:04 I've said before that JD needs to get better defensively. He gets burned here off the dribble, leading to an easy basket for Birmingham.
5:14 not a good pass here, telegraphs the pass and turns it over
5:33 another bad turnover here on the break

Maybe just an off game for JD. Although to be fair, he did shoot 2/3 from 3 in this game, which is encouraging, especially since the previous game he was 0/5.

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https://www.celticsblog.com/2023/2/1/23577334/boston-celtics-g-league-maine-celtics-alex-barlow-sam-hauser-luke-kornet-jd-davison

Long general article on the Maine Celtics as a farm team.

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https://www.celticsblog.com/2023/2/1/23577334/boston-celtics-g-league-maine-celtics-alex-barlow-sam-hauser-luke-kornet-jd-davison

Long general article on the Maine Celtics as a farm team.

I think that the Maine Team (formerly the Red Claws) has been used pretty well by Boston, all the way back to Avery Bradley.

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The writing seems to be on the wall.

Pritchard clearly wants out. He's getting traded this summer.

JD continues to play well in the g league. The outside shot is showing signs of improving, too. He's 8/21 from 3 (38%) over his last 8 games.

Putting 2 and 2 together...Pritchard is traded this summer, and JD slides in to Pritchard's spot next season.

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The writing seems to be on the wall.

Pritchard clearly wants out. He's getting traded this summer.

JD continues to play well in the g league. The outside shot is showing signs of improving, too. He's 8/21 from 3 (38%) over his last 8 games.

Putting 2 and 2 together...Pritchard is traded this summer, and JD slides in to Pritchard's spot next season.

Would love to see our Two-Ways play, for some actual NBA-time.