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Hal14 · Post #1601 » by **Hal14** » Thu Aug 3, 2023 9:01 pm

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Ime should play the young guys more (Amen, Jabari, Green, Whitmore, Eason). Develop the crap out of those 5 guys. Will be interesting to see how he balances the minutes between the young guys and the vets..

Fencer reregistered · Post #1602 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Thu Aug 3, 2023 11:33 pm

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Ime should play the young guys more (Amen, Jabari, Green, Whitmore, Eason). Develop the crap out of those 5 guys. Will be interesting to see how he balances the minutes between the young guys and the vets..

How are the Rockets' offensive rebounders?

Fencer reregistered · Post #1603 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Aug 4, 2023 12:37 am

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Fencer reregistered wrote:Wait. One of the picks in the KG deal was one the Wolves SHOULD have used on Steph Curry? And they also got Al Jefferson, who made all-NBA once even after a career-altering injury?

Maybe it wasn't quite the "gift" from Minny that people claim. Especially since KG himself got a career-altering injury his second year with the Cs.

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I came to follow the celtics once KG was traded here (followed him from Wolves and never left!). The deal was fair. Yes, the Celtics got the best player in the deal by far. But the Wolves got good 1sts, some young talent and an all star centre that blew up his leg. What more do you want for a player that is 30+ and has demanded out

From Wolves fan to Celtics forum mod. What an ascent!

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Post #1604 » by **Darthlukey** » Fri Aug 4, 2023 1:22 am

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Fencer reregistered wrote:Wait. One of the picks in the KG deal was one the Wolves SHOULD have used on Steph Curry? And they also got Al Jefferson, who made all-NBA once even after a career-altering injury?

Maybe it wasn't quite the "gift" from Minny that people claim. Especially since KG himself got a career-altering injury his second year with the Cs.

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I came to follow the celtics once KG was traded here (followed him from Wolves and never left!). The deal was fair. Yes, the Celtics got the best player in the deal by far. But the Wolves got good 1sts, some young talent and an all star centre that blew up his leg. What more do you want for a player that is 30+ and has demanded out

From Wolves fan to Celtics forum mod. What an ascent!

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Tell me about it! Started with nba in the 96/97 season with rockets, followed to wolves once dream aged out and then succumbed to the alure of Boston ever since

zoyathedestroya · Post #1605 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Fri Aug 4, 2023 2:09 am

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Post #1606 » by **Parliament10** » Sat Aug 5, 2023 5:12 pm

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Hal14 · Post #1607 » by **Hal14** » Mon Aug 7, 2023 8:41 pm

What a wild shot. His team was down by 3 points and he hits this shot to send it to overtime.

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Post #1608 » by **Parliament10** » Tue Aug 8, 2023 3:45 pm

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AlCelticFan · Post #1610 » by **AlCelticFan** » Wed Aug 9, 2023 2:25 am

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The most notable name on the list of additional players charged was former six-time All-Defensive Team shooting guard Tony Allen, who won a title with the Celtics as a reserve in 2008.

Post #1611 » by **Parliament10** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:52 pm

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Curmudgeon · Post #1612 » by **Curmudgeon** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:59 am

The Patriots' offensive line wouldn't win a game in the ACC. Just pathetic.

hugepatsfan · Post #1613 » by **hugepatsfan** » Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:45 pm

Curmudgeon wrote:The Patriots' offensive line wouldn't win a game in the ACC. Just pathetic.

In fairness, it was all backups. Literally the entire starting 5 sat.

I think the starting group of Trent Brown/Cole Strange/David Andrews/Mike Onwenu/Riley Reiff will be fine.

Onwenu is a borderline all pro.
Andrews is a borderline pro bowler.
Brown has effort issues but when he's motivated he's good - and motivation for him usually means contract year which he's in one now.
Strange might never be worth where they drafted him but he looks solid enough.
Reiff might be toast as a washed up vet, but if the other 4 are good he should be decent enough to hide with help.

The problem is they have no real semblance of depth. I think they'll be fine if the top 5 are playing out there - probably even better than "fine". But the depth is so bad and injuries are so inevitable in that sport that they'll likely go long stretches with horrendous line play because all 5 starters playing all year is ridiculously unrealistic.

Curmudgeon · Post #1614 » by **Curmudgeon** » Sat Aug 12, 2023 1:40 am

hugepatsfan wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:The Patriots' offensive line wouldn't win a game in the ACC. Just pathetic.

In fairness, it was all backups. Literally the entire starting 5 sat.

I think the starting group of Trent Brown/Cole Strange/David Andrews/Mike Onwenu/Riley Reiff will be fine.

Onwenu is a borderline all pro.
Andrews is a borderline pro bowler.
Brown has effort issues but when he's motivated he's good - and motivation for him usually means contract year which he's in one now.
Strange might never be worth where they drafted him but he looks solid enough.
Reiff might be toast as a washed up vet, but if the other 4 are good he should be decent enough to hide with help.

The problem is they have no real semblance of depth. I think they'll be fine if the top 5 are playing out there - probably even better than "fine". But the depth is so bad and injuries are so inevitable in that sport that they'll likely go long stretches with horrendous line play because all 5 starters playing all year is ridiculously unrealistic.

They need to trade for some O-line depth.

On another topic, here is Pau Gasol's list of the best NBA players ever. I'd substitute Baylor for Nowitzki, but otherwise it's the best list I've seen.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/pau-gasols-top-10-list-120008590.html

Celts17Pride · Post #1615 » by **Celts17Pride** » Mon Aug 14, 2023 1:22 pm

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Classic Philly :lol:

zoyathedestroya · Post #1616 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Aug 14, 2023 10:15 pm

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Bill Lumbergh · Post #1617 » by **Bill Lumbergh** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:01 am

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Classic Philly

Normally I hate their team, but I actually feel sorry for them.

batabatuta · Post #1618 » by **batabatuta** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:43 am

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Celts17Pride · Post #1619 » by **Celts17Pride** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 11:37 am

NuckyPowell wrote:
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Classic Philly

Normally I hate their team, but I actually feel sorry for them.

Not me, just a horribly managed organization

31to6 · Post #1620 » by **31to6** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:29 pm

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Classic Philly

these are my thoughts on this:
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