Welcome to Boston, Torrey Craig!

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #101 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 11:28 pm

I'll be amazed if the guy has anything left, I hope so, but I'm not confident...

Fierce1 · Post #102 » by **Fierce1** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 11:59 pm

bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:I'll be amazed if the guy has anything left, I hope so, but I'm not confident...

Exactly why the signing is great.

I myself want to see if he has anything left.

But if he has something left, what a signing!

ConstableGeneva · Post #103 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 12:15 am

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bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #104 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 12:55 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:

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How many points will "experience" score off the bench?

ConstableGeneva · Post #105 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:17 am

bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:

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How many points will "experience" score off the bench?

Our bench units outscore opposition better than everyone other than OKC. Doesn’t really matter which players do the scoring.

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #106 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:30 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:

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How many points will "experience" score off the bench?

Our bench units outscore opposition better than everyone other than OKC. Doesn’t really matter which players do the scoring.

The Bench outscores opponents during the Regular Season. They still lack a Playoff Scorer and I don't think Craig is going to help in that respect. Especially with Hauser having a subpar season...

chrisab123 · Post #107 » by **chrisab123** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 3:32 am

bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:

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How many points will "experience" score off the bench?

He spreads the floor like Scal did. I’m not trying to compare Craig to an all time great like the White Mamba. That would be extremely unfair to him.

ConstableGeneva · Post #108 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 3:39 am

bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:
How many points will "experience" score off the bench?

Our bench units outscore opposition better than everyone other than OKC. Doesn’t really matter which players do the scoring.

The Bench outscores opponents during the Regular Season. They still lack a Playoff Scorer and I don't think Craig is going to help in that respect. Especially with Hauser having a subpar season...

Cs have five very capable scorers who can get you 20 any given night and a bunch of shooters who can get hot any time. You only need 5 guys on the floor. Shortened rotation. If you need more, you don’t trust your top 5 or 6 guys to get job done.

Riverwalk2021 · Post #109 » by **Riverwalk2021** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 3:57 am

I pray he can take Hauser’s minutes

Hal14 · Post #110 » by **Hal14** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 4:00 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:

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Sounds like he's gonna play..and be our new 10th man

Fierce1 · Post #111 » by **Fierce1** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 4:44 am

Unless there's something wrong with Craig, he should be the 9th man and Sam becomes the 10th.

If Craig is healthy and good to go, he's just a better overall player than Sam.

brackdan70 · Post #112 » by **brackdan70** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 5:25 am

Where the hell was he tonight when we needed him!!!

Post #113 » by **165bows** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:30 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Our bench units outscore opposition better than everyone other than OKC. Doesn’t really matter which players do the scoring.

The Bench outscores opponents during the Regular Season. They still lack a Playoff Scorer and I don't think Craig is going to help in that respect. Especially with Hauser having a subpar season...

Cs have five very capable scorers who can get you 20 any given night and a bunch of shooters who can get hot any time. You only need 5 guys on the floor. Shortened rotation. If you need more, you don’t trust your top 5 or 6 guys to get job done.

Data says the answer historically has been 10.4 per 36.

ConstableGeneva · Post #114 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:46 pm

165bows wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:
The Bench outscores opponents during the Regular Season. They still lack a Playoff Scorer and I don't think Craig is going to help in that respect. Especially with Hauser having a subpar season...

Cs have five very capable scorers who can get you 20 any given night and a bunch of shooters who can get hot any time. You only need 5 guys on the floor. Shortened rotation. If you need more, you don’t trust your top 5 or 6 guys to get job done.

Data says the answer historically has been 10.4 per 36.

What is 10.4 per 36? I don’t understand.

ConstableGeneva · Post #115 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:52 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Our bench units outscore opposition better than everyone other than OKC. Doesn’t really matter which players do the scoring.

The Bench outscores opponents during the Regular Season. They still lack a Playoff Scorer and I don't think Craig is going to help in that respect. Especially with Hauser having a subpar season...

Cs have five very capable scorers who can get you 20 any given night and a bunch of shooters who can get hot any time. You only need 5 guys on the floor. Shortened rotation. If you need more, you don’t trust your top 5 or 6 guys to get job done.

Celtics had a historically great bench last regular season (per net rating) and remained the top bench in the postseason outside of Orlando, who got booted in the 1st round.

Again, I don’t care who does the scoring when the point of the game is our team outscoring the other (basically what net rating means).

sam_I_am · Post #116 » by **sam_I_am** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:56 pm

He brings versatility. A lanky wing who defends well, hits a wide open 3 and is good in open court allows flexibility. He isn’t going to carry the team but maybe he brings a little more 3 pt versatility to the role that Brissett couldn’t quite fill and that Walsh isn’t ready for yet. Probably gets no regular minutes in playoffs but could step in for an important 4 minutes in a game….who knows.

Post #117 » by **165bows** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 4:50 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
165bows wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Cs have five very capable scorers who can get you 20 any given night and a bunch of shooters who can get hot any time. You only need 5 guys on the floor. Shortened rotation. If you need more, you don’t trust your top 5 or 6 guys to get job done.

Data says the answer historically has been 10.4 per 36.

What is 10.4 per 36? I don’t understand.

Oh I was just answering the original question of how much we think Torrey Craig will score off the bench in the playoffs.

I’d expect approximately 10.4 points per 36 minutes played.

Post #118 » by **Shak_Celts** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 11:05 pm

165bows wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:
165bows wrote:Data says the answer historically has been 10.4 per 36.

What is 10.4 per 36? I don’t understand.

Oh I was just answering the original question of how much we think Torrey Craig will score off the bench in the playoffs.

I’d expect approximately 10.4 points per 36 minutes played.

He probably won’t get 36 minutes the entire playoffs unless we have injuries, even then Joe is likely to go with what he knows, more PP and Hauser, maybe even X. Maybe, because he did give critical out of the blue minutes to X in the playoffs.

I want Joe to give SOMEONE else a few minutes at least every other game, real minutes, to see if they have something. For it to be Craig, he’ll have to show up ready to do something immediately. I think Walsh could have used more consistent minutes outside of garbage minutes, but Joe knows what’s going on, maybe I’m just wrong about it. Yeah, 10 mins a game doesn’t seem like it would hurt. Maybe it will be easier for a deep playoff vet to get into the rotation. We are deep but guys have been in and out, we can try to cut back on the jays minutes at least.

LewisnotMiller · Post #119 » by **LewisnotMiller** » Tue Feb 11, 2025 9:35 am

165bows wrote:Not that big a fan. Anything goes wrong I’m blaming it on this guy.

Guy was a legit 2 way star in the NBL (Australia) back in 2017. Thats in no way relevant, but I'm old enough to remember his peak in a lower tier league. Still strikes me as funny every time I see him in the NBA. I think he's a great signing as a 'Break glass in case of Emergency' player.

Hal14 · Post #120 » by **Hal14** » Tue Feb 11, 2025 2:13 pm

LewisnotMiller wrote:Guy was a legit 2 way star in the NBL (Australia) back in 2017. Thats in no way relevant, but I'm old enough to remember his peak in a lower tier league. Still strikes me as funny every time I see him in the NBA. I think he's a great signing as a 'Break glass in case of Emergency' player.

Definitely gives some hope to the guys playing in the NBL that they could be the next Torrey Craig or Duop Reath!

You gotta respect a guy who went undrafted out of a small college, grinded for a few years in the Australia league and made it to the NBA where he's been for 7+ yrs now.