Welcome to Boston, Neemias Queta!!!

[djFan71]

Well I never said "a coach had nothing to do with development", but rather it is "secondary to actually getting PT" You can have a coach or ast Coach/trainer teach anything and everything in Practice, but it will not result in anything until that player gets the chance to puts it into Live action. and even then, that Coach has to allow him to make mistakes without having that player looking over his shoulder worried about getting benched and getting some DNPs over the next week or 2.

Also why hasn't Kornet displayed any of the footwork-moves-mid-range-deep shooting that Neemy is currently displaying? Clearly Joe has not taught Neemy any of that, because if he did, Kornet would have had/displayed it first.

First paragraph, fair. You original post seemed to discount the idea that "Joe is doing a great job of developing him" as ridiculous. But, I'm not here to argue semantics, we're in total agreement that guys need PT to develop.

2nd paragraph, c'mon. Different players have different abilities in general. Even amongst bigs you focus development on different things based on where the player is when you get them. You know this.

You Sir are Not wrong.. Yet I am unchanged in my perception of Joe.. Sorry.. Slow offseason

[phincsfan]

I think Joe did a disservice to Neems and Walsh last season.

Unless they were injured they should have played in almost every game.

IMO, bigs need consistent minutes when developing them.

Beef stew saw 20mpg in 70+ games AND IMO, he's not that much better than Neems.

[Gant]

I think Joe did a disservice to Neems and Walsh last season.

Unless they were injured they should have played in almost every game.

IMO, bigs need consistent minutes when developing them.

Beef stew saw 20mpg in 70+ games AND IMO, he's not that much better than Neems.

Last year's depth charts for Boston and Detroit explain everything.

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I think Joe did a disservice to Neems and Walsh last season.

Unless they were injured they should have played in almost every game.

IMO, bigs need consistent minutes when developing them.

Beef stew saw 20mpg in 70+ games AND IMO, he's not that much better than Neems.

This isn't a charity where we're supposed to just hand out minutes to everybody. This isn't rec league where everyone gets a medal and everyone plays the same amount.

This is the NBA and it was a championship or bust season.

You play your best players. Period.

If a young kid earns mins in practice/games/offseason workouts/summer league/preseason then you give him the mins they earn. But there's no handouts. You don't just blindly give young, unproven kids 20MPG in 70+ games. Not even lottery teams do that. The Jazz were tanking and they had a top 10 pick (Taylor Hendricks) in the G league. Why? Because he wasn't good enough yet for more NBA mins.

If you're a 21 year old kid who has unproven at the NBA level and you're on a team with the best wing duo in the league, plus one of the best wing shooters in the league off the bench, who also just drafted a wing in the 1st round and you're a 2nd round pick wing, it's probably gonna be hard to crack the rotation.

And if you're on a team where it's championship or bust, a team with probably the deepest center rotation in NBA history and you're the youngest, least experienced big on the roster, it's probably gonna be hard to get a ton of mins..

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Queta ended the Eurobasket with 2.7 stocks per game. This was tied for third best in the tournament among NBA players behind Luka Doncic and Deni Avdija but both Luka and Deni averaged 33 minutes per game while Queta averaged only 24 per

https://ibb.co/y3VyY64

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Queta ended the Eurobasket with 2.7 stocks per game. This was tied for third best in the tournament among NBA players behind Luka Doncic and Deni Avdija but both Luka and Deni averaged 33 minutes per game while Queta averaged only 24 per

https://ibb.co/y3VyY64

So what you're saying is that if we interpret the numbers correctly, Queta outdid Luka Doncic in a defensive statistic?

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Queta ended the Eurobasket with 2.7 stocks per game. This was tied for third best in the tournament among NBA players behind Luka Doncic and Deni Avdija but both Luka and Deni averaged 33 minutes per game while Queta averaged only 24 per

https://ibb.co/y3VyY64

So what you're saying is that if we interpret the numbers correctly, Queta outdid Luka Doncic in a defensive statistic?

He outdid every player in the whole tournament (including Franz Wagner, Deni Avdija, Rudy Gobert, Victor Wembanyama, Jonas Valanciunas, Giannis, etc.) in a defensive metric..

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18/11 and 37% from three

[Parliament10]

Who had Neemias Queta Starting up to this point of the Season? (Nov. 14, 2025)

I didn't think that he'd be our Permanent Starter.
I figured that he'd be a 6th-Man/Relief type of Starter.

[nborrego8]

Early season, but never imagined seeing this.

[brackdan70]

Who had Neemias Queta Starting up to this point of the Season? (Nov. 14, 2025)

I didn't think that he'd be our Permanent Starter.
I figured that he'd be a 6th-Man/Relief type of Starter.

I’ll claim that I did . No need to check my posting history.

[brackdan70]

Last year Celtics were 12-4 when Queta played more than 20 minutes and 5-1 when he started. He turns 26 in week. I am excited for him to get some more PT and show out.

I like Queta as well, but your numbers are indeed skewed to favor him. He started against poor teams

Eh. Something to that, especially the games started, many of those were the Charlottes of the world, but not all his PT was against bad teams. I am not saying he is a superstar waiting in the wings, but he is ready to start and contribute more.
If we expand to games > 15 minutes includes several playoff teams and 22-7 record.
I am just really saying I have no problem with him as a starting center getting 25 to 30 minutes and am excited to see it.

I was on the band wagon in early July….but his showing in Euro basket is what really got me excited.

[djFan71]

Who had Neemias Queta Starting up to this point of the Season? (Nov. 14, 2025)

I didn't think that he'd be our Permanent Starter.
I figured that he'd be a 6th-Man/Relief type of Starter.

I’ll claim that I did . No need to check my posting history.

I feel like everyone kinda did once the roster was set, no? There's really no other option, so it was kinda by default. But lots of people wanted to let him start and see how it went.

[cloverleaf]

Early season, but never imagined seeing this.

I love Neemi (and Amari). Hope they'll hold down the 5 for the C's for years to come.