Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017

CeltsfanSinceBirth · Post #701 » by **CeltsfanSinceBirth** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:36 am

Let's stop arguing about Marcus for a second and focus on the limbo queen doing the halftime show right now.

She. Is. Flexible. 8-)

Post #702 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:36 am

Captain_Caveman wrote:
hickfromfrenchlick wrote:
Captain_Caveman wrote:
We are a much worse team if he is replaced by a league average player.

Brad knows it.

Why don't you?

Spoiler:
Oh wait, some of you never played a **** sport in your life. Carry on!

You're really hitting that strawman hard, Cave.

I think the consensus is that he's great defensively and would be awesome overall if he stopped being aggressively terrible in his shot selection.

The hate goes about 100,000 miles further than that.

I actually love Marcus, but can't understand why he shoots so much.

Andrew McCeltic · Post #703 » by **Andrew McCeltic** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:36 am

Jahlil Okafor can't shoot threes and we might not be able to keep him, but he'd be able to score off the bench.

Kyrie is 9 for 9, Smart is 1-7..

Feel for Marcus.. he's a gamer, his defense is great, but his shooting is brutal this year. It's always been bad, but he's at career lows.. is it the contract stuff making him press? This is when he should be improving, not getting worse.

Captain_Caveman · Post #704 » by **Captain_Caveman** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:37 am

tlee324 wrote:
hickfromfrenchlick wrote:
Captain_Caveman wrote:Let's hate the best defensive player on the best defensive team while pretending we win with offense, lol.

Hard to win with offense when the guy shooting 5% thinks he's Kyrie Irving, no?

We're expected to ignore this bullsh--?

We're up by double digits and watched Marcus hoist brick after brick as Dallas got back in the game... Yeah, nothing to see there...

3rd best player on this team without Hayward.

31to6 · Post #705 » by **31to6** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:37 am

Captain_Caveman wrote:
The Corey's wrote:
Captain_Caveman wrote:Let's hate the best defensive player on the best defensive team while pretending we win with offense, lol.

Sigh

We are a much worse team if he is replaced by a league average player.

Brad knows it.

Why don't you?

Spoiler:
Oh wait, some of you never played a **** sport in your life. Carry on!

nah, this works for normal 35% Marcus Smart, but the new 27% Marcus Smart deserves the freak outs he's getting especially since he's averaging a career high in FGA. #OffenseMatters

islandkid12 · Post #706 » by **islandkid12** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:37 am

London2Boston wrote:
islandkid12 wrote:lol kyrie someone in dallas hurt you as a child?

His baby mama is from Dallas

no further explanation needed :lol:

Post #707 » by **tlee324** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:37 am

Captain_Caveman wrote:
tlee324 wrote:
hickfromfrenchlick wrote:
Hard to win with offense when the guy shooting 5% thinks he's Kyrie Irving, no?

We're expected to ignore this bullsh--?

We're up by double digits and watched Marcus hoist brick after brick as Dallas got back in the game... Yeah, nothing to see there...

3rd best player on this team with Hayward.

In your opinion.

Shamrock · Post #708 » by **Shamrock** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:38 am

Anyone watching this chick at halftime? **** Hayward is cringing right now if he’s watching this ****

Bar Fight · Post #709 » by **Bar Fight** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:38 am

Our offense looks good again when we don't have Smart and Rozier hoisting up brick after brick. The energy they bring on defense and on the boards is great, but they really shouldn't be taking more than 8-10 shots a game between the both of them unless they're red hot out of the gate. Just not good shooters.

The Corey's · Post #710 » by **The Corey's** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:38 am

SuperDeluxe wrote:
Captain_Caveman wrote:
hickfromfrenchlick wrote:
You're really hitting that strawman hard, Cave.

I think the consensus is that he's great defensively and would be awesome overall if he stopped being aggressively terrible in his shot selection.

The hate goes about 100,000 miles further than that.

I actually love Marcus, but can't understand why he shoots so much.

You can go through my entire post count history and I think the worst thing I ever said about smart was that he's only proven to be barely better than rondo.

I like smart alot but I can't ignore the last 3 weeks of his offense. It's been historically bad.

I mean he technically had negative 1 point against the warriors. That's so unique that I really should be impressed by it.

BigTrade92 · Post #711 » by **BigTrade92** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:38 am

Scoonie wrote:We really need to revamp our bench. Desperately need another scorer.

And I do think that Baynes should be starting with Marcus Morris off the bench.

I’ve been advocating to sign Gerald Green with that open roster spot since before the season even began. Brings offense off the bench and knows the system.

Not sure why with our thin bench, Ainge is just leaving a roster space free.

That DPE isn’t going anywhere. We can fill the spot and it’ll still be in our possession.

Green89 · Post #712 » by **Green89** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:39 am

Captain_Caveman wrote:
The Corey's wrote:
Captain_Caveman wrote:Let's hate the best defensive player on the best defensive team while pretending we win with offense, lol.

Sigh

We are a much worse team if he is replaced by a league average player.

Smart's shooting 20% (8/40) in the past 5 games. Even the most average of offensive players would look like an all star over that ****.

Post #713 » by **Shak_Celts** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:39 am

SMTBSI wrote:
PierceFan4ever wrote:Kyrie should have gave Tatum the ball again who was still open

Saw that. Would have been a good moment to show the rook you have confidence in him.

don't think he saw him, was behind his back and I'm sure he didn't know he was there open. gotta believe ky would give him that look over smart had he known. especially given how good a shooter the rookie has been.

celticfan42487 · Post #714 » by **celticfan42487** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:39 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:Anyone else know what Brad's doing? Why is Nader out there? Jaylen die or something?

He's likely desperately experimenting with the second unit in some things he saw in practice.

I mean if you coached Smart you two would look at Nader and think "well he can't be worse can he?"

fallguy · Post #715 » by **fallguy** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:39 am

Captain_Caveman wrote:
tlee324 wrote:
hickfromfrenchlick wrote:
Hard to win with offense when the guy shooting 5% thinks he's Kyrie Irving, no?

We're expected to ignore this bullsh--?

We're up by double digits and watched Marcus hoist brick after brick as Dallas got back in the game... Yeah, nothing to see there...

3rd best player on this team without Hayward.

Man, you're really dug in on Marcus, huh? Or is that just a reaction to the over the top hate for him?

Andrew McCeltic · Post #716 » by **Andrew McCeltic** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:39 am

Can anyone or anything get lower than Smart's shooting percentage? The Limbo Queen.

jmr07019 · Post #717 » by **jmr07019** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:40 am

yo this girl doing the limbo tho....

TheMartian · Post #718 » by **TheMartian** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:40 am

Captain_Caveman wrote:
tlee324 wrote:
hickfromfrenchlick wrote:
Hard to win with offense when the guy shooting 5% thinks he's Kyrie Irving, no?

We're expected to ignore this bullsh--?

We're up by double digits and watched Marcus hoist brick after brick as Dallas got back in the game... Yeah, nothing to see there...

3rd best player on this team without Hayward.

You're referring to the defensive aspect of his game, right?

Celts17Pride · Post #719 » by **Celts17Pride** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:40 am

Andrew McCeltic wrote:Jahlil Okafor can't shoot threes and we might not be able to keep him, but he'd be able to score off the bench.

Kyrie is 9 for 9, Smart is 1-7..

Feel for Marcus.. he's a gamer, his defense is great, but his shooting is brutal this year. It's always been bad, but he's at career lows.. is it the contract stuff making him press? This is when he should be improving, not getting worse.

Smart wouldn’t throw Okafor the ball

Captain_Caveman · Post #720 » by **Captain_Caveman** » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:41 am

The Corey's wrote:
Captain_Caveman wrote:
The Corey's wrote:
Sigh

We are a much worse team if he is replaced by a league average player.

Brad knows it.

Why don't you?

Spoiler:
Oh wait, some of you never played a **** sport in your life. Carry on!

Yea I forgot. That's you out there right now my man shooting up the bricks.

Carry on bruh. As smart plays offensive tackle and shows me your genius is so unbearably high that I don't know what I was thinking taking a shot at you.

I usually reserve the basketball 101 lessons for fans of other teams on Realgm, but if you need some, I am here for you, homie.