Celtics exposed?

[scottyno]

damn. this thread won’t go away.

on the bright side Celtics is the luckiest team in NBA. they always win 1 possession games or get lucky with seedings in play offs. same goes to playing injured teams. must be nice to play curry-less team both games this season when all the other top eastern teams like raptors 76ers bucks and even nets all gotta play healthy GSW in march right after curry's and klay's return around the all-star break.

The Celtics have been super lucky to have had the Sixers on the schedule a lot in recent years. Playoffs and regular season.

Also, if we're seriously talking luck, I'm not sure any team has been more UNLUCKY than the Celtics if we go back 12 years. KG injury cost them a great shot to go back to back, Perkins injury likely cost them a title, Avery Bradley injury and Allen playing hurt cost them a great chance at a title, plus the Hayward freak injury. Maybe the Warriors, but they've had injury luck go both ways.

[Fencer reregistered]

This thread wont die lol. Really though tonight was impressive only from the point that we continue to win while getting destroyed by injuries

You guys played the Knicks tonight and barely won... How's that impressive? The Knicks are a poorly constructed team who collectively shoot 50% from free throws almost every game. Every team has injuries and it's not like your team was without your star players.

By the numbers, the Celtics' problems in their VICTORY tonight were all about rebounding. And the THREE rotation players out with injury were the guy generally regarded as their best rebounder, the youngster with the most rebounding talent, and the guy who's most surprised as a productive rebounder early this season.

[Fencer reregistered]

A few games in, I stand by the predictions I made right before the season:

1. A large fraction of the Celtics' talented perimeter players will deliver on their individual "bull case" expectations. In the very early going the tally is Kemba (clearly), Jaylen (ditto), Hayward (pretty much), Tatum (sort of), Edwards (not yet), Langford (Does Not Apply due to serial injury and roster crunch), Waters (DNA due to roster crunch).

2. A couple of the Celtics' many big men would. In the very early going, that's mainly Grant Williams.

[Roddy]

This thread gonna be bumped after every celtics game?

Easy :
- after a loss you will see this thread bumped by a Sixers/Raptors/Knicks/Nets fan.
- after a win, it will be a C's fan.

[Ill News]

This thread gonna be bumped after every celtics game?

Easy :
- after a loss you will see this thread bumped by a Sixers/Raptors/Knicks/Nets fan.
- after a win, it will be a C's fan.

True enough, I haven't seen any of those fans posting here throughout our 4-game winning streak. The minute we lose 2 in a row, they'll be here with their "i ToLD yOu tHEy SUcK" comments again

[Feed Your Head]

This thread should die. No need to bump it after wins, is a lame look. The team playing so well should be enough, IMO lol.

[Big Joke Line]

This thread should die. No need to bump it after wins, is a lame look. The team playing so well should be enough, IMO lol.

Weren’t you one of those take an L guys that was unintentionally clowning themselves by bumping the thread every time Marcus Smart did something good last season? Apologies if not, but if so now it’s a bad look to do it to other fan bases?

[Feed Your Head]

This thread should die. No need to bump it after wins, is a lame look. The team playing so well should be enough, IMO lol.

Weren’t you one of those take an L guys that was unintentionally clowning themselves by bumping the thread every time Marcus Smart did something good last season? Apologies if not, but if so now it’s a bad look to do it to other fan bases?

I'm not a fan of the phrase taking an L, and wasn't the one to bump it, but yeah I sure did victory lap on his contract being a bargain. I've also made sure to post multiple times that I "took an L" on the whole Kyrie debate last season. But that's on the Celtics board lol, bumping this on here after each win five games into the season seems silly.

This was a lame ass thread in the first place, not even worth celtic fans victory lapping in. Again, just my opinion.

[Karate Diop]

on the bright side Celtics is the luckiest team in NBA. they always win 1 possession games or get lucky with seedings in play offs. same goes to playing injured teams. must be nice to play curry-less team both games this season when all the other top eastern teams like raptors 76ers bucks and even nets all gotta play healthy GSW in march right after curry's and klay's return around the all-star break.

The Celtics have been super lucky to have had the Sixers on the schedule a lot in recent years. Playoffs and regular season.

Also, if we're seriously talking luck, I'm not sure any team has been more UNLUCKY than the Celtics if we go back 12 years. KG injury cost them a great shot to go back to back, Perkins injury likely cost them a title, Avery Bradley injury and Allen playing hurt cost them a great chance at a title, plus the Hayward freak injury. Maybe the Warriors, but they've had injury luck go both ways.

Get out of here. The Celtics are not even a Top 10 unluckiest franchise regardless of whether we look at recent or their entire history.

That is such a ludicrous statement. You can't seriously believe that can you?

[robbie84]

The Celtics have been super lucky to have had the Sixers on the schedule a lot in recent years. Playoffs and regular season.

Also, if we're seriously talking luck, I'm not sure any team has been more UNLUCKY than the Celtics if we go back 12 years. KG injury cost them a great shot to go back to back, Perkins injury likely cost them a title, Avery Bradley injury and Allen playing hurt cost them a great chance at a title, plus the Hayward freak injury. Maybe the Warriors, but they've had injury luck go both ways.

Get out of here. The Celtics are not even a Top 10 unluckiest franchise regardless of whether we look at recent or their entire history.

That is such a ludicrous statement. You can't seriously believe that can you?

The Blazers are the unluckiest IMO, but the Celtics have had terrible, terrible luck at times. Yt?throughout history and more recently with 2008 championship teams longevity.
This isn't an outrageous statement.
They lost Reggie Lewis and Len Bias. KG went down. Then with KG back on one leg they lost Perkins for game 7 of finals.
The KG injury was a career changing injury for their franchise player.

[MagicBagley18]

The Celtics have been super lucky to have had the Sixers on the schedule a lot in recent years. Playoffs and regular season.

Also, if we're seriously talking luck, I'm not sure any team has been more UNLUCKY than the Celtics if we go back 12 years. KG injury cost them a great shot to go back to back, Perkins injury likely cost them a title, Avery Bradley injury and Allen playing hurt cost them a great chance at a title, plus the Hayward freak injury. Maybe the Warriors, but they've had injury luck go both ways.

Get out of here. The Celtics are not even a Top 10 unluckiest franchise regardless of whether we look at recent or their entire history.

That is such a ludicrous statement. You can't seriously believe that can you?

Ya because having the number 2 overall draft pick who was hyped and projected to be a great player in Len bias pass away and then having an up and coming all star level player in Reggie Lewis also tragically pass away just a few years later isn’t unlucky at all.

[Karate Diop]

Also, if we're seriously talking luck, I'm not sure any team has been more UNLUCKY than the Celtics if we go back 12 years. KG injury cost them a great shot to go back to back, Perkins injury likely cost them a title, Avery Bradley injury and Allen playing hurt cost them a great chance at a title, plus the Hayward freak injury. Maybe the Warriors, but they've had injury luck go both ways.

Get out of here. The Celtics are not even a Top 10 unluckiest franchise regardless of whether we look at recent or their entire history.

That is such a ludicrous statement. You can't seriously believe that can you?

The Blazers are the unluckiest IMO, but the Celtics have had terrible, terrible luck at times. Yt?throughout history and more recently with 2008 championship teams longevity.
This isn't an outrageous statement.
They lost Reggie Lewis and Len Bias. KG went down. Then with KG back on one leg they lost Perkins for game 7 of finals.
The KG injury was a career changing injury for their franchise player.

Weigh the luck with the unluckiness and you'll come to a drastically different outcome.

[Gurton Buster]

Get out of here. The Celtics are not even a Top 10 unluckiest franchise regardless of whether we look at recent or their entire history.

That is such a ludicrous statement. You can't seriously believe that can you?

The Blazers are the unluckiest IMO, but the Celtics have had terrible, terrible luck at times. Yt?throughout history and more recently with 2008 championship teams longevity.
This isn't an outrageous statement.
They lost Reggie Lewis and Len Bias. KG went down. Then with KG back on one leg they lost Perkins for game 7 of finals.
The KG injury was a career changing injury for their franchise player.

Weigh the luck with the unluckiness and you'll come to a drastically different outcome.

Im waiting for the "luck"

[scottyno]

The Celtics have been super lucky to have had the Sixers on the schedule a lot in recent years. Playoffs and regular season.

Also, if we're seriously talking luck, I'm not sure any team has been more UNLUCKY than the Celtics if we go back 12 years. KG injury cost them a great shot to go back to back, Perkins injury likely cost them a title, Avery Bradley injury and Allen playing hurt cost them a great chance at a title, plus the Hayward freak injury. Maybe the Warriors, but they've had injury luck go both ways.

Get out of here. The Celtics are not even a Top 10 unluckiest franchise regardless of whether we look at recent or their entire history.

That is such a ludicrous statement. You can't seriously believe that can you?

Can you name 10 other teams who lost out on at minimum 1 and possibly 2-3 titles because of injury in the last 12 years?

[manlisten]

Conversely, the Celtics would've never beaten a healthy Lakers squad in 08.

[SmartWentCrazy]

Can we lock this thread so it isnt bumped 75 more times this season?

[MeanGeraldGreen]

The Celtics have been super lucky to have had the Sixers on the schedule a lot in recent years. Playoffs and regular season.

Also, if we're seriously talking luck, I'm not sure any team has been more UNLUCKY than the Celtics if we go back 12 years. KG injury cost them a great shot to go back to back, Perkins injury likely cost them a title, Avery Bradley injury and Allen playing hurt cost them a great chance at a title, plus the Hayward freak injury. Maybe the Warriors, but they've had injury luck go both ways.

Get out of here. The Celtics are not even a Top 10 unluckiest franchise regardless of whether we look at recent or their entire history.

That is such a ludicrous statement. You can't seriously believe that can you?

Len Bias and Reggie Lewis put them in the top 10 alone. Then all the lottery disasters (Duncan and Durant) and untimely injuries to key players (KG, Perk, Hayward, Allen, Bradley, hell even Shaq) during crucial moments solidifies it.

Just because a team has success does not mean it can't be unlucky.

[L3GEND4RY]

Can we lock this thread so it isnt bumped 75 more times this season?

we’re almost at 100 pages


side note.. grant williams is starting to find a spot in this league.

[SkyHookFTW]

The Celtics are 4-1 with their only loss to the team that many think have the best starting lineup in the league. How is that being exposed?

[Green89]

You guys played the Knicks tonight and barely won... How's that impressive? The Knicks are a poorly constructed team who collectively shoot 50% from free throws almost every game. Every team has injuries and it's not like your team was without your star players.

Lol I said its impressive they keep winning despite injuries wasnt calling the knicks out specifically. Regardless of who they play they've been without 2 starters and Rob Williams for multiple games each

But half the teams you beat on this win streak are the Knicks... so is it still impressive? The Knicks have Julius Randle as their star out there. The Celtics are talked about as a top team in the East, but I just don't see it.

Just cause you're not in the woods and don't see it, that bear still dumps and that tree still falls.