Celtics exposed?

TheSheriff · Post #721 » by **TheSheriff** » Sat Nov 2, 2019 4:12 pm

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

Are you talking about Andrew Bynum? The guy whose injury is the reason the Lakers traded for Gasol? That injury?

Fencer reregistered · Post #722 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Sat Nov 2, 2019 4:13 pm

Karate Diop wrote:
scottyno wrote:
Big Joke Line wrote: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 Celtics have had a lot of luck, good and bad alike. The Len Bias and Reggie Lewis deaths, e.g., put us one corpse ahead of the Nets and two ahead of most teams, and that's about as bad as luck gets. That one of Pierce/Allen/KG had a career-affecting injury is reasonable. That one of their two young starter colleagues had a career limiting injury in Game 6 of the Finals was a bit much. And it's not like that's a complete list of injuries, either. Rondo was a multiple all-star when he had a career-limiting injury in his prime. Rondo and others also had injuries in or right before the playoffs. Gordon Hayward was a pretty big FA to go down with an immediate injury. Etc.

Post #723 » by **bisme37** » Sat Nov 2, 2019 4:13 pm

The team is really good. And moreover we Celtics fans have already had more fun watching this team than we did all of last season.

So troll away, trolls. It is quite satisfying to read people trying to rationalize the concept that the Celtics have been exposed with a 4-1 record including wins over the Bucks and Raps.

itrsteve · Post #724 » by **itrsteve** » Sat Nov 2, 2019 4:18 pm

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

I concur, it has ran its course.

robbie84 · Post #725 » by **robbie84** » Sat Nov 2, 2019 10:13 pm

Karate Diop wrote:
robbie84 wrote:
Karate Diop wrote:
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.

The point is that the Celtics are unlucky to not have another 3 to 5 championships because of injuries and even death to star players.

But you have no idea about what injuries the Celtics have had and you don't care. You'd rather just hate on em'.

Missed out on Tim Duncan with best odds.
Missed out on Durant with 2nd best odds (when he was #2 consensus pick behind Oden) and ended up with #5 pick.

Go on, hater.

robbie84 · Post #726 » by **robbie84** » Sat Nov 2, 2019 10:18 pm

knicksNOTslick wrote:
ajones9219 wrote:
knicksNOTslick wrote: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.

They beat the Raptors and Bucks too, but only the bad teams count in your fairytale right?
Hush hater.

robbie84 · Post #727 » by **robbie84** » Mon Nov 4, 2019 11:41 pm

Celtics 5th in ESPN power rankings after wins against Toronto, Bucks, Knicks.

Haters exposed?

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27997855/nba-power-rankings-week-3-how-long-sixers-stay-perfect

Johnny Bball · Post #728 » by **Johnny Bball** » Mon Nov 4, 2019 11:47 pm

When does the schedule turn and all the road games come in all at once? Is it soon? Asking for a friend.

robbie84 · Post #729 » by **robbie84** » Tue Nov 5, 2019 12:01 am

Johnny Bball wrote:When does the schedule turn and all the road games come in all at once? Is it soon? Asking for a friend.

Next 10 of 12 are on the road I believe.

GotDaSauce · Post #730 » by **GotDaSauce** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:29 am

They are going to have to attach the Memphis pick with Hayward in order to dump his salary to another team. :lol:

ajones9219 · Post #731 » by **ajones9219** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:32 am

i knew this thread was coming back

Theocy · Post #732 » by **Theocy** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:33 am

ajones9219 wrote:i knew this thread was coming back

I was betting on the Gordon hayward should be waived now kind of threads that were opened about 1 year ago

GotDaSauce · Post #733 » by **GotDaSauce** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:37 am

Theocy wrote:
ajones9219 wrote:i knew this thread was coming back

I was betting on the Gordon hayward should be waived now kind of threads that were opened about 1 year ago

Lol.. I cant dig that deep!

Dogen · Post #734 » by **Dogen** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:39 am

Watch on YouTube

Theocy · Post #735 » by **Theocy** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:41 am

GotDaSauce wrote:
Theocy wrote:
ajones9219 wrote:i knew this thread was coming back

I was betting on the Gordon hayward should be waived now kind of threads that were opened about 1 year ago

Lol.. I cant dig that deep!

There you go. Relatively fresh topic :lol:

someone calls him cooked bacon
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1885011&hilit=Gordon+hayward

GotDaSauce · Post #736 » by **GotDaSauce** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:42 am

Theocy wrote:
GotDaSauce wrote:
Theocy wrote:

I was betting on the Gordon hayward should be waived now kind of threads that were opened about 1 year ago

Lol.. I cant dig that deep!

There you go. Relatively fresh topic someone calls him cooked bacon
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1885011&hilit=Gordon+hayward

Good looks!!!! :lol:

Fencer reregistered · Post #737 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:43 am

The Cs' point differential against the Cavs on the road, with only two major injuries (Brown, Kanter) was a mere 5. Horrible team.

Post #738 » by **Feed Your Head** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:49 am

Fencer reregistered wrote:The Cs' point differential against the Cavs on the road, with only two major injuries (Brown, Kanter) was a mere 5. Horrible team.

Brown yeah, but Kanter being out can't really be described as a major injury. Him being out doesn't really matter IMO.

chrisab123 · Post #739 » by **chrisab123** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 2:55 am

After 2 years I still can't tell the difference between Gordon Hayward and Daniel Theis. Exact same player.

Fencer reregistered · Post #740 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Wed Nov 6, 2019 3:02 am

The Comedian wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:The Cs' point differential against the Cavs on the road, with only two major injuries (Brown, Kanter) was a mere 5. Horrible team.

Brown yeah, but Kanter being out can't really be described as a major injury. Him being out doesn't really matter IMO.

Kanter is slated for major reserve minutes, and he's the team's best rebounder, so I stand by my opinion.

And by the way, the one kind of defense he's pretty good at is post defense, and that's something that's actually helpful against the Cavs. There's a good chance he would have started against them if available.