Official Celtics 2020-21 Regular Season Thread
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ConstableGeneva wrote:
The hope is Jaylen improves enough soon that when we stagger the starters and he has to play without Tatum, the team at least has its head above water with him leading the charge. I'm not too optimistic.
Can we stay above .500 while Kemba is out?
Tatum 2 preseason games : 9-30, 2-13 from 3. But again, it's Jaylen the problem...the plus minus stat is useless.
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The biggest problem this team has is Brad Stevens. brad is top 5 defensive mind of the league that should not be debated:) But offensively, it is very medium to bad.
-Let Smart take a ton of 3pts (defensively he is the heart of the team but offensively he is the cancer. it’s a shame because he’s a great passer and he can drive to the basket but his Volume 3pts shooting is really killing us)
- His timeout are always too late (idk maybe he like watching us getting destroy)
- In the 4th QT he let our players play stupid iso when the game is on the line
-His rotation are very questionable and sometimes not adapted.
I saw someone say we should had hire MDA as an assistant coach and i 100% agree with it.
-Let Smart take a ton of 3pts (defensively he is the heart of the team but offensively he is the cancer. it’s a shame because he’s a great passer and he can drive to the basket but his Volume 3pts shooting is really killing us)
- His timeout are always too late (idk maybe he like watching us getting destroy)
- In the 4th QT he let our players play stupid iso when the game is on the line
-His rotation are very questionable and sometimes not adapted.
I saw someone say we should had hire MDA as an assistant coach and i 100% agree with it.
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LuckyLarry wrote:The biggest problem this team has is Brad Stevens. brad is top 5 defensive mind of the league that should not be debated:) But offensively, it is very medium to bad.
-Let Smart take a ton of 3pts (defensively he is the heart of the team but offensively he is the cancer. it’s a shame because he’s a great passer and he can drive to the basket but his Volume 3pts shooting is really killing us)
- His timeout are always too late (idk maybe he like watching us getting destroy)
- In the 4th QT he let our players play stupid iso when the game is on the line
-His rotation are very questionable and sometimes not adapted.
I saw someone say we should had hire MDA as an assistant coach and i 100% agree with it.
These are pretty accurate. The shooting is frustrating, you can’t be a jump shot team without jump shooters. Part of the issue though is Ainge hasn’t put the right players for Brads system. Go out and add a couple vet scorers, cut down the low efficiency shots and this team looks a lot different.
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Yes, you’re right, it’s also the fault of ainge. I was completely furious
the night of the draft we had the man who broke the bat on our range and we did not draft him A bench with Smart Bane Nesmith and the two williams could have done huge damage offensively and defensively
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Hugo! Hugo!! Hugo!!! 
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I really think we didn't draft Bane because they thought they had him in Grant. Grant was shooting like him in the bubble so they figure, [insert double Spider-Man GIF].
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Shak_Celts wrote:I really think we didn't draft Bane because they thought they had him in Grant. Grant was shooting like him in the bubble so they figure, [insert double Spider-Man GIF].

Hugo! Hugo!! Hugo!!! 
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Tatumfor2 wrote:Shak_Celts wrote:I really think we didn't draft Bane because they thought they had him in Grant. Grant was shooting like him in the bubble so they figure, [insert double Spider-Man GIF].
Thank you!
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"You have to put the work in.
Nothing is given."
~ Jayson Tatum
Nothing is given."
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Yeah, I don't buy it. He's not strong enough to get that message across. He'll say it then let people go out there and do whatever they want.
Really, who stepped out of their roles though? I thought everyone did what they usually do but did it poorly. When has CBS ever given defined roles?
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Shak_Celts wrote:Parliament10 wrote:
Yeah, I don't buy it. He's not strong enough to get that message across. He'll say it then let people go out there and do whatever they want.
Really, who stepped out of their roles though? I thought everyone did what they usually do but did it poorly. When has CBS ever given defined roles?
Sounds like it's "Deliver what we're relying on you for".
I presume from his body and brains that Grant Williams is a lot better at blocking out than he is at actually rebounding, and I presume from the article that he wasn't playing to that skillset. Catch and shoot guys are obligated to reposition themselves so that they can be passed to. Guys who are afraid to shoot when open need to take the shots. (One guy without that problem: Smart.)
And that's all before we consider defense ...
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In all seriousness though I really do love this guy. Save us Tristan.
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Shak_Celts wrote:Parliament10 wrote:
Yeah, I don't buy it. He's not strong enough to get that message across. He'll say it then let people go out there and do whatever they want.
Really, who stepped out of their roles though? I thought everyone did what they usually do but did it poorly. When has CBS ever given defined roles?
yes stevens is much too quiet to have any authority he talks to our players as if they were children there is never any real motivation in his speeches during timeout and when our players get scam by the referees he remains completely stoic as if it were normal. We are no longer the Celtics of IT4 who could make sick comebacks and that was in large part because we had players with the rage to win but now except smart we no longer have players who have this mentality.
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LuckyLarry wrote:Shak_Celts wrote:Parliament10 wrote:
Yeah, I don't buy it. He's not strong enough to get that message across. He'll say it then let people go out there and do whatever they want.
Really, who stepped out of their roles though? I thought everyone did what they usually do but did it poorly. When has CBS ever given defined roles?
yes stevens is much too quiet to have any authority he talks to our players as if they were children there is never any real motivation in his speeches during timeout and when our players get scam by the referees he remains completely stoic as if it were normal. We are no longer the Celtics of IT4 who could make sick comebacks and that was in large part because we had players with the rage to win but now except smart we no longer have players who have this mentality.
Stop romanticizing Smart, he's not outside of the issues ATM, they look piss poor from top to bottom. Besides, JB and Tatum were on the same team, often large parts, of making many comebacks WITH Smart in Kyrie's first season and JB with the last season of IT4.
They all need to get their ass in gear if they want to win! I don't doubt they will get it together, they don't win as much as they have at such young ages if they didn't have toughness and fight in them! They just need a little help with situational focus, I hope TT can help in that area! They tend to lose focus, need someone bold enough to tell them to snap INTO it at times! This isn't just because they are young, LBJ has called out teams flushed with vets on their effort, sometimes you just need a kick in the butt! TT sees that and I hope they listen to him!
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Shak_Celts wrote:LuckyLarry wrote:Shak_Celts wrote:
Yeah, I don't buy it. He's not strong enough to get that message across. He'll say it then let people go out there and do whatever they want.
Really, who stepped out of their roles though? I thought everyone did what they usually do but did it poorly. When has CBS ever given defined roles?
yes stevens is much too quiet to have any authority he talks to our players as if they were children there is never any real motivation in his speeches during timeout and when our players get scam by the referees he remains completely stoic as if it were normal. We are no longer the Celtics of IT4 who could make sick comebacks and that was in large part because we had players with the rage to win but now except smart we no longer have players who have this mentality.
Stop romanticizing Smart, he's not outside of the issues ATM, they look piss poor from top to bottom. Besides, JB and Tatum were on the same team, often large parts, of making many comebacks WITH Smart in Kyrie's first season and JB with the last season of IT4.
They all need to get their ass in gear if they want to win! I don't doubt they will get it together, they don't win as much as they have at such young ages if they didn't have toughness and fight in them! They just need a little help with situational focus, I hope TT can help in that area! They tend to lose focus, need someone bold enough to tell them to snap INTO it at times! This isn't just because they are young, LBJ has called out teams flushed with vets on their effort, sometimes you just need a kick in the butt! TT sees that and I hope they listen to him!
Offensively Smart destroys our attack but at least he wants to do something and offensively it shouldn’t be his role. when I see Brown waiting in the corner and not asking for the ball I don’t think it’s normal Brown is a mini Kawhi not a PJ Tucker who defends and waits in the corners
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LuckyLarry wrote:Shak_Celts wrote:LuckyLarry wrote:
yes stevens is much too quiet to have any authority he talks to our players as if they were children there is never any real motivation in his speeches during timeout and when our players get scam by the referees he remains completely stoic as if it were normal. We are no longer the Celtics of IT4 who could make sick comebacks and that was in large part because we had players with the rage to win but now except smart we no longer have players who have this mentality.
Stop romanticizing Smart, he's not outside of the issues ATM, they look piss poor from top to bottom. Besides, JB and Tatum were on the same team, often large parts, of making many comebacks WITH Smart in Kyrie's first season and JB with the last season of IT4.
They all need to get their ass in gear if they want to win! I don't doubt they will get it together, they don't win as much as they have at such young ages if they didn't have toughness and fight in them! They just need a little help with situational focus, I hope TT can help in that area! They tend to lose focus, need someone bold enough to tell them to snap INTO it at times! This isn't just because they are young, LBJ has called out teams flushed with vets on their effort, sometimes you just need a kick in the butt! TT sees that and I hope they listen to him!
Offensively Smart destroys our attack but at least he wants to do something and offensively it shouldn’t be his role. when I see Brown waiting in the corner and not asking for the ball I don’t think it’s normal Brown is a mini Kawhi not a PJ Tucker who defends and waits in the corners
Smart doesn't destroy anything! Again, the issues don't start and end with one guy, the TEAM has work to do!
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Think you guys could wait till we actually lose a real game before complaining about everything?









