Around the NBA (Non-Celtics) 2020-21, Part 1

Post #1701 » by **Parliament10** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:58 am

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:Kyrie with 14 pts so far against Detroit. Hasn't had more than 30 in a long time, except against us.

Boston needs to stop letting guys go crazy on them. There is just no excuse anymore. Not with defenders like Brown, Tatum and Smart out there. Sick of it now and Brad needs to be held accountable for it. Our defensive schemes just aren't aggressive enough against elite players. It's almost like he feels it's ok to let guys go off.

Stevens lets his players try to right the ship. But, he does it for too long.
He should call those timeouts, and put in the right people.

Smart is a tenacious Defender, as we all know.
Nesmith and Pritchard are pretty good, too.

I can't remember if Langford is?

Bar Fight · Post #1702 » by **Bar Fight** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:44 am

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:Kyrie with 14 pts so far against Detroit. Hasn't had more than 30 in a long time, except against us.

Boston needs to stop letting guys go crazy on them. There is just no excuse anymore. Not with defenders like Brown, Tatum and Smart out there. Sick of it now and Brad needs to be held accountable for it. Our defensive schemes just aren't aggressive enough against elite players. It's almost like he feels it's ok to let guys go off.

Brown and Tatum couldn't guard Kyrie or Harden at all. I mean, no one can, but they repeatedly got burned by those guys one on one.

31to6 · Post #1703 » by **31to6** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 3:12 am

Why did KAT and DARussell want to play together? I mean what did they think would happen?

Post #1704 » by **Bleeding Green** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:38 am

Make a couple hundred million while playing basketball with your best friend. Sounds kind of nice.

BK_2020 · Post #1705 » by **BK_2020** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:36 pm

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:Kyrie with 14 pts so far against Detroit. Hasn't had more than 30 in a long time, except against us.

Boston needs to stop letting guys go crazy on them. There is just no excuse anymore. Not with defenders like Brown, Tatum and Smart out there. Sick of it now and Brad needs to be held accountable for it. Our defensive schemes just aren't aggressive enough against elite players. It's almost like he feels it's ok to let guys go off.

Kyrie's had 8 30+ games, that's over 28% of the time he scores more than 30.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1706 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:02 pm

They lost KD for nothing and still ended up with so many picks. Interesting to see what this rebuild will look like for them.

Read on Twitter

playa-hater · Post #1707 » by **playa-hater** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:01 pm

Sac gets blown out by Atlanta. They are a dumpster fire. H Barnes should be ours. Can't think of a contender with either Cap space and/or draft assets. I see no reason why Sac should keep him or why Boston needs to give up more than a 1st and a player (not named Nesmith or Langford).

robdog_5 · Post #1708 » by **robdog_5** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:05 pm

Thunder should keep collecting them too. Build around Shai. They have the assets to get anyone.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1709 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:28 am

Three or four seasons ago, I had a pretty good hold of what player is on which team. With all the player movement, I stopped keeping track. Then there's suddenly an influx of guys whose names start with "Ok" -- Okogie, Okeke, Okongwu, Okoro, Okafor, Okobo. Only one I'm familiar with is Jahlil.

Edit: Forgot about Okpala.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1710 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:35 am

Read on Twitter

Celtics currently has a higher ORtg this season than last when they ranked 4th but is only ranked 13th now. 2nd highest in franchise history.

1st banana · Post #1711 » by **1st banana** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:48 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:

Read on Twitter

Celtics currently has a higher ORtg this season than last when they ranked 4th but is only ranked 13th now. 2nd highest in franchise history.

That an insane stat and change over 1 year. Did Adam silver like secretly make the rims like an inch bigger like honest to god.

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #1712 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:13 pm

Bar Fight wrote:
BRUNiNHO91 wrote:Kyrie with 14 pts so far against Detroit. Hasn't had more than 30 in a long time, except against us.

Boston needs to stop letting guys go crazy on them. There is just no excuse anymore. Not with defenders like Brown, Tatum and Smart out there. Sick of it now and Brad needs to be held accountable for it. Our defensive schemes just aren't aggressive enough against elite players. It's almost like he feels it's ok to let guys go off.

Brown and Tatum couldn't guard Kyrie or Harden at all. I mean, no one can, but they repeatedly got burned by those guys one on one.

We have the pieces to make life hard on those guys. I thought we did OK on Harden, but Kyrie cooked everybody we threw at him. Sat behind picks and buried 3's..I jsut don't think Brad utilizes his guys the right way to guard super stars. The way we guarded Booker on his 70 pt game was pathetic. Don't think we threw any doubles at him until he broke 60..did we try anything on Kyrie besides hoping our perimeter players could stop him?

Fierce1 · Post #1713 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 1:29 am

Another 4th qtr. collapse by the Kings.

playa-hater · Post #1714 » by **playa-hater** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 1:34 am

Time for my very happy H Barnes update. Sac blew a 14 point lead, lost to Cha. Bagley is said have hurt his hand and did not return. H Barnes had a very quiet 5-9 shooting game.

How the hell is Barnes NOT becoming a Celtic now ??

Fierce1 · Post #1715 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:10 am

playa-hater wrote:Time for my very happy H Barnes update. Sac blew a 14 point lead, lost to Cha. Bagley is said have hurt his hand and did not return. H Barnes had a very quiet 5-9 shooting game.

How the hell is Barnes NOT becoming a Celtic now ??

Ainge is just waiting for the price to go down.

While it's true other teams can make an offer for Barnes, the Celts have all their 1st round picks.
Celts have an advantage in that department.

I think the Celts' 1st round pick this year is valuable because it will most likely be in the early 20s.

playa-hater · Post #1716 » by **playa-hater** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:13 am

Fierce1 wrote:
playa-hater wrote:Time for my very happy H Barnes update. Sac blew a 14 point lead, lost to Cha. Bagley is said have hurt his hand and did not return. H Barnes had a very quiet 5-9 shooting game.

How the hell is Barnes NOT becoming a Celtic now ??

Ainge is just waiting for the price to go down.

While it's true other teams can make an offer for Barnes, the Celts have all their 1st round picks.
Celts have an advantage in that department.

I think the Celts' 1st round pick this year is valuable because it will most likely be in the early 20s.

Oh I agree 100%

Green89 · Post #1717 » by **Green89** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:50 am

Knicks got robbed on that last call, but they still needed a three. L2M will confirm it wasn't a travel. Randle will probably get fined for ramming into to people and throwing a chair.

Bar Fight · Post #1718 » by **Bar Fight** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:52 am

The Knicks are so much better defensively than the Celtics. So much

GoCeltics123 · Post #1719 » by **GoCeltics123** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:53 am

Bar Fight wrote:The Knicks are so much better defensively than the Celtics. So much

Aren't they like 2nd in the league in defensive rating this year? Nuts

Bar Fight · Post #1720 » by **Bar Fight** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:54 am

GoCeltics123 wrote:
Bar Fight wrote:The Knicks are so much better defensively than the Celtics. So much

Aren't they like 2nd in the league in defensive rating this year? Nuts

Thibs is a defensive god