Season Opener – Celtics @ Knicks – 7:30PM, Wed, Oct. 20, 2021

[bisme37]

First opener missed in don’t know how many years, just got married Saturday to my beautiful bride and at Disney this week for my honeymoon. Hope to be back on here next week!

Congrats homie!

[bisme37]

Enjoy the big game, everyone! Go C's!

[bisme37]

I'm wondering how the Knicks defense will hold up this year. They hung their hat on that end last year but now their starting backcourt is Kemba and Fourn. If their D tanks they don't have much else going for them compared to other top teams.

[Hal14]

Well I was excited until some how can't will the same can't will that had 12 players Avg more ppg in the preseason. The most fouls in preseason and arguing a non foul like someone slapped his momma. I no longer have faith for a win. Go get randle can't will 5.8 ppg lol Ime already making mistakes. Starting should be earned he ain't earned crap. Ugh the 14 best player gets a starting nod pfft. Everyone on that team gotta be like wait I'm better than that pudge chatty guy. God I hate can't will

I am no fan of grant williams either but he is a great glue type guy. Need that out there with the jays.

Grant is unspectacular but can make the plays you like from a 5th starter. Especially with Al out.

I assume Al starts over grant if not sick.

What plays I'm legit asking. That Knicks team will focus on grant every single second it's like giving the other team a legit hole to expose. Someone said early I would tell grant to not worry about scoring and focus on shutting down randle lol dude can't score more than 8 point to save his life anyway, let alone shut down an all star lol grant is your last resort against other scrubs not playing against your starters. Oh well whatever can't wait to see the box score and horrible defense from grant. If we win it's going to have to be a 35 point game from tatum. Cause kemba will play his best game tonight and that coach loves focusing on the weak link.

This is such a casual take.

Time for you to get educated:

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Horrible defense from Grant? The dude was literally our most versatile defender last year. He frustrated the hell out of Jokic defensively and at times he was able to switch onto PGs effectively.

Who on our team would you feel more confident in guarding Randle? Grant is our best option defensively guarding Randle.

Look, he's not the best player in the world, he has his faults but the bottom line is THIS is a matchup where it makes sense to start him. We're going against a tough, physical team that tries to slow it down and wear you down in the half court. If we were going against a fast, up tempo, run and gun team, then no, don't start Grant. If we were going against a team that plays a PF who isn't a factor scoring-wise, I'd probably start Juancho because he does more things to help you on offense and his defense isn't going to hurt as much if the opposing PF is a non-factor.

This is a good matchup for Grant. I like the matchup with him guarding Randle. And Grant shot 37% from 3 last year, and 44% from 3 during the preseason.

[greenroom31]

Time to see what we got. Let’s goooooo!!

[GoCeltics123]

All my friends from NY talking **** to me today, **** em let's get this dub

[Bill Lumbergh]

First opener missed in don’t know how many years, just got married Saturday to my beautiful bride and at Disney this week for my honeymoon. Hope to be back on here next week!

Come on, son, priorities.

Nah, congrats, Froob!

[Tatumfor2]

[bisme37]

It's hard to hear with SAS hollering about everything but I think all these ESPN dudes just said the Knicks are a better team than us and will have the better season.

[Tatumfor2]

Please let us step up defensively.

[Fierce1]

It's hard to hear with SAS hollering about everything but I think all these ESPN dudes just said the Knicks are a better team than us and will have the better season.

Yeah, Stephen A, Wilbon, and Jalen Rose said the Knicks will go further in the playoffs.

But they also said Tatum and Jaylen are the two best players playing in this game.

[bisme37]

It's hard to hear with SAS hollering about everything but I think all these ESPN dudes just said the Knicks are a better team than us and will have the better season.

Yeah, Stephen A, Wilbon, and Jalen Rose said the Knicks will go further in the playoffs.

But they also said Tatum and Jaylen are the two best players playing in this game.

I got the impression that Wilbon might have picked us but he didn't want to get yelled at haha.

[Fierce1]

:pray: Please let us step up defensively.

True.

Defense will be the key.

I'm really curious to see if Udoka will make the Celts one of the top defensive teams in the NBA again.

[3pt %]

Congrats Froob.

Grant seems to have lost that bit of weight he needed to. He had that one dunk in pre-season where I had to check that it was actually him throwing it down.

Start of new season, hope springs eternal etc..so here's hoping Grant turns into a 5th starter level.

[Parliament10]

[BRUNiNHO91]

These guys want the Knicks to be good so badly lolol

Would be great to beat the crap out of them.

[Shak_Celts]

"YOU HAVE TO FIGHT TO REACH YOUR DREAM. YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE AND WORK HARD FOR IT." WE ARE CELTICS!! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[Celts17Pride]

Let’s get this thing started. Let’s Go Celtics!!!!!!!!

[Fierce1]

If Rob Williams has improved, on both ends of the floor, I think the Celts will be a top 3 team in the east.

Horford will give this team stability, but Rob will take the Celts to new heights.

In today's NBA, with all the new rule changes, the big man is back, the NBA is once again a big man's league.

[Fierce1]

Both Kemba and Evan are weak defensively.

Hope the Celts exploit those two players.