Official Celtics 2021-22 Season Thread

[ballup]

Just read Boston's defense giving up league worst 118 per game..

Having 3 games go into OT is going to inflate that early on. 22nd in DRTG isn't great either.

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[Parliament10]

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I like Schröder Starting at PG.
Wonder if Udoka will keep him there?

[Larry_Russell]

Gonna be a long season boys and gals.

Smh

[Gomes3PC]

Yeah, I am officially hitting the panic button here. Not putting it all on Ime but this is a mess and ultimately as HC he's responsible for this.

[RondoToKG]

The season literally just started, I'm not worried until it makes sense to be worried.

[Parliament10]

The season literally just started, I'm not worried until it makes sense to be worried.

I mean, I do hear what you'r saying. It is only 7 games.
But nevertheless, we're 2-5, and in 12th place.

Hit the Button.

[Fierce1]

Even the lottery bound Celtic teams in the past won a single at home in the first 2 weeks of the season.

7 games?

As if the Celts don't have the same core players from last season.

The Celts supposedly got better with the addition of Horford.

This is not just 7 games, this is about how the Celts are losing.

You lead by 19 points in the 3rd quarter and you end up losing the game by 14 points?

Pathetic!

[RondoToKG]

The season literally just started, I'm not worried until it makes sense to be worried.

I mean, I do hear what you'r saying. It is only 7 games.
But nevertheless, we're 2-5, and in 12th place.

Hit the Button.

I refuse. They have 75 more chances to fix things, I mean, that is a lot of time.

Not gonna lie though it looks pretty **** lmao

[Fierce1]

Here's an article from masslive.

https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2021/11/why-marcus-smart-pass-the-ball-critiques-of-jayson-tatum-jaylen-brown-dont-hold-weight-after-celtics-collapse-brian-robb.html

Smart may have had positive intentions with his remarks but airing both of his more talented teammates out publicly was out of line when considering the circumstances. Smart finished the game with zero assists himself and while he had a solid shooting night overall (5-of-11 FG, 3-of-5 3pt) his shooting percentages for the season over his first six games are still horrific (25 percent from field, 23 percent from 3-point range). Amid years of questionable shot selection from Smart, never once have Tatum and Brown publicly taken issue with their teammate. However, he pointed to himself as the solution for Boston’s offensive woes on Monday.

“I mean, I think if I’m getting in the lane and I’m making it easy for other guys, I’m making it easier for everybody,” Smart explained. “Even if my shots aren’t falling, the threat that I put on teams coming off the pick-and-roll and getting to the basket or being in the post. Teams are doubling me in the post and if they do, everybody knows I’m a great passer and I’m going to find guys. Just really taking some ease off of Jayson and Jaylen early on in the game and even late in games sometimes so we’re not exhausting ourselves on the offensive end and then getting picked on the defensive end.”

Smart may want the ball in his hands more as well but he hasn’t shown this season yet that he deserves it either with a career-low in shooting numbers and a career-high turnover rate. This is also a guy that was suspended by Udoka just a couple of weeks ago for missing a team flight in the preseason.

Where the Celtics go from here amid a disastrous start to the season is not clear but Smart did not make things any easier tonight with his comments. Tatum and Brown can improve as playmakers for others but that’s far down the list of issues for this Celtics team that ranks 26th in defensive rating and 30th in points allowed per game. This wasn’t the time or the place for these types of comments from Smart that probably need to be addressed with the head coach directly rather than aired publicly. This group has butted heads before (see: Miami series in the Orlando bubble) in the locker room and it’s fair to wonder how they will respond to this. The road doesn’t get any easier with a three-game road trip looming and it’s now up to Udoka to keep this group together in the wake of some harsh critiques by the longest-tenured Celtic.

[Fierce1]

The article is right.

Have you ever heard the Jays publicly tell Marcus Smart to stop taking bad shots?

[Celts17Pride]

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[Curmudgeon]

It's the 1st time in the shot-clock era (since 1954-55) that a team lost by 14+ points after leading by 14+ entering the 4th quarter.
Smart told the truth and will probably get traded away as a result. Funny league.

[playa-hater]

The season literally just started, I'm not worried until it makes sense to be worried.

I mean, I do hear what you'r saying. It is only 7 games.
But nevertheless, we're 2-5, and in 12th place.

Hit the Button.

not like that, like this

[playa-hater]

Here's an article from masslive.

https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2021/11/why-marcus-smart-pass-the-ball-critiques-of-jayson-tatum-jaylen-brown-dont-hold-weight-after-celtics-collapse-brian-robb.html

Smart may have had positive intentions with his remarks but airing both of his more talented teammates out publicly was out of line when considering the circumstances. Smart finished the game with zero assists himself and while he had a solid shooting night overall (5-of-11 FG, 3-of-5 3pt) his shooting percentages for the season over his first six games are still horrific (25 percent from field, 23 percent from 3-point range). Amid years of questionable shot selection from Smart, never once have Tatum and Brown publicly taken issue with their teammate. However, he pointed to himself as the solution for Boston’s offensive woes on Monday.

“I mean, I think if I’m getting in the lane and I’m making it easy for other guys, I’m making it easier for everybody,” Smart explained. “Even if my shots aren’t falling, the threat that I put on teams coming off the pick-and-roll and getting to the basket or being in the post. Teams are doubling me in the post and if they do, everybody knows I’m a great passer and I’m going to find guys. Just really taking some ease off of Jayson and Jaylen early on in the game and even late in games sometimes so we’re not exhausting ourselves on the offensive end and then getting picked on the defensive end.”

Smart may want the ball in his hands more as well but he hasn’t shown this season yet that he deserves it either with a career-low in shooting numbers and a career-high turnover rate. This is also a guy that was suspended by Udoka just a couple of weeks ago for missing a team flight in the preseason.

Where the Celtics go from here amid a disastrous start to the season is not clear but Smart did not make things any easier tonight with his comments. Tatum and Brown can improve as playmakers for others but that’s far down the list of issues for this Celtics team that ranks 26th in defensive rating and 30th in points allowed per game. This wasn’t the time or the place for these types of comments from Smart that probably need to be addressed with the head coach directly rather than aired publicly. This group has butted heads before (see: Miami series in the Orlando bubble) in the locker room and it’s fair to wonder how they will respond to this. The road doesn’t get any easier with a three-game road trip looming and it’s now up to Udoka to keep this group together in the wake of some harsh critiques by the longest-tenured Celtic.

funny how he said he was a great passer after a Zero ast game

[playa-hater]

The season literally just started, I'm not worried until it makes sense to be worried.

I mean, I do hear what you'r saying. It is only 7 games.
But nevertheless, we're 2-5, and in 12th place.

Hit the Button.

I refuse. They have 75 more chances to fix things, I mean, that is a lot of time.

Not gonna lie though it looks pretty **** lmao

you sir have every right to be and stay positive. You do it better than me for sure. but saying it is only 7 games feels like the Captain of the Titanic announcing to his passengers "don't worry, we only hit an Ice Cube"

[BRUNiNHO91]

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You can't get assists if your team can't shoot. Something tells me if we had a Joe Harris, Duncan Robinson, Seth Curry kinda guy these numbers would be slightly different.

Idk if the stat exists, but I'd love to see one that counts potential assists to teammates who ended up missing wide open shots. Something tells me they would be at the top of that as well.

[Celts17Pride]

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You can't get assists if your team can't shoot. Something tells me if we had a Joe Harris, Duncan Robinson, Seth Curry kinda guy these numbers would be slightly different.

Idk if the stat exists, but I'd love to see one that counts potential assists to teammates who ended up missing wide open shots. Something tells me they would be at the top of that as well.

Tatum/Brown's first instinct is to go ISO. That needs to change. I do agree with your point about the Celtics shooters. Celtics have multiple issues.

[BillessuR6]

You can't get assists if your team can't shoot. Something tells me if we had a Joe Harris, Duncan Robinson, Seth Curry kinda guy these numbers would be slightly different.

Idk if the stat exists, but I'd love to see one that counts potential assists to teammates who ended up missing wide open shots. Something tells me they would be at the top of that as well.

Would love to see that stat as well...

[Fierce1]

https://hoopshype.com/team/boston-celtics/

The former Celtics’ big man and current ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins seemed visibly outraged with Smart’s statements, saying he should have consulted his head coach rather than talking about it to the media. “Marcus can’t come out publicly and say that. Like, you cannot call your guys out on national television, that is a locker room code. 38 mins ago – via TalkBasket

If you have a problem with the offense, you have to go to the head coach because no matter how you wanna look at it,” Perkins said. “You guys calling out publicly is not gonna bring out the best in Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, and now you cause unnecessary turmoil that is going to go on in the locker room. Like you cannot do that, Marcus Smart knows that.” 38 mins ago – via TalkBasket

[Curmudgeon]

Maybe Smart is the one who is hoping to get traded.