jfs1000d wrote:The Comedian wrote:celticfan42487 wrote:
Yeah Drummond and Claxton are going to clog the paint. Durant himself is one of the better shot blocking Centers when it's the playoffs and he needs to be on a team. It's going to be tough to finish in there against a set defense.
I do think ironically a lot of our offense will be decided by Tatum mid range shots when he's not passing it or we're running a set that doesn't start with Tatum.
And I'm no coach so I don't know if they will but to me whether it's Brown or Durant running a pick and roll with Smart as the pick setter having Irving on him seems legit.
Or anyone who has Irving on him.
Irving doesn't want to play real defense, and even if they try to hide him on Theis that's a pick and roll straight into an alley oop to Theis at the rim. Not that Theis can jump much higher than Irving but Irving isn't gonna challenge that at all lol.
Drummond is a drop big, Tatum will light them up anytime he’s in. He’s a poor rim defender as well. Claxton is much more versatile defensively, but you can overpower him at the rim.
I don’t expect much Tatum from midrange, he’s almost entirely cut it out of his game. When the Nets play drop coverage, it’s bombs away from three for Tatum and Jaylen. If they go switch heavy, Tatum will live at the rim, and if they go blitz heavy/zone, you’ll see a lot of ball movement for open threes or good looks at the rim, and Jaylen would do serious damage.
Celtics should be able to get whatever they want offensively, as long as everyone makes quick decisions. Nets have made it clear that obviously slowing down Tatum is their first and second priority, but they aren’t the type of defense who can dictate much.
Do people not know nets personnel. Who in their rotation out of kd and Kylie is a rotation player here? Seth Curry?
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I know them but disagree strongly that Seth Curry is the only rotational player.
Dragic has been key for a long time for the Heat and like Irving he'll have the bubble effect of having completely fresh legs which is a huge advantage. Neither was actually injured but this is probably the best playoffs either will have for the rest of their career unless they find another way to skip 90% of the regular season and just get into game shape come playoffs.
Drummond as much as people **** on is a good starting Center in this league. He puts up huge stats and has a double double in just under 23 minutes a game go to with 1.5 aspg 1 stl 1 block. Again not even on starting minutes he's putting up monster numbers he's just not an all star like the Pistons expected him to be as their franchise player but in a role as a starting Center I'd love to have him as an option on our team. If we could rotate him with Rob we'd never lose the rebounding battle and teams would struggle strongly to get even 1 free layup per game.
I do question how good Claxton and Brown are just because they have the advantage of playing with Irving and Durant so it's hard to say what they'd do without ultra ISO heavy studs.
But yeah at least Dragic, Curry, and Drummond are very good rotaitonal players two of them good starters. Brown and Claxton could be but might just be high energy atheltic guys who are just great in their current roles for the Nets team.
Pre trade deadline I'd agree they had very little depth. Hell their best pieces after the big 2 are all players they got either for Harden or right after that trade lol.
But this team is hardly struggling for talent around Irving and Durant.
