Official Celtics 2022 Off-Season Thread

Curmudgeon · Post #1701 » by **Curmudgeon** » Sun May 15, 2022 11:15 pm

White is 20 times better defensively than Mike Conley. No more smurfs.

sam_I_am · Post #1702 » by **sam_I_am** » Sun May 15, 2022 11:36 pm

Curmudgeon wrote:White is 20 times better defensively than Mike Conley. No more smurfs.

This!

Fencer reregistered · Post #1703 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Mon May 16, 2022 1:03 am

Anybody who wins the West will/would have home court vs. the Celtics. Even the Mavs, by a single game.

Mr_Mojo_Risin · Post #1704 » by **Mr_Mojo_Risin** » Mon May 16, 2022 4:49 am

Fencer reregistered wrote:Anybody who wins the West will/would have home court vs. the Celtics. Even the Mavs, by a single game.

Thankfully we've been playing well on the road!

ConstableGeneva · Post #1705 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Mon May 16, 2022 2:20 pm

Giannis (55.2% TS% in 2022 playoffs, 51.6% TS% vs. Cs) and KD (52.6% TS%) just had their worst true shooting percentage in the playoffs since their rookie seasons. The Celtics defense did that.

ConstableGeneva · Post #1706 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Mon May 16, 2022 3:07 pm

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Post #1707 » by **Parliament10** » Mon May 16, 2022 3:19 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:

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Fierce1 was right all along...

I'm with him.
Tatum & Brown are NOT Jordan & Pippen.

BUT,
They are the Closest Duo to them, currently in the NBA.

Post #1708 » by **bisme37** » Mon May 16, 2022 4:41 pm

Andrew McCeltic · Post #1709 » by **Andrew McCeltic** » Mon May 16, 2022 4:53 pm

Milwaukee series was an interesting W for us.. would've been closer with everyone healthy (Middleton, TimeLord), but.. I have us right now at about Milwaukee's tier - one superstar (Tatum/Giannis), one second star scorer (Jaylen/Middleton), "star" point guard (Jrue beats out Smart/White on offense, but their combo and defense are neck and neck), mix of role players. Milwaukee has more shooting and more size, but... that's a nice, nice tier for us to be in.

Tatum's going to keep getting better - so's Jaylen, who's probably better than Middleton now. Grant and Rob are younger than Portis/Lopez, we've got Theis and Horford behind them short-term, Nesmith looks like he's waiting in the wings now..

Our medium-long-term looks bright 1-6: Smart/Brown/Tatum/Grant/Rob/White, Pritchard's a nice 7. Danger is that two stars aren't enough, Milwaukee won last season but they've been up and down year to year - they needed that Jrue trade. Portland's the cautionary tale.

sam_I_am · Post #1710 » by **sam_I_am** » Tue May 17, 2022 2:51 am

Andrew McCeltic wrote:Milwaukee series was an interesting W for us.. would've been closer with everyone healthy (Middleton, TimeLord), but.. I have us right now at about Milwaukee's tier - one superstar (Tatum/Giannis), one second star scorer (Jaylen/Middleton), "star" point guard (Jrue beats out Smart/White on offense, but their combo and defense are neck and neck), mix of role players. Milwaukee has more shooting and more size, but... that's a nice, nice tier for us to be in.

Tatum's going to keep getting better - so's Jaylen, who's probably better than Middleton now. Grant and Rob are younger than Portis/Lopez, we've got Theis and Horford behind them short-term, Nesmith looks like he's waiting in the wings now..

Our medium-long-term looks bright 1-6: Smart/Brown/Tatum/Grant/Rob/White, Pritchard's a nice 7. Danger is that two stars aren't enough, Milwaukee won last season but they've been up and down year to year - they needed that Jrue trade. Portland's the cautionary tale.

It’s an easy narrative to say that the Bucks would have won with Kris Middleton playing since they took us to 7 games. We really outplayed the Bucks in all 6 games after they dominated game 1 but that is usually what it takes to topple a champion. KM was having a subpar playoff against Bulls averaging 14 ppg but he has a history as Celtic killer. Would the sense of urgency been greater for Cs or would the length of Bucks been too much? I personally think the Cs are better but the Bucks were more ready and probably would have prevailed. In any event, the Cs beat the team in front of them.

Post #1711 » by **Parliament10** » Tue May 17, 2022 1:00 pm

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I've met Rondo, at a Basketball Event for children. He's got a really bad personality.

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ConstableGeneva · Post #1712 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Wed May 18, 2022 11:33 am

Tatum should work on his foul-baiting technique. He adopted a similar style as Harden's, which is now rarely called. Use his body/shoulder more while still staying upright, the way Butler does instead of putting the ball way infront of him to be slapped.

Brown could still improve his ballhandling and passing off double-teams/traps. White needs to knock down open jumpers more consistently. Grant, ballhandling and driving closeouts. Nesmith, defending without fouling and shooting. Timelord, midrange shooting and some moves in deep post/restricted area. Needs to be a scoring threat and not just another Rudy Gobert.

Post #1713 » by **shackles10** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:26 pm

It’s not a large sample size but the ideas of moving Grant to the starting lineup to replace Al next season look a lot better when Grant is producing off the bench than when he actually gets a start the last 5 games (game 7 completely excluded from that of course). Just expected more I guess.

Fierce1 · Post #1714 » by **Fierce1** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:27 pm

shackles10 wrote:It’s not a large sample size but the ideas of moving Grant to the starting lineup to replace Al next season look a lot better when Grant is producing off the bench than when he actually gets a start the last 5 games (game 7 completely excluded from that of course). Just expected more I guess.

I don't think the Celts will let Al go next season.

It's one more season of Al Horford.

Post #1715 » by **Parliament10** » Wed May 18, 2022 7:05 pm

Fierce1 wrote:
shackles10 wrote:It’s not a large sample size but the ideas of moving Grant to the starting lineup to replace Al next season look a lot better when Grant is producing off the bench than when he actually gets a start the last 5 games (game 7 completely excluded from that of course). Just expected more I guess.

I don't think the Celts will let Al go next season.

It's one more season of Al Horford.

Horford and Grant will likely both be on team next Season. -- I can see them sharing time at the PF.
Horford can also play Center pretty effectively. It all will come down to Matchup, and Health.

In any event, we will need an Al Horford-type replacement, at some point.
As Father Time, cannot be beaten.

Fencer reregistered · Post #1716 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri May 20, 2022 12:09 pm

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sam_I_am · Post #1717 » by **sam_I_am** » Fri May 20, 2022 12:37 pm

Our young nucleus which is entering its prime - Smart, Tatum, Brown, Grant, RW3 - have been to playoffs every year they have been in NBA. Horford has been to playoffs 15/17 seasons in NBA. This team is going to be a big problem for any good team in the East for the next 5 years.

Smart2Nesmith43 · Post #1718 » by **Smart2Nesmith43** » Fri May 20, 2022 1:27 pm

sam_I_am wrote:Our young nucleus which is entering its prime - Smart, Tatum, Brown, Grant, RW3 - have been to playoffs every year they have been in NBA. Horford has been to playoffs 15/17 seasons in NBA. This team is going to be a big problem for any good team in the East for the next 5 years.

Milwaukee outside of Giannis is old. Harden might continue to regress and I'm not too worried about the Celtics handling Embiid in the playoffs anyway. Irving and Durant aren't getting any younger and they have an entire rotation to reconfigure with very limited assets. Toronto and Cleveland have good defenses and intriguing young pieces but they lack a truly high end creator in the halfcourt. Miami is probably going to keep hanging around but Butler/Lowry/Tucker have a ton of miles on their bodies. This was Udoka and Stevens first year on the job, having to adjust the roster on the fly. Tatum gets better every year. This should be the year Boston is most vulnerable for a while.

Gant · Post #1719 » by **Gant** » Fri May 20, 2022 3:18 pm

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Post #1720 » by **Parliament10** » Fri May 20, 2022 3:55 pm

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