Celts Too Good, Calves Moo In Agony! Victory Cigar vs CLE 10/29

[redslastlaugh]

Minott has been AWESOME!

He's such a swiss army knife type of player, we haven't had a player in his style/impact in forever, like an Oshae Brissett x Robert Williams III

Minott is looking like a fantastic addition.

Right now he is the most key player on the team, and supported by advanced stats.

His advanced stats are elite.


Minot and Hausers shooting won the game last night even though Brown scored more points.

[Larry_Russell]

Minott has been AWESOME!

He's such a swiss army knife type of player, we haven't had a player in his style/impact in forever, like an Oshae Brissett x Robert Williams III

Minott is looking like a fantastic addition.

Right now he is the most key player on the team, and supported by advanced stats.

His advanced stats are elite.


Minot and Hausers shooting won the game last night even though Brown scored more points.

Reminds me of someone I wanted all offseason.

Herb Jones

[keevsnick1]

Minott has been AWESOME!

He's such a swiss army knife type of player, we haven't had a player in his style/impact in forever, like an Oshae Brissett x Robert Williams III

Minott is looking like a fantastic addition.

Right now he is the most key player on the team, and supported by advanced stats.

His advanced stats are elite.


Minot and Hausers shooting won the game last night even though Brown scored more points.

Reminds me of someone I wanted all offseason.

Herb Jones

Celtics fans: Braaaaaad, Can we get a Herb Jones?

Brad Stevens: No! We have a Herb Jones at home.

[FlatearthZorro]

I might've underestimated how bad the East is, to be honest. It's still early and it may take 30 games for things to shape up, but I really thought that NYK and CLE were the clear cut favorites and would both win ~60 games, maybe even slightly above 60 and then the Magic and #4 I had the Bucks. To me, if Giannis is healthy, I'd still favor the Bucks to win the East, especially if they make a move to bolster their roster and/or Turner plays up to par.
Magic still look like a mess.
CLE is not a real contender, regardless of their record.
NYK isn't beating anybody coming out of the West. I still think they are likely to make the Finals, if no significant roster changes.
If the C's play hard, they could end up top 4 in the East...

[ThePigeon]

Shak, Luka is winning me over a bit. He keeps scrapping, has started to have a few more effective defensive plays in the paint, and seems to be finding his touch. I'll be ready to kick him to the curb next time, but I'm starting to see how he can a potential role player this season at least. You?

Yeah, I was ready to stick him to the bench. He’s been better. Still shouldn’t be tasked to defend outside of the paint, we’ll be in deep trouble. Once he’s inside the paint others have to guard perimeter guys or help because he can’t get back out there to contest. Don’t like that he can’t make the baskets around the hoop either, don’t know why. He is getting the call or RB so I can’t be too hater. Love the rebounding! He’s growing on me, but I’m keeping an eye on him.

Reminds me of Greg Kite
He hustles and sets good picks but he is running in mud. It seems like he is laboring to move fast

[bisme37]

Pretty cool... I recorded the game last night on my comcast cable and now I'm gonna watch it again while I'm piddling around the house. But when I pulled the recording up just now, there was a new option to watch just the highlights. Right there on my DVR recording. Never seen that before.

[playa-hater]

I agree with the "can't play everyone" thinking. It's only fair to give guys like Boucher, Tilman, Scheierman and Gonzales chances, especially early in the season, but those 4 seem to be lower on the depth chart.

Based on last night the top 8 is Pritchard White Brown Minott Queta Garza Simons Hauser.

Agreed with your first eight players, but no way gonzalez should be lower than nine or ten.

[djFan71]

Last night -- for the first time -- had me wondering if Pritchard might be able to develop his passing into a 'weapon' like Marcus Smart did (sort of/sometimes). Smart was not a direct-the-offense, make-nice-passes PG for his first several years, then mid-career seemed to develop it. Since Point Tatum was ascendant at the same time, we didn't really need it, and didn't miss it once he was gone -- but if Pritchard can develop it, it's another tool for the toolbox.

We also saw a few possessions last night where Simons was pushing the ball up the floor, running the point, spraying the ball around - finding open shooters, etc.

I'm not convinced Pritchard has better creation skills than Simons..

Still would rather Simons start because he's more dynamic but I will give credit for Pritchard making the play available to him and taking care of the ball. Also a good rebounder.

I do think Payton's noticeably improved in the 2 wins - 8 & 10 assists - and I'm extrapolating that small sample to continue.
Simons does some for sure, but I don't feel like he gets as many paint touches consistently as PP. You can say role, etc, but I don't think he gets by his guy as often. With White & JB, you'd think the starting lineup wouldn't need Pritchard's playmaking as much, which is why I originally thought start Simons (and showcase) and let Pritchard help the bench. But, it's felt like we needed him out there to start recently.

[Fierce1]

Cs only 9 turnovers in this game.

After 5 games, Cs leads the NBA in turnovers with just 11.4 per game.

All 3 Celtic guards, White, PP, And Simons just averaging 1 turnover per game.

[darrendaye]

We also saw a few possessions last night where Simons was pushing the ball up the floor, running the point, spraying the ball around - finding open shooters, etc.

I'm not convinced Pritchard has better creation skills than Simons..

Still would rather Simons start because he's more dynamic but I will give credit for Pritchard making the play available to him and taking care of the ball. Also a good rebounder.

I do think Payton's noticeably improved in the 2 wins - 8 & 10 assists - and I'm extrapolating that small sample to continue.
Simons does some for sure, but I don't feel like he gets as many paint touches consistently as PP. You can say role, etc, but I don't think he gets by his guy as often. With White & JB, you'd think the starting lineup wouldn't need Pritchard's playmaking as much, which is why I originally thought start Simons (and showcase) and let Pritchard help the bench. But, it's felt like we needed him out there to start recently.

PP better suited to take distributor pressure off White. That was the cincher for me. They'll figure out who to put around Simons to create more catch and shoot opportunities for him.

[Parliament10]

Been a rough week for me (just found out how bad my elderly Mother's dementia diagnosis really is) so this win was a much needed pick me up.

Wasn't able to watch it live, so currently watching the replay on ESPN.

Really enjoying our defensive efforts from the 2nd quarter onwards.
A nice leadership/all round game from Jaylen so far (5 .mins left in 2nd quarter)

Hearts in mouth stuff when Queta took that 3 lol

Anyhow nice to have a bit of optimism and hope back. Loving Hauser getting his mojo back

Sorry to hear that, about your Mom.
I think this Team will be a 6th Seed.

[darrendaye]

Much of the offensive stall at times results from quality of screen execution. Some of it falls on Queta, but I also don't think the ballhandlers are setting them up well and often not going tight around them.

[Fierce1]

Much of the offensive stall at times results from quality of screen execution. Some of it falls on Queta, but I also don't think the ballhandlers are setting them up well and often not going tight around them.

Only solution to that is repetition.

Hopefully as the season progresses, the players get better at execution.

Queta finally becoming a starter should improve over the course of an 82-game season.

[Tatumfor2]

Much of the offensive stall at times results from quality of screen execution. Some of it falls on Queta, but I also don't think the ballhandlers are setting them up well and often not going tight around them.

That's what has stood out to me the most. They're making too easy for the defender to slide over the top of the screen.