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Post by rjp313jr on Jul 1, 2022 12:50:13 GMT -5
Celtics are also including Nik Stauskas, Malik Fitts and Juwan Morgan in the trade, sources tell ESPN.
Cleaning out the roster too.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jul 1, 2022 12:46:06 GMT -5
I bet they created a new TPE with this trade…. Nevermind… Brogdon can’t fit into the one they have. They can still get crazy and use the TPE.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jul 1, 2022 12:45:22 GMT -5
Theis, Nesmith and 2023 first round pick… must mean they are confident on Bryant. I hope Nesmith finds it.
I also hope Brad makes a first round pick some day.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jul 1, 2022 11:54:49 GMT -5
Not a big Gallo fan. Feels like a lot of overlap with Grant Williams and can’t really play him as a wing at this point in his career. They really need a true wing but not many of those left. Maybe DiVincenzo? Kessler Edwards and the Martin twins are RFAs. Grant was a lot of fun this year, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he went back to being a pumpkin. Let him prove he can consistently be a shooter before expecting him to be. Gallo is a tried and true shooter, which we lack outside of Pritchard, who is extremely matchup depend on his own right. I think Gallo will balance well with White. If the opponent is hiding one player on offense, let Gallo come in and guard him and get his shots up. If the opponent is going with an offensive lineup (5 weapons), go with the plus defense lineup. Kind of like a platoon for the NBA. Imperfect for sure, but Gallo gives us something we didn’t have enough of. We know the retained personnel can D up against everyone besides GSW, but then again they have the most beautiful offense of all time. The TPE will be an interesting call. If I was Brad, I would keep my eyes on a younger player. Durant could end up really changing the outlook of next year, so sustainability/continuity is definitely key. Grant Williams has been a pretty good NBA 3 point shooter his entire career after his 0-25 or 27 start and trending upwards. Take out his start and his rookie year he was around 34%, then 37, then 41. Im comfortable saying he’s a good 3 point shooter, on spot ups, especially from the corners.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jul 1, 2022 11:47:31 GMT -5
Gallinari is a good get for MLE money. This team needed more shooting and offense and he should provide that.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jul 1, 2022 10:26:18 GMT -5
I really doubt that Durant would want to come to the team that just swept him in the playoffs. The optics are bad considering his history in okc and golden state, and I think Kevin really cares about. I do think he’s better than Jaylen. I am nervous of Jaylen not signing a third contract with Boston. Jaylen Brown is extension eligible on October 1. For all we know, he and the team have already agreed on a max extension.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jul 1, 2022 8:55:10 GMT -5
It’s the NBA, don’t be surprised if it doesn’t matter. He should be in prison and Silver needs to ban him. Absolutely repulsive behavior from a guy who has been acting like a tool the entire year. He thinks he’s cool taking videos of him smoking blunts, drinking codeine, etc and meanwhile he’s beating his wife too. What a loser. Saw the photos and his son talking about it on video. I agree with everything you have said. I just won’t be surprised if he still gets a massive deal. I also won’t be surprised if he ends up in jail.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 30, 2022 18:56:06 GMT -5
It’s the NBA, don’t be surprised if it doesn’t matter.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 24, 2022 15:14:24 GMT -5
I don't want to draft a dude named Cockburn, that sounds painful. He must have had a rough childhood. Why?
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 24, 2022 7:04:00 GMT -5
Any time you can draft a small guard who can’t shoot, create for others, dribble and is turn over prone, you should definitely do it because he’s fast and can jump. Sorry, terrible pick. How’s a tiny guard who can’t shoot or dribble or switch on defense going to play for this team? GTFO with this pick
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 23, 2022 14:15:45 GMT -5
I had to take a couple weeks off from Celtics talk. It’s funny how much more painful a finals loss is than a first round exit even though I’m way more encouraged about the future.
If the Celtics want more scoring, which they obviously need, then John Wall may be someone to look at once he’s bought out. I don’t love it but I’d talk myself into it.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 10, 2022 9:49:21 GMT -5
Brother is getting married tomorrow night (kinda classless to proceed with the wedding knowing there’s a game 4 but that’s neither here nor there) so I’ll probably end up missing it If I come back here to find out that they didn’t ruthlessly isolate and drive on Steph the entire game I will be furious At first I read this as Brothers and was very happy
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 18:38:13 GMT -5
We've played much harder games more recently on 2 days rest. Does that and younger legs help us more tomorrow? 3-1 would be so huge. Short rest favors us I think for Game 4, with it being at home and Curry hurt. Timelord is questionable for G4 but I have to imagine he plays at home, even if its a few minutes. If they need to rest him I would do it in Game 5 which will be very hard to win and the refs could be terrible. If we get good refs for Game 4 at home it should be go go go. There is no “resting” at this time, you can either go or not go. I think the shorter rest is a detriment to Rob and a rather big one. I doubt there’s much there with Curry’s ankle.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 16:11:18 GMT -5
Pretty incredible to see Pritchard at +15 in only 10 minutes of PT. Going back to Timelord, not only did he have 4 blocks, but I remember several times that GS players passed up shots just because he might have blocked them. They wanted no business of trying to shoot over him. I don't think this happens a lot either. 6 Celtics had 5 or more rebounds. Starting lineup had 40. The Warriors could have used Looney more to even out the rebounding, but then they are much easier to defend. Also, I don't think anyone is going to know anything about Curry's status until the start of Game 4. And 4 had between 5 and 9 assists. All around team win.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 12:41:13 GMT -5
Warrior fans are complaining about so many fouls on Curry, yet Ime seems to have taken a page from the Heat. As Tatum and Smart drove on Curry every chance they could. He's their massive weak link on D. Might be the best game I've seem from Smart driving in his career, even went right at Wiggins. Makes up for all those TOs. Same as versus Heat, when Celtics are playing well they easy get points in paint via many players. Warriors are limited and offense comes and goes with 3 point shooting. They have epic runs because the Splash Brothers are crazy epic shooters. Yet he doesn't last, normally they are like the Heat using ball movement to get guys easy shots, yet that doesn't happen regularly against our D. Robert Williams with a monster game. If he can stay healthy the guy is going to win multiple DPOY awards. Refs stayed out of it and again you had a crazy fun game. Sent a message to Green, yet he still got away with many horrible no calls against Tatum and Brown. Just crazy he flips out given that and doesn't get a T. I'm so fearful that next game the refs call it tight for us and not Warriors, because NBA wants 2-2 more than 3-1. I don’t think the refs stayed out of in Game 3, they definitely made some calls where we barely touched their guys like in Game 2, and Draymond still got away with a lot. They were more fair than Game 2, and we got some calls as well but they definitely did not “let them play” like in Game 1. I don’t know if i can’t get behind this. I agree there were some soft calls but that was on both sides and there were a lot of instances where they let them play.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 12:40:17 GMT -5
I always see The Warriors are gassed a lot. The reason Curry is out of the game is he is tired. The Celtics wear you down. Just keep at it. This is absolutely true. If the Celtics can just manage the turnovers and play with force on defense, the 4th quarters are going to be smoother sailing. There is so much being asked of Curry, and I think things are going to get harder for him physically as the series wears on, ala Giannis in the Bucks series. Same thing with Butler and Durant. It’s a legitimate trend. The Celtics play a high effort style but it’s a lot different when all 5 guys are working on defense and no one has to shoulder the offensive load for the entire game like these other guys have to on their teams.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 12:15:48 GMT -5
One thing that bothers me is I wish they would make more of there free throws. Robert Williams is unreal in this series. What a game changer. I always see The Warriors are gassed a lot. The reason Curry is out of the game is he is tired. The Celtics wear you down. Just keep at it. They were 13/16 in game 1 and 13/17 in game 2. Last night they missed too many, but overall they are a good FT shooting team. Any missed FT is annoying and sticks out when it’s your team, but they shot better from the line than GS in the first 2 games.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 11:09:04 GMT -5
Oh one other thing about Tatum, he’s not being selfish and forcing it to make HIMSELF, a hero. All he’s doing is whatever he thinks he can to help the TEAM win.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 11:06:39 GMT -5
It’s funny, people are sort of all over Tatum for being off this series yet this series has never made me feel better about him as a player as I do now. Superstars help the team win even when they are a little “off” with their shot and he’s doing that. Also, that game one 3-17 is really holding down his numbers and despite that he’s still at almost 44% from 3. He’s got better than a 3:1 assist to turnover ratio, averaging over 8 assists a game. Scored 26 and 28 the last 2 games and is attracting ALL the attention.
Listen, as great as Jaylen Brown has been offensively, he’s not getting the Tatum swarm treatment.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 8:03:37 GMT -5
The overall number of turnovers aren't bad like it has been mentioned, but the turnovers let the Warriors have a one point lead in the third quarter at one point. It almost got completely away from them, like in Game 2. They rebounded (figuratively and literally speaking), and it saved them. Did they? Or was it the 7 point possession bc of the flagrant and Curry and others being unconscious for a stretch? Like what was that Porter shot? There is next to no chance you beat this team without them going on a ridiculous run during the game. They, especially Curry, are just that damn good shooting the ball.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 7:30:15 GMT -5
They only had one (pre-garbage time) fourth quarter turnover, so the full game numbers don’t look too bad, but in the second and third quarters, they had some ugly live-ball turnovers. Key to the tame in my mind was driving the ball and scoring at the rim vs. undersized Warriors lineups. Tatum and Brown, and even guys like Smart and White, are quick enough to drive past the initial defender (particularly off ball movement and closeouts) and skilled enough to score at the rim (or make kickout passes) versus late rotations. Have to keep doing that. Every Smart pull-up three or Tatum side-step three feels like a cop out against these small lineups. They had a few for sure and you’d like to see none, but that’s likely an unrealistic ask in a pressure packed, intense Championship game. They need to limit them to that small period like they did last night. We can’t expect them to have none.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 6:54:42 GMT -5
When the Celtics don’t give the Warriors free points off turnovers, they are flat out better. There are very few things to critique tonight - the first-half turnovers were bad, the third quarter was meh, and they could’ve been a bit better from the free throw line. But all of those issues were contained, and when they were just playing basketball, it was clear the Celtics were a more complete team. I know it’s not their style, but it would be wonderful if they keep the same energy level in back-to-back games. The Celtics rebounding is what saved them. The turnovers got ugly again, but ugly wins are wins. They had 12 turnovers last night. That’s a pretty solid number. They took care of the ball. Was there a stretch where they turned it over a few times in a close bunch? Sure, but this is the NBA that’s going to happen in basically every game. 12 is a very manageable number.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 6:20:27 GMT -5
Disgusting from Draymond, he should be suspended for this. Tatums shoulder problem is a pinched nerve - it’s painful but also very unpredictably so. It’s why you’ll see him take a direct hit and have no pain but then something that seems very minor causes a ton of it.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 6:19:22 GMT -5
All that being said, complaining about the refs is a losers mentality, even if it gets so egregious, see Draymond tackling and acting like a fullback in game 2, that it becomes very difficult. The Celtics let the refereeing in game 2 throw them off their game. The referee didn’t cause all the turnovers, the Celtics mentality, likely because of the refereeing did. Great teams need to be more mentally strong then that to overcome things. If you can fight through it, you don’t usually get the same egregious calls later in the game.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 9, 2022 6:16:19 GMT -5
NBA refs 1000% get used to influence results. Whether that means certain refs are in cahoots with the league or the league just picks the ones they know will be the way they want them to be is an unknown. Hell, it could be unspoken and some refs just know this is what the NBA wants and it behooves them to be that guy so they get good assignments so they play that role. But the evidence is overwhelming to support this. There is a reason referee assignments aren’t decided ahead of time and why it’s big news and clear trends follow certain referees. Again, it could be any number of things so we can’t pick just one, but ultimately, we do know the NBA picks refs to try to manipulate certain outcomes to make series longer.
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