2020 Celtics Offseason

Does he? He breakdown is basically two plays over four games.

Bam versus Celtics 21.8 points 60.8% shooting, Bam versus Turner 15 points 47.9% shooting. I think those stats tell a much different story than BRobb is telling. Holding a guy like Bam to under 50% shooting is darn good, clearly the two plays he showed didn't happen all series long. Nevermind the fact Turner shot 42.9% from deep in that series, something every team will respect. It comes off as a lazy piece frankly. He's greatly undervaluing Turner's D and 3 point shooting.

Everyone is overlooking the opportunity to get an actual Scrubb in the second round

Player A 7.8 points, 8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0 steals, .8 blocks 115 defensive rating. Zero made threes

Player B 15.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, .8 assists, .5 steals, 4 blocks 110 defensive rating. Shot 43.8% from deep, 56.8% overall

Those are Theis stats versus Turner's stats against Bam and the Heat in the playoffs. The Celtics best defender in that series was Tatum with a defensive rating of 111. The Celtics have better defenders than the Pacers, so Turner would be even better.

Bam's FG% by round Pacers 47.9%, Bucks 60.0%, Celtics 60.8%, Lakers 53.5% even while injured and not 100%.

Turner just completed his age 23 season, same as Brown. He's young and has a lot of upside left. He had a 37.5" vertical, while not crazy that's very good for a seven foot center. Bam was 38.5" and Robert Williams has a 40" vertical for comparison.

Turner is set to make 18 million over the next three years, Smart is making 13.4 and 14.4 million over the next two. So he's much closer in salary to a guy who spent a lot of time not starting than a star. He's being paid about half of what Hayward is.

Go watch some YouTube videos that breakdown Turner's D. You'll see why he has great defensive numbers. He's an awkward athlete, not a bad one. He can contest and block shots without fouling, unlike Theis. I've seen him get low like KG against Giannis, stop his drive and force a hard long jumper.

If you are trading Hayward I don't see a better fit and it's not even close. He matches age wise, he's a 3 and D center, an elite shot blocker and his best Basketball is still to come. One of the best parts is he adds offense without needing the ball. Allows you to play your five best players at the same time. If the deal included Lamb it would also give you pieces to trade, along with Theis or keep them to have more depth. Turner is also the perfect guy to help unlock Robert Williams potential and what a combo that would be.

Guess what his goal is? Winning defensive player of the year. That's his mindset which is the type of players I want on the Celtics. Guys that pride themselves on there D like Smart. The great thing is he could actually do that in our system with our players.

I don’t love that Daryl got the Sixers gig..

One of the harder guys to scout. Not that good first year, then in 14 games against a lot of bad teams he was great. Yet lots of easy shots, more than any other shooter I've watched tape on. He's limited in a lot of areas and he's not close to being Hield right now. You see some NBA types moves on the perimeter, yet not many and almost nothing against NBA level players. Either the 14 games inflated his stats or didn't give himself a chance to prove what he can do against good teams. Go look at the teams he played against and you'll see what I mean. Against the one good team he was 3 for 8 on two pointers.

In a nutshell he's a shooter with a nice looking shot, has good size and is an okay athlete. In the NBA it's all about his shooting as he likely can't do more unless he improves in a lot of areas. Can he create his own shot? Can he be a Duncan Robinson shooting a crazy high percentage when taking hard shots?

Bane is a much more complete player. He doesn't have the ways to score like Herro, Cameron Johnson took and made a lot more hard shots. Same with Isaiah Joe, he was creating three point shots, taking crazy hard one, not wide open shots. I'd take another player at 14 because I need a lot more information on Nesmith. Yet if Danny takes him I am 100% fine with that.

If you like Nesmith, what do you think of Elijah Hughes? Basically same size, wingspan, body. Yet instead of having others create and taking easy shots, he was the guy creating and scoring taking hard shots.

I’d be fine with him at the end of the first round. I like his FT%, he’s older so less upside but probably ready to contribute which is also important.

I wasn’t trying to say I like Nesmith as much as asking if we are overlooking him. I agree with the red flags on the competition front, and it matters, but you’re also not going to be asking the guy to be more than a shooting option while on the court with other go to scorers so maybe that’s different than being the main guy... all I know is this team could really benefit from a lights out shooter. Someone that’s not 38/39% but a guy who’s 41%+.

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Sure let's draft Terry at 30, sounds great. The fact he might not even be there at 14 I guess doesn't mean anything. I feel darn safe saying it's darn near a lock he doesn't get to even pick 26. Shooting rises in every draft on draft day.

I wonder if Justin Holiday would be a MLE target for the team. It doesn’t seem like a position of need, and it’s somewhat questionable if his 3pt% from last year is a one year blip or real, but he should be cheap and fits the way the team plays. Strong switchable defender who doesn’t need the ball in his hands and can knock down open 3s. You can increase your second unit production just by having good players around whatever star(s) you have on the court with them.

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We just keep getting a report at a time leaked, I hate this.