2020-2021 Celtics Season

Playing Teague here is indefensible. Brad is honestly a bad in-game coach.

The Teague down the stretch stuff is unacceptable, idc that they’re down both Smart and Kemba

Jaylen looked like he got Monstar’d that game

Brad Stevens is a bad coach and Jeff Teague is not an NBA player, AMA. Its not a coincidence we are 4-0 in games that Teague gets 0 minutes.

This may be weird coming from me, since I’ve been a Pritchard cheerleader since they took him, but I understand not starting him. I think it was wrong, but I get it. There was talk about making Walker the 6th man and Pritchard the starter (which I also sort of agree with), but Pritchard was all out of sorts in his first start. It’s going to be an adjustment period for him figuring out where he fits starting. Off the bench he looks more comfortable being aggressive and picking his spots. That was not there in the one start. Personally, I think the adjustment period would be worth it, but Brad may not have felt that way in a game with no depth to begin with. If that was Brads thought, I get it.

...it honestly makes sense

Does it? You wouldn’t give Hayward his contract but you’re going to pay an older and worse Horford similar money?

He wasn't good in his first start, yet that can happen with a rookie. Unless they are getting another PG they need to get him ready. I would only have done this if he kept looking like he did his first start over 3-4 games.

Yet it seems Steven's is trying to break the record for most starting five combination in a season. It's so crazy hard to build chemistry, play team ball and communicate on D when you just keep rotating in new players. I mean Damn he's starting to run out of combinations.

If Steven's felt that way, which isn't crazy he should have started Teague. I have the guy, yet he can do many things Green can't do. Sometimes you just need to scrap D and outscore teams. Green isn't going to help stop Young if he just keeps bombing away from ten feet behind the three point line.

To be fair, we replaced Wannamaker with Pritchard at this point.

And yes, I think Tatum and Brown are playmakers regardless - they made that leap in the playoffs.. Tatum did anyways. I mean aren’t you looking for someone else to be a playmaker besides those two right now? Hayward’s counting numbers, especially points are lower here, but his efficiency is off the charts. I disagree that current Al is a better fit, but don’t disagree they should have replaced Hayward with someone else.

I think thats a fair point, who is Brad supposed to play with that roster... That said I would rather have Tremont out there than Teague.

I just hope we can turn it around, man. I've been so negative because i really believe with 1 extra piece and a few better fringe moves we could legitimately compete for a championship.

Yeah Pritchard has finally moved past Teague in like the last five games. Yet look at the minutes he's played. If Walker keeps missing games, you have Pritchard taking Walkers spot and Teague taking Wanamaker spot. It's not a simple switch based on minutes right now.

Tatum made the leap in the playoffs when Hayward went down, it's what sparked this conversation the first time. Brown made the leap this year with no Hayward.

Yeah but I want a big or PG doing it. I would say a big that can give you close to what Hayward did in assists without needing the ball as much is more valuable. I think Horford is and has always been the better defender. Hayward dominated the ball last year, leading the team with the time he had the ball in his hands. Yet Horford's contract does give me pause. I keep coming back to the fact no player will adjust as quickly as he will in our system though.

Our offense comes from our defensive intensity and that’s been lacking. I think you would see a much bigger leap on offense with a small increase on the defensive side.

I'm certainly torn over Horford, yeah if you can get a Gordon from the Magic you want that. Yet if I'm trading for Horford it's this year.

How much has Horford declined? His age 30 season, his first in Boston and his current age 34 season are damn similar. He's actually scoring, rebounding more and shooting more three's at a higher clip. His defensive rating was 107 and is 108 this year on a crappy team with the league scoring more this year on average. He's currently 9th in RPM among centers and you know that goes up going to Boston with better players.

You could do that trade a few different ways, as the Thunder have three big trade exceptions that Thompson fits into. Yet that's also a negative because they won't really value getting a big exception for Horford.

If you want to go for it the next few years and are willing to pay the tax and take some risk Horford is likely the best option. He literally checks ever box that we need in a big, would be a massive upgrade over Thompson, while allowing you to dump Thompson. While not perfect, Horford with his D, passing, scoring and shooting would fit next to Theis and Robert Williams better than Thompson does. The pause is a younger option and the injury risk. I can't get the thought of both Walker and Horford potentially going down in the playoffs out of my head.