2020-2021 Celtics Season

I don’t want to get into the weeds on this, but some of us have questioned Rob’s durability and conditioning in the past and Steven’s alluded to both last night as a reason they are being so cautious with his playing time.

“Rob obviously had a double-double, but I just think we can make it so that he can play more, and more and more as the season goes on,” Stevens said after Sunday’s win. “Again, the density of the games and his history, especially last year, we’re just being conservative. But he’s getting a lot better. You can see that. And he’s able to play a little bit longer stints than he has in the past, because he plays really hard when he’s out there. So that’s all encouraging.”

Yeah we all know he had a bone bruise that caused him to miss half the season and Steven's has also said it hasn't been an issue this year.

The artery issue is from 2018, is considered very minor and basically a non-issue. It can cause cramping and pain that goes away in a few minutes with rest. It's a rare condition, that if it gets bad can be fixed with a minor surgery. I don't think that's why they signed another big.

You signed another big because it wasn't likely that Robert Williams would continue to improve at the pace he has. He broke out last year in so many ways, yet still had a long ways to go. Yet he's taken yet another big jump this year. I don't know if I've ever seen a guy improve so fast, in so few games.

I get being cautious, yet this is sounding like an excuse more than anything. The more he plays the better he gets and the stronger he gets. You won't get Robert Williams ready to play big minutes in the playoffs unless you start ramping up his minutes. You build up conditioning over stretches of games. We've seen that with Embiid over the years a bunch. You just can't flip a switch and go from 15-20 minutes to 20-30 minutes a game. This seems a lot like 2018, Steven's doesn't handle too much talent at a position well. He wants to play everyone and feels he owes certain players minutes.

Could be an excuse but it’s also not one born out of no where.

On a separate note, the playoffs don’t start tomorrow so there is plenty of season left to build minute loads for playoff basketball.

No you missed my point bro. When I said this is what a bad team looks like, I meant this is what hopelessness looks like in the NBA. There's no path for the Rockets, no quick fixes, they're still going to be atrocious for the foreseeable future. We have done more than they have in the recent past and yet our core is still set to make more runs in the future. They have disintegrated. So as we navigate the at times turbulent season with so many pieces still trying to fit together, it's humbling to see other teams dealing with far worse scenarios. I give Danny a lot of shit, wcp and others give Brad a lot of shit, but I think we can all agree that it sure beats the eldritch horror that is being a legit BAD NBA team.

I don't get that point, they are tanking and starting a rebuild. They punted Cousins, they punted Tucker. Gordon, Woods and Wall are injured. I don't get why they have anything to do with the Celtics, we aren't rebuilding and tanking. I'd say if you need to look at a team like the Rockets to feel good about the Celtics that's not a good thing.

Sure they have been great for many years, yet they also deserve most of what they are getting this year. The fire them crap is too much, yet everything else is what they deserve. Danny messed up and Steven's hasn't been great. That's what you get when the bar is set so high and the team isn't playing well.

Outside of fire them, they deserve it. I fully believe that. I think the loyal die-hard boston fans should be mad.

Recent example look at Kemba Walker for Rozier, messing up the Hayward trade that was Turner, Mcdermott and a first round pick, trading 30th pick to save 5 million costing you Bane, signing Thompson over better wing players, signing Teague while letting Wanamaker go. The Grant Williams pick instead of Clarke.

 He could have Turner, Clarke, Bane and a first round pick right now. Now imagine signing say Jae Crowder, bring back Wanamaker. I trust Danny overall, yet wow those were easy crazy obvious moves. That's a better offensive and defensive team, that checks almost every need.

I could see that if they make another deal. Kinda force Steven's hand and free up money next year to pay Theis. Then again I would have helping that team!

umass has usurped my role as #1 Dario Saric supporter, but I've been banging on that drum from what feels like forever. Saric would make SO MUCH SENSE on this team it's actually stupid he's somehow not in Boston already. Just go get him Danny.

And Brandon Clarke was drafted before Grant umass. And you can't say Grant has been useless, I mean look at some of the dudes drafted before Grant. Chuma Okeke, Goga Bitadze, Manu Jiboia, Sekou Doumbouya, Luka Seferovic... I actually made some of those names up but I bet you can't figure out which unless you google them.

I did forget that! Well, Grant wasn't a bad pick considering where he went. He did have that block against the Raps. Tough to get upset about any pick in the 20s not turning out to be Brandon Clarke. For the record, I wouldn't have taken alligator arms Clarke either. He was far from a sure thing.

That deal makes sense for both teams considering personnel, but it's tricky because it depends on whether or not TT wants to go to the Suns. You can't trade him somewhere he doesn't want to be unless you plan on never signing a Klutch client ever again. But yeah, that trade would be AMAZING. You could even run a 2 big line-up with Saric and Timelord/Theis if you want. It gives us so much flexibility.

LOL at Grant getting as much playing time as Rob tonight