2020-2021 Celtics Season

It makes no sense whatsoever, and it’s putting the Celtics at a disadvantage. Coaching malpractice.

Please, please take over as coach of the Celtics. It's obvious that you know so much more about coaching than Stevens. As you so correctly imply, he is the embodiment of the Peter Principle. If you had been coach, we would have several more championships. I'll do whatever I can to support your pursuit and return us to the throne. Just let me know.

Yours,

Sarasoxer

Absolutely got it...point taken. But perhaps you misunderstood. I know that you are, at base, a diehard Celtic fan who lives and dies each game and maybe possession by possession. Some might think that you are a bit negative, but I am on your train. If the Cs are to improve, they need consistent, critical, quality, expert analysis of the kind that you offer rather than the usual fanboy pablum. I honestly think that you are onto something. Is there any way that you can connect with Celtic management to get broader exposure?

Come on, give Danny his due.

Yeah. Tatum has never been great going to the hoop regardless of his height...He is smooth but not a leaper or a good finisher....3 pointers and fade away jumpers are the niche. His handle has always been a bit suspect. He doesn't have Brown's quick twitch and explosiveness IMO. I honestly feel that Brown has more upside and can score in a greater variety of ways. I also think that Brown has become better than Tatum defensively.

Shouldn't it be obvious to a professional team that some nights certain players are on and some nights they're off?  Tonight, Smart's shooting is literally missing, 100%.  Air ball 3s, all his shots just way offline generally except one or two 5 footers.  

WHY is he taking crunch time shots?  WHY?!?

I’ve never seen somebody bitch so much about a coach that’s been to a conference final every time he hasn’t had a cancer in the locker room the last 4 years




Tiresome tbh.


Grant plays a different position than TimeLord then TimeLord got injured. Also Grant played pretty well tonight and was playing good defense in the second half against I believe Jerami Grant whenever I saw him (who was eating the Celtics up in the earlier portions of the game)

Tatum needs to be more efficient. Theis needs to shape up or get out of the rotation. If TimeLord is hurt then he won’t be going anywhere but maybe Brad will just go with one of them off the bench since he doesn’t have center depth on the bench anymore


Also as an aside Jerami Grant gambled on himself being able to handle a bigger role and boy was he right
. Didn’t see the scoring happening like it currently is for him

Bad game, bad loss. Happens over the course of an NBA season. Don’t make it a regularity.

0 depth, 0 margin for error.

I know Stevens likes to experiment with lineups against crappy teams, but come on. Play lineups that actually have a chance ever playing together in the playoffs, wtf. And so our guys can rest closer to playoffs.

This two big crap is absolutely putrid and a failure in roster building as much as a failure in coaching. Its not surprising our rotations are crap when we replaced Kemba with.... Another center in the lineup?

Theis should be traded ASAP, or just alternate resting Theis and Thompson.

This team currently has little depth and Steven's is trying to use our best depth at center to cover for it. Yet that is just making things worse. You can't play two non scoring bigs together in today's NBA. Even then WTF is he not playing Williams with one of them? At least he adds rim running.

Thompson and Theis played 50 minutes, gave you 7 points combined. Tatum and Brown are doing well, they just need help! So yeah this is on Danny and Steven's is just making matters worse because Danny gave him great depth with non scoring centers.

I mean Bane, the guy we had to trade away looks like exactly what we need. Time will tell, yet right now many rookies look better than Nesmith. I loved getting to see him play, yet he looks lost. He didn't even know who to guard on a fast break. So any meaningful help from him is likely much later in the season.

You need Walker and I really wanna see Langford as we could use a guy on the bench to drive to the rim.

Yet till they return play some young guys. Play Green, play Edwards who finally showed some life. I love D, yet if you can't score more than 93 points you won't win many games. Till we get healthy we have to focus on offense, it clearly the big issue.

Tatum’s problem isn’t getting to the rim, it’s finishing there. I don’t quite understand it, he was terrible early last year as well then got way better and then was great in the playoffs. He’s back to not finishing and avoiding contact.

With regards to Brown, he’s a true 3 level scorer now and can create for himself and is starting to create for others. This development is why I feel like talks on trading him is craziness. Brown and Tatum are the future of this league on the wing and you have them both AND they love each other and encourage and thrive off each other. That’s a literal jackpot. They are so freaking good, as feel like they fail when they don’t make a championship run yet no players their age do. It takes time to learn the nuances of the game and consistency . Like running the pick and roll as a ball handler and consistently finishing thru and drawing contact. I hate to get all scientific, but literal brain development doesn’t stop until 25. This is PART of why you get “late developers” and guys “figuring it out” and taking about the game “slowing down”.


Also, regarding Brown... people talk about his D and I think a lot of that is based on rep and how he came into the league, but he’s not consistent on that end. As he becomes more of a scorer he’s likely to pick more spots on that end as well. It’s hard to be fresh in the 4th while playing 35 minutes a night both ways.

He's such a weird finisher because he has those long arms and yet it feels like once he gets to the rim he doesn't fully extend and just kind of YOLO lob it. IT could come back to coach him, now THAT dude could finish everything.