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Post by umassgrad2005 on Mar 31, 2021 18:26:39 GMT -5
Per reports were just under a million under, so you can afford a pro-rated veteran minimum contract. They didn't chase Drummond's because they couldn't sign him. The question with Cousins is can you get closer to the GSW version than what he did in limited games this year? I take that gamble, he'd be a great fit to finish out his career here. The way this teams playing though isn't making it easy to attract players currently. Porter Jr. Again if you can get him, yes you make that move. Bradley, I'd make that move given he knows the systems and should get up to speed quickly. Yet I can see where maybe Danny doesn't want to give Steven's too many options where crap happens. Is Kornet worth keeping? Well which Kornet are we getting? He's been a crazy streaky shooter from deep for eight years now. The homer version is that he was rather good for three years, the Bulls didn't use him correctly, so yeah we should keep him. For Cousins you dump Wagner or Kornet, I don't really care because neither will have a big role. Porter Jr. You could look at cutting Semi because we'd play small ball a lot more with him. I'd expect a 50-50 mix at SF and PF. Gives you another guy besides just Tatum to play at PF and go small. Bradley, this get's hard and why he's last on my list. My prediction is they don't make a move because they can't get these guys given our record. I'll give Danny big props if he can pull off a decent add on. I thought the luxury tax / salary cap doesn’t work off of prorated salaries. It doesn't for trades, it does for free agent signings made after the start of the year. |
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Post by swingingbunt on Mar 31, 2021 19:43:07 GMT -5
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Post by ianrs on Mar 31, 2021 20:02:25 GMT -5
This season has been excruciating.
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Post by Don Caballero on Mar 31, 2021 20:46:38 GMT -5
MOVE THE FUCKING BALL, STOP BRICKING 3s. You know, Belichick would never allow this. He would storm the court and flat out murder Kemba Walker right now.
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Post by wcp3 on Mar 31, 2021 20:53:22 GMT -5
Brad shouldn’t be on the hot seat, but it should be slightly warm right about now.
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Post by ianrs on Mar 31, 2021 21:16:05 GMT -5
Nice work by the players involving Fournier lol, he gets 6 shots but Smart gets 12...joke
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Post by philarhody on Apr 1, 2021 5:25:41 GMT -5
MOVE THE FUCKING BALL, STOP BRICKING 3s. You know, Belichick would never allow this. He would storm the court and flat out murder Kemba Walker right now. Yeah dude, welcome to the 2021 Celtics season. Brad has treated Robert Williams and Payton Pritchard and Aaron Nesmith (players who have played hard on almost every possession) like they are lepers and allows the Jays and Kemba to play some of the ugliest, me first basketball in the game today. |
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Post by Don Caballero on Apr 1, 2021 12:16:39 GMT -5
Brad shouldn’t be on the hot seat, but it should be slightly warm right about now. I'm not going there for obvious reasons, but a better coach would have benched Kemba for his lazy foul on Doncic, not to mention that asinine stepback 3s he was taking. I tend to be very lenient with Brad because I think this roster just isn't there yet, however at one point he needs to go super saiyan and tell fools to stop launching stupid shots or else. That shit wouldn't fly with The Hood, Bill would have benched Smart so hard right now my bro wouldn't probably even be allowed in the arena. |
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Post by wcp3 on Apr 1, 2021 18:41:41 GMT -5
Brad shouldn’t be on the hot seat, but it should be slightly warm right about now. I'm not going there for obvious reasons, but a better coach would have benched Kemba for his lazy foul on Doncic, not to mention that asinine stepback 3s he was taking. I tend to be very lenient with Brad because I think this roster just isn't there yet, however at one point he needs to go super saiyan and tell fools to stop launching stupid shots or else. That shit wouldn't fly with The Hood, Bill would have benched Smart so hard right now my bro wouldn't probably even be allowed in the arena. Yup, he has one of the craziest double standards I’ve ever seen when it comes to young players versus stars. Obviously the veterans and star players should have more leeway than young guys who you’re trying to develop, but it’s completely out of whack right now. The poor ball movement and bad shot selection can largely be attributed to the types of shots Tatum, Kemba, Smart, and even Jaylen take without any repercussions. (I also think it explains why Stevens’ less talented teams always overachieve - the entire roster was held to the same standards. But his more talented rosters have underachieved two of the past three years.) |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Apr 1, 2021 18:42:59 GMT -5
No one should have an issue with Brown playing team ball, his numbers are what you want.
Given you can't play great D 48 minutes like in the playoffs, I would start Fournier and sit Walker/Smart. They just can't get large amounts of assisted buckets. Fournier is like Brown, he gets a lot of assisted Buckets. The problem is Tatum, Walker and Smart in that order.
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Post by rjw on Apr 1, 2021 20:25:45 GMT -5
Speaking of Tatum, do they keep track of offensive fouls by quarter? I swear he has to be among the league leaders in Offensive Fouls/Turnovers in the 4th quarter.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 1, 2021 21:18:20 GMT -5
I don’t think it's likely but with UNC job open now if Brad did want to go back to college there's likely not a better job than that one open for at least a few years. I think they'll at least give him a call anyway.
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Post by philarhody on Apr 2, 2021 18:03:04 GMT -5
I don’t think it's likely but with UNC job open now if Brad did want to go back to college there's likely not a better job than that one open for at least a few years. I think they'll at least give him a call anyway. He should take it. I don’t think he’s cut out for this. Getting the most of out of young, unproven players is clearly his forte. Gaining the respect of stars? Not so much |
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 2, 2021 18:27:39 GMT -5
I don’t think it's likely but with UNC job open now if Brad did want to go back to college there's likely not a better job than that one open for at least a few years. I think they'll at least give him a call anyway. He should take it. I don’t think he’s cut out for this. Getting the most of out of young, unproven players is clearly his forte. Gaining the respect of stars? Not so much I'm a unc fan and I'd be all for stevens taking that job. I think he'd be the best possible hire outside of Mark few, Jay Wright or Tony Bennet but I don't see few and Wright leaving their spots and Bennet may prefer to stay. It'll be interesting, I know there were rumors stevens was thinking of going back to college for Indiana job. I know he's from Indiana but I'd have to imagine he'd be more interested in unc since Indiana is a struggling program and has been for 10+ years now. |
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Post by wcp3 on Apr 2, 2021 20:23:42 GMT -5
Rob Williams is so good.
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Post by cdj on Apr 2, 2021 22:11:29 GMT -5
DimeLord is amazing
Ball moved tonight. Use DimeLord like they used Horford. He’s not gonna provide the spacing Horford did but the guy is a GREAT passer and you can run the offense through him at the top of the key
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Post by philarhody on Apr 2, 2021 22:47:34 GMT -5
DimeLord is amazing Ball moved tonight. Use DimeLord like they used Horford. He’s not gonna provide the spacing Horford did but the guy is a GREAT passer and you can run the offense through him at the top of the key Yeah. Amazing that the ball moved even though the Jays shot the ball 37 times and only had 2 assists. They shot the ball 37 times and had two assists. They shot the ball 37 times and had two assists. |
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Post by philarhody on Apr 2, 2021 22:51:46 GMT -5
Could TimeLord be as good as Bam Adebayo? He’s a bit more disruptive on defense, although he is far less disciplined.
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Post by cdj on Apr 2, 2021 23:24:00 GMT -5
DimeLord is amazing Ball moved tonight. Use DimeLord like they used Horford. He’s not gonna provide the spacing Horford did but the guy is a GREAT passer and you can run the offense through him at the top of the key Yeah. Amazing that the ball moved even though the Jays shot the ball 37 times and only had 2 assists. They shot the ball 37 times and had two assists. They shot the ball 37 times and had two assists. They were the guys finishing off the plays, I’m fine if that’s how they want to play. They’re probably better off doing that than relying on them to be the playmakers Overall the Jay’s were efficient scorers and cleaned up the glass. I don’t really care about their assist totals when the rest of the team has 33 Kemba and Smart played exactly how they need to play imo There was a play in the first half that ended with a Tatum 3 where they probably made two too many passes. I LOVED seeing that |
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Post by ianrs on Apr 3, 2021 2:21:52 GMT -5
I swear to God please don't trade Rob Williams he's just too fun to watch and such a unique player
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Post by wcp3 on Apr 3, 2021 7:35:15 GMT -5
Marcus had more assists than shots last night, which should be the norm for him.
I’m sure he’ll jack up 18 shots next game, but who knows - maybe something will click for him after last night.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Apr 3, 2021 9:03:46 GMT -5
DimeLord is amazing Ball moved tonight. Use DimeLord like they used Horford. He’s not gonna provide the spacing Horford did but the guy is a GREAT passer and you can run the offense through him at the top of the key Yeah. Amazing that the ball moved even though the Jays shot the ball 37 times and only had 2 assists. They shot the ball 37 times and had two assists. They shot the ball 37 times and had two assists. So your issue is them not creating for others? We already tried that this year when Smart went down. Their assist numbers went up, yet it started this whole mess. They aren't ready to be superstar players. We should want them playing team ball, which means scoring within the offense, not playing iso. That's measured by amount of their baskets that are assisted. To play good team basketball you don't need everyone creating, just look at the 2018 playoffs. I'd say last game was one of the better games we've seen this year in regards to team ball and exactly what you want to see going forward. Tatum, Brown and Fournier scoring, Walker and Smart creating along with Robert Williams. That's putting players in the right roles and Fournier allows you to do that. |
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Post by rjp313jr on Apr 3, 2021 12:10:14 GMT -5
Tatum was the guy who made the pass before the assist last night quite a bit.
Also, Rob Williams doesn’t open space the same way Horford did but he opens space on pick and rolls from his rolling ability. Also his ability to get behind the defense combined with his ability to pass screws up defenses because once the ball is over the top everyone has to turn around and face the other way which opens movement opportunities for the rest of the team. So it’s not the way we think of space in 2021 but it’s a different way to create it.
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Post by rjp313jr on Apr 3, 2021 12:13:13 GMT -5
Marcus had more assists than shots last night, which should be the norm for him. I’m sure he’ll jack up 18 shots next game, but who knows - maybe something will click for him after last night. I may be overly optimistic but when you have guys like Williams and Fournier to go along with Tatum, Brown and Walker, i think it’s going to be easier for Smart to be more distributor as he won’t feel the need to try and make someThing happen. When you are sharing the floor with guys like Teague, Grant, Semi and Thompson - Smart needs to try and force some offense. |
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Apr 4, 2021 1:08:56 GMT -5
Marcus had more assists than shots last night, which should be the norm for him. I’m sure he’ll jack up 18 shots next game, but who knows - maybe something will click for him after last night. I may be overly optimistic but when you have guys like Williams and Fournier to go along with Tatum, Brown and Walker, i think it’s going to be easier for Smart to be more distributor as he won’t feel the need to try and make someThing happen. When you are sharing the floor with guys like Teague, Grant, Semi and Thompson - Smart needs to try and force some offense. I'd agree overall, yet with some classic Marcus Smart games mixed in. You can see the trend in his play, what they are trying to get him to be. It's like this constant battle of Smart the PG vs Smart the SG. He wants to be the SG, it's in his blood, it's how he's wired, it's his natural game. Yet his best value is Smart the passer, maybe someday that will become his natural game. This team needs Smart the passer. |
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