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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 8, 2024 16:24:46 GMT -5
With FIBA rules and competition at an all-time high, we are watching the best Olympic basketball ever and maybe the best dream team ever. Serbia has maybe the best player in the world and only lost to US twice.
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Post by philarhody on Aug 8, 2024 17:55:56 GMT -5
Despite the frustration of the Jayson Tatum saga, Celtics fans have to be encouraged by Joel Embiid’s complete lack of conditioning and defense in the Olympics.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 9, 2024 10:30:28 GMT -5
I find it amazing people like Barkley are just now saying crap like Embiid isn’t in shape, he's never been in shape all the way back to 2018.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 9, 2024 12:00:55 GMT -5
So...thoughts on John Henry considering buying the Celtics? Article on WEEI.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 9, 2024 12:34:29 GMT -5
So...thoughts on John Henry considering buying the Celtics? Article on WEEI. Not great, but I also feel like the team promised Cora they're spending this off-season and if that's true I think a lot of angst will subside with this acquisition. I just hope they don't look at the roster and think, "D White is only good for 1-2 extra NBA regular season games so we can offload the contract and get more value elsewhere". Fans love this core even if it's expensive.
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Post by pedromartinez1999 on Aug 9, 2024 13:21:00 GMT -5
So...thoughts on John Henry considering buying the Celtics? Article on WEEI. I would give up my season tickets !!! I already did it with Red Sox after Mookie Betts left
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 9, 2024 13:34:48 GMT -5
Only way John Henry buying Celtics makes sense, is if he brings in an investor with crazy deep pockets. Someone that might not get approved as sole owner, yet wants in badly so he'll throw around crazy cash. Otherwise I can't think of a worst idea given the Red Sox lately wanting to act more like Tampa than Yankees.
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Post by shagworthy on Aug 9, 2024 14:48:45 GMT -5
So...thoughts on John Henry considering buying the Celtics? Article on WEEI. Not really an exciting thought. Henry views his teams as Portfolio items, and he's not a fan like Cohen, or Cuban was when he bought the Mav's. Cuban would be an amazing owner of the C's because of his energy and enthusiasm for the sport and the community. If JH becomes the owner of the C's and he thinks Boston fans hate him now.... If he somehow f's up that team like he did the Red Sox after 18, they will burn his effigy outside the garden while sporting pitchforks.
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Post by shagworthy on Aug 9, 2024 14:54:20 GMT -5
I find it amazing people like Barkley are just now saying crap like Embiid isn’t in shape, he's never been in shape all the way back to 2018. Embiid has always gotten far too much praise and not enough scrutiny. Everyone in that organization and the league is afraid to call him out, and his apologists are numerous. Even now the media is acting like geriatric Chris Paul is somehow going to push that team over the brink.
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Post by philarhody on Aug 9, 2024 20:58:27 GMT -5
I find it amazing people like Barkley are just now saying crap like Embiid isn’t in shape, he's never been in shape all the way back to 2018. He’s never been in shape. But Embiid’s defense in a 40 minute Olympic game yesterday was some of the worst I’ve ever see from him. He’s gotten worse.
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Post by philarhody on Aug 9, 2024 21:03:38 GMT -5
So...thoughts on John Henry considering buying the Celtics? Article on WEEI. That’s really horrible news. The Celtics will begin paying half a billion dollars a year in player salaries and tax starting in 2025. TD Garden has less than half the seats and half the games of Fenway, but the Celtics will have over twice the salary of the Red Sox. Oh yeah, and they don’t own their stadium. Sheesh, John Henry, take your cheap butt somewhere else please.
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Post by Don Caballero on Aug 9, 2024 21:44:52 GMT -5
So...thoughts on John Henry considering buying the Celtics? Article on WEEI. HELL no. HELL no. Keep Henry the f*ck away from the Celtics.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 10, 2024 11:18:44 GMT -5
I find it amazing people like Barkley are just now saying crap like Embiid isn’t in shape, he's never been in shape all the way back to 2018. He’s never been in shape. But Embiid’s defense in a 40 minute Olympic game yesterday was some of the worst I’ve ever see from him. He’s gotten worse. Not surprising, he looks at this like it's the off-season and a vacation! What else would you expect from a guy who can't get in shape for the playoffs? While this is likely the most talented Olympic group in the history of Olympic basketball. Other teams are treating this like the playoffs and have been going 100% for months getting ready. Kerr has multiple great options in Bam and Davis.
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Post by mobaz on Aug 10, 2024 16:15:46 GMT -5
Curry giving me PTSD. Whew!
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Post by capesox on Aug 10, 2024 18:05:45 GMT -5
USA wins gold but they had a tough time getting it. They need to change up how to construct a roster. Too many stars, not enough roll player types, Tatum being the #1 victim of this. People keep asking who is going to be the next face of the NBA. I think Wembanyama is the most likely, he has ability that we have never seen. France could be even money to win Gold in 28. The Tatum controversy has to have some story behind it. I wonder if his shooting slump was a part of it, or did he come in a little too full of himself and Kerr didn't like his hustle in practices and preseason games. It also could be he was a victim of his demeanor. Few guys on that team would have taken getting so few minutes as well as Tatum did Some would have been a big problem with their egos. We may never know the truth, but it's interesting
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Post by cdj on Aug 10, 2024 21:33:08 GMT -5
It could also be that Kerr is an idiot who just happens world class coattail rider
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Aug 11, 2024 12:44:54 GMT -5
I really don't get the Tatum crap, he's in a weird place of growth development. His best trait during the playoffs was his helping set up teammates. That's not needed on a super team with LeBron, one of the best players ever. He's not the knockdown 3 point shooter from 4 years ago because he's taking so many harder to make 3 point shots. He's a great player and it's just a bump in the road in his career arch, but with the crazy talent on that team I really don't understand the crap people are saying.
So yes it was 100% his shooting and taking crazy hard shots that he's not yet able to make consistently at the level a player like him should and will in the near future.
Also some of the worst D of Tatums entire career was him playing Doncic in the finals.
2028 he'll be a force, also 2032 and 2036 when he breaks Durants record 5th gold medal.
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Post by ianrs on Aug 11, 2024 23:46:09 GMT -5
Tatum plays the same position (point forward) as LeBron, and KD was the backup lol not too surprising to me. Will be fine
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 19, 2024 8:35:36 GMT -5
Yabu signed with Philly
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Post by mobaz on Aug 19, 2024 9:08:01 GMT -5
I'm sad he keeps making me have to root against him.
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Post by bishop on Aug 22, 2024 15:50:15 GMT -5
Tatum plays the same position (point forward) as LeBron, and KD was the backup lol not too surprising to me. Will be fine Agreed the discourse was ridiculous, but also I just don't think Kerr's a good rotations coach. If I had that roster I'd build mine around always having 2/3 of LeBron/KD/Tatum on alongside Steph, an on ball defender, and one big. Yes you'd want Tatum to buy in to a smaller offensive role, but his defense and rebounding are incredibly valuable and I don't think he has the ego he'd have trouble doing that. Even Devin Booker bought into a much different role than he gets to star in on Phoenix, didn't seem like Tatum was given that chance because they were catering to the bigs too much. I like Bam Adebayo well enough but if I'm looking for a 4 alongside AD or Embiid I'll take LeBron or Tatum over Bam in a heartbeat. But it also wasn't a balanced roster once Kawhi was pushed out and JB wasn't brought in, there was no 4th wing since all the SG's were more combo guards than big enough for the 3.
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Post by capesox on Aug 22, 2024 18:24:10 GMT -5
Tatum plays the same position (point forward) as LeBron, and KD was the backup lol not too surprising to me. Will be fine Agreed the discourse was ridiculous, but also I just don't think Kerr's a good rotations coach. If I had that roster I'd build mine around always having 2/3 of LeBron/KD/Tatum on alongside Steph, an on ball defender, and one big. Yes you'd want Tatum to buy in to a smaller offensive role, but his defense and rebounding are incredibly valuable and I don't think he has the ego he'd have trouble doing that. Even Devin Booker bought into a much different role than he gets to star in on Phoenix, didn't seem like Tatum was given that chance because they were catering to the bigs too much. I like Bam Adebayo well enough but if I'm looking for a 4 alongside AD or Embiid I'll take LeBron or Tatum over Bam in a heartbeat. But it also wasn't a balanced roster once Kawhi was pushed out and JB wasn't brought in, there was no 4th wing since all the SG's were more combo guards than big enough for the 3. It was all strange to me. Like you indicated, Tatum could have easily gotten some of the minutes that Bam or Booker got but he didn't. It just wasn't all Lebron and KD being in front of him (which you could also say both are past their prime and Tatum was the 1st team all-NBA too, they weren't). That's why I said something else must be going on in this situation. It just doesn't make sense at all.
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Post by rjp313jr on Aug 23, 2024 6:05:11 GMT -5
Under the radar but Tyus Jones ended up on a 1 year minimum contract for the Suns. If the new CBA is going to give “contenders” deals like that then I feel better about the Celtics filling out future rosters.
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Post by greenmonster on Aug 26, 2024 10:18:23 GMT -5
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Post by capesox on Aug 26, 2024 13:20:32 GMT -5
That would be crazy. Wouldn't have to worry about being over the cap for a few years then. 100 million here or there is pocket change to this guy. Just might have to have an Amazon account to watch them in the future. Got Prime already anyway.
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