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Post by telluricrook on Mar 31, 2017 0:25:31 GMT -5
Any late round fantasy baseball sleepers?
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 30, 2017 22:08:35 GMT -5
The Cavaliers look terrible!
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 30, 2017 21:55:41 GMT -5
Put the game on TNT and see how Nurkic would be the perfect guy for this team!
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 30, 2017 13:59:08 GMT -5
You need to stop constantly putting words in people's mouth - I basically tune Tommy out every night because his constant complaining. I don't think there's an anti-Boston agenda or anything, but the lack of star power makes the Celtics more susceptible to bad calls down the stretch. (That flagrant on Smart doesn't get called against a team with LeBron or Durant on it.) Meanwhile, there was a play a few weeks back when Dwight wrapped Isaiah around the neck that was deemed a regular foul. The technicals and flagrants are a league-wide issue, but it feels like the Celtics are consistently on the wrong side of the questionable calls. And that call against Butler was inexcusably bad for two reasons: 1. The official waited to see if the shot went in before making the call, which is maybe my biggest officiating pet peeve. You can follow his eyes the whole time on some of the slow-mo closeups. The whistle doesn't take place till after the ball clanked away. 2. Butler doesn't even react slightly looking for a foul ... which is extremely telling considering how often players (especially stars) whine after every "foul." Those taps on the elbows hardly ever get called, nevermind in the closing seconds. We wouldn't have been talking about it if it happened to Isaiah because, well, no one would've noticed such a tiny tap. It was also comical when the league said the refs got every call and nocall right in their Two Minute Report following the Bulls game. It was pure propaganda on their part at the expense of the Celtics. Contrast that with the report after the Warriors-Cavs game on Christmas, well the league basically apologized to Kevin Durant and GS for some of the blown calls. Dont forget that game had the most money played on in the NBA this season. Bulls were a +1 and a pickem around game time!
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 30, 2017 13:30:41 GMT -5
This post confused me from the start. Are Stevens lineups bad or does he not have the right players to rotate? Also, this team was just in first in the East and you're complaining they don't want to go deep in the playoffs... what players were clearly available to us and for what cost? You don't know who they could have gotten... other teams are involved and may be better fits or have players the other team wanted more. Not to mention when adding a guy late in the season it's not easy to work him into your squad. The NBA basically has very little practice time during the season and even less later in the year. On a team like the Celtics where everyone working as one unit is so vitally important adding a guy is even harder. For a team like Cleveland that has a simple system and 3 stud scorers it's a lot easier. Point being, whatever small upgrade player A brings in has to be weighed against the disruption of adding said player. Also, in the playoffs when we go to say an 8 man rotation with the starting 5 and Smart-Brown and KO coming in off the bench mostly then who's minutes does the acquisition take? Would you rather Brown lose playoff developmental minutes so we might be able to win a couple extra games? I'd rather see if Brown can step up in the playoffs. Or is KO not that good? We have a team that's not far removed from stripping itself down and starting its rebuild and they are in contention for the 1 seed in the East. They also have good young players and 2 more high lottery picks coming this year and next. Plus some cap space this year to work with. Don't get so pissed off that they didn't add some bench rotation piece to a team we aren't even sure would benefit much from it. Nurkic is a guy that should be getting most of Amir Johnsons and all of Jerebkos and Zellers minutes. I dont care about those misleading net rating stats that Amir has. He just plays in the starting lineup for a shorter amount of time and still enough to qualify. I dont care what they would have given up! They should have traded for him. He is a beast, The Nuggets just chose Jokic over him and he was pissed and now we all know why, already making a huge difference in Portland he won player of the week and more to come.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 30, 2017 13:22:51 GMT -5
I have questioned his rotations all season long! Its pretty sad that Danny Ainge and the front office dont want to try to make a run or go deep with this team! There clearly were plenty of options available at the trade deadline or even before that to put this team in position to get to the finals. Our bigs might have size but they dont play big. Im sick and tired of watching Horford, Johnson, Olynyk get plowed under the basket by everyone all night. This post confused me from the start. Are Stevens lineups bad or does he not have the right players to rotate? Also, this team was just in first in the East and you're complaining they don't want to go deep in the playoffs... what players were clearly available to us and for what cost? You don't know who they could have gotten... other teams are involved and may be better fits or have players the other team wanted more. Not to mention when adding a guy late in the season it's not easy to work him into your squad. The NBA basically has very little practice time during the season and even less later in the year. On a team like the Celtics where everyone working as one unit is so vitally important adding a guy is even harder. For a team like Cleveland that has a simple system and 3 stud scorers it's a lot easier. Point being, whatever small upgrade player A brings in has to be weighed against the disruption of adding said player. Also, in the playoffs when we go to say an 8 man rotation with the starting 5 and Smart-Brown and KO coming in off the bench mostly then who's minutes does the acquisition take? Would you rather Brown lose playoff developmental minutes so we might be able to win a couple extra games? I'd rather see if Brown can step up in the playoffs. Or is KO not that good? We have a team that's not far removed from stripping itself down and starting its rebuild and they are in contention for the 1 seed in the East. They also have good young players and 2 more high lottery picks coming this year and next. Plus some cap space this year to work with. Don't get so pissed off that they didn't add some bench rotation piece to a team we aren't even sure would benefit much from it. Nurkic is a guy that should be getting most of Amir Johnsons and all of Jerebkos and Zellers minutes. I dont care about those misleading net rating stats that Amir has. He just plays in the starting lineup for a shorter amount of time and still enough to qualify.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 30, 2017 0:28:58 GMT -5
Horford had a terrible giveaway with 2 minutes left in the 4th that lead to a bucket!
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 30, 2017 0:26:35 GMT -5
Terrible lineup experiments and waiting two possessions too long to call a timeout=the Stevens Special Not sure it's possible to have a worse coaching performance than Stevens tonight. The horrendous lineups, the poor use of timeouts, not extending the game at the end - just horrendous. It was also comical seeing Monroe get away with dragging his pivot foot 9 feet at the end there, but the next call the Celtics get in crunch time will be the first one. I have questioned his rotations all season long! Its pretty sad that Danny Ainge and the front office dont want to try to make a run or go deep with this team! There clearly were plenty of options available at the trade deadline or even before that to put this team in position to get to the finals. Our bigs might have size but they dont play big. Im sick and tired of watching Horford, Johnson, Olynyk get plowed under the basket by everyone all night.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 28, 2017 11:15:50 GMT -5
I really like Josh Jackson but i realized that he has had a few incidents off the court! And he really didnt seem to care much in that loss to Oregon! When he was walking down the court after a whistle with a minute left he was joking around with Tyler Dorsey of Oregon he even made him laugh!I think he said " Who cares! im going to the NBA"!
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 27, 2017 13:38:03 GMT -5
He doesnt have any wrist action! I think he holds his hands high and just pushes the ball forward!
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 26, 2017 22:59:22 GMT -5
That was discussed in my post above. Realistically, his replacement wouldn't be a 0.0 WAR player. Got to 88 wins by assuming 1.5 (above replacement level, below average). We currently have no OF in system that would be on track to be 1.5 WAR players when Bradley leaves. We are also going to be having limited money with all the free agents we have. Thats why you wouldn't resign Bradley. So while 1.5 WAR isn't crazy by any means, it's not close to a sure thing. Per Fangraphs only something like 55 OF had a WAR equal or above 1.5 last year. You could do a platoon, but that carries it own risks of relying on two players to perform. Young players and cheap Vets could just as easily give you a negative WAR as they could give you 1.5 WAR. Think if we get the Mitch Moreland types that play OF. Nevermind the effect on players like Betts and Benintendi if you can't get a CF and need to move them to CF. This type of scenario where our playoff hopes rest on a young player developing or a Vet out playing his contract is exactly why we should make the type of trade I suggested in the first place. It gives you a bigger margin of error. Why the hell even play baseball? Just crown the team with the most projected WAR or what ever with the Trophy! This is how ridiculous you guys are! Thats not how to build teams! Why root for the Red Sox when you can just come up these advanced stats when by your way of thinking the results should be determined pre game?
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 25, 2017 22:31:18 GMT -5
Tommy Heinsohn on Kelly Olynyk "He comes into the league with more skills than Nowitzki"!
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 25, 2017 12:55:45 GMT -5
I Blame Dombrowski for the activity on the Celtics, Patriots and Bruins threads lol. Thats what happens when he erases the farm for MLB players.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 25, 2017 10:44:19 GMT -5
Bradley might be the most underpaid players if you ignore when his contract was sign but he's not underrated. He's also likely to get overpaid making him overpaid not overrated. What do they end up doing with Bradley, you think? 1 more year with him and Isaiah on the books. They should try to trade Bradley, Thomas and a Brooklyn pick for Devin Booker!
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 25, 2017 10:39:09 GMT -5
I think KO is the most underrated player on our team and it would be a blow if he left. I don't think he's worth 13 million, more like 10 million. We'll have to see how it plays out. He is the most underrated because everyone thinks he sucks! And he doesnt suck but he is very dissapointing. Thats why its possible for him to to be underrated. 90% of the time he does 90 % of whats required for him to to on a play and then when its time to complete the play he makes the wrong decision. Wether its him about to take a good shot and then he hesitates with a couple pump fakes or with a pass! When he gets a rebound he takes like 5 seconds to decide who the hell he is going to pass the ball to. Its so frustrating watching him play because you can see him about to make the right play and then he hesitates like nobody I have ever seen before.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 19, 2017 18:12:32 GMT -5
They should draft Josh Jackson!
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 15, 2017 23:50:01 GMT -5
Big W tonight considering Washington's surprising loss to the Mavs. Only complaint - Jerebko isn't nearly good enough to get the minutes he does on this team. Yup, Another hook shot that didnt hit the rim.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 15, 2017 13:55:40 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure we're all aware of the variables and, as I guessed (and WCP confirmed) the phrase "as of now" was intended to address the possibility that those could change. It's gotten to the point where you have to be SO careful with how you word things bc people are just looking for ways to tell each other "you're wrong". Guess I'm just getting too old for that style of sports talk. My point is that none of those variables are anywhere near settled. The Celtics currently have one guard on a guaranteed contract for the 2018/19 season, and it's Demetrius Jackson. Bradley and Thomas will be unrestricted free agents that offseason, Smart will be a restricted free agent, and Rozier has his four year rookie option. I'm not sure why re-signing Bradley is meaningfully less likely than re-signing Thomas or Smart. Frankly, I'd probably rather re-sign Bradley to a $20-25M AAV contract at age 27 than re-sign Isiah Thomas to the max (~$34M in year one, I think) at age 29. I cant find an article or a tweet that i have seen within the last month. But I swear I have seen something written by a basketball person that Avery Bradley is not likely to get a Max Contract in free agency.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 14, 2017 17:56:28 GMT -5
Are you serious? There are so many "Max guys" in the NBA that doesnt mean they are a star. If thats what you mean they wont get a star in free agency. Players like Griffin and Hayward are stars in this league. I think your confusing super stars like LeBron, with stars. Serious about what?? That stars win in this league? idk. But what i meant is that max contrcts are handed out to players that arent stars. Like Whiteside, Adams, Gobert, Conley( who i believe is the highest paid player in nba history with his $155 million contract) , Chandler parsons, Nicolas Batum, Ryan Anderson and maybe even Al Horford
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 14, 2017 14:18:33 GMT -5
Ok? So many great contracts and still unable to win a series in 5 years! So what's your point? Yes they have a bunch of great contracts like Bradley, Crowder, and Thomas. Stars win in this league. Those contracts allowed us to get Horford last year and allow us to add another max guy this year. Are you serious? There are so many "Max guys" in the NBA that doesnt mean they are a star. If thats what you mean they wont get a star in free agency.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 14, 2017 12:32:33 GMT -5
How about the 2018 NBA draft prospects? Thoughts on that anyone?
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 14, 2017 12:20:21 GMT -5
I would try to trade next years pick to make sure I can get Lauri Markannen. Or somehow try to get in the middle of the first round and get Giles. Maybe one of the guards,Smart,Bradley, Rozier and the 2018 non brooklyn pick and future first rounders to the Nuggets for their pick.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 14, 2017 12:14:17 GMT -5
Jaylen Brown is leading the Celtics in 3pt shooting since the All-Star break, hitting 46.7% of his attempts. Up to 35.4% for the season. Ik and 4 or 5 of of his misses were ones that he forced up because he got the ball with just a couple seconds on the clock. Not his fault.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 14, 2017 12:10:14 GMT -5
I would temper those expectations a bit, but it's plausible that he ends up a regular in the rotation at some point next season. I actually think it's more likely than not that Zizic, Yabusele, and Nader all end up on the roster. Id do that. Amir Johnson, Tyler Zeller and Jerebko gone and those guys ^^^ to replace them. I Believe with those guys gone its around $ 25 million total off the books.
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Post by telluricrook on Mar 14, 2017 12:04:41 GMT -5
This is an entertaining team the past 2.5 years that is made up of many good players. Maybe it can be kind of the 2013 Red Sox and get to the championship but we all are looking to the future with a couple of these pieces and the draft picks. Kind of like when the Sox had all those vets but we all were looking forward to all the prospects that helped the Red Sox win the Division last season.
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