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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 14, 2021 21:43:56 GMT -5
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 14, 2021 12:37:24 GMT -5
Awesome, that's right! Player C is P.J. Tucker Love to see Grant coming into his own as a versatile glue guy and knockdown shooter; exactly what we needed. I have mostly been bullish on Grant considering what he accomplished in college so yeah I am glad to see him develop. Losing some wt has helped as he was never really going to be very valuable trying to play as a big. The most amazing thing to me is how much he improved his 3 point shooting. No way he could legit play center but he has seemingly played good D otherwise especially with weight loss and some lift. I thought that he would be a bust, but now he has made himself serviceable.
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 14, 2021 10:51:43 GMT -5
I like seeing 31 assists. I like the idea of getting 1st rd picks but does DS really get you that for a partial season under contract? I like the idea of playing the young guys as it really doesn't matter what the short term veterans do on a team that isn't going to contend. Is there any chance in h$!! that the team we saw last night could get some traction and start playing like that regularly? No.😊
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 13, 2021 19:38:43 GMT -5
Absolutely! Cs have to make moves for the more distant future. This year is again toast. The future is more than cloudy. Get more picks not less and use them wisely. Bye bye Al, Marcus, Dennis, Josh et al...It didn't work. Thanks to all, but Regroup.
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 13, 2021 11:42:09 GMT -5
IMO the solution is: Never playing 2 big lineups again since apparently Horford's shooting has regressed. Robert Williams playing better, he looks like he has significantly regressed and falling into old bad habits. Getting Jaylen back 100%, which moves Schröder to the bench as the perfect 6th man. Honestly I feel like Horford and Timelord's play have been a big reason behind this slide (after missing Jaylen obviously) that people haven't really acknowledged. All well and good, but does that get you closer to a championship or playoff threat? A 25 year old Al isn't walking thru that door. Schroeder will be gone at year end if not traded. How will the team look next year under those circumstances? 🥶
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 13, 2021 10:54:26 GMT -5
Whelp, let's see how they do tonight with Jaylen back. Fingers crossed they can turn this ship around. I hope that you don't get hand cramps from crossing your fingers.😊 I am not currently an optimist when it comes to the C's. Over the last 100 or so games they are .500. That says something. I'm sure that they could make minor tweaks playing this guy or that at different positions, giving some guys more playing time, some less, different combos, instilling more "we ball"....but at some point we are what we are....not much more than a 50/50 club....talent poor. Having Brown healthy and in the lineup previously hasn't altered our course much to date. Our recent drafts have not been greatly productive. Schroeder goes at year end. Al will be another year older. The Jays may become disgruntled. I think a big personnel shakeup is on the horizon without which longer term mediocrity seems our destiny. I could see Brown, Al, Smart, Schroeder gone by the deadline. The kids may stay because they have only throw in value. I don't want to see us trade more draft picks in a patch effort.
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 11, 2021 12:18:27 GMT -5
Funny to me the link says he "shunned" the Red sox. It's stupid social media it likely means nothing. If anything it's probably a response to last week when some were pointing out how he was only following the Red sox. Guess with the lockout folks are going to try and drum up stories though. The article also says that he has incredible power as a lefty. I thought that he was a right handed hitter exclusively.
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 11, 2021 11:34:06 GMT -5
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 10, 2021 23:22:42 GMT -5
I've been waiting for this....😊
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 10, 2021 23:09:01 GMT -5
Watching the Suns game on Sling. Already Smart drives into a shot blocker, Tatum late on covering a corner 3, and Horford driving into a shot blocker. Only offense from Tatum so far - all 8 points. Suns 5 for 5. Tatum 12 of the Celts 16 at the mid first quarter time out. Nesmith and Lankford first off the bench. and...three turnovers in a row. Our shooting is so ugly at times - Tatum gets all the way to the rim and missed, Smart bricks a short shot, Tatum another miss. But - we are only down 1 after the first quarter. second quarter - missed a chippie, ugly miss from Smart - thankfully Suns aren't shooting well either....and now it is getting ugly - poor D, out of control O. Getting worse - defense slipping, lots of standing around and poor shots on offense, 17-6 outscored with 6 min left in quarter 2. Celtics simply look awful right now. Tatum just clunked two free throws. Second quarter 4 turnovers, 4 baskets with 3 min left. I have an old, rusty blade if you'd like to use it.😊 C's shooting an unfathomable 8% from 3.
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 9, 2021 19:09:30 GMT -5
Disagree with the two takes above. Everyone has to buy in, including Tatum and Smart - and we don't know how much of this is on Ime, really. Playing iso ball, filling up the stat sheet with turnovers - I am not willing to let Tatum off the hook for the results they are getting. I see it as a team effort of underwhelm. Overall, there is a root cause or two leading to this - either the wrong mix of players, or the wrong system for the players, or just occasional indifference by the players. Thank goodness for the Pats, because the Celts and Bruins are providing seasons of mediocrity. How do you think I feel as a long suffering N.Y Giants fan!?😄😵.(It was the only NFL football team broadcast into N.E. when I was growing up. Pats second choice). Cs brought in new players, got a new coach that most seemed excited about, and got a new GM. But same ol, same ol team to date. The team reminds me somewhat of the Pierce and Walker years when it seemed duck and chuck. I agree with you/others and Hate Iso/star ball. One reason I became a young Celtics fan was their fast paced Team Play. A frequently then cited post game stat was how many players were in double figures and how many assists were generated in a given game. Tatum is not Kobe and I don't want him to try. In the 'immortal' Belichick, now hackneyed words, we are what our record says we are. Where do we go from here? There will likely be little help in the draft at 16-20 position. At some point I hope we can give more time to recent draft picks. Let's find out if they can play and let the chips fall. Schroeder won't be around next year so trade him...maybe Marcus?
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 8, 2021 21:35:47 GMT -5
Do you pronounce his name SEE YA!? Because I can't wait for HR calls if so. That is one of Michael Kay's HR calls, isn't it? See ya! Can't you just hear John Sterling call a Suzuki home run "Sayonara"!?
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 6, 2021 11:12:10 GMT -5
The Suzuki sweepstakes could be a good time to incorporate achievable performance related bonuses. Offer him a really strong base deal that will pay him more than what others might be offering based on incentives. That gives a level of protection for both player and team. Shhhhhhh!
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 5, 2021 7:19:20 GMT -5
That technical foul towards the end was the best tech I’ve ever seen, good to see them having fun Great to see a game when Pritchard could have time and success. You have to pull for that scrappy guy. The team has needed rebounding for a few years and Enes is definitely valuable at least from that standpoint. With Al and Timelord seemingly alternating needing rest/recovering, he is filling a gap. I don't watch as closely nor am as analytical as some so I wonder if Enes is also playing better defense which is contributing to more playing time?
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 4, 2021 22:47:23 GMT -5
Celts again looking soft and gutless on second of back to backs. Trade the team and fire the coach. Exhume Red.
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 4, 2021 9:21:21 GMT -5
So you have Bradley starting? If you make Bradley a 4th OF and sign a Renfroe replacement that money certainly matters. That's a really good bullpen arm or many other things. Bradley makes about whst it cost to sign Renfroe and Hernandez last year! It's 9.5 million in cash, 12 million for the luxury tax and an 8 million buyout next year. Yeah that's right, he's on the books for two years. No I don’t think he’ll start, I know the contract terms, and I don’t think it matters. Money is finite but so are roster spots and they don’t have enough to fill that his money is going to prevent them from getting someone they want in the next two years. JBJ would have to hit .225 to start....about his career average. Relatively early on with Boston, he had some wild hot streaks but those seemingly have dwindled in the years since altho that rep still follows him. His rising K rate is concerning.
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Post by sarasoxer on Dec 3, 2021 19:48:36 GMT -5
Alex Binelas reminds me of Travis Shaw Kavadas
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 27, 2021 22:17:19 GMT -5
Bloom is always mining the margins to advantage ala Rays. He did so last year and improved the team greatly. I'm all in favor of his use of his electron microscope to discern favorable player anomalies in baseball's cosmic background radiation.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 25, 2021 10:22:09 GMT -5
Yup I agree with your negative assessments excepting those made when the Cs win. Otherwise the Celtics are soft, don't care, don't know how to win and the coaching is awful. I think that pretty much summarizes things. Unless radical change is made, and it may be, I guess I'll just slit my throat. I’ve been saying for the past two off seasons they needed to traded Jaylen Brown. This past offseason I suggested trading Scottie Barnes (2nd pick) and Christian Wood for Brown and you’d think I had suggested trading a 24 year old Larry Bird. Ime is atrocious, he is allowing these two to force threes that simply aren’t there. The accountability is nonexistent. I was being partially facetious. Someone referenced an article that noted fans vacillate b/t praising and condemning their teams depending on game to game performance. I don't really think the C's are soft or quitters. Last night we played a superior team and got waxed. Based on last year and this, we are a middling team.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 16, 2021 17:30:28 GMT -5
He also has a career .307 obp. Count me out on that. Cant even call him a 3 outcome hitter with an obp like that. Just not a fan of his game for just about any price. Yeah, that 28/184 BB/K ratio is ugly. Some team is going to give him five plus years and they'll watch his batting average sink to .230 something with an OBP well below .300 as time goes on. Yeah, he has power, but I'd really hate to see the Sox add another hitter to the lineup with no plate discipline whatsoever. I already had enough fun watching the Red Sox flail away those last 3 games against Houston when a more patient approach like they had prior could have had better results. They need more guys like Schwarber offensively than like Baez. I agree that the Sox will be linked to a bunch of guys, because they still have money to spend, but I still think ultimately the Sox divvy it up among their multiple needs rather than spend the bulk of it on one guy. My guess is that the Sox ride with Arroyo at 2b and find a LH hitting complement who can play multiple positions, or simply brink back Iglesias. Mostly agree here. What a damn pleasure watching Schwarber's disciplined approach rather than the so prevalent bail and flail!... Such a breath of fresh air! Lack of plate patience, substandard infield defense and a relief staff that cumulatively walked too many were all problems contributing to a lower run differential than competitors. I suspect Chaim will make a strong effort to fix the pen failings. Given a choice I don't think that he brings Ottavino and Barnes back. I also believe that we will have a new, slick fielding and offensively productive SS unless the possibles price themselves out. Iglesias is versatile and I would try to sign him, but I suspect Bloom is looking down the barrel at bigger game. Baez is a .264 lifetime hitter, only 28 and has big time pop. He won't hit .230 and might be a higher average hitter in Fenway. But the cited .377 OBP after trade was not really attributable to higher walk rate so that stat is something of an illusion. He is a career "see ball, hit ball" guy. I don't think he can change unless he goes on Kiké's meds. In Chaim I trust...
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 15, 2021 20:57:41 GMT -5
Very not sexy The defense is there! The offense is the worst thing I’ve seen in my life. Yeah, but by which team?
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 14, 2021 9:02:29 GMT -5
Interesting to ponder - Celtics are 6-7, Bruins 7-5, Patriots 5-4. Boston sports joy will be with the Red Sox for the foreseeable future in my view. As far as tonight - something is clearly missing - team can't hold leads, makes it tough on itself even when up big, bench isn't scoring, Tatum and Smart combined 8 for 27 with 8 turnovers. Sure, Horford and Brown were out tonight - but no one is really stepping up (Schroeder can't do it all). Looking to be a tough learning curve for Ime. Darkest before dawn probably for all 3 of those, so far, less than stellar Boston teams. Who can complain about the Pats after their epic run tho? They'll be back. Bruins always seem in the hunt by season end. C's appear in bridge time (to somewhere) and are the organization I have least confidence in. Brad must be thanking the stars that he got out. Imagine the vitriol if he were still coaching. Tatum is still trying to be Black Mamba 2.0, isn't and won't ever be...Horford is playing above his age but there is no upside with Father. Schroeder is a one season patch on a seeping wound. What the hey with Romeo, Nesmith, Pritchard and the demise of our collective 3 point shooting? Is the welcome emphasis and exertion on defense taking a toll on the offensive end? At this point we have Tatum, Brown and the Lord to look forward to. If we continue the current mode, it will force big shakeups. And that, at least, is something to look forward to.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 10, 2021 23:20:10 GMT -5
They've continued to play good defense. Schoder looks better and better. The sad part is that Schroder is likely a goner after this season. It's fun to watch him tho because he is so quick. I love the recent team defensive intensity...tenacious. Celtics have clearly increased their athleticism. Timelord! What's with Simmons' mental health issues and how have they impacted his play before this year?....Do we want to risk trading for someone with that tag?
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 9, 2021 22:12:56 GMT -5
I think Pritchard is limited by the mask, he hasn’t been shooting well at all and it likely is affecting how scrappy he can be. Once that’s healed, then we can tell if Ime really isn’t playing Pritchard because of size and defense. To me Pritchard is a AAAA guy in baseball parlance. He is scrappy but small with short arms. He is not a guy that can penetrate and draw defenders for a kick out. Rather he is a 3 point shooter who has to drop a few feet behind the 3 point line to get off his shot. He is limited....10 minutes/game to give others rest.
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Post by sarasoxer on Nov 5, 2021 10:23:24 GMT -5
They already have Darwinzon Hernandez who can walk the ballpark for less than what Diekman would make. Not much point in adding another guy who can't throw strikes. Diekman and Hernandez are more comparable than I would have guessed. But, In fairness to Diekman he was slightly better this past season Diekman: 12.2 K/9, 5.1 BB/9, 1.3 WHIP Hernandez: 12.1 K/9, 5.8 BB/9, 1.5 WHIP Diekman is not happening. I would not be surprised if Hernandez is traded....some team(s) will focus on the k/9 and the eyes will glaze over...."Need power lefty" hubba, hubba. I don't see Hernandez correcting the control/whip issue. How long have we been waiting? Particularly as a reliever, he exerts so much apparent effort that I believe that exacerbates his problem. It's hard to imagine that he was once considered starter material.
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