CELTICS 2010

wow warriors fans seem kind of sensitive about how they blew up a lovable entertaining home grown team to build a shallow mercenary squad with no chemistry that everyone hates

― lag∞n, Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:13 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

warriors fans please understand that this is -- in fact -- the Official Narrative of ILH

Whatever king of hoops

i love to look at the espn basketball power index which has the boston celtics at #1 http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/Basketball-Power-Index/espn-nba-basketball-power-index

538 which is dumb does not https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2019-nba-predictions/

btw i cant figure out what the deal is with 538s "full strength" index the celtics are rated way higher in that than they are in "current" but they havent had many injuries? perhaps its account for the fact that both kyrie and gordon are coming off big surgeries idk shit seems too black boxy overfit to be useful

yeah I am puzzled by the 538 system too

they should just have all the teams play basketball contests against one another to see who's better

crazy idea but just might work

basketball reference has "simple rating system" u have to sort by the srs column in the standings, top 3 teams are in the east lol https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2019_standings.html

i love computer rankings, hate human "power rankings"

SRS is just point differential adjusted for strength of schedule iirc

ya

ok also 538s "pure elo" rating is almost exactly the same as their "full strength carmelo"

yeah i’d go!

idgi*

i wonder if its not a bug piping the elo ratings into the carmelo full strength i actually didnt check if they were exactly the same

gaem notes:

marcus smart is doing special stuff recommend checking him out an utterly disruptive defender and just plays w his head on a swivel always in the game doin stuff and has eliminated a lot of the bad things

timelord is a genuine phenom doesnt really have any idea whats going on out there but will earn minutes this season even once theres a healthy rotation of 3 very playable guys in front of him just on talent, pretty obvs an exceptional shot blocker and prob elite rebounder, needs to "figure it out" but if he does will be an nba man for a long time

c's prob didnt deserve to win tonight got a ton of soft calls down the stretch, wall was killing them then went down like his achilles exploded then was back in the game next stoppage lol prob a complaint re the refs and maybe life in general

the bad celtics offense was in the house tonight its really true that if the ball doesnt hit the paint they get some ok looks that they just cant hit

underreported aspect of brother brad switching up the offense hes leaving guys in for really long stretches especially in the 1st half like kyries played the 1st 11mins of the game then sat for seven then played the last 6

also really emphasizing having multiple playmakers in at the same time like wanamaker got extended burn tonight and they went w kyrie-smart-rozier down the stretch, partially that was cause they were missing horf-brown-hayward tonight but still

i like wave papi hes a young knucklehead but maybe rounding into one of those type of guys every team wants, also they did a scoreboard segment with him and he predicted the next fashion trends are man purses and short shorts

kyrie did stuff w the big game in the balance

UNTUCKED KYRIE UNLEASHED pic.twitter.com/w272o1ogCn

— Synchrowob (@WorldWideWob) December 13, 2018

Good defense, better Kyrie pic.twitter.com/7X6rImLGy8

— Synchrowob (@WorldWideWob) December 13, 2018

Kyrie Swerving with game on the line pic.twitter.com/h9q3d1UNgU

— Synchrowob (@WorldWideWob) December 13, 2018

the thing that really strikes me about rob williams is how quick his jumps are; i was comparing to some mildly critical wendell carter vids that were going around and carter takes for-f'n-ever to get in the air but rob can just spring up whenever he wants. that's how he got those sick blocks on a.d., he can actually wait to get a sense of the move before jumping and still be there on time.

hes extremely fluid and effortless and runs from end to end like hes barefoot in a field of daisies

kyrie is a god

hes a very special guy

that one possession where wall was all getting ready to d up and kyrie just walked into a 30-footer

yeah he was checking the D behind him and kyrie just pulled up lol

*#2 of those 3 tweets

sry #1

lmao

Kyrie Irving said he was a watching Marcus Smart college highlights recently. Kyrie: “Yeah, in my downtime I watch Marcus Smart highlights.”

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) December 13, 2018

this is objectively the best way to play basketball

4 defenders are no problem for Kyrie 😳 pic.twitter.com/hCxpVZ6QT2

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 13, 2018

ainge not on board with time lord

Lob Williams👍🏼 https://t.co/RccsIyWm1v

— Danny Ainge (@danielrainge) December 13, 2018

celtics are good now

The @celtics have won 8 in a row, with a +182 point differential over that span.

That is Boston's best point differential over any 8-game span within a season in team history.

The last team to have a better point diff over an 8-game span was the Suns in April 1989.#CUsRise

— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) December 15, 2018

they've had an insanely soft schedule but props for taking care of business as they say

soft but not insanely nola twice and "the surging wolves" once, also theyve done more than take care of business, literally the most lopsided 8 game span since 1989 kevin!

"the surging wolves"

yeah they have taken care of business you could almost say they're due for a promotion, to contender status

love how the wolves surge it's my favorite wolf characteristic

the celtics have always had contender status in fact they have been the favorites

somehow or other the wolves surge, but they are never resurgent :-(

noticed this 2nd in the air jump to contest 3pt defense w the c's, p interesting https://www.celticsblog.com/2018/10/25/18018908/cracking-the-code-how-the-boston-celtics-became-the-nbas-best-at-defending-three-pointers-nba-film

This spin from Kyrie is something else: pic.twitter.com/RyW2HEnpS6

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) December 18, 2018

Post him up young blood pic.twitter.com/BCk3OEi5ZY

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) December 18, 2018

rob blocking shots any way he can

Robert Williams, Marcus Smart, and Terry Rozier on the floor after the Celtics pregame walkthrough. pic.twitter.com/WPQBaiG69h

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) December 19, 2018

lol

Kelly Oubre on the boos: “I really thought they were going to be over that, man. Kelly’s gone in Miami. I’m gone in Phoenix. We on different teams now, but it’s going to follow me my whole career. So I’m going to embrace it. I love it."

— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) December 20, 2018

it's wild to say but i like kelly oubre, he seems cool

Wave Papi is a good nickname

yes

Robert Williams is averaging a league-leading 6.4 blocks per 36 minutes, with a minimum of 100 minutes played. The next closest player is Hassan Whiteside at 3.9.

— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) December 20, 2018

jaylen is wearing some buttons but none of them are anarchy so idk

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Du_kgWXUYAAQMkD.jpg

Who gets the assist, Smart or Theis? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/XmvkQzNhxx

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) December 25, 2018

Joel Embiid’s ratings Tuesday with …

Al Horford on court (30 minutes): 95.5 off / 100 def / -4.5 net

Horford off court (10 minutes): 108.7 off / 84 def / +24.7 net

From NBA matchup tracking: Horford limited Embiid to 16 points on 56 possessions with 5 turnovers. pic.twitter.com/H8bFhW5BZN

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) December 26, 2018