CELTICS 2010

brad has shortened his rotations a few times this year when they were struggling and needed a win, including wednesdays game where he played 8 guys, so he def knows its possible

jabari parker’s an option too

yeah if you need bench scoring he can do some stuff, which is a good option to have for sure, but i dont think hes in the regular playoff rotation his defense is just non existent

semi romeo and kornet could also get some spot play but they all have such huge holes in their games that theyre prob more situational options

backup wing is def the problem spot, fourier can take some of those minutes but hes really more of a guard, semi can hit wide open 3s and play d, romeo can handle the ball a little and play d, hopefully nesmiths emerging play can continue emerging cause his game actually has all the stuff you want from a secondary wing hit a variety of 3s, play d, attack closeouts, keep the ball moving...

hes got size athleticism strength switchablity, ie the nba body

also hes scrappy as hell, im liking nesmith, but hes a rookie whos played mostly like doodoo this year so

with rob pritchard and nesmith dannys recent drafts are looking a little better, romeo could still be good too but he needs to stay healthy and actually play, so far just hasnt done anything at all on offense

parker, romeo and kornet have the potential to find playoff matchup moments where they might help win games
i would not be surprised if pritchaht has a breakout herro moment in the first/second round.

scal goes on about the weirdest stuff sometimes, like he just spent two minutes killing pritchard for not doing a good enough job boxing out jakob poeltl even though he clearly did his best and jakob is just a massive human being

yeah he was like watch film of smart, who is much bigger and stronger btw

take your example from the guy who is probably the best guard at defending up in the nba

right

pretty good comeback btw

With just over 10 minutes to go in the 4th quarter tonight, Jayson Tatum had 30 points, over the next 15 minutes of action, he scored 30 more points.

— Bruce Allen (@bruceallen) May 1, 2021

dece game

he went 28-9-4 on 47/40/88 for april

jason tatum is good at basketball

with games of 60, 53, and 44 xp

i was thinking about why nesmith has looked so good in the past two games and one thing just observationally is that he seems to be doing a lot more slashing, cutting, going for rebounds, etc.

even when you are drafting someone to be a good shooter, i wonder if it makes sense to get them involved doing those things and just running around playing basketball vs standing in the corner and pinning everything on whether the shot goes in or not.

hes been VERY active for sure, good stuff

and yeah gotta think running around doing stuff is better than standing in the corner on a number of levels

dece

Jayson Tatum is the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.

He averaged 42.7 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists on the week.

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) May 3, 2021

And 1/2 human pretzel formed by his own right leg and that of his all-star teammate

not the most heartening play to see at the end of a weird loss lol

I wasn't too worried about it until I read that Jaylen was screaming in pain as he hopped to the locker room. Hindsight is 2020 but nagl when your 2 best players collide and get hurt down 7(?) with 40 seconds to play

everyone was talking like they were fine after the game, havent heard anything since tho

not bad for a shortened season in which he got long covid

Per the Celtics, Jayson Tatum is the first Celtic to win Player of the Week three times in a season since Kevin Garnett in 2007-08.

— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) May 3, 2021

nowhere is safe from rob

Rob picks it off and gets 2️⃣ pic.twitter.com/HdyXnc7xxA

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) May 5, 2021

The Celtics are 10-2 when Time Lord starts this season. pic.twitter.com/XVHEP4k119

— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 6, 2021

world is a fuck

Brad Stevens said Robert Williams is out tonight with turf toe. He’s meeting with specialists to see the best course of action. Stevens said Williams almost sat Wednesday. Isn’t sure what his availability will be over the next week. As Stevens said, turf toe lingers.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 7, 2021

pretty insane given how big these next two games are that the heat and celts haven’t played since that payton prichard tip in which feels like half a decade ago. not sure how that’s possible

The Celtics have now allowed three 70-point first halves over their last five games.

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) May 9, 2021

not a great season for the ol boston celtics!

Big loss for Boston. Celtics say All-Star Jaylen Brown was diagnosed with a torn scapholunate ligament in his left wrist and will require surgery that sidelines him for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 10, 2021

ffs

oh man wtf

the celtics have been healthy for like 10 games in the past five years i swear, maybe times to turn over the training staff idk

looking forward... celtics should tank lol

'scapholunate' is a new one for me

how does an nba guy get turf toe? do they practice on turf?

thats how the celtics get their distinctive green court

obvs a weird season in general for the nba but still i do think the celtics should be at least wondering thinking about if brad mightve run his course

Thought @JaredWeissNBA had some great points here about the Celtics lack of care and defensive intensity this season, so I looked into it a bit more:
The C's are 18th in defensive rating, and 19th in turnover percent this season, their lowest mark in 6 years
definitely not ideal https://t.co/tljIENbVHS pic.twitter.com/hcEN8u3OMI

— Pranav Rajaram (@_pranavrajaram) May 10, 2021

im sure theyll at least give him another year, which is also im sure the right decision, but still

i think so yeah but the defense really is the difference this season and its not like they don't have the guys to do well on that end

yeah the team just failing to play defense is not a great sign for the coaching, but obvs very weird season so idk

i did catch them playing good D on occasion this season so i dont think they just forgot how to do it

theres this also

Somehow, this actually understates the impact COVID had on the team. Tatum missed “only” five games but was clearly impacted by the effects for at least a month more. Fournier was understandably awful for a period after his long absence with “brain fog.” https://t.co/uVpJkCBJ40

— Ryan Bernardoni AC⚡️AB (@dangercart) May 10, 2021

FUCK

Jaylen Brown had been grabbing at his left wrist since April 15 after an awkward fall against the Lakers. But that tumble against OKC seemed to bother him even more. https://t.co/VenjzRZtVg pic.twitter.com/g3SXhJc3Lm

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) May 10, 2021

aw fuck just heard about brown. my mother-in-law is gonna be apoplectic.

tristan trending for bad reasons

genuinely awful signing