CELTICS 2010

also pretty sure brogdon is a better fit than white or smart, will be interesting to see how that plays out

right now theyre bringing him off the bench and maybe it makes sense to do that let him cook with second units and then finish games with a small lineup, keep his minutes down since hes injury prone, but towards the end of the season theyre prob going to want to get him more burn than that scheme affords

congrats to haverhill native vonleh

Forward/center Noah Vonleh has made the Boston Celtics opening night roster, sources tell ESPN. Vonleh capped his preseason with a 14 point, 13-rebound game vs. Charlotte. A former lottery pick, he played last season in China.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 15, 2022

good for him, always had the feeling that maturity issues were part of why he didn’t pan out so hopefully that is behind him now.

yeah youd think theres a spot of him in the league

thats nice of them to invite marcus

Per @SIChrisMannix, this #Celtics Sports Illustrated cover photo was only supposed to be Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

The Jays, however, wanted Marcus Smart included.

They got their wish. pic.twitter.com/zhF5gJCZpS

— Mike Kadlick (@mikekadlick) October 14, 2022

Does Sports Illustrated matter any more?

nah

the jays have their quirks but seem to be unusually thoughtful for guys in their position.

vibes seem great all around, i read a piece where blake was raving about how chill the team is and another where brogdon apparently was given a choice between boston and toronto and picked the c’s, which makes me feel better about him having any issues with his role.

yeah he seems very bought in ready to win and so forth also probably recognizes theres a big role for him if he does the right stuff

he checked the vibes

my boy rwiii got platelets injected and “could be” back for the second half of the season :/

he really should not have been playing in the playoffs last year huh

im sure its all chill just getting a lil that kobe

lol

Joe Mazzulla was asked to clarify what he said in a huddle during the Al Horford foul review when he appeared to say, 'The most important thing is [blank]'

Joe: "I said the most important thing is don’t listen to anything I’m saying."

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) October 19, 2022

that's a veteran answer lol

he was coaching in the mountain east conf a few years ago incredible, couldnt even get in the mountain west

Joe Mazzulla’s first head coaching win since March 8, 2019 when he led Fairmont State to a 81-54 win over Shepherd in the Mountain East Conference tournament quarterfinals. pic.twitter.com/OwYWOzxthN

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) October 19, 2022

hahah i didn't know there was a "mountain east," that's great. he's the son of a rhode island basketball lifer so maybe new england + mountain east grit will guide him.

this is great

Nothing like that first win✅💦 pic.twitter.com/73dNqcg9jt

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) October 19, 2022

lol got him

we love the side to side multiple flowing actions baby its what we want

Little thing but just like the mindset from the Celtics on offense. Vonleh screens for Brown, Embiid gets up to the level so that's done. Swing to Horford now Tatum comes off a screen from Smart. Just side to side, wave actions. pic.twitter.com/77VPCavJlU

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) October 19, 2022

vonleh

Vonleh? Vonleh! Celts up 30-22 after 1Q in Miami. pic.twitter.com/OFNNA8vjJM

— KWAPT (@KWAPT) October 22, 2022

the celtics have for the second game in a row beat both a quality opponent and the scheming refs

Tatum negando o Herro 🚫pic.twitter.com/TZzSMlWi1n

— Torcida Jovem do Celtão ☘ (@TJCeltao) October 22, 2022

rip tyler

impressed by hauser on D.

vonleh also looks comfortably capable of soaking up those theis minutes. he's not a threat to shoot but his D seems fine and he gets the occasional put-back.

brown and tatum guilty occasionally of hero ball but i guess you have to do that stuff sometimes otherwise you're not going to draw the coverage for your kick-outs to actually work.

starting to feel a lot better about this season!

celtics are going to win a bunch of games early this season just by being locked in and ready to go while most other teams are still getting up to speed

thats the stuff baby

In Boston's first 2 games, Marcus Smart guarded James Harden, Tobias Harris, Tyrese Maxey, P.J. Tucker, Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro, and Kyle Lowry for 102 total possessions.

In those 102 possessions, Smart allowed those 7 players to score 11 points combined. pic.twitter.com/w4ev5hSQj9

— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) October 22, 2022

celtics just not caring their coach got fired for scandalous behavior right before the start of the season is pretty cool and funny

let the "coaches are not important" discourse begin

lets fuckin do this im ready

interesting detail that when brad went to the front office he hired a guy who was much more of an a-dog type coach just a very different personality than him but now with mazzulla were back to a nerdy soft spoken guy

when they do one of those mic'ed up moments in the huddle where the coach is gesticulating and barking at his players i'm like okay wow finally we're going to really understand how they set up their plays, the secret sauce and i swear every time it's just "get stops! stay connected! let's do this!"

lol its true a lot of the in game communication is just rah rah shit

Although to be fair pretty sure there is some kind of agreement between the league and teams that mic’ed up stuff that gets broadcast won’t reveal strategy or plays or anything, so we tend to get the most benign moments

it increasingly seems like maybe the guys listened to udoka but didn’t feel a ton of affection for him.

yeah i never got that sense with brad either though. maybe in the IT era when he had them outsmarting more talented teams but not after

anyway, would be nice if the celtics could just play this whole season like they played the 2nd half of last season. they're clearly capable of it

so far so good

didnt realize luke kornets dad was a baller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kornet

Boston ranks 26th overall in defensive efficiency through three games despite facing three offenses that rank in the bottom half of the league.

that seems statistically impossible unless they mean last year's rank which is fake

its true for neither this year or last

tho it is close this year but miami is 13th

offense has been real nice tho, im sure theyll remember about d eventually

That may have been posted before all the games were finished last night but they look like they are 25th rn

That said I barely know what defensive efficiency even is

its just points allowed per possession, or per 100 possessions to get a more basketball score looking number i guess

as long as were doing some early season stat enjoying jayson tatum is leading the league in scoring at 34.7ppg, congrats jayson!

his motion on the three looks quicker to me. last year it looked like he was cranking up a construction crane every time. and he’s making good reads and passing well. i think he might end up being pretty good!

only 33% from 3 so far but get ready for it... 74% from two! not bad

turn on the game halfway through the 1st celtics up by 16

lol 80% on threes