CELTICS 2010

theyve been coasting tho not playing great

good time of the year to coast really

it is the mid season doldrums for sure but i do think it would be better to play better

personally I try not to do judgements in the spirit of the new year

the nadir of last season was around this time iirc.

The energy is about to shift

— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) January 31, 2022

the energy was about to shift

tbf the energy had already shifted at that point

if this is the nadir of this season thats pretty good given they have the best record in the league

if this is the nadir thats fine, if this is the new normal then they wont have the best record for long

i do think theyll play better they have too much talent to keep being the +2.2 team theyve been over the last 15, but how much better will they play, idk will have to watch the games to see

it’s funny you can guess but then you just have to watch the games to find out

plenty of nadir opportunities left in January

hard to think of a lower point than giving up 150 to an SGA-less OKC but never stop dreaming i guess

at what point does the poor d become a coaching problem? this team was elite last year even without rob

they were not elite at this point last year

playing smaller lineups is def taking its toll on the d, al clearly not moving as well as last year either

they’re 10th in defensive rating at the moment and can certainly get higher, no elite defenses this year so far

however they have been playing good d for a while now (3rd best def rating since dec 1st) and if they wanted to go with a big lineup they cld prob play about as good as last year, do think they should pick up another center tho

lol xp

the best stoppers in the league this year have whistles

memphis since jjj came back has been elite fwiw

The Athletic noticed that Horf’s free
throws in the second period against the Spurs were the first he’s taken since… Nov 14?!

smart out goin w the big lineup

Celtics starters tonight:

Robert Williams
Al Horford
Jayson Tatum
Jaylen Brown
Derrick White

Bulls starters:

Nikola Vucevic
Patrick Williams
DeMar DeRozan
Zach LaVine
Ayo Dosunmu

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) January 10, 2023

tatum 3-3 all catch and shoots no dribble love it

then he dribbles and misses dribbling is bad

made a nice pass to rob out of the spain pick and roll too oriented his body so it looked like he was gonna hit jaylen in the corner then waited a beat and hit rob on the late roll wide open in the lane

tatum bad dribbly step back miss

he finally made a dribbling basket

one of the weird things about this season is the jays are shooting 3s bad

grant doesnt want to shoot anymore he just wants to drive hes a driving man now

thats a lot of games

Celtics just announced @SeanGrandePBP and @cedricmaxwell81 calling their 2,000(!) game together, which got a nice ovation from TD Garden crowd.

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) January 10, 2023

back3back off the dribble 3s for tatum dribbling is good again

bulls always play the celtics so tough

celtics played kinda ok as per recent, nice to have rob out there tho

tatum had a good game too love when he plays with balance like that getting his looks lots of different ways

jaylen 0-8 from three yikes hes down to 32% for the season, everything else is working tho hes at 49% overall which means hes at 63%! from two, hopefully hell start hitting those 3s at some point

made a nice pass to rob out of the spain pick and roll too oriented his body so it looked like he was gonna hit jaylen in the corner then waited a beat and hit rob on the late roll wide open in the lane

― lag∞n, Monday, January 9, 2023 7:52 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

very nice play

Love the variance here!

Rob (roller) & Horford (Popper) operate as the screeners in a Spain PnR action.

Great pass from Tatum...but notice how Dosunmu (who is tagging the roll) abandon's Rob to cover JB...assuming that was some eye manipulation from JT there. pic.twitter.com/dVbNkaoEZF

— Adam Taylor (@AdamTaylorNBA) January 10, 2023

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmFAItWaEAA3Qlc?format=jpg&name=small

thats right

one of the weirder effective shooting forms, seems like maybe it came from being a stickler for the fully one handed shot, which is silly almost everyone thumbs at least a lil bit

reminds me of shooting lessons in basketball camp when i was a kid

just an insanely wrong headed fundamental thats contradicted by how everyone actually plays basketball lol

we just learned in the pregame interview that mazzulla watches the town (affleck, 2010) four times a week to get the boston mindset

that is insane lol

i know, he should be watching the departed

has he heard about cheers, kevin mchale (former celtic) is even on that show

its true he should go with cheers theres even a character named coach

plus theres a lot of them so its not weird to watch four times a week

cliff even talks with the famous accent of the area probably good for the aforementioned mindset

woody is from indiana (basketball place)

sam is a former jock (sports)

i think this is a slam dunk if you will

its settled then