CELTICS 2010

rating the celtics roster by celtics mindtype levels

top tier extreme feistiness
1 marcus smart (obvs)
kemba walker
jaylen brown

solid less passionate but with grit
jayson tatum
daniel theis
grant williams
brad wanamaker

existing outside conventional definitions of a celtic or not a celtic
rob williams

tantalizing basketballwise unclear celticswise
romeo
carsen edwards
tako fall
javonte green
tremont waters
vincent poirier

just bad at basketball sorry
semi

does not possess the celtics mindtype
enes kanter (thinks hes cute)
gordon hayward (should be repatriated to the midwest where he can game in peace)

if they constructed a roster of all top two tier players +rob williams they could out perform their talent by two playoff rounds

they already have a starting 5 that fits the bill (tho theis is prob better coming off the bench), and they have hayward kanter young guys and draft picks to trade....

fwiw im sure were about to have a media deluge of are the celtics for real and speaking as someone who has watched most of the games i can confidently say theyre not nearly as good as their record/point differential wld suggest, pretty much the only game they looked really good was vs the spurs, this is mostly due to their bench being trash which is now exacerbated by hayward being out, theyre prob about to take some not great losses, their starting 5 is legit tho (wld be even more so w a starting quality center).......

also the starting 5 w smart instead of hayward just makes more sense (even tho he has been great) theres just not enough shots to go around w kemba jaylen hayward and jayson all out there

they're certainly not the best team in the league but i don't think 8-1 is a top decile outcome for them or anything

think it might be tho the sched has been weak and the vibes good

it's 1-2 more wins than you'd expect them to get in 9 games doesn't seem taht crazy

if they're like 13-1 after 5 more games then we can talk

javonte green is on Every Player today, seems like a good omen

i agree with those tiers, i am interested to see if grant could break into the top tier once he gets a little more acclimated.

as far as how good they are i think there's indicators in both directions--brad has been trying a *lot* of combinations to get bench minutes and i expect one or two of them will settle in as decent units. on the other hand kemba's shooting is going to cool off and i'm getting increasingly worried that tatum's offense isn't going to approach what we hoped.

a top-2 seed in the east is much more in play than i expected since neither the sixers or bucks look super amazing.

kemba might just be that good at shooting considering the type of shots he had to take in charlotte w bad teammates

he's def capable of 40% from 3 dunno about 43%

yeah seems reasonable, and a lot of those are created of the dribble which if he sustains it makes him an elite shooter

yeah i'd expect to see him back at more like 40% from 3. hasn't been great on 2s so far so maybe an improvement there would even out.

getting increasingly worried that tatum's offense isn't going to approach what we hoped.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, November 12, 2019 1:06 PM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

his path to offensive stardom prob goes through becoming an elite shooter ie being able to hit all those crossover into a stepback type shots which hes still on the trajectory for tho obvs its one of the hardest things to do so who knows, then from there he can pick his spots on drives but yeah he doesnt seem like he has star level finishing ability/feel/creativity around the basket, hes been trying to work in a floater this year and it looks just awful so far, hes already great in the open court so hes got that going for him

the good underreported news on him is hes also already a great defender and only getting better, so who knows maybe he ends up more of a two way player second banana on offense wldnt be the end of the world

yeah, i think the immediate thing for this season is units that are just like tatum plus bench guys and if those are playable at all on offense. if jaylen's driving/slashing game keeps looking good he might be the better offensive lead guy on a bench unit while gordo is out.

yeah hes looked better than jayson this year, life is full of surprises

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJMZ67aVAAADMiY?format=jpg&name=medium

love to be in the bad bad quadrant

bucks in a very bucksy place on the graph

celtics current roster just hoping they avoid the sixers in the playoffs

ok been thinking about this and heres a list of high celtics mindtype celtics

IT2
marcus smart
paul pierce
garnett
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frickin larry legend kid cmon

omg the evansville purple aces who beat #1 kentucky tonite are coached by none other than beloved celtic walter mccarty!

I LOVE WALTAHHHHH pic.twitter.com/ozVsK5xKjV

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) November 13, 2019

damn nice job walter

celtics brain

green matter

i think brad was making a point but that was a little too passive for my taste in the last 3 minutes.

didnt see it what did he do

he had semi still in the game missing layups under 2 mins with the wizards within 5. probably should have taken a timeout at 1:34 when it was 137-132. needed a clutch kemba 3 at 1:06 to put them up 7 and basically seal it.

they were playing no defense at all and i'm guessing he wanted them to feel the pressure a bit but they're starting a 5 game west coast trip and as a fan i was like let's just bank the damn win.

gotta play D fellas cmon

let's see what gigi datome is up to!

“Fuck you everybody. Fuck you Gigi Datome. Shame on you” https://t.co/y8vthdo0Dg

— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) November 15, 2019

shame on you lmao thats fn loony

baynes strong

Just two players hustling for a loose ball and having fun while doing it 😃 pic.twitter.com/KmZR5MxUad

— sunOfficial Aron Baynes Fan Club (@BaynesFanClub) November 19, 2019

marcus sprained his ankle. i'm anticipating a schedule L against the clippers.

yeah

really need 1 more decent rotation player on the bench for times like these, missing starter minutes filtering down to rookies is not working out

current rotation really highlighting what a mistake the kanter signing was.

danny doesn't seem to like signing bench vets

the celtics mindtype

Just gonna listen to this on loop. pic.twitter.com/CO77cm9Hyt

— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) November 19, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68H3ugYOVSU&feature=emb_logo

https://youtu.be/68H3ugYOVSU

hmm no mention of celtics mindtype

key to the celtics who dont really seem that good when you watch them success this year has been not turning the ball over

The Celtics currently lead the NBA in offensive rating (112.7), net rating (8.8) and assist/turnover ratio (2.1).

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) November 20, 2019

see if they can beat la in la sans kawhi tonight tho

sans gordon too i guess

kudos to jayson

Stevens on Tatum: “He was being guarded by Leonard, George or Beverley almost all night, and the guy just kept coming. He just kept coming at them, and it was great."

— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) November 21, 2019

celtics played some gritty basketball in these last two losses feel like they maybe found a higher mentality they can return to, now if their players would just stop dying......

brad feeling the vibe

Coach Stevens: “The guys that are holdovers here, those guys are warriors. They’re warriors.” #Celtics pic.twitter.com/7N1Y7hL9VB

— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) November 23, 2019