CELTICS 2010

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Marcus Smart is doing everything tonight. Impressive block here on Garrett Temple in transition: pic.twitter.com/OLwJjv676S

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) January 26, 2021

i said some negative things about marcus early in the season and i'm truly sorry, he's been great recently.

otm

ive been impressed w marcus smart, hes a winner

first game for the celtics starting five this season, they are blessing you bise

spurs need to lose just enough games that they will trade their vets, this could be a good game for that

lol classic nba baby

tristan thompson is not... a very skilled basketball player

he is tall tho

hes got some heft as well

thiccstan thompson

my god the end of that half was something

i caught the last couple mins and don't think i saw a spurs miss?

spurs starters looked good to close the half which is weird bc theyre usually a mess the bench has to clean up.

also keldon and lonnie jumping around like excited kids = too pure for this world

tatum is just working the spurs down in the post.

Man, tatum and brown rolling is just fun to watch

he's just so much bigger than lonnie who is maybe an average defender right now

xp

its very funny that zone defense was illegal for years in the nba and then after it was legalized for years everyone assumed that you couldnt really use it effectively in the nba, and now its understood to be good actually

brad mad

Brad Stevens asked about going to zone more: "I'd like to play multiple defenses well, but to do that, we have to at least play one well."

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) January 28, 2021

aw thats harsh they played pretty good D, forced a tun of TOs, they just couldnt get buckets when they needed them.

the spurs hit an insane amount of midrange shots, tough to do much about that

they still like to take those

and not just their olds, but the youths

bradley madly

the spurs hit an insane amount of midrange shots

with so many modern nba defenses concentrating on rim protection and chasing shooters off the three point line, mid-range shots are necessarily more available as good open looks, because it's impossible to defend the whole floor all the time. if you can make 'em at a high enough percentage, they're worth taking in volume.

sure ive said this before but the idea that the midrange is dead is just not true! the thing that died was the long two, those shots a step or two inside the 3pt line, shots from say inside 18ft havent fallen off much, theres a lot of misleading charts out there

an open 15ftr is still a good shot, not as good as an open layup but those are hard to get

aldridge took a shot last night with one foot on the 3pt line and the other one inside it, i was like wow you dont see that much anymore, but iverson used to do it all the time

bird and ainge used to do it all the time too iirc

yeah guys just didnt care lol kg made his living on long twos

melo still has a habit of catching and triple threating from about 20 ft and it feels like a throwback to 50 years ago

That’s just about all the game he has left.

phew that looked bad

Positive news for the Celtics: First-team All-Defensive guard Marcus Smart has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left calf strain, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. He will miss some time, but sigh of relief for all.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 31, 2021

Timelord is tied for 2nd in the league in blocks per 100 possessions and 9th in the league in steals per 100 and is 2nd in TS% (minimum 100 minutes played).

— Ryan Bernardoni AC⚡️AB (@dangercart) January 31, 2021

stuff happens when rob is in the game

he never shoots but his stroke looks fine i wonder where in the teaching him to shoot 3s process they are

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtTrYkpWgAMuI4B?format=jpg&name=large

nice piece on jayson's background and evolution as a player https://www.si.com/nba/2021/02/03/jayson-tatum-celtics-path-stardom

idk about nance but generally yeah

Apparently people don't know who should be on The List of Guys to Try For:

Anunoby, Grant, Gordon, Barnes, Nance

Then Thad Young or Maxi Kleber and possibly a few others

Then you get into the smaller, less helpful wing targets like Ross, THJ, Hart, Temple, etc.

— Ryan Bernardoni AC⚡️AB (@dangercart) February 4, 2021

og youd really have to back up the truck for which could be worth it tbh toronto prob not interested anyway, grant and gordon prob the sweet spot of possible and would work, barnes wld be good too but hes older and makes iirc enough money that it cld put them over the tax line, thad young you could get for not much which wld be nice, tho getting a younger guy who could be a long term third wing w the jays is much preferable imho

thad young is having a great season and would be a nice fit. i don't think anunoby, grant, kelber, or probably even nance are realistic.

good but not great players on bad teams are generally getable if youre willing to make a real offer, because this trade exemption represents prob their last chance to add a significant salary i think the celtics should consider doing just that if they can get someone good whos on the jays timeline, rather than going after a gap filler like young or barnes, its not dannys style tho of course

Gordon really is the sweet spot. Glad ORL stopped their strange behavior of winning games back at the start the season, making him less gettable. If they can actually trade for Gordon, Markelle Fultz's inability to play basketball for some reason really has to be a contender in the making-Danny-Ainge-look-good MVP race

Also that pic of Jaylen upthread is sick. That dunk was insane, he had like 45 ft of runway

the “BOSTON CELTICS” tops are terrible

what no theyre tite

lol cmon it’s so basic. HI I PLAY FOR BOSTON CELTICS

~PROPERTY OF~ BOSTON CELTICS

tracer get a grip theyre perfect

i dunno man, the font, too - futura is a classic font but i don’t think it belongs on a basketball jersey. maybe theis likes it. very bauhaus