CELTICS 2010

yeah im willing to give him time since this is his first head coaching job but complaining about leadership toughness etc in the media does not fill me with confidence

i havent been keeping up lately but earlier in the season he mostly came off as a really passive players coach

presuming that the gloves come off for ime in the media for real after the all-star break if this shit doesn't even out a bit

yeah. i think the players are bearing most of it now but with ime there is going to be some "so what exactly do you do around here?" type of questioning coming soon

There's an alternate timeline where the Celtics never get into All-Star point guard roulette and just develop Terry Rozier. Makes you kind of wistful to think about it

lol marcus smart just inbounded it to himself off somebody’s back for an easy layup

marcus wicked smaht

celtics have been within five games of .500 since the beginning of last season

they love it there

its "the sweet spot"

starting to feel like its time for the wizards to trade brad beal to the celtics for draft picks

the greatest story ever told

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thats a lotta 1st rd picks there lagoon

feels like the right amount for a player of beals caliber, tho of course youre paying for the rights to give him a giant contract that extends into his 30s so idk

it does seem like market rate, not an overpay in that sense. i just have lost enough confidence in this team over the past year+ that i am not at all sure he would put them over the top enough to not regret giving up those picks

Trez would be a nice move towards a faster team though. what they really need is a point guard who likes to run

is there any good explainer on why beal is posting his worst true shooting since 2014-15?

He is way, way below career averages on 3s. Gotta think he'd be getting a lot better looks with the Jays as running mates. alright what the hell let's make it happen

idk about how available everyone has been, but this should be the most talented team he's had around him in the past couple years and it doesn't seem like it's helped him--usage down (which could be a good thing if it was coming out of bad shots bailing out his teammates), free throw rate way down, turnover rate up.

the 3-point shooting is obv the biggest thing but it's a concerning profile when you dig into it.

what they really need is a point guard who likes to run

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, January 24, 2022 2:02 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

its brad beal

derrick white is al youre getting sorry

the celtics trading all their picks for brad beal coming off his worst season in years & throwing him onto a team w/ two similar players that doesn't have a PG or any shooting & then signing him to a humungous contract sounds like a great idea & i approve

hes pretty different than tatum and brown mostly in that hes a guard, has more of a guards game playmaking speed and so forth, hed be a pretty nice fit really since the celtics are in desperate need of both playmaking and shooting in the backcourt, tho obvs itd not be free from concerns like age contract bad season maybe weird guy who never won anything and so forth, but as far as adding a third star theyre not super likely to find better than him

guard play is really whats been killing the celtics this year, that and tatum forgetting how to shoot, smarts offensive liabilities are well known but when you pair him with another non shooter such as dennis schroder or guys who arent really putting much pressure on on the defense like pritchard richardson (who has been great fwiw but he does what he does) or larngford youre just not getting enough out of the backcourt, beal would be an extreme upgrade there and allow those other guys to settle into their natural roles, as for a point guard who has a point guard thats not even a thing anymore name three point guards, youd just have beal and smart both playing guard, theyre both kind of combo guys anyway

"extremely active"

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— A.K (@Kungu_NBA) January 24, 2022

hell yeah thats a high level of active

being active always good in the various athletic pursuits

lol brad is going to take away imes mediocre vets

i'm sure bad is looking to do something big to put his imprint on the roster

brad*

idk brad is a pretty conservative guy but i do support him going big why not

it feels like their absolute ceiling is getting squashed in round 2 so loading up for next year & beyond makes the most sense. prob wouldn't be fun to deal w/ tatum & brown's angst over the backsliding over the last two years but they're under contract so w/e. if the trade market this year is advantageous to them really reshaping the roster for the future they should do it

i feel like the alchemy between "i'm a new guy in this job and i want to prove myself by making some moves" and "this roster needs a shake up to begin with" is very strong

yeah it makes a lot of sense but who knows if hes ready to trade three firsts for brad beal

it's tough to figure out what this team should do but it's clear they're not going to make any noise this season so moving some vets, playing some young guys, and seeing what shakes loose over the offseason makes sense to me.

cad otm

i mean thats sound plan, a fine plan, but it lack pizzazz; instead why not consider trading three firsts for brad beal

my basic reason would be that he's not worth that

i double checked and that is what hes worth

beckett guide to trades, lagoon edition

celtics up 25 after 1 vs sacto, biggest such lead in the league this season

theyre up 40 now

its true

Look what happens when Marcus returns and Enes gets banished

— Ryan Bernardoni (@dangercart) January 26, 2022

The Kings are currently shooting so badly (20.8 percent) I looked up the worst single game field goal percentage in NBA history. The Philadelphia Warriors shot 16.4 percent against the St. Louis Bombers on Feb. 7, 1948. I don't think it's in play, but at this rate who knows.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) January 26, 2022

they have shot so many utter bricks

The Celtics were briefly ahead by 60 points, but collapsed down the stretch to finish with a 128-75 victory.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) January 26, 2022

kings got to 30.9% shooting too : /

lol

Celtics improved their net rating by 1.1 points (from +2.0 to +3.1) for the season with tonight’s 53-point win over Kings. They now have the 7th best net rating in NBA.

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) January 26, 2022