pretty cool how horf and theis were drawn back into the fold, the celtics mindtype was too powerful
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 April 2022 14:52 (two years ago) link
white totally fits in too and seems like a guy theyll want to have around long term
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 April 2022 14:53 (two years ago) link
good stuff nice team
salute to brad too for pushing all the right buttons pretty crazy performance for a rookie gm, same with udoka rookie coach
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 April 2022 14:55 (two years ago) link
― lag∞n, Sunday, April 24, 2022 9:53 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
his dad is a sawx fan and raised him as such iirc, it was meant to be
― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Sunday, 24 April 2022 16:02 (two years ago) link
it’s funny that after all the angst about kyrie, gordon, and kemba this team has found itself with the homegrown guys plus al.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 24 April 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
just read that long piece on Ime Udoka and his portland roots in the athletic, great article
― symsymsym, Sunday, 24 April 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
BOSTON — It was Day One of the Ime Udoka era in Boston when the new coach first stood before his team and outlined how the Celtics would now operate.
It wasn’t a long speech, because really, Udoka wanted to cover just two topics: Punctuality and accountability.
“I’m not a big rules guy,” Udoka remembered telling his team. “So the main thing with me is to be on time.”
On to topic two: accountability.
On the big screen, a video began to play. It was a string of post-fight interviews of Adrien Broner, the braggadocious professional boxer. The clips highlighted Broner’s self-proclaimed nickname of being the “Can Man.”
“Listen, man, they call me ‘The Problem’ but you can call me the ‘Can Man,”’ Broner said on the video. “Because anybody can get it: AfriCANs. AmeriCANs. DominiCANs. MexiCANs. Anybody CAN get it.”
The video stopped and Udoka looked at his new team.
“And Ime says to them: ‘I just want to let you all know: I am the Can Man,”’ Celtics assistant coach Aaron Miles said. “He said, ‘Any and all y’all Can — and will — get it.”’
The message was clear: From stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown on down, Udoka would hold the Celtics to a standard. Udoka calls it an “equal opportunity” to be called out.
― symsymsym, Sunday, 24 April 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Sunday, April 24, 2022 12:32 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yup
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 April 2022 16:37 (two years ago) link
― symsymsym, Sunday, April 24, 2022 11:35 AM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
the spread of gregg popovich thought
― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Sunday, 24 April 2022 16:54 (two years ago) link
good season for his coaching tree
― symsymsym, Sunday, 24 April 2022 17:07 (two years ago) link
tatum took one shot in the second quarter and didn't score. still ended up with 39! lol
he also had 6 steals.
extremely satisfying game
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 24 April 2022 22:41 (two years ago) link
6 steals is so many crazy game by him
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 April 2022 22:42 (two years ago) link
https://letterboxd.com/brendohare/film/whats-up-doc-1972/
― Clay, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 05:47 (two years ago) link
from the offs thread:
lag∞nPosted: 26 April 2022 at 20:32:16celtics poor halfcourt offense vs the nets weak D is the one thing about that series that has me worried, they relied on transition buckets in that series, what happens when they face a good defense and those dry up, they put together a great reg season offense via ball movement but the nets gummed that all up with switching and zoney things, tho having rob back could help some by adding that roll attack, but still celtics could be in for some defensive slogs from here out
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 11:16 (two years ago) link
feel like we might be in for some playoff adjustments prioritizing shooting to open the court up like more grant less theis/rob, pritchard might be a little more playable vs the bucks too, as to what that all does to their defense idk their switchability is maybe improved with grant but rim protection is decreased, pritchard is obvs targetable but the bucks dont have the perimeter threats that the nets do so it might be manageable, will be interesting to see how the bucks play them i feel like everyone just gives up and starts switching everything at some point in the offs which limits ball movement and encourages iso play, celtics do have a couple good iso players and maybe if you put shooters around them it can work well enough
im assuming the celtics will play a similar scheme vs giannis as they did on kd with secondary defenders lurking in his driving lanes and coming over for late contests and opportunistic doubles, if they can turn him over consistently that would be very nice as its easy offense
havent seen an update on middleton feel like if hes out the celtics should win, if he plays even half the series and isnt too injured then well its game on baby
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 12:01 (two years ago) link
Ime Udoka cancels the play and signals Grant Williams to cut with a finger wave. Celtics ran circles around Steve Nash and the Nets. pic.twitter.com/xt8OSzjcEb— ŘØΜ€ (@r0meinaday) April 26, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
I just watched that a few dozen times. So cool to see how it unfolded on the fly.
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Thursday, 28 April 2022 20:17 (two years ago) link
yeah a nice lil moment the low key point, grant sees it then does a lil move to get free before he cuts
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 April 2022 20:19 (two years ago) link
Marcus looking at Ime to acknowledge the call when he's running back on defense
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Thursday, 28 April 2022 21:18 (two years ago) link
ah missed that nice
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 April 2022 22:53 (two years ago) link
Here's one minute of Jayson Tatum playing great defense on Kevin Durant in the first round pic.twitter.com/hzSFmkzEkY— John Karalis 🇬🇷 🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) April 29, 2022
Fun fact: Jayson Tatum recorded 22 deflections (5.5 per game) against the Nets, which is No. 1 among players in the postseason.— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) April 29, 2022
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 April 2022 21:12 (two years ago) link
he had durant’s shot timed up perfectly.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 30 April 2022 00:23 (two years ago) link
apparently the celtics had never really experienced the type of full-court press the bucks put on them. they'd get down to the other end with 8-10 seconds left on the clock
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 19:41 (two years ago) link
smart is apparently questionable for game 2 due to quad injury
“We settled for too many contested threes. We shouldn’t have to take any contested threes in this series because of how they guard.”
udoka otm
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 20:23 (two years ago) link
yeah think i said in the other thread that the bucks are really good at giving you mediocre quasi contested threes early in the shot clock that you really need to not take but its hard because theyre not that different than the shots that you do need to take so the shot selection situation is tricky
they really need to go at lopez in the pick and roll and either take the mid range shots that he gives up or kick it out for good 3s, also obvs take it to the basket when they can but hes pretty tough dropping back but maybe you can get some fouls on him if you drive forcefully
jaylens hammy a big issue too
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 May 2022 21:07 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/YEq38eI6j9— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) May 4, 2022
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 00:38 (two years ago) link
bad pass from jaylen but rob just scoops it up and makes the play nbd
It's a Jaylen Brown series folks. His playmaking and his paint touches and his creation are big for Boston. Engages Lopez and hits Williams on the roll. Handles the pressure, gets Matthews to engage with Lopez dropped back and hits Tatum for 3. pic.twitter.com/dRI7yJXYiV— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) May 4, 2022
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 14:47 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/MCgY38I.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 12:23 (two years ago) link
made the shot
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 12:25 (two years ago) link
In 44 possessions while guarding either Giannis Antetokounmpo or Jrue Holiday, Smart held the Bucks stars to six points on 2-of-7 shooting.
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 15:17 (two years ago) link
Five fourth-quarter minutes for this Celtics’ small lineup last night: Smart, White, Brown, Tatum, Horford. They outscored the Bucks 24-9 while shooting 8 for 9 from the field with zero turnovers.— Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 10, 2022
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 18:03 (two years ago) link
i re-watched that shot like a dozen times trying to get it to make sense, and it never did. literally unbelievable.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
feel like that celtics small lineup can work going forward specifically when giannis gets tired late.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:02 (two years ago) link
a quick breakdown of Al Horford's dunk in game 4 pic.twitter.com/jC4JHbPx1V— Mike Camerlengo (@MCamerlengo) May 10, 2022
― he was eating Vaseline like it was a bunch of cheeseburgers (Spottie), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:16 (two years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 4:02 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah was thinking the same with the whole bucks tired really
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 20:53 (two years ago) link
the playoffs are cool
With the Celtics trailing by double digits in Game 4, Ime Udoka went to a lineup he hadn't played all season long. The move helped change the tide in a remarkable comeback https://t.co/spWCqVA23T— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) May 10, 2022
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:26 (two years ago) link
waggling eyebrows wildly
Ime Udoka: "This is what we played for, why we played the season out, to have home court advantage in a Game 7. If you believe in the basketball gods, those things matter."— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) May 15, 2022
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 May 2022 23:09 (two years ago) link
https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1525981377111506948
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 May 2022 23:29 (two years ago) link
Reporter: Deuce you excited to go to Miami? It's a good poolJayson Tatum: "Say you'll go swimming"Deuce Tatum: "I will go swimming"😂pic.twitter.com/OpBBXmYOKx— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) May 15, 2022
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 May 2022 23:30 (two years ago) link
great quote from ime
― call all destroyer, Monday, 16 May 2022 01:00 (two years ago) link
i'm watching the second half now (afternoon games are a curse) and the biggest thing i see is that no matter what anyone wants to say about shooting disparity the bucks defense, particularly with tatum on the floor, was completely broken. the celtics could get an open three on every single possession. no ball pressure, no hard closes to shooters. tough way to make a living.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 16 May 2022 01:36 (two years ago) link
Very satisfying blowout
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 16 May 2022 01:37 (two years ago) link
bucks weirdly came out from halftime and just kinda gave up
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 May 2022 01:38 (two years ago) link
even giannis only had seven points in the 2nd half
yeah you don't feel him at all. but it was the bucks defense that really failed them. the celtics survive all of tatum's 3rd-quarter foul trouble which would be unthinkable a couple games ago.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 16 May 2022 01:39 (two years ago) link
After being a DNP-CD for Game 7, it sounds like Rob Williams will be back in action for the Heat series with 'no restrictions' https://t.co/7B9XkLrnAn— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) May 16, 2022
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 May 2022 18:29 (two years ago) link
lol this picture
From this to 4 ECF’s in 6 seasons… pic.twitter.com/BjmLzPZvkR— Celtics Junkies (@Celtics_Junkies) May 16, 2022
― lag∞n, Monday, 16 May 2022 18:40 (two years ago) link
they should try winning the ECF this time imo
― ciderpress, Monday, 16 May 2022 18:45 (two years ago) link