yeah he is probably there to babysit
― micah, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 01:37 (one year ago) link
thought the same re jvg and also they hired two assistants who will prob get head coaching jobs ...somewhere... soon
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 01:53 (one year ago) link
maybe jeff is there to tell them to fire joe
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 16:05 (one year ago) link
i do not think jeff should be coach fwiw
and the celtics seem to think having younger black coaches is the way to go too, and they have two viable candidates on staff who meet the description
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
totally ignoring the action of the game
to be fair, this is the correct way to cover a preseason game
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link
i mean i turned it on to watch the game not attend a leadership conference
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 16:31 (one year ago) link
haha yeah there are a thousand better ways to totally ignore the action of a game
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
when i watch a preseason game im in serious scout mode (wondering who various guys are)
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
Same. I just sat through Blazers v Suns last night where PDX played what was close to an all-rookie lineup the entire game. At least half of them will be on two-way contracts and playing in the G-League this season. It was a weird mess of a game, but it let me see the deep end of the bench and try to attach unknown names to whatever on-court skills were on display.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link
thinking about the celtics subpar playmaking and how they didnt exactly address it with their offseason moves, marcus and jrue are prob similarly skilled playmakers and rob is a better passer than zinger, but then they did kind of address it obliquely by getting better at offense generally, like you can get better passers or you can get guys who create easier passes which is what they did, just as general offensive players jrue and zinger are much better than marcus and rob, they did lose grant and brogdon too tho both of them ended up being kind of inconsequential last year, but of course youd be happy to have them on your bench
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 20:47 (one year ago) link
celtics were pretty good at moving the ball last year which might be enough considering their new firepower, also just trading a bunch of jaylen offensive initiations for jrues will be a huge upgrade, jaylen sometimes has problems just getting started, and marcus was a way underrated playmaker but he was such a bad scorer that he couldnt put enough pressure on the d for it to really matter much
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 20:53 (one year ago) link
pretty sure this team will be meaningfully better than last years and im looking forward to watching them
*health disclaimers here
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:04 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8k5CY9XcAEgd_r?format=jpg&name=medium
the fellas
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
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― lag∞n, Tuesday, October 17, 2023 12:07 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
seems like the situation is win-now enough where if mazzulla doesn’t pan out this year they might be looking for a guy with head coaching experience
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link
idk jeffs been out of the game so long and imho was good not great in the first place
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
like can you imagine him drawing up the kind of plays teams use now idk
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:17 (one year ago) link
this feels like a pretty standard arrangement for an unemployed ex-coach. highly highly doubt the celtics have any intention of JVG ever being their coach
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
yeah these guys are always hanging out consulting
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
― Clay, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:27 (one year ago) link
ust trading a bunch of jaylen offensive initiations for jrues will be a huge upgrade
yes this
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 21:50 (one year ago) link
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― lag∞n, Tuesday, October 17, 2023 5:23 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
welllll the globe beat guy did report that the conversation between jvg and brad started with a potential coaching role and ended up with the consulting thing. of course this could be anyone's decision (the reporting was deliberately vague), maybe jeff wasn't ready to go back to the full grind with travel and stuff or maybe it was determined that he'd be too big a presence in the second row of bench seats. but sounds like coaching was definitely discussed.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:19 (one year ago) link
im sure hed take it i mean getting handed a contender is a good deal, but its just not a good idea
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:21 (one year ago) link
no it isn't, and i am sure a head coaching role wasn't on the table, but even as an assistant he'd probably just be too public of a presence. it would also fuck up charles lee and cassel who are on an upward trajectory and i'm sure want to be in circulation for future gigs.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:26 (one year ago) link
btw im watching the game a lil bit behind but man the celtics have some guys this year, last year i thought they had some guys but this year the guys are guysier
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:30 (one year ago) link
the jrue white backcourt is going to frustrate some basketball players
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:31 (one year ago) link
pritchard is bombs away all the time lol kudos
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:32 (one year ago) link
i'm excited for the guys.
re: the offense i think nate duncan's analysis makes sense to me, basically it might not be pretty but it should be effective because they should always have a mismatch somewhere on the floor given their size and skill.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:33 (one year ago) link
having zinger as the third or fourth option is tough how do you help off of him hes already tall enough to shoot over almost everyone so how do you recover back to him and should you accomplish that he can put the ball on the floor
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:36 (one year ago) link
he gets clowned a little because he's had a weird career, but he can really score and i'm crossing my fingers that everything he's saying about just wanting to play on a winner is real
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:39 (one year ago) link
its prob legit makes sense from a career perspective for him, as to whether he can actually do the winning things guess well see
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:42 (one year ago) link
big thing for him besides staying healthy obvs is holding up on d offense should be easy
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:43 (one year ago) link
hes a bit of a gobert great around the basket but iffy on the perimeter, one good thing is the celtics have a great defensive team so theres room to cover for him
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:45 (one year ago) link
celtics running a fullcourt press sure why not
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:53 (one year ago) link
xp seems like no one is really being ambitious about crazy switching anymore...there are certainly individual matchups where you would worry about him holding up but as you say they should have enough overall talent on that end.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 00:55 (one year ago) link
athletic article partially about tatum getting more serious about post play today, posting up is kind of dead but its still good to have another way to score for a guy who gets so much defensive attention, and he could turn some post ups into very makeable jumpers once hes backed his man down too, force double teams kick it out etc, also i just like him playing physical drawing fouls and so forth, hes kind of a beast now needs to push the physical advantage he has over a lot of defenders
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 October 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link
yeah for guys of his size and skill level it's a good way to conserve some energy while also being dangerous to score, pass, or get fouled. i think the thing where you start outside the arc and either do a suicide drive at the basket or shoot a 3 has diminishing returns over time.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 October 2023 00:36 (one year ago) link
end of this celtics blowout scal and the new guy are talking about how pritchard hires guys in the offseason to play defense against him and scal gets kind of offended that he didnt call him and starts talking about how he has these arm pads that he wears when he training guys and then he talks about the arm pads a bunch apparently theyre quite robust "theyre great" he says
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 October 2023 01:33 (one year ago) link
also "im the best guy in the boston area for this"
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 October 2023 01:34 (one year ago) link
feeling like maybe payton went home for the summer thats why he didnt call scal
also the celtics had 22 steals lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 October 2023 01:37 (one year ago) link
Scal is still feeling himself from when he beat that high school kid one-on-one on the Internet
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 October 2023 01:39 (one year ago) link
scal seems like he needs a lot of attention
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 October 2023 01:40 (one year ago) link
you have to admit the scal one on one series was a great bit tho
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 October 2023 01:41 (one year ago) link
it was good but he probably shouldn't make it his whole personality
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 October 2023 01:41 (one year ago) link
hes such a doof lol but i love all the guys who think they can beat a professional basketball player in one on one just cause hes dumb looking classic material
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 October 2023 01:44 (one year ago) link
a couple years ago I had a mild argument at a party with a dude in his 40s who supposedly is good at the Y who thought he could start in the WNBA
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 October 2023 01:50 (one year ago) link
you gotta have that irrational confidence to succeed in your local pickup game
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 October 2023 01:56 (one year ago) link
omg the guys who think they could play in the wnba are insane they would get bodied so fast
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 October 2023 01:59 (one year ago) link
lol hit the latest tabhttps://twitter.com/search?q=%22I%20could%20start%20in%20the%20WNBA%22&src=typed_query&f=live
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 October 2023 02:10 (one year ago) link