CELTICS 2010

as is their right

celtics third blowout in nine games, a blowout% of 33

blowout/loss ratio: 3/2

not watching but saw an IG reel of porzingis repeatedly getting free runs to the rim in the 3rd quarter, so i guess toronto is still figuring out "defense"

yeah celtics were killing them inside the arc, they have some good defensive players and are playing hard with this new coach even when the game was out of reach so they mightve just gotten overwhelmed by the big talent of the celtics

its tough when youve got a guy like poeltl who is a good defender but theres not really anywhere to put him vs the celtics starting five

tvabby interviewing zinger is funny shes not even in the shot when hes talking you just see a hand holding a mic

haha he has to be the tallest guy she's dealt with for tv purposes unless tacko fall ever got a postgame spot

you can teach a kindergartener the rules to chess

wrong thread

its true tho

"you can teach a kindergartener the rules to chess"
- brad stevens

now it's the right thread

brad otm

lol clay

he really would say that

celtics are sad w/o jt

Small, 9-game sample size to start the year is a given, but the bottom line on these Jayson Tatum numbers?

With Tatum on the court, the Celtics would have the NBA's best offense AND best defense.

Without him, the NBA's worst offense and #26 defense. pic.twitter.com/fZniZcFyFl

— Sean Grande (@SeanGrandePBP) November 12, 2023

what da fuck

Per source, Celtics asked league if center strip could be painted in a parquet pattern. The request was denied. https://t.co/ln9RUjadKK

— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) November 10, 2023

yet their uniforms contain the ashes of red auerbach's cigar

he should continue to do this imo

Sam Hauser in November:

🔥 12.2 PPG on 21-38 3PT shooting (55.3 percent) in six games 🔥

He's on fire, and his 3-point shot is such a great weapon for the Celtics. pic.twitter.com/TVnrj3juev

— Tomek Kordylewski (@Timi_093) November 13, 2023

also pritchard should do it

his shot has such a high arc it's so exciting

#1 rebounding team so far, you love to see it

yeah they dont have yr standard big man who gets all the boards but they do have a lot of guys who rebound really well for their position

re hauser putting 6+ threes up in 20mins a game and most of them are stand still catch and shoots is pretty crazy celtics getting him a ton of very nice looks

tatum is just gliding around out there this season, he mustve worked on his gliding

Tatum shake & bake pic.twitter.com/zoUCbPkrtB

— KWAPT (@KWAPT) November 14, 2023

drew hanlon says "gliding is the new hot skill"

lol this blonde girl beardo guy couple they keep showing screaming, exemplary bostonians

tatum stabbing the knicks with daggers he has murdered them rip

freakin ice dancing out there

Jayson Tatum DESFILANDO em quadra! 🥶#NBAnoYouTube AgoraNaNBA pic.twitter.com/4DCCZyAvSG

— NBA Brasil (@NBABrasil) November 14, 2023

he's in a very nice zone, shooting 52/40/79 before tonight, seems to have adjusted seamlessly to the new guys

yeah its really allowing him to pick his spots

gotta be the in the running for smoothest star in the league. very aesthetically pleasing game.

v much modern gervin stuff

porzingis isn't shooting as much as he has in the past but he's rocking a 55.8 FG% right now, his season best was 49.8 last year. if he can be a high efficiency medium volume safety valve that's really really great for their offense and opens up so much for other guys.

after i posted that i scrolled away and came back and was at the top of this thread and lol @ everyone roasting shaq and doc 13 years ago

lost a lot of ilh posters :(

all celtics should eventually be putting up career percentages this season if theyre not then theyre not playing right

Kristaps Porzingis’ shooting this season:

56.5% FG (career high)
40.8% 3PT (career high)
65.2% eFG (career high)
70.5% TS (his previous high was 63%) pic.twitter.com/0w7CkUJfXM

— ☘︎ (@CelticsRepublic) November 14, 2023

lol

Sam Hauser can defend. He’s shooting lights out this season, so you might have missed it. Though it may not be apparent at first glance, he is a two-way player.

“I think he’s a much better defender than people think,” Mazzulla said of the white-hot Hauser. “I can’t say why because I’d get in trouble.”

the war on theis continues

Daniel Theis and the Indiana Pacers are in serious talks on a contract buyout, which would clear the way for the veteran big man to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers pending a physical exam, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Clippers frontcourt depth could be arriving soon. pic.twitter.com/iiZ39wzUCr

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 15, 2023

I love him pic.twitter.com/Vo2PhaMD3W

— Daniel Theis Fanclub (@Theis_Fanclub) November 15, 2023

was listening to the latest free episode of the dunc'd on podcast where they do a few mins on each eastern conference team. they do the celtics first if any of you beanheads wanna check it out. but my main takeaway from their discussion was that porzingis has essentially eliminated the midrange jump shot/long 2 from his game (i think they said it was down to 2% of his attempts this year). i think my biggest question w/ the trade beyond the health aspect was just that zinger was a malcontent the last time he was asked to be a complimentary player but it seems like maybe his time w/ washington scared him straight in terms of being run off of a good team bcuz he wanted the ball more

i think too the fit was just weird in dallas, if youre gonna be a complimentary-ish player doing it while youre really in the mix of the offense for a contender is pretty different than being told to stand in the corner of a second round luka dominated team, also he learned how to post up where in dallas he was having trouble punishing small defenders, but yeah im sure having a year in dc to think things over didnt hurt, also defensively the celtics have personnel and scheme that makes much more sense for him he seemed genuinely happy when asked about how the celtics are using him defensively

that series where he got benched in dallas they were playing a scrambling switch everything style which obvs is just not gonna work for him, tho his switches so far this year have been fine, but if the celtics were asking him to rotate all over the place hed break down, hes actually had more trouble just defending good centers straight up, bam cooked the hell out of him, and obvs he was hopeless vs embiid they didnt even try to have him as a primary defender, but generally against centers who have got game hes not strong enough

flip side he is good around the basket great rim protection happening

he is also just clearly much healthier. i feel like he’s a rare case of a super tall guy who was considered something of an athletic freak early in his career then suffered some leg injuries, surgeries etc but somehow just looks better and more natural moving around 10 years into his career than he did when he was 20 years old

having not watched him closely in a while i've been impressed at how fluid and active he looks. i do think some of these huge guys take more time to grow into their bodies, and they also probably figure out stuff about what strength and conditioning works for them as the years go by

yeah he def seems like a mature player now playing at his own pace not forcing things game slowing down etc

of course thats easier to do when youre the third to fifth option

definitely--you made a good point earlier about how there are different flavors of being not the primary option, and he's obviously getting to do a lot more stuff here than he was in dallas, but it's all been within the flow of the offense

generally against centers who have got game hes not strong enough

but then there's al. what a sweet performance tonight against embiid.