CELTICS 2010

more jaylen

This was probably the best 5-minute stretch of Jaylen Brown’s career.

Created the first 20 points (15 scored, 5 assisted on) of the 4th quarter for the Celtics. pic.twitter.com/NPGtJ7MFNH

— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) December 17, 2023

"The Celtics will be active in the trade market to pursue bench help...They do have assets, so what can you get in the marketplace in terms of bench depth. "@ShamsCharania on the Celtics looking to add more depth to the roster 🗣️

(via @RunItBackFDTV)pic.twitter.com/DZkTjBQ5IB

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December 18, 2023

issue with celtics trades is matching salaries they have the grant williams $6.2m tpe which cant be combined with other contracts so they can trade for a guy who makes ~$6m, then you have this pupu platter which is about ~10m, so theyre limited to trading for pretty small contracts is what it boils down to, and idk if they really want to just throw in jordan walsh either

https://i.imgur.com/jWkRfax.png

pritchard make $4m and hauser makes $2m but youd have to be getting pretty decent player back to put those guys in which seems unlikely as its hard to find a player good enough to warrent that kind of trade whos on a mid level type deal and when teams have guys like that they tend to keep them, more likely they pick up a borderline rotation guy or two for second round picks

are we loving something like this? hauser has been really good for them but youd have to think about it for sure

https://i.imgur.com/m5CaLXr.png

guess you could put pritchard in instead

i do like stewart but giving up any 2 of pritchard hauser kornet leaves a lot of minutes to fill, assuming horf and/or kp will inevitably miss some important games.

they may just have to roll the dice with the buyout market. that doesn't seem to have been as big of a thing in recent years but the team is pretty sound and it's not crazy to think that the level of piece they need could come available that way, though full disclosure i haven't given any thought to who that might be lol

think theyll make a trade but could be a smaller one that doesnt give up either hauser or pritchard, feel like quenta makes kornet more expendable, and obvs depending on what position the guy they trade for plays any of those guys become more expendable

something like

https://i.imgur.com/Falr3Hh.png

Other note: Contending teams like Boston, Oklahoma City and Dallas have shown great interest in Isaiah Stewart, league sources tell The Athletic.

https://theathletic.com/5142623/2023/12/18/detroit-pistons-trade-scenarios

an interesting guy for sure

a lot of celtics trade scenarios run into the challenge of doing unbalanced trades when regular season roster limits are in effect.

i think they’ll be prudent, not sure the right guy will become available but luckily they don’t really *need* anything

seems like they prob wouldve done this if they were going to, too bad could make a lot more players available to them, but the team is tbf already very expensive

Per @celticsblog's @Ben___Dupont, today is the final day for the Celtics to fill the Grant Williams' traded player exception AND use that salary in a deal before the trade deadline on February 8th.

— Bill Sy (@deliberatepix) December 10, 2023

“And I think playing with a pace,” Brown said. “I think a lot of the times we get in trouble is when we walk the ball up, play slow, allow teams to load up.

https://i.imgur.com/Y6w3UBN.png

self awareness is the first step i guess!

next step make an outlet pass

Normal, lightly-contested jumper from Porzingis. Nothing to see here. pic.twitter.com/tB040zJzez

— Pull up shoot  (@NElGHT_) December 21, 2023

lol

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GB2BUt9WoAAjPfp?format=jpg&name=900x900

ay glad hes still out there doing his thing, always thought he had the skills to be a quality nba player but never really put it together, partially cause he never got in good shape

NEW: I spoke to former Celtic Jared Sullinger, now a star in China. He's confident the Celtics are raising Banner #18 this year.

“But I think that every year!” he said, laughing. “I told you — I bleed green."

More w/ @Jared_Sully0 for @CelticsBlog:https://t.co/DOv2wT1PGI

— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzellNBA) December 22, 2023

wtf

TV sitcom ‘Extended Family’ inspired by real-life relationship of Celtics owner, wife and her ex

https://apnews.com/article/boston-celtics-tv-show-extended-family-1f8968890e9df6fabbecc76cc465afd2

listening to them talk about their tv show for a whole quarter was so awful

they literally ignored the game while the c’s jumped out to a huge lead and played great, excruciating

funny this happens right after you pointed out in the other thread that the celtics owner doesnt really get in the way

he has fulfilling projects like inspiring a sitcom so he doesn’t need to meddle in basketball affairs

Drew Peterson having a 100/100/NA career

funny this happens right after you pointed out in the other thread that the celtics owner doesnt really get in the way

― ciderpress, Saturday, December 23, 2023 5:32 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah it was my punishment for saying something nice about a billionaire

celtics putting up some big numbers last couple games, tho tbf not sure the clippers knew there was a game today

this is crazy

Kristaps Porzingis now up to a league-best 1.44 points per play on all post ups. He’s shooting 71.4% on all post ups. Generates free throws on 32.7% of post up chances.

Just a ridiculous luxury for Celtics to be able to dump it in and let him go to work. pic.twitter.com/qAJwGgGbX1

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) December 26, 2023

lol everyone terrified to leave their man and help

whole team threatening to double none actually do

they should tho

crazy his numbers are that good considering he never really gets to the rim from a post up hes just finding mismatches and doinking the ball over them

feel like he’s successfully applying “work smarter not harder” to nba basketball

yeah hes laughing in interviews talking about how easy it is for him with this team

jesus christ

The team has blasted opponents by 9.2 points per 100 possessions with Horford on the court; that’s the worst on-court mark for any of the Celtics’ top eight rotation players.

this team is fuckin tough. last season there was this fragility, even during wins, that i just don’t sense this year at all

porzingis really adds a dimension they were missing

the issue with slowing down late in close games has popped up here and there but at other times not and they do seem to have some legit things they can do in those situations that they didnt have before, whether they execute them or fall back on bad habits is the question, hard to judge since theyre not playing that many close games lol, i do think their general style of play is moving in the right direction as the season progresses, towards more team ball quick reads smart counters

theyre still subject to getting tricked into taking mediocre threes too

and yeah zinger is a serious ceiling raiser, great time to be a lifelong zinger fan like me

seems like its dawning on tatum in particular that he basically never has to force anything

having all guys who can do everything has really allowed them to brutally hunt weak defenders

celtics with a white out four whites and derrick white

it counts

Celtics had the #1 ORTG for the month of December via @cleantheglass — 127.9 (10.2 points higher than league average)

They played 6 games vs top-10 defenses and went 6-0 with a 127.0 ORTG in those games

— Max (@lissmx14) January 1, 2024

i’ve seen ppl say this is the most eastern european fit imaginable and also seen ppl point out that he is dressed exactly like dicaprio’s character in the departed i think zinger may have cracked some sorta code here

Kristaps Porzingis was very impressed by Chet Holmgren in last night's Celtics loss:

"Honestly, I'm a little bit surprised. He's really good. He's already really effective on a really, really good team. He's the real deal."

(via @NBCSBoston) pic.twitter.com/z6YwYEYIhh

— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzellNBA) January 3, 2024

lmao the ball caps tilts it towards dicaprio imo

incredible

“I’d say Jimin of BTS is my favorite artist right now. I listen to BTS every day on my way to the gym. Jimin has the voice of an angel, I can spot his voice from a mile away. They’re the best.”

— Derrick White of the Boston Celtics https://t.co/hMFzMRg1y9 #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/w98QKcLsBU

— Dominic Pappa (@DominicPappa) January 4, 2024

Lol, pandering to kpop twitter is a good all star campaign tactic. They got Wiggins into the game two years ago.

theres like 30 of these memes going around lol

vote for derrick