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Post by FLCeltsFan on May 11, 2019 17:13:59 GMT -5
The one player that the Celtics should be sure to keep is Marcus Smart. Players with his heart and intensity and unselfishness are not all that easy to come by. Defense wins championships and Smart is the heart and soul of this team's defense.
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We need more Marcus Smarts and not less. I'd much rather have Patrick Beverly at the point than Kyrie. Can you imagine how much fun a Beverly/Smart backcourt would be?
Of the players we have, I'd like to see Smart, Hayward, Brown, Tatum, Horford, Baynes, Morris and Williams back. Wanamaker did a decent job of playing back up point. I want them to have a team like we did last season where every player out there played hard every minute on the court and they played as a team. They were together. I don't want any stars if it means another diva who is out for their stats or their glory or wants to be a leader. I would much rather have a team of hustling role players who play as a team and are together than a star who thinks he's above the rest.
Oh, and I think they need to hire Perk and Paul Pierce as coaches and keep Tatum away from Kobe this summer.
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Post by afceltic on May 11, 2019 20:09:44 GMT -5
I have to respectfully disagree with just about everything that you posted FL. While Marcus does have heart, he is a net negative overall on the team because of his terrible shooting and failing to have a the awareness to stop shooting long 3's with 20 seconds on the clock. A great example of that is his first game back, Marcus went 1-7 from 3 point land which tied with Kyrie for the most 3's taken in the game after being out for a month. As Scottie Pippen correctly said he was the second best player for the Bucks that night. Yes he will make a nice hustle play a few times a game on defense, but that doesn't even come close evening out his affect on the game. He was given an overpriced 12M deal by Danny so he could help match AD's salary and that is the best case scenario for us is that he is traded for AD who signs a long term deal with us.
I do agree with keeping Morris as he seemed to cut down on his bad shots towards the end of the season and playoffs, not to mention he was our most consistent player.
FL, the team that you describe above is one that mirrors the IT team from a few years ago. They will overachieve during the regular season and get exposed in the playoffs because scoring and superstars win playoffs series and therefore championships in this version of the NBA where defense is almost completely outlawed. As we all know Boston is about Championships and that team wouldn't get close to winning one and therefore isn't an option IMO. That team would play hard but wouldn't be able to score all over again and IDK about anyone else, but I am tired of seeing bricks in the playoffs.
What Brad needs is a guy on his staff to counterbalance his X's and O's knowledge with someone who is great at meshing superstar egos just like what Phil Jackson had. Phil was terrible at X's and O's, but he had Tex Winter who came up with the triangle and took care of that side while Phil took care of the ego's. Phil was extremely lucky that Tex stayed loyal all of those years and turned down several head coaching opportunities or he would have been exposed as a head coach not as a GM on how bad he was as a basketball technician.
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Post by jmost on May 12, 2019 6:57:50 GMT -5
I feel that we lost so badly to the Bucks not because of bad D, but because of horrible O. Kyrie in particular shot terribly poorly game after game, and it wasn't the Bucks' D that caused it. He just missed. Other guys also missed the same wide open 3s that MIL made.
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Post by Roadrunner on May 12, 2019 10:30:25 GMT -5
I feel that we lost so badly to the Bucks not because of bad D, but because of horrible O. Kyrie in particular shot terribly poorly game after game, and it wasn't the Bucks' D that caused it. He just missed. Other guys also missed the same wide open 3s that MIL made. There were a lot of reasons why BOS lost to MIL, however if I had to select one then it was Coach Bud doubling/tripling (or sending entire team) inside when Kyrie attacked the paint. Ex: game #1, single coverage was deployed; rest of the series, multiple coverage was deployed. |
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Post by jmost on May 12, 2019 11:45:12 GMT -5
It wasn't like the Bucks smothered us all over the floor. They just decided to take one thing away (Kyrie's drives) and we couldn't counter because we couldn't hit outside shots - other than Brown, who shot well in 3 of the 5 games. If Tatum, Horford, Hayward, Rozier and Kyrie shot as well as they can, it might have been a different story. But they didn't.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on May 12, 2019 20:00:05 GMT -5
I think if you ask the team, the greatest reason we lost is because the guys didn’t have each others’ back. The team was divided, almost from the start.
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Post by runrondo on May 12, 2019 20:06:47 GMT -5
What worried me most was Kyrie talking about how he was built for this and then failing miserably. On offense in particular since that was what killed us last year and adding him and Hayward back seemed to be an easy solution to that problem.
I just worry that Kyrie is not the type of star we need based on our head coach and team style. I see Lillard on the Blazers who is willing to let his teammate McColum take a big shot at the end of the game and stand as a decoy in the corner and wonder if Kyrie has it in him to empower his teammates like that and trust someone else?
And I agree with FL in that somebody better set up Tatum to work out with Pierce over the summer. I can't believe a guy got worse because he added more moves to his offensive arsenal, but the Mamba mentality only works when you're a top player in the NBA and are the best offensive option every time.
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