That would be awful matchups for us against the Pelicans though who start essentially two 1's in Frazier and Holiday. Either way Smart is the matchup with Holiday which would leave Jaylen in a difficult matchup against a pure 1. When E'Twaun is in the game we'll likely use Wanamaker to check him.
By "check" you mean wave at Moore as he blows by, right?
We may have 5 of our 10 rotation players out......Wanamaker is going to play significant rotation minutes for the simple reason that somebody has to help the Celtics play the 240 minutes out there tonight. He'll be fine in a limited role and approaching this game as his Super Bowl.
I can't find any recent reporting since the mid-September suggestions that he had had a psychotic break of some sort leading to his violent attack. Odd that there haven't been updates.
With them all sitting out I’d say this is more the Celtics prioritizing getting some banged up veterans 1 night out of 82 games off tonight and recognizing that our season begins in the spring. We are in championship mode not developmental mode.
While you're mostly right, the braintrust is aware of the secondary benefits of asset development and probably pretty happy about getting some of that benefit here. But of course mental health breaks and Al's dinged up knee and stuff like that is most of it.With them all sitting out I’d say this is more the Celtics prioritizing getting some banged up veterans 1 night out of 82 games off tonight and recognizing that our season begins in the spring. We are in championship mode not developmental mode.
Edit: E’Twaun also OUT tonight as he’s been awful of late probably due to some type of injury. Wanamaker is breathing easy on this news.
Wannamaker has played 50 NBA minutes. A little early to be writing him off as "garbage".
Yes, because there's 4 other guys ahead of him. Same is true of Dozier. That doesn't mean either one is garbage.
What do you mean "not a viable NBA player." From limited minutes he seems like a perfectly acceptable 11th guy on the bench. Frankly, the little he's played showed me that he can be a 4th guard on a NBA team and depending on how consistent his shot is, maybe 3rd guard isn't out of the question.
I agree. I’m not sure where the negativity is stemming from. He’s pesky on defense, has shown to be quick enough to cut through screens, and is a willing passer. He doesn’t make many mistakes or try to ISO anything, but has a touch around the basket (tear drop tonight was legit) and could hoist a 3 in a pinch. He’s not a Larkin-level 3rd PG, but he’s more than passable.
Wanamaker is like a poor mans E’Twaun. He’s perfectly serviceable in an emergency deep bench role at the league min.
I remain unconvinced that he is anything other than back end roster filler but tonight he looked fine. And he is fine on this team where he won't see any real meaningful minutes. However he is undersized, doesn't have the tightest handle and I haven't been impressed by his passing. That said, I will keep an open mind on him and perhaps he will prove me wrong. He looked fine in this most recent game so maybe he is a fourth or third guard.
Actually 7/11/3. But more importantly, if you single cover AD and he needs 34 shots to get his 41, that's a pretty good showing, especially for someone who entered the game with 33 NBA minutes in his whole career.
Davis has been playing hurt with a bad hip and been listed as day-to-day...….he had 6 points before being pulled the other night. They can't afford to sit him as you are essentially forfeiting a game with that team and they are hanging on for dear life in the playoff race. Desperate times in New Orleans.
At what point does Davis go full Kawhi and tell the Pelicans he won't jeopardize his health to win them games? It's a really bizarre situation, since they're pushing him physically in order to get wins to convince him to stay.
The Pelicans don’t have a great recent track record with big men, either. (See Cousins, Boogie).
Math isn't my strong suit but if they've got 17 now, they ain't getting to 20 next year.
If I'm not mistaken, he played the entire first quarter yesterday (I know he was in at least the first 11 minutes). He ended up playing 38 minutes, and is averaging 36.8mpg. For comparison, Kyrie leads the C's at 31.7, Tatum is at 31.0, Horford is at 30.0 and then Jaylen is 4th at 27.8.
He's going to opt-out this summer, call Danny to meet for the new deal, only to be told...…"Uh yeah, I'm on the line with Scal about something kinda important let me get back to you."
He's going to opt out, get signed & traded into the trade exception that Golden State has after Durant leaves for the Knicks as part of a three team deal that sends Rozier to Phoenix leaving Boston with a $30 million TPE. And Anthony Davis when the smoke clears.
