I want Tatum taking 18-20 shots tonight.Well this is not good.
I want Tatum taking 18-20 shots tonight.Well this is not good.
Sounds suspiciously like scheduled rest against a bad team.Well this is not good.
I want him to go full Devin Booker.I want Tatum taking 18-20 shots tonight.
Perfect time for it too, five games (including yesterday) in seven days is ridiculous. This London trip is so so dumbYeah, this is the old "We have guys that are dinged and we're playing the Tank Battle 2018! leaders" break.
Yep, this is modern NBA 101. Third game in four nights on the road with two more games on Wednesday and Friday. Letting the bruised get some rest.Perfect time for it too, five games (including yesterday) in seven days is ridiculous. This London trip is so so dumb
On the plus side, they have a ton of wins banked, and the rest schedule is a lot better post-London iirc.Perfect time for it too, five games (including yesterday) in seven days is ridiculous. This London trip is so so dumb
This.Sounds suspiciously like scheduled rest against a bad team.
Yeah--in preseason I said that Tatum was going to have X number of games scoring 25 points and people didn't think that would happen. I'll admit I thought it would happen because he would get some run in blowouts and have a few big nights. I didn't think he would be *this*--contributing to the starting 5 every night, which limits some of his shots.I want him to go full Devin Booker.
We're all going to be so disappointed when Smart takes 25 shots tonight.Yeah--in preseason I said that Tatum was going to have X number of games scoring 25 points and people didn't think that would happen. I'll admit I thought it would happen because he would get some run in blowouts and have a few big nights. I didn't think he would be *this*--contributing to the starting 5 every night, which limits some of his shots.
But tonight? Tonight? Lock and load baby.
...................in the first half.We're all going to be so disappointed when Smart takes 25 shots tonight.
Does he not realize that each shot he takes lowers his next contract by a mil? The league is completely convinced now that he will never be a shooter....................in the first half.
This is his contract year game. Don't think for a second he isn't the one locked and loaded to jack up everything.
He and Tatum will get 25 points. Smart with 25 shots; Tatum with 15.We're all going to be so disappointed when Smart takes 25 shots tonight.
When the lead guard is out, Heroball beckons to Marcus. He lives for these games....................in the first half.
This is his contract year game. Don't think for a second he isn't the one locked and loaded to jack up everything.
The others have had days off.Other interesting #'s (at least to me)
Tatum is 2nd on the team in minutes played, points, 3 pointers, free throws, and rebounds.
Sources: Boston forward Marcus Morris is expected to miss extended time as he and the team work on solution for nagging left knee.
Don't sleep on Terry. He'll also get his fair share of awful shots tonight.
This is good news I think? Come back healthy in early February. The injury was clearly bugging him...it just sucks he won't be around for the inevitable scuffle/fight with the wizards.
If Jaylen played all 28 games, Tatum would fall to 3rd in points, 3s made and rebounds. He'd have 14 less points, 6 less rebounds and 1 less three than Jaylen. He'd fall in minutes played quite a bit though.The others have had days off.
Unfortunately the engine is shot(s).You’ll be on the Terry bandwagon soon enough.
And hopefully Tatum calls his own number a little more when he's out with the second unit.This is good news I think? Come back healthy in early February. The injury was clearly bugging him...it just sucks he won't be around for the inevitable scuffle/fight with the wizards.
It’s good news because he’s been pretty disappointing overall (his on-off is a brutal -10.1 points per 100 possessions) and there’s hope that the lingering knee issues are contributing to that.This is good news I think? Come back healthy in early February. The injury was clearly bugging him...it just sucks he won't be around for the inevitable scuffle/fight with the wizards.
Mark Eaton's 456 blocks the year before would have been 4th last year among teams.During the 85-86 season, Manute Bol blocked 397 shots, which would have ranked him 14th among NBA teams last season.
Yeah, this is effectively just capturing the difference between W% and pythagorean W%.I was just eyeballing quickly I might be wrong. 10 points is obviously still an arbitrary cutoff but still usually indicates the winning team was in control
Edit: another way to look at it would be pythag, or point differential. Celts are 4th at +5.9, which is way below the Dubs and Rockets at +11.0. But it is also significantly better than Cleveland's +3.3
Good point. That probably suffices ... anyway, just a quick lunchtime project on my part, thanks.Edit: another way to look at it would be pythag, or point differential.
One thing that your look doesn't capture is that unlike the rest of the teams in that last, Boston is playing a traditional schedule full of back to backs and four in sixes while the rest of NBA (except Philly, of course) is playing an easier schedule.But for Boston, such dominant wins occur only a little more than one game in eight (13.8%). I know some of those who post here will argue that's just because Brad is smarter about using his resources, and getting the subs in quicker when it's a runaway game. But the argument could also be made that Boston's a bit of a paper tiger right now that's been rather lucky and rather well-coached, finding ways to win. I know I'm not the first to propose that, but I thought this way of looking at it was interesting.
Is this true? I don't track 4 in 6 nights, but the Celtics have actually not had a particularly bad schedule with respect to back-to-backs (they have had 4 - the NBA average to this point is 4.5).One thing that your look doesn't capture is that unlike the rest of the teams in that last, Boston is playing a traditional schedule full of back to backs and four in sixes while the rest of NBA (except Philly, of course) is playing an easier schedule.
And are in the midst of their busiest stretch of the season. It's amazing how one London trip affects the rest of their schedule. They really overcompensated for travel on this one.Well they do lead the NBA in games played (29) so far. But glancing at the totals Philly's schedule apparently hasn't been as bad as they're at 26 games like nearly the entire NBA. Golden State and Orlando have each played 28 games, so they have a near equal claim to Boston on the busy front. But Boston's still played more than anyone else.
The articles mentioned "disappointing" stints in Den, NY and BRK but I felt Larkin improved each year and was pretty good as a rotation guard in a tough situation with the Nets. He was a FA and had teams interested in him then when nothing got early in the process fired his agent and changed representation smack dad in the middle of the short FA period which doomed him. Like many reserve FA he got squeezed but there is little doubt imo that Larkin is at the very least a backend Top-11 rotation guy on most teams.Nice little article about Shane Larkin. I thought during the first half of the disastrous Chicago game (the only half I watched) that he was the only one out there really hustling; everyone else seemed to be playing in a fog.
Yeah, isn't Larkin the exact player the Wizards have been looking for the past few years for a 2nd unit PG?The articles mentioned "disappointing" stints in Den, NY and BRK but I felt Larkin improved each year and was pretty good as a rotation guard in a tough situation with the Nets. He was a FA and had teams interested in him then when nothing got early in the process fired his agent and changed representation smack dad in the middle of the short FA period which doomed him. Like many reserve FA he got squeezed but there is little doubt imo that Larkin is at the very least a backend Top-11 rotation guy on most teams.
Something the younger Balls may end up doing down the road.He was a FA and had teams interested in him then when nothing got early in the process fired his agent and changed representation smack dad in the middle of the short FA period which doomed him.
I actually intended to post it here and not there, so thanks for cross posting.EJ posted this in the general NBA thread but thought I'd cross-post it here; tremendous article on evolution of Kyrie here:
That is really interesting. With my high school team I have tried to eliminate all shots inside of 3, outside the paint. I have two talented guards, and when they shoot from "between" we get brutal efficiency, when they get "deep" one step into the paint our efficiency goes through the roof, partly because of the offensive boards even misses generateEJ posted this in the general NBA thread but thought I'd cross-post it here; tremendous article on evolution of Kyrie here: https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2017/12/15/how-kyrie-irving-has-evolved-with-the-celtics
Kyrie's 2016-17 shot chart:
Kyrie's 2015-16 shot chart:
Kyrie's current year shot chart:
Which one of these is not like the others?
Rick Pitino was the first guy I ever heard of with his system at Providence when he led them to the Final Four. I know his name isn't welcome here but he was THE innovator for the 3-point or layup offense back in the 80's coupled with his non-stop defensive pressure.That is really interesting. With my high school team I have tried to eliminate all shots inside of 3, outside the paint. I have two talented guards, and when they shoot from "between" we get brutal efficiency, when they get "deep" one step into the paint our efficiency goes through the roof, partly because of the offensive boards even misses generate
It was hard for me to board with this, since as old school guy I myself had a midrange game, but that was then.
The really hard thing for me to accept has been how wide open 3, has efficiency built in because transition d is better.
This is the game today, get in the paint, create for teammates, hit 3s.
Is this really Kyrie's evolution or him simply getting away from the taking turns iso or pick-n-roll offense that he had been in with the Cavs? This is what myself and others were expecting away from LeBron and Lue because he's played this way in the past at Duke, with USA basketball, and even in a showcase event such as the All-Star game. Same player imo.EJ posted this in the general NBA thread but thought I'd cross-post it here; tremendous article on evolution of Kyrie here: https://www.boston.com/sports/bosto...how-kyrie-irving-has-evolved-with-the-celtics