That’s been my biggest correction with Jaylen. Despite whatever flaws he may have or had, it’s good to have really good players lol. Especially ones with his track record of improving on weaknesses.
Oh for sure, I think the calculus changes based on the team. I'm just using the 2023/2024 team as the base
I think the disconnect is that most people feel Tatum does his scoring more within the scheme offensively, whereas Jaylen is known more to force the issue.
While I was out fishing/searching for Redfish the other day I was in some prIme water and in an effort to get a fish to tangle with me I started saying, come on Red Foxx, show yourself Red Skelton, where ya at Red Holzman, come on Red Auerbach. Then started daydreaming about what RA would think about this current group. (Imagine he’d have liked it a lot!). Then thought, did I ever see Red Auerbach with any Red hair and that would be a no. Which led me to come across this picture later in the day. Can’t tell his hair color but I wasn’t surprised to see him pictured in a defensive stance.
4-11 since ASB but 6 of those losses were by two possessions or less. Pop has them competing
| Month | Avg absences | Porzingis Out % |
| Oct / Nov | 0.61 | 17% |
| Dec | 0.93 | 43% |
| Jan | 0.81 | 31% |
| Feb | 0.50 | 10% |
| Mar | 1.42 | 50% |
Good weed?Here’s something much more important to the 23-24 Celtics than Brown v Tatum.
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I loved the below video. The difference in how he can control the ball while he bodies to his spots is night and day from last spring even.
Thank you for sharing - everything suggests the improvement is real. That video is great though - I especially enjoyed Jaylen cooking Kyle Lowry and Hartenstein. The former because he is Kyle Lowry. The latter because he plays the armpit of America.
I don't know where the numbers are getting mixed up, but on the postgame they said we haven't clinched yet, will with a Bucks loss Sunday or a Bucks win with a C's win on Monday. Not that it matters, but I'm wondering where wires are getting crossed, I can't see the math where they haven't clinched, but I can't imagine NBCBoston getting it wrong
I think the next tiebreaker is conference record, not playoff teams.
If the Celtics lose out, I suspect that conference tiebreakers will be the least of our concerns.
They have 7 EC games left, and 7 EC losses. That adds to 14.
Doesn't matter. There aren't any permutations of playoff teams you can come up with that puts the Bucks ahead, since the Celtics have so few games left against possible EC playoff teams.
If I didn't know any better, I'd think that Kornet saw Tillman come in, realize his job and summer '24 contract were in serious jeopardy, and then somehow find a new gear overnight.
The Cs have won a lot of series in Tatum's tenure where he's been the 2nd best player on the floor. If he had been that in the 2022 Finals, we'd have hung banner 18 in 5 games.
I saw that post and after doing a little bit of Binging on the subject, it seems that no one really knows what "playoff teams" means since the advent of the play-in tournament. For example, playoffstatus.com, which Lowe says he looks at for playoff odds, says this: "NBA.com actually states "W-L percentage against playoff teams". Before utilizing the play-in tournament this simply meant the top 8 teams. Since utilizing the play-in tournament the meaning of the statement is a bit unclear, does it mean the top 6, top 8, or top 10 teams."
It makes sense to me because I was going to post the same quibble. I expect that the NBA is going to ignore that question until it happens.
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The rules address this point. Any team tied for a playoff spot is considered a playoff team for purposes of the tiebreaker. The exact phrase is "playoff eligible." The rules also state that tiebreakers are applied at the end of the regular season. So they can't consider any of the results of the play-in games.
I'm all-in on it being coaching. You can credit CJM, Cassell, Charles Lee, whomever, but this team is plug-and-play to a pretty much unprecedented degree in the NBA. Everyone is on the same page and executes the same stuff the right way. Never seen anything like it--maybe the 2012-2017 Spurs teams?
Talking just about the regular season, they’re about as plug and play as you’ll see. Obviously playoffs are a much different story, but I also think the bench has multiple playoff rotation caliber players.The buy in has been next level, up and down the roster.
I'm not quite there on the title being overwhelming probability. I like them a lot against everyone except Denver. They're a favorite against the Nuggets, but Denver's lack of depth doesn't hurt as much in a Finals setting.
Competition can create next levels. We saw it in New England the year Jimmy G was drafted and Brady said uh no you’re not.
