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    The Celtics Offseason

    How is it absurd? Why can't you just admit his effort sucks here? I'm sorry, I don't have all of the time in the world to spend hours digging through a highlight package and IDing every single time he moved like it was game 62. I picked the first, most obvious one, a turning point early in the...
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    The Celtics Offseason

    I mean, I hate that we're diving this much into one single play, but you have no idea how one can watch Jaylen Brown be the closest player to Duncan Robinson - who was behind him when the play started - and make no effort to guard a shooter as good as DR in transition and think that this action...
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    Celtics vs Heat ECF Redux Discussion Thread

    I think that was like a cherry on top of the shit sundae. Everyone thought the money was terrible because he's not worth it, and to add a no trade clause was clownish. The contract still sucks without it. But more to CD's point, dumb teams doing dumb things is not a reason to think it's the...
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    The Celtics Offseason

    Not even a little bit? Jaylen and Tatum are even here. It's currently three Heat vs. three Celtics. Tatum has a sprained ankle. Duncan Robinson is behind Jaylen. Now Duncan Robinson has sprinted up the floor, past Jaylen. It's transition. Might be good for him to guard Robinson since no...
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    The Celtics Offseason

    No, I'm acknowledging that I'm not a pro basketball scout and my opinions are informed somewhat by reading the opinions of others who do this professionally. Pretty much every bball media member that I follow agrees that he's capable of really good man defense at times but overall he's just...
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    Jaylen Brown, Year 7

    It's not just the handle. The handle sucks of course, but his decision making is probably the bigger issue when he has the ball. He doesn't see the floor well when he drives, which makes him one-dimensional - teams know he's looking to raise up for a jumper on a drive or bully his way to the...
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    The Celtics Offseason

    I'm not going to scroll through an entire highlight package b/c I'm not a scout nor am I that guy who picks apart defensive failures, but 2:30 is exactly the kind of infuriating Jaylen play that I mentioned where he's jogging half speed as the opponent is in transition. That's not a unique...
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    The Celtics Offseason

    He was awful. He had a negative asst/TO ratio for the series. His TS was 46%. He had a 91 Ortg (second lowest on the team to Brogdon) and a 119 Drtg. He's not going to suddenly learn how to dribble and pass at this point, and his weaknesses really come out when the lights are brightest. How many...
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    Joe Mazzulla officially named head coach

    Hollinger on the Hollinger and Duncan podcast said (paraphrasing) "When you hire a first year head coach, you have to expect growing pains in the playoffs." We don't know what CJMs coaching resume is going to look like in ten years, but we shouldn't be surprised that he's not the most seasoned...
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    Celtics vs Heat ECF Redux Discussion Thread

    I feel bad for the posters whose takeaway is "Man, they played bad tonight." We've been asking them to win a close game all playoffs and they pulled it out with good defense, effort, and triumphing in the face of adversity. They were on the road and forced a bunch of role players to step up...
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    Joe Mazzulla officially named head coach

    Great - none of the above addresses my point (and I noticed she didn't actually get hired?). You're making a statement that's it good to focus on demographic similarities in coaching searches. You're saying that this demographic should not be "former NBA players" or "former basketball players,"...
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    Joe Mazzulla officially named head coach

    The general principal applies. "More akin" "matching" whatever - so long as you're saying that these characteristics fundamentally matter to coaching basketball players, you're providing a reason to not hire people people who don't have those characteristics, women being the most obvious group...
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    Joe Mazzulla officially named head coach

    How is that? If the goal is for the coaching population to match the player population, then there's no room for women because women don't play in the NBA. I'm just saying - people repeat this mantra that certain census categories have to match in order for coaches to connect with players, and...
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    Joe Mazzulla officially named head coach

    I just want to say - the logical endpoint for this argument is that a woman should never be an NBA head coach.
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    When to get excited?

    I remember when the Sox won in 04, Bob Ryan was on PTI describing the Red Sox mood in the clubhouse after winning game four. He said, "There's a real belief on this team that if they can just get to Curt Schilling in game 6, they have a real shot to win this thing." The Celtics don't have a...
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    NFL: News and transactions

    This is true, but I would say that having fans in the seats adds to the TV experience. Sell out crowds of die hard fans cheering make the game more exciting. But anyone saying this will impact the NFL is just way off. Even if it were to have any material effect, they'd just change it back and...
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    SoSH Golf, 2023

    Extra stiff - it's the next step up from stiff. I think there are different grades of it, so someone like Rory is using a much stiffer extra stiff than a 7 handicap like me
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    SoSH Golf, 2023

    From my POV, it's a combination of both. If you're starting out, you probably need to make tweaks to your swing regardless to hit any driver consistently. That in itself isn't really a red flag. For a personal example, a Korn Ferry pro once told me to press my hands a little bit forward at...
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    2023 NBA Draft: Wem! Ban! Thank You Yam!

    This keeps being repeated as gospel - a "difference" - but it doesn't track at all. Why is one better than the other? How is one throwing a basketball game and the other is not? I hate to defend Dallas, but it's no different than what the Clippers have done to get "better" playoff seeding in...
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    2023 NBA Draft: Wem! Ban! Thank You Yam!

    What is that difference, though? Why is it worse to sit guys for one half vs. an entire game? It's not self-evidently true to me. In the game I link to, Serge Ibaka and Patrick Beverly only played 18 minutes - Reggie Jackson with a tight 7 - while Jay Scrubb got 36, Oturu 38, Patrick Patterson...
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