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    General Celtics thread: 24-25 edition

    I’m annoyed but not yet concerned. We are less than a month from the ASB. Just need to stay healthy and not fully collapse until then. Hopefully only Tatum makes the team, the others can get some rest. If they are still playing like this in mid-March, I will be concerned.
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    General Celtics thread: 24-25 edition

    I suspect the answer is something like: have OKC’s personnel. Good size and athleticism at every position makes them very switchable and without any particular matchup that is particularly worrying (other than JT against Hartenstein, but that’s the case for every big in the league). Get up into...
  3. J

    December 4th: Defeat Detroit

    5 mins in, every starter has hit a 3
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    NBA Cup 2024 discussion & gamethread: It's On. We'll Watch.

    Every year during the 2 weeks between the NFL conference finals and the Super Bowl, all teams go to Vegas for a single elimination tournament. Teams ranked by regular season record to that point except the 2 teams from the previous years NBA finals get a first round bye and play each other the...
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    NBA Cup 2024 discussion & gamethread: It's On. We'll Watch.

    The NBA cup game is Friday. This is just a normal regular season game.
  6. J

    General NBA season thread: 24-25 edition

    Are there offsets for coaches? There are for players for salary cap purposes but I would be surprised if coaches weren’t able to double dip.
  7. J

    November 2024 NBA Gamethread: Some of the Turkeys are on the Court

    Giannis not playing tonight. Bucks disastrous start to the year continues.
  8. J

    Celtics Offseason 2024 - Wake Me Up When September Ends

    Mostly agree although I think Al will play less this year. He also just needs to be healthy for the playoffs. I would assume something like 15-20% less minutes for him. Which means something like the following: KP: 1,000 Al: 1,500 Remaining: 1,400-2,500 Probably on the lower end of that range...
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    Wyc ownership group planning to make Celtics available for sale

    Maybe BBP is selling all of its shares but the new ownership group (BBP2?) is expected to be a lot of the same people. Not sure why those that are remaining would want to incur capital gains tax now, but maybe spreading it out over a couple years is preferable to a lump sum whenever they do exit.
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    2024 NBA General Offseason Thread

    Agreed, seems like they still have second round upside. Feels like the media is going to be falling over themselves to anoint the Sixers, Knicks, and Bucks as the likely favorites in the east, allowing the Celtics to play the disrespect card. I like it for a relatively young team coming off a...
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    Derrick White, extends 4yrs/$125.9M

    The salary cap increase is capped at 10% increases per year to avoid a KD to the Warriors scenario. I haven’t been able to find how the luxury tax threshold is calculated, but presumably as a fixed percentage of the salary cap. If so, I would have thought it would make some sense to allow the...
  12. J

    Brad Stevens: President of Basketball Ops

    The Clippers have actually won 14 more regular season games in that time, but the Celtics have won 39 more playoff games (79 to 40!) Edit for clarity: since Brad was hired in 2013.
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    What will be the next number retired by the Celtics?

    Al’s 6 years with the Celtics the team has gone: ECF, ECF, 2nd round, NBA Finals, ECF, NBA Champs. I think he’s a lock to have his jersey retired.
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    NBA Finals: Celtics vs Mavs

    I think it just shows how much they value rim protection. The other main defensive principals - limiting penetration, contesting 3s - can be done with almost any lineup. But rim protection is harder to find, and also allows for better rotations to the 3 point line knowing there is a big guy back...
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    NY Knicks 2024-25: OG and the Wild-KATs

    Unless the Knicks can trade Randle for a superstar-to-be-identified later, they would be on my list of teams most likely to underperform expectations next year. Feels like, despite the injuries, they got really hot at the right time last year. Can Brunson have the same kind of year next year? I...
  16. J

    Jaylen Brown: More than enough in Year 8.

    More than enough!
  17. J

    NBA Finals, Game 5, June 17: Banner Day>Flag Day

    Missed layups lead to fast breaks the other way. Need to make the layups to slow down the mavs. They have no chance against the half court defense.
  18. J

    NBA Finals, Game 5, June 17: Banner Day>Flag Day

    Tim Wakefield as the hero among us tonight. Crowd should be electric through this timeout.
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    NBA Finals, Game 5, June 17: Banner Day>Flag Day

    The d defense the first few minutes has been at an incredible level. Hope they can keep the energy for 48 minutes. They won’t lose playing D like this.
  20. J

    6/14 - Finals Game 4 @ DAL – Only Championship Banners

    First 5 minutes of the third will tell the story. A run to cut it to 15-18 and I would feel good. More of the same from the first half and I will just turn it off.
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