Their announce crew discussed the actual game (maybe) 10 percent of the time, filling the rest of the broadcast with inane NBA chatter. I'm pretty sure that most of the people tuning into a summer league game on a Saturday night on Fourth of July weekend already know about all the stuff they're yammering about incessantly.
Well sure, but is wasn't a binary choice the Celtics could really make.
Hey Bron-bron, I think we can still fit you under the cap if we release a few players...
Agreed. I was simply nodding to those who made comments along the lines of preferring to root for team without Kyrie versus one with him.
Are they though?
Grant was +21, tops in the game.
And spent almost a full quarter plus talking about Zion as well during the Cs/76ers. We've got that to look forward to as well on SportsCenter.
Agreed, but I want to add that Tacko was absolutely great at boxing out. He knew how to do it and put his body on other people to box them out. I hope he makes it as a two-way player. It will be fun to see whether he can develop into a NBA player. Oh, and he should be shooting his free throws from between his legs.
Maybe it's an old man thing, but my expectation tuning into a game is that the people broadcasting the game know who the players are. Of course they want to circle back to Zion and the Kawhi/George story and others (LAL revival, player movement), but it's not asking a lot as a viewer to have a basic knowledge of the people on the court.
Have we got all our two-way contracts filled? I thought we had one for Max Strus, so there should be one available, unless I'm forgetting someone, or it's being held for the second second-round pick whose name isn't coming to mind.
Didn't realize Edwards shot that well from 3. Those weren't easy looks either--he just lets it fly whenever there's an opening.
Perhaps but I would recommend caution. You have seen enough of these summer league and pre-season games to know that its almost a different sport. Virtually everything about play gets considerably harder when a player is facing actual NBA athletes who know how to position themselves, understand angles and are part of an actual defensive scheme. Williams saw virtually none of that from the 76ers process babies today and is unlikely to see much of it during the rest of the SL schedule.
Strus has one already and the thought is that Tremont Waters (who apparently also looked good today) will get one.
He'll be on the team because he represents salary filler. (But no need to dress him or allow him to practice with the guys or whatever).
But that describes Williams. He was always in the right place defensively and on the glass. He also has an effortless stroke from beyond the arc and a very good handle for a 6-7 player. He's one of those below-the-rim guys who knows how to play, like Luis Scola. Sure, it will get more difficult against "real" NBA players, but he won't turn the ball over, take bad shots or give up easy baskets,
I expect them to know you don’t need free salary cap room to trade for Westbrook but a salary match from the teams
In time. But other than Grant, I don't see any of the rookies playing much, and even Grant will need to earn every minute.
That's like 75 minutes a game for say 5 guys. Plus days off for load management and tweaks. Not insignificant. I'd be surprised if Grant and Edwards don't eat a bunch of that. Langford might get the slow simmer treatment in year one.
I think Edwards will play his way into 10-12 minutes a night. Of course, it’s post Summer League game one glow, so I’ve basically convinced myself he’s the love child of Damon Stoudamire and Fred VanVleet, but he’s a gamer with skills this team needs, and he gets after it on D too, so I think he’ll earn his time.
Agreed. But Kanter won't generally be getting 30+ IMO. Some nights maybe. But there should be plenty of minutes there for TL, Theis, and maybe even GW. It will be matchup dependent of course. And depends on who earns them as well.
It's not easy to coach height. If Fall shows promise, I'm not convinced Strus will block him.
I think this is right, but I would not expect much GWill at center. Basically, if Edwards has a significant role in the rotation, the Celtics will be running a lot of small lineups.
Yeah, if Edwards gets a lot of run, it will probably be with Smart or Hayward bench units. It’s pretty valuable to put extra shooting in those, especially if he can be active off-ball: he should have some gravity.
Don’t have the highlights, but TL also had a couple of nice passes where he anticipated where the play was headed surprisingly well. He might have better BBIQ than we thought, I’m allowing myself to dream now.
