Clips ain't gonna know what hit 'em.Out of nowhere with a steel chair indeed. Is this the real life?
Because it'll be coming from too high up.
Clips ain't gonna know what hit 'em.Out of nowhere with a steel chair indeed. Is this the real life?
And when he’s hitting shots from 28 feet, there is more room inside the arc for his teammates to operate inside the arc. Al Horford tends to hug the line when shooting threes, so there is a bit more room to get to the rim with the defense’s big a half step out on the perimeter trying to het a hand up on KPThe jumper was off (just 1-7 outside of the paint), but most of his shots were halfway down or hit the back rim. He got a TON of open looks, White and Pritchard's increased scoring gravity (and playmaking leaps from both JB and JT) mean he's gonna get even more room to operate than last year. He was excellent in the paint on both ends.
Please please please be healthy when it matters.
I don’t expect much bubble wrap or minutes restriction after the first game or two. He played under 32 mpg most games last year and higher when it was called for. If he’s not experiencing any setbacks I’d expect similar this year….32-34 a night on average.He's maybe my favorite Celtic to watch. Fuck the bubblewrap: let's have some fun!
This is correct. I also wanted his return delayed further but he looked very good and deserves to be playing. Am so glad for him…and us!He looks really good out there, physically.
Bubble wrap him for a month. IDGAF. Al is in his prime like Doc Holliday, and we got 3 live-wire young centers hoping to have an NBA career. KP doesn't play more than 50 games in a season anyway, just give him a few weeks now, or we'd end up giving him a few weeks in a month or two.
Who will our bigs be for the 2026-27 season in two years? Jrue will either be older or gone as well. This units window is extremely small. Brad will need to work his magic to surround JT and JB with a Championship roster after next season.Even before the ankle issue today I thought he had been looking very stiff and not as mobile as he was last season. Maybe just rust but starting to wonder how much he has left in the tank at this point.
I thought he started his season strong and looked as close to 100% as possible (at least on offense, the defense I chalked up to rust) but since he turned an ankle a couple weeks ago he’s been hobbling more than usual.Even before the ankle issue today I thought he had been looking very stiff and not as mobile as he was last season. Maybe just rust but starting to wonder how much he has left in the tank at this point.
And 3 minutes later I see Trace Jackson-Davis denying Anthony Davis at the rim. JFC.Who will our bigs be for the 2026-27 season in two years? Jrue will either be older or gone as well. This units window is extremely small. Brad will need to work his magic to surround JT and JB with a Championship roster after next season.
It seems like there's a lot of venn-diagram overlap between the people who were expressing hope for us to bubble-wrap Porzingis for chunks of time during this regular season to preserve him for the playoffs, and the people complaining that, now that we are in fact bubble-wrapping Porzingis, he can't be counted on in the playoffs....They aren't being dropped into the finals next week so I'm not worried about the defense (if they do make it back through the east that's a problem that will have worked itself out), but yes, the biggest problem is KP and Al. At this point it feels like we'll be lucky to have a healthy porzingis in the finals and will again be relying on Al. He might still be able to pull off 30+ minutes of great play in the finals with plenty of rest between games (and my favorite Horford playoff stat is that he's shooting .561 from 3 in 11 finals games), but there are some potentially ugly matchups out there.
I thought I saw him do that but I figured i was crazy. I wonder if he had directed it poorly if they would have called a delay of game on himI enjoyed this moment of playfulness in yesterday's game:
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Thanks for posting. Most big man 3Ps made below. Dirk KAT and Markkanen are probably in the same category (not over 7 feet). Brook Lopez is in the conversation. Wemby obviously may be better than all of them.It's pretty amazing look at these 3s from last night. I think only one of them was from within a foot of the line. Many are three-four feet back. Pretty obvious what that does for spacing and driving lanes when he's out there. Big Al can shoot it, but he's basically always within a hair of the line.
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When you consider the range, is he the best 7-foot-plus shooter of all time? I guess KAT is 7 feet. Durant is listed at 6-11.
Looking at the all-time 3pt% list, it's so wild to see Al Horford at #172 and Larry Bird at #185.
Seriously. Everyone knows they breathe fire from their nostrils:Thanks for posting. Most big man 3Ps made below. Dirk KAT and Markkanen are probably in the same category (not over 7 feet). Brook Lopez is in the conversation. Wemby obviously may be better than all of them.
But the real reason I posted this - Hey Drew, Unicorns don't spit fire!![]()
The math isn't right here, he missed 25 regular season games and 12 playoff games last year, 37 total (not 57). He's missed 50 regular season games with Boston, not close to a full season just yet.The Celtics have an insanely good record when KP does not play. Last season, it was 51-6, including 10-2 in the playoffs. This season it is 20-5. Overall, that’s 71-11, which would be the third best regular season record of all time
KP has missed an entire season worth of games. With him, the Celts were 49-15 last season, including playoffs, and are 15-10 this season, for a total of 64-25, which is a 59 win team.
As Reddit pointed out, KP's return also coincided with what appears to have been an injury to DW, so that counts something towards BOS's uneven performance and KP's poor numbers.It is shocking how much better Boston does when he's on the bench though. His net rating is -8.7, compared to -1.2 last year. On the bright side, -8.7 is tied with Lebron.
It's not controversial to say that the best version of this team includes KP, even if they were playing better before his return (for whatever reason), they need him to win the title in what will undoubtedly be a more difficult playoff run this time around. And a lousy net rating (especially in a quarter season sized sample) doesn't necessarily mean anything. Forget Lebron, everyone is enamored with J-Dub and he's put up a scorching -11.2 net rating this season.As Reddit pointed out, KP's return also coincided with what appears to have been an injury to DW, so that counts something towards BOS's uneven performance and KP's poor numbers.
But he/the team has been playing better. As an example, KP's NetRtg for the last 9 games is +17.2, while for copmairson his NetRtg for the last 15 games is +1.2.
JAYsWhite have been in a shooting slump for over a month, which coincided with KPs return.How much more of a sample size do we need to at least discuss why the Celtics seem to be better without KP?
My theory is that defensively they are more switchable on defense, which tends to snuff out opponents’ offense better than when Boston plays a big who is exploitable on the floor.
Offensively, Boston tends to be more attack oriented when KP doesn’t play. He isn’t a great pick setter, and him standing 35 feet from the hoop doesn’t put a lot of pressure on defenses, even when he is hitting threes. I’m not a fan of his 15 foot post up, which grinds the offense to a halt. It can be helpful in the playoffs, though.
You'd at least have to start looking at opponents before you can even start discussing why BOS has a better record when KP is off.How much more of a sample size do we need to at least discuss why the Celtics seem to be better without KP?
My theory is that defensively they are more switchable on defense, which tends to snuff out opponents’ offense better than when Boston plays a big who is exploitable on the floor.
Offensively, Boston tends to be more attack oriented when KP doesn’t play. He isn’t a great pick setter, and him standing 35 feet from the hoop doesn’t put a lot of pressure on defenses, even when he is hitting threes. I’m not a fan of his 15 foot post up, which grinds the offense to a halt. It can be helpful in the playoffs, though.
Is there that much of a selection effect though? With the exception of some B2Bs (which do have that effect), most of his games missed with Boston have been due to injury, not opponent.You'd at least have to start looking at opponents before you can even start discussing why BOS has a better record when KP is off.
I assume he didn't mean selection bias in terms of games KP is rested for, but rather, that we've had harder stretches and easier stretches of opponents during the season, and by coincidence we've played harder (or harder-for-us) opponents when we have KP's services, and easier ones when we don't.Is there that much of a selection effect though? With the exception of some B2Bs (which do have that effect), most of his games missed with Boston have been due to injury, not opponent.
Also, KP was playing his way back in to shape and DWhite said that the team was still adjusting to his return.JAYsWhite have been in a shooting slump for over a month, which coincided with KPs return.
This team is better with KP.