Danny Ainge Ain't Walking Through That Door - 2021-22 Boston Celtics season thread

[UpAndComing]

Whether we had a primary ball handler as a PG or not Tatum would still have to create offense for others because he'd be facing doubles.

And he's not great at it yet, and learning, which we all agree

But still doesn't answer why Ime drawing up plays for Tatum (and Brown) to create every time down the floor with Marcus Smart right there

Would Tatum be trying to create plays on every possession if Chris Paul, Kyle Lowry, or Rondo is on this team?

 

[SchoolboyC]

Tatum turned the ball over at a higher rate against Miami & Brooklyn than he did against the Warriors. Difference is he wasn’t throwing up bricks every night to go along with that

 

[Raquinotj]

I might be in the Minority but count me in on the Marcus Smart is our point guard crowd. Tired of seeing point guards like Kemba/Kyrie/IT score 20+ in a game then turn around and get abused on the defensive end with the pick and rolls or straight up bullying from other teams ball handler. I know Smart might not be typical fancy Point Guard BUT the Celtics held the Warriors to 104 points in the finals, if Tatum had a Tatum series by his standards and the Bench had some sort of pulse after game 1 the Celtics win that series easily.


Celtics just need to add a few Good bench players and Tatum/Brown spend the entire summer working on their ball handling and they’ll be fine.

 

[Avisible Man]

Ain't no reason why Marcus Smart should have a 31.7% spike in FGA in the playoffs, going from 10.1 FGA in the regular season to 13.3 in the playoffs. While Jaylen Brown sees a 5% decrease from 18.4 FGA in the regular season to 17.5 in the playoffs. Smart's True Shooting Percentage went down in the playoffs while Jaylen's went up. That is inexcusable. That's a nikka who doesn't know his role.

Look at Draymond. He went from 5.6 shots in the regular season to 6.5 in the playoffs in an extra 3 minutes per game. Draymond knows his role and don't take shots away from the scorers. It's not the case with Marcus who was talking bout how things changed cuz he was the point guard. U ain't playing point in the playoffs. If u were, u would give everyone of those extra 3 shots a game u took to Jaylen, with maybe one going to Al for a 3.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Brogdon pickup is huge, plus reports are we’re in the driver seat for Gallinari

Potential 10-man lineup of
Brogdon/Pritchard
Smart/White
Brown/Gallo
Tatum/Grant
Time Lord/Horford

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Big brain on Brad

 

[Avisible Man]

Big brain on Brad

Brad a smart lil sucka

 

[UpAndComing]

Wait Brogdon is on the team now?

If they get Gallonari too, they are in the driver's seat in the Eastern Conference

 

[UpAndComing]

Brogdon pickup is huge, plus reports are we’re in the driver seat for Gallinari

Potential 10-man lineup of
Brogdon/Pritchard
Smart/White
Brown/Gallo
Tatum/Grant
Time Lord/Horford

Big brain on Brad

Brad a smart lil sucka

How do y'all feel about Nesmith leaving?

Are you ehh about it, or did you think his potential was coming around the corner?

 

[SchoolboyC]

How do y'all feel about Nesmith leaving?

Are you ehh about it, or did you think his potential was coming around the corner?

If the game ever slows down for him he’ll be a good 3+D player. But he hasn’t shown enough to this point to where you turn down a player like Brogdon to keep him.

I wouldn’t put him in the same class as Romeo & James Young because those guys were lazy and overdrafted because of high school hype. With Nesmith you can see the skillset, he just has to learn to let the game come to him instead of playing like a spaz. I’m rooting for him, I hope he does well in Indy

 

[Avisible Man]

How do y'all feel about Nesmith leaving?

Are you ehh about it, or did you think his potential was coming around the corner?

I woulda rather have traded Nesmith instead of Romeo for White. He's a hustler and a scrapper but the backboard was the only thing keeping him from killing fans in the front row in garbage time. And this nikka was sposed to be a shooter. He's just another dude on the list of C's who were sposed to be able to shoot but can't.

 

[Adebisi_Said]

How do y'all feel about Nesmith leaving?

Are you ehh about it, or did you think his potential was coming around the corner?

I'd like to see what Nesmith could do with consistent minutes, but you can't pass up on a trade like this.

 

[UpAndComing]

I woulda rather have traded Nesmith instead of Romeo for White. He's a hustler and a scrapper but the backboard was the only thing keeping him from killing fans in the front row in garbage time. And this nikka was sposed to be a shooter. He's just another dude on the list of C's who were sposed to be able to shoot but can't.

Same way for me. I rather they traded Nesmith instead of Romeo
He's a bust like @SchoolboyC said, but Romeo fits with this current Celtics squad more than Nesmith. Romeo was switchable, knew how to play off the ball, and a decent shooter

The irony was that Romeo was a more reliable 3 point shooter than Nesmith

 

[Avisible Man]

If the game ever slows down for him he’ll be a good 3+D player. But he hasn’t shown enough to this point to where you turn down a player like Brogdon to keep him.

I wouldn’t put him in the same class as Romeo & James Young because those guys were lazy and overdrafted because of high school hype. With Nesmith you can see the skillset, he just has to learn to let the game come to him instead of playing like a spaz. I’m rooting for him, I hope he does well in Indy

I put him in the same class as James Young, RJ Hunter, Carsen Edwards etc... Of dudes who were touted as shooters but couldn't shoot in the games. I do agree with u on Nesmith in terms of the game slowing down. He has a high motor but I don't like his shooting form. It's too stiff and rigid . He's gotta be able to soften that up and stop shooting scud rockets off the glass.

 

[SchoolboyC]

I put him in the same class as James Young, RJ Hunter, Carsen Edwards etc... Of dudes who were touted as shooters but couldn't shoot in the games. I do agree with u on Nesmith in terms of the game slowing down. He has a high motor but I don't like his shooting form. It's too stiff and rigid . He's gotta be able to soften that up and stop shooting scud rockets off the glass.

James Young was always advertised more of a scorer than pure shooter. He wasn’t even that good in college overall, he just had a great tournament and rode that wave into damn near being a lottery pick

RJ was always a shooter that couldn’t shoot, even in college, he just played at a mid-major where his dad was coach and he had the ultimate green light. Carsen’s issue is he’s a 5’11 volume scoring shooting guard that can’t guard anyone

I’m not saying Nesmith couldn’t be out of the league fast like them either. I just feel like I see a path where he could become valuable that I didn’t for the others.