Ime Udoka Ain't Walking Through That Door - 2022-23 Boston Celtics season thread

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You are kidding yourself if you think White or Brogdon are going to be "playmakers" on this team. They are both score first guards. If it's time to move on from Marcus Smart so be it but that's not going to up the playmaking on offense. Brown doesn't make others better either.

But first things first, Mazzulla has to go. He's proved that he has no clue. Game 2 was malpractice. He went completely away from the Tatum/Timelord high screen when Miami couldn't defend it. On the other side, he never fukking switched up the defense on Jimmy at all. Continued to allow him to get into his space. Joe gotta go.
 
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Also, the people who want to "blow it up" are not very intelligent. You aren't getting equal value for Brown. When the season ends, the Celts are STILL going to be one of the top 2 or 3 favorites in the Eastern Conference. Why? Because they have Tatum and Brown. Despite their faults, you have to keep it together and make some tweaks around it.

If they trade Brown, they are going to be a 5 or 6 seed every year.
 
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Also, the people who want to "blow it up" are not very intelligent. You aren't getting equal value for Brown. When the season ends, the Celts are STILL going to be one of the top 2 or 3 favorites in the Eastern Conference. Why? Because they have Tatum and Brown. Despite their faults, you have to keep it together and make some tweaks around it.

If they trade Brown, they are going to be a 5 or 6 seed every year.
I see you quickly ran outta that thread the moment you argument got debunked about this playing group not losing as favorite.

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We don’t need a superstar PG, just a floor general. Smart has value around the league, especially considering he has 3 more years on his deal after this season

If we could swing a Smart for Tyus Jones & Xavier Tillman or Smart & salary filler for Mike Conley & Naz Reid this team would be a whole lot better
 

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Im fine with blowing it up. These guys are losers. They remind me of the jim Kelly buffalo bills

I would say more like the Reggie Miller Pacers

Always making it to the ECF but can never get over the hump, the one year they make it through to the Finals they lose in 6 to a dynasty :francis:
 

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This ain’t a bad trade imo.

Trade Brown to Warriors for Poole and Wiggins.

Warriors can now resign Draymond to a 2 year deal with a player option

Celtics can now offload Smart or White to another team
 

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We don’t need a superstar PG, just a floor general. Smart has value around the league, especially considering he has 3 more years on his deal after this season

If we could swing a Smart for Tyus Jones & Xavier Tillman or Smart & salary filler for Mike Conley & Naz Reid this team would be a whole lot better

I traded Smart for Rozier and a First and went 66-16 and won a ring in 2k for next season lol
 

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Hes more of a point than Smart. You slide Brogdon in the starting lineup and Rozier can handle the point and score more reliably off the bench. Getting a first out of it makes the deal worth it. Imo

Oh I think trading Smart is addition by subtraction and am all for it, as long as Rozier ain’t on the same BS he was when he left initially :pachaha:
 

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Oh I think trading Smart is addition by subtraction and am all for it, as long as Rozier ain’t on the same BS he was when he left initially :pachaha:

Rozier contract is an extra year than Smart but we probably wont have cap anyway. It might be better use of the cap to get an asset on a longer contract. Maybe on a return home to a contender Rozier would be motivated and energized
 

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Im fine with blowing it up. These guys are losers. They remind me of the jim Kelly buffalo bills

:what:

fukk all that.

Get a HC the guys will respect. They made the Finals with Ime, got beat by a super saiyan Curry.

Blow it up so they can then be a mid seed playoff team? Been to the ECF 5 times and always competing. And JB/JT aren't even in their prime yet. wtf
 

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fukk all that.

Get a HC the guys will respect. They made the Finals with Ime, got beat by a super saiyan Curry.

Blow it up so they can then be a mid seed playoff team? Been to the ECF 5 times and always competing. And JB/JT aren't even in their prime yet. wtf

At the least they need to get rid of smart and bring in a locker room leader. If they want to do that then fine. I'm not convinced the same thing wouldnt be happening if Ime was here. They've played a lot of games the last few seasons are fatigued and were devastated after the finals last year. Maybe they win a few more games but nothing substantially changes.

Brown is going to leave and its probably best to get something for him while the celtics still can. But if they want to run it back one more year with Smart gone then fine.
 
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