Isaiah 41:10 - Al Will Strengthen You and Help You: Official 2016-17 Boston Celtics Season Thread

How Far Do The Celtics Go This Season?


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William F. Russell

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It's a little unclear what Cleveland is trying to accomplish here, or if they even plan to tr
y to accomplish something. Their best-case scenario seems to be to acquire another first-round pick from the Celtics, but if they already knew about Thomas' medical situation, they could have simply tried to negotiate that pick out of the Celtics in the initial trade. Bulpett speculated Cleveland might be having some "trader's remorse."

"I'm not sure whether what's going on is what we see in front of us," Bulpett told Mannix.

It's possible the Cavaliers saw the deal they made -- even receiving the highly coveted Nets pick -- and realized their starting point guard would be either Derrick Rose or Jose Calderon entering a season after which LeBron James will be a free agent. If that is the case, it would be enough to give a team pause, although the Cavaliers probably should have been aware of it before the teams called the deal into the league office.


Kyrie Irving trade: Cavaliers found nothing different from Boston Celtics' reports in Isaiah Thomas' hip (report)

Cleveland has buyer's remorse. Just like I thought. Ainge better not give the Cavs anything else.:billrusselloldheadstare:
 

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Bulpett: New-look Celtics won’t work right away, but their eyes are now on the top prize

I'm expecting quite a few growing pains and some impatience from fans early on in the season.

I don't see how that's possible if they are healthy.

Kyrie, brown, Hayward Morris Horford

With smart rozier and Tatum off the bench

Is nice

And you gotta imagine AT LEAST one of semi, dancing bear, Nader, Larkin, theiss will emerge.

They're probably gonna sign Thomas Robinson who they worked out yesterday, he was something like 13th in the league in rebound percentage... can't imagine he wouldn't get minutes

I really believe semi gonna make an impact year 1
 

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The Celtics hate never stops...

Is Kyrie a Franchise Star? NBA Insiders Doubt Irving Worth What Celtics Paid

It's amazing how this time last year people were bytching about Ainge stockpiling draft picks instead of making moves with them; and now that he has turned his draft picks into players, he's being criticized for not going after the "right" players.

Irving is a superstar player, period.
 

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Yall not making ECF this season. Enjoy your new Big 3 in all seriousness. :yeshrug:
 
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