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NBA Rumors: Celtics Waiting To Sign Greg Monroe To Keep Flexibility
NBA Rumors: Celtics Waiting To Sign Greg Monroe To Keep Flexibility
Uncle Drew Playin With The Nephews By The 7/11: Official 2017-18 Boston Celtics Season Thread
- Thread starter William F. Russell
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Looks like Marcus is with us until at least the end of the season...
UpAndComing
Veteran
Kang Deezy
Overall Nice Guy
Yeah I’d almost say we hold pat and dig into the buyout market but we still have too many bodies
DirkDizzler
Pro
I hope we get Tyreke Evans without having to lose a big piece. I’m glad we keeping smart, we need him...for now
Monroe is a go tonight
A sloppy performance so far but thankfully it's still close and early.
Moose looks like he's still working on his condition out here but his hustle is wonderful.
Moose looks like he's still working on his condition out here but his hustle is wonderful.
Copy Ninja
Superstar
Gotta shoot FTs better. Good win though.
CELTICS RUN THIS shyt!
I thought Monroe looked decent for not having played in awhile and not practicing with the team. Being able to get the ball into the post is gonna be huge come playoff time. I know he missed a few easy shots, but his finishing will improve as he gets more comfortable.
William Heavy
All Star
That three they took away from Terry cuz the refs called a pacers foul against Morris was big. Also when we had 3 on 1 break and Kyrie kicked it out to Terry for a 3 attempt was not high percentage basketball. We had momentum until about the 8 minute mark, dude's decided to get cute and we couldn't get over the hump. This team is frustrating to watch sometimes with the extra shyt.
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The Celtics are 40-18, an excellent record. But they’ve lost as many times in the last 14 games (eight) as they did in their first 34 games. And they achieved that 26-8 start despite the trauma of losing Gordon Hayward in the opener. No, this is not trending the right way.
Brad Stevens warned us about this. During the Celtics’ ascent this season — even during the 16-game winning streak that followed the 0-2 start — he has said often that the team wasn’t as playing as well as the record would indicate.
Perhaps what has happened lately is just regression to the mean. Perhaps the All-Star break is coming at the right time, and the Celtics will rest and regroup and be the team in the second half that they appeared to be for the season’s first few months. Perhaps Stevens will repair what ails them, given that he’s already recognized it. That seems a reasonable expectation.
Whether this recent trend merely proves to be a lull, an inevitable valley before the rise back toward the peak, this much is true: It cannot be dismissed as such right now. The loss to the Cavs was not a one-off lousy performance. They were nearly as bad against the Raptors, a tough and talented team that they’d better be taking seriously.
Their ball movement, a satisfying strength earlier this season, has stagnated. When Kyrie Irving goes one-on-one, that’s fine; he’s Kyrie Irving, one of the best one-on-one players we’ve ever witnessed. But when Marcus Morris or Terry Rozier gets too caught up in isolation ball, that’s a problem.
Celtics have serious work to do after the All-Star break
Brad Stevens warned us about this. During the Celtics’ ascent this season — even during the 16-game winning streak that followed the 0-2 start — he has said often that the team wasn’t as playing as well as the record would indicate.
Perhaps what has happened lately is just regression to the mean. Perhaps the All-Star break is coming at the right time, and the Celtics will rest and regroup and be the team in the second half that they appeared to be for the season’s first few months. Perhaps Stevens will repair what ails them, given that he’s already recognized it. That seems a reasonable expectation.
Whether this recent trend merely proves to be a lull, an inevitable valley before the rise back toward the peak, this much is true: It cannot be dismissed as such right now. The loss to the Cavs was not a one-off lousy performance. They were nearly as bad against the Raptors, a tough and talented team that they’d better be taking seriously.
Their ball movement, a satisfying strength earlier this season, has stagnated. When Kyrie Irving goes one-on-one, that’s fine; he’s Kyrie Irving, one of the best one-on-one players we’ve ever witnessed. But when Marcus Morris or Terry Rozier gets too caught up in isolation ball, that’s a problem.
Celtics have serious work to do after the All-Star break