Uncle Drew Playin With The Nephews By The 7/11: Official 2017-18 Boston Celtics Season Thread
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I said this Monroe deal was a bad idea, we don't need another ball stopper, we needed a scoring SG to play alongside Kyrie for 22~25 minutes or so and an athletic paint protector like Dedmon.
DJ, Drummond, Whiteside and all these bigs are going to keep shytting on us.
DJ, Drummond, Whiteside and all these bigs are going to keep shytting on us.
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UpAndComing
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Stop it 5
So Theis isn't outplaying Horford defensively? So Monroe ain't a better rebounder and scorer?
So Theis isn't outplaying Horford defensively? So Monroe ain't a better rebounder and scorer?
Monroe's better in the post. Not better than Horford at anything else offensively. And he is legit one of the worst defensive players in the league. If you don't realize that by now, you will in due time
UpAndComing
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Horford is just as horrible in my opinion. They are both a wash defensively. It's like judging sewage vs trash
But I at least would rather play Monroe more since he's a better scorer in the post and can rebound wayyyy better. I can care less if a Center/PF shoots threes, like what Horford does. It means nothing to me IMO
UpAndComing
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Yeah I'm not the biggest fan of Monroe, but at least he gives them Inside scoring and rebounds. You're right, Dedmon would be great for the Celtics
Horford literally does nothing like a big man. No post presence on offense or defense, horrible rebounder, sub par pick and roll defense
My bad, I just really can't stand Horford
Feels odd to admit but this team sorely misses Smart.
Brad says there’s gonna be some changes to the rotation after the break. So what’s it gonna be? Theis over Baynes? Morris over Tatum? Smart in the starting lineup? 
The 3 previous seasons we always played our best basketball after the ASB, hopefully that trend continues this year
The 3 previous seasons we always played our best basketball after the ASB, hopefully that trend continues this year
Tatum had a pretty off game last night.Brad says there’s gonna be some changes to the rotation after the break. So what’s it gonna be? Theis over Baynes? Morris over Tatum? Smart in the starting lineup?
The 3 previous seasons we always played our best basketball after the ASB, hopefully that trend continues this year
Morris balled out again.
We need a competent center in the worst way. I also thought Monroe played pretty well in his small piece of action.
UpAndComing
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Yupp I agree. Monroe needs to start. Morris needs to start also
And Horford needs to never play the 5 position again
William Heavy
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Defensively this team has been terrible the past few weeks. Guys getting beat of the dribble, can't stop pick and rolls, open three pointers, ticky tack and one fouls. Offensively we suck also. Too much isolation hero ball by everyone. Only guy that gets a pass to go one on one is Kyrie, but sometimes he gets cute and turns the ball over or shoots a damn near half court three. I don't want to see any plays ran for Baynes, no more long jumpers or 1950's running hooks. Jaylen needs to stop with the trying to go coast to coast when he gets rebounds. Please give the ball to guys who can actually dribble. Tatum needs to stop turning the ball over and looking for the refs to bail him out. I thought we had something in Terry but his defense has sucked and he doesn't get other guys involved on offense. Morris has been all around bad. Al looks shot. Semi looks lost. They should have let Monroe learn the our playbook before just trying to plug him in so soon. We needed this break badly.
GOAT
The bubble was fraudulent
Absolutely can't demote Tatum to the bench. Dude already looks like he's lost confidence out there. Gotta let him and Brown play through their mistakes and get back to form. We're playing the long game and unless we're getting back Anthony Davis, we gotta take care of/develop those guys as much as possible.
I also think Morris' style is best suited off the bench. It's obnoxious watching him iso and chuck up low percentage shots when we got Kyrie, Al, Tatum and Brown out there. Unless he's willing to play team ball, he has no business in the starting line up.
I also think Morris' style is best suited off the bench. It's obnoxious watching him iso and chuck up low percentage shots when we got Kyrie, Al, Tatum and Brown out there. Unless he's willing to play team ball, he has no business in the starting line up.
No regrets 
From the conversation featured in the above video:
Nichols: "You took a huge gamble this year. You changed pretty much everything about your life. Now that you are six, seven months in, how do you feel it's workout it?
Irving: "It's still a lot of newness, honestly, being with a totally different group of guys. It's an adjustment in itself. Individually and then trying to bridge that gap with our group and be my best self with our group, it's been awesome -- trying at times, but well worth it."
Nichols: Do you ever look around just in the morning when you wake up and think, 'I am so glad this worked out?'"
Irving: "I was actually talking to my best friend Alex about it. And I have moments with him where I'm like, 'Man, we're really somewhere else right now. Like, this is something different.' It was a big chance. And Babe Ruth said it: 'Swing big and you may not miss big. You may hit a home run.' I don't know. But seriously, I'm glad that I took a chance on what I wanted to do within my career."
Kyrie Irving: Move to Boston Celtics 'well worth it,' 'glad' I took a chance within my career
From the conversation featured in the above video:
Nichols: "You took a huge gamble this year. You changed pretty much everything about your life. Now that you are six, seven months in, how do you feel it's workout it?
Irving: "It's still a lot of newness, honestly, being with a totally different group of guys. It's an adjustment in itself. Individually and then trying to bridge that gap with our group and be my best self with our group, it's been awesome -- trying at times, but well worth it."
Nichols: Do you ever look around just in the morning when you wake up and think, 'I am so glad this worked out?'"
Irving: "I was actually talking to my best friend Alex about it. And I have moments with him where I'm like, 'Man, we're really somewhere else right now. Like, this is something different.' It was a big chance. And Babe Ruth said it: 'Swing big and you may not miss big. You may hit a home run.' I don't know. But seriously, I'm glad that I took a chance on what I wanted to do within my career."
Kyrie Irving: Move to Boston Celtics 'well worth it,' 'glad' I took a chance within my career