Celtics '23'24 - Are We Topped Out?

[PPhan]

Haha, love it.

 

[The Q]

This team has beaten the cupcakes and got punched in the Mouth by anyone with a pulse

No reason to be optimistic yet

 

[Gman]

This team has beaten the cupcakes and got punched in the Mouth by anyone with a pulse

No reason to be optimistic yet

You have somewhat of a point... but you're totally overstating your case.

The Celtics have lost 2 games by a total of 4 points so far.

 

[PPhan]

This team has beaten the cupcakes and got punched in the Mouth by anyone with a pulse

No reason to be optimistic yet

I wouldn’t call NY, Miami, and Indiana cupcakes.

 

[The Q]

I wouldn’t call NY, Miami, and Indiana cupcakes.

I admit I forgot they already played Miami

 

[Gman]

In fairness... when they played the C's, Miami was missing Caleb Martin and Indiana was missing Haliburton.

So @The Q does have somewhat of a point.

 

[The Q]

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Tired of being Charlie Brown…

 

[Gman]

Through 23 games...

• Celtics are currently 18-5, best record in the NBA
• We're a dominant 12-0 at home
• We're current 7th in ppg offense, and 3rd in ppg defense

Pretty dang good, overall. And we've avoided major injuries (KNOCK ON WOOD). That's the real key... try to be healthy going into the playoffs and then win when it counts.

When our starting 5 is all healthy and on the court, we are (simply put) the best team in basketball. Not perfect, mind you... we're still prone to turnovers and bad shooting nights... but every team got their issues and no team is currently better.

That being said... interesting test coming up with back-to-back games at home versus Orlando. The Magic have clearly taken a step forward this year, and they've been a tough match-up for us going back at least a couple of seasons. Tonight we're on the 2nd night of a b2b, so that's gonna factor in.

We'll see how it goes...

 

[The Q]

Through 23 games...

• Celtics are currently 18-5, best record in the NBA
• We're a dominant 12-0 at home
• We're current 7th in ppg offense, and 3rd in ppg defense

Pretty dang good, overall. And we've avoided major injuries (KNOCK ON WOOD). That's the real key... try to be healthy going into the playoffs and then win when it counts.

When our starting 5 is all healthy and on the court, we are (simply put) the best team in basketball. Not perfect, mind you... we're still prone to turnovers and bad shooting nights... but every team got their issues and no team is currently better.

That being said... interesting test coming up with back-to-back games at home versus Orlando. The Magic have clearly taken a step forward this year, and they've been a tough match-up for us going back at least a couple of seasons. Tonight we're on the 2nd night of a b2b, so that's gonna factor in.

We'll see how it goes...

Time to make that last trade to fix the bench

 

[Gman]

Time to make that last trade to fix the bench

On the bench, Horford is rock solid. And Hauser has been lighting it up from deep. Pritchard is feisty but no more than competent. Luke Kornet is fine in short bursts as a back-up 5.

Beyond that... we do already have some "ok" deep depth bodies (Brissett, Stevens, Banton, Mykhailiuk) that struggle to get consistent playing time as is. But they all have some real NBA experience, and are reasonable deep depth options.

No rush to make a trade that I can see... but if the right deal comes along at the deadline, sure.

 

[The Q]

On the bench, Horford is rock solid. And Hauser has been lighting it up from deep. Pritchard is feisty but no more than competent. Luke Kornet is fine in short bursts as a back-up 5.

Beyond that... we do already have some "ok" deep depth bodies (Brissett, Stevens, Banton, Mykhailiuk) that struggle to get consistent playing time as is. But they all have some real NBA experience, and are reasonable deep depth options.

No rush to make a trade that I can see... but if the right deal comes along at the deadline, sure.

Throw all that trash out there in a salary match with picks for one actual competent player

 

[The Q]

On the bench, Horford is rock solid. And Hauser has been lighting it up from deep. Pritchard is feisty but no more than competent. Luke Kornet is fine in short bursts as a back-up 5.

Beyond that... we do already have some "ok" deep depth bodies (Brissett, Stevens, Banton, Mykhailiuk) that struggle to get consistent playing time as is. But they all have some real NBA experience, and are reasonable deep depth options.

No rush to make a trade that I can see... but if the right deal comes along at the deadline, sure.

They also have a tpe

Brad not getting nas little out of that same deal was a miss

 

[Gman]

... interesting test coming up with back-to-back games at home versus Orlando. The Magic have clearly taken a step forward this year, and they've been a tough match-up for us going back at least a couple of seasons. Tonight we're on the 2nd night of a b2b, so that's gonna factor in.

We'll see how it goes...

Turns out... we sent the upstart Magic a little message...

Not so fast, little bro.

 

[The Q]

Turns out... we sent the upstart Magic a little message...

Not so fast, little bro.

Jesus them and the Cavs have given the Celtics fit recently


Good to see them actually smack down these teams they should be smacking

 

[The Q]

Knicks Sign Dmytro Skapintsev To Two-Way Contract, Waive Jaylen Martin

The Knicks have signed big man Dmytro Skapintsev to a two-way contract.

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Promote Queta and Sign Martin

 

[Gman]

 

[The Q]

That’s like Shaq levels…

 

[Gman]

That’s like Shaq levels…

At any given time, the C's are likely to have no weak links on the floor surrounding Porzingis... therefore: teams can't help against Zinger, and he's just too skilled to be stopped.

Additionally, if and when teams switch trying to defend the C's... Porzingis often gets matched up against a smaller player who is kinda hopelessly outmatched.

This is the best Celtics team we've seen since the Big 3 era.

 

[The Q]

At any given time, the C's are likely to have no weak links on the floor surrounding Porzingis... therefore: teams can't help against Zinger, and he's just too skilled to be stopped.

Additionally, if and when teams switch trying to defend the C's... Porzingis often gets matched up against a smaller player who is kinda hopelessly outmatched.

This is the best Celtics team we've seen since the Big 3 era.

Brad just needs to add matchup specific players

I know the athletic mentioned kris dunn, he’d be a nice matchup against the sixers, but he takes away valuable spacing.

But I’m also not worried about maxey doubling zinger

 

[trojanfan12]

He definitely adds an element the C's needed. But can he stay healthy?