What a strange decision.. I remember Kyrie refusing to return to the Garden for years but I can't say I ever heard of anything like this lmao
He's still so good, man. When he plays, he genuinely has an argument to be our best defender. Plus, he's a lights-out shooter. After Banner 19 he's deadass gonna tie Jrue's legacy in Boston, I can feel it in my balls.
We really got better this summer, moved off of having to pay Jaylen his insane extension, and got 2 FRP's with one of them being a 5-star asset. Trust Brad. And fuck Philly.
You can really see how Tatum has modeled his game after PG on defense it’s crazy. They both play lanes and bait ball handlers the exact same way. With both of them and White we should have a nightmarish offball defense. I can’t think of another team recently with 3 A++ offball defenders with extreme length and iq like this. I genuinely think with health we have as good of a shot as anybody.
Via Role Player Performances on Twitter. “Ultimate role player stat line”
Look at Uuugo midair laser it to PP for the automatic 3 ball, it was led by the PG's defense that sparked that outcome.
BOSTON — As a big part of their recent past sat on the opposite bench, the Boston Celtics debuted their new star wing duo Saturday night.
Before leading the Celtics to a 144-106 preseason victory against the Philadelphia 76ers, Jayson Tatum and Paul George said they had never played together as teammates. In practice, they had been on opposite teams, iron sharpening iron.
“Today was literally our first time being on the same side,” George said.
“All summer, in training camp, we’ve always been on different teams,” Tatum echoed. “So that was cool, for all of us to just kind of be on the same team today.”
Though Boston opened the preseason Thursday with a 124-113 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers, most of the team’s expected regulars rested during that game, including Tatum and George. The two combined for 36 points Saturday in what was essentially the Celtics’ first dress rehearsal. After starting slowly over the opening minutes, Boston found a rhythm to control the extremely shorthanded 76ers over the final 3 1/2 quarters. Philadelphia rested several of its key players, including LeBron James, Jaylen Brown and Joel Embiid.
The level of competition didn’t seem to matter to Tatum (23 points) and George, who seized the opportunity to begin building chemistry. After competing against each other on the practice court, they were excited to operate as teammates for the first time. Tatum, who modeled some of his game after George, said he has always been a big fan.
“It was great because we’ve been teammates for a few months now, but it was like my first time sharing the floor with him and being on the same team,” Tatum said. “Somebody that I’ve obviously admired for a very, very long time, and when I was in high school and college and competing against him and now to be on the same team and to see some of the special things that he brings to the team.”
Since arriving in Boston, George has emphasized he wants to do whatever he can do to help Tatum succeed.
“My job is to try to make this as easy as possible for him,” George said. “He’s going to be special. You know what I mean? He’s going to be special. He knows how to make plays. He knows how to get his own shot. But if my aggression takes the pressure off him, and if I can find ways to steal extra possessions defensively or get him some easy baskets, that’s what I’m on that floor to do.”
Good article I came across. Only doesn't hit two things that I thought were important that I covered in my previous post relating to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/1wqzhma/some_analytics_for_the_upcoming_season_long/
Payton was so much better when Jaylen wasn't on the floor - have a picture on my post
Payton was ridiculous when given high usage this year. I mentioned the numbers in the post as well.
Everything indicates that Payton will be able to scale his game up no problem. I don't think he'll do it like Jalen, as Michael mentions, they have pretty different shot distributions. I would like to see Payton's rim frequency and FTr bump up a bit, but tbd on that. Also the fact that the Celtics are leaking this comparison to the media makes me very confident they want him to be the #2.
…JB kept throwing shot clock grenades at him last year when JB didn’t have a good-look?
Has anybody done a full analysis on this?
After coming to grips with the fact that Curry is unlikely to ever want out of Golden State, and Jokic may just stick with Denver similarly, these are the trade idea for next offseason that I’ve been able to come up with:
UTA In: PG13 + picks
BOS In: Markkanen
Allows us to move Tatum back to the three. I’ve just got a strong feeling that Markkanen could be a great Robin to JT’s Batman. I may be wrong. Looking forward to everyone’s thoughts.
Secondary ideas to discuss; where I am suspecting only the West will deal with us as it relates to moving on from PG13:
POR In: PG13 + picks
BOS In: Jrue + Time Lord
Running it back with some older guys? Not seeing how this gets us closer to the title though.
PHX In: PG13 + many picks
BOS In: Booker
Is his defense good enough for this squad? It would not be surprising if he forced his way out next offseason, though.
MIN In: PG13 + probably all our picks/swaps
BOS In: Antman + Kuminga to make cap work
This would be a scenario where Antman has a total meltdown and demands out. It would cost us a lot and would require him being very picky about wanting to tag team with JT. It seems unlikely, but this would definitely be the duo that would best position us for title contention the next half decade
HOU In: PG13 + picks
BOS In: KD + Smart
Better late than never with KD? Could be intriguing? A reunion with Smart to make the cap work.
SAS In: PG13
BOS In: Fox
Straight-up swap if the Spurs decide they’ve had enough of Fox’s game. Not a fan of Fox’s game but I can’t see any other deals in the West that would be possible.
Other ideas?
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Watching this Nuggets/Jazz preseason game that they are playing in Boulder and I am missing when the Celtics used to do this. As a Worcesterite I would love if they did a preseason game at the DCU every year like they used to.