By pilonv1 Go To PostAre they trying to put together the most hated team ever?
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By Sharp Go To PostNon Celtics fans should be rooting for KP to miss the finals, if he's back the series will not be very interesting.
I feel like if the games are close the Mavs win, cause the Celtics do stupid stuff late in games.
By pilonv1 Go To PostBring the offseason already
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By DY_nasty Go To Post luka power stance menacing af lmaoDevin Booker is Anthony Edwards brother
By You got 14 bricks right there? Go To PostI feel like if the games are close the Mavs win, cause the Celtics do stupid stuff late in games.AFAIK they lead in most clutch time metrics these playoffs by a huge margin... but yeah obviously their plan is to blow you out so they don't have to test that.
Porzingus is the key
Big Al can’t handle all of Dallas bigs
Should be an interesting series
Really depends how mad Kyrie is in Boston
That Nets Celtics 2022 game 1 was a Kyrie masterclass that got spoiled at the end
Since then he’s been owned by the SHOOKtics
Big Al can’t handle all of Dallas bigs
Should be an interesting series
Really depends how mad Kyrie is in Boston
That Nets Celtics 2022 game 1 was a Kyrie masterclass that got spoiled at the end
Since then he’s been owned by the SHOOKtics
By pilonv1 Go To PostKyrie daggering the Celtics in TD Garden to win a ring would be beautifulLook objectively speaking if they get KP back this should be like the Pacers series redux, but maybe if I stare at the on/off data hard enough I can convince myself the Mavs are secretly more than twice as good as they were post trade deadline during the regular season like Vegas apparently thinks.
If Lively plays game 4 then Mavs are idiots
He needs all the rest he can get
Hits in the back of the head are really dangerous
Don’t risk it
He needs all the rest he can get
Hits in the back of the head are really dangerous
Don’t risk it
By Sharp Go To PostAFAIK they lead in most clutch time metrics these playoffs by a huge margin… but yeah obviously their plan is to blow you out so they don't have to test that.
Kind of hard to take those metrics too seriously based on who they've played though. I don't trust the Celtics much, I know if it's close Kyrie and Luka gonna cook
By blackace Go To PostI am in for Kidd chipping as a coach
honestly he's been great these playoffs. He was so bad in the reg season at times, but I guess he really is just experimenting with stupid stuff lmao.
By actual sentence in 2024 jesus christ Go To PostLook objectively speaking if they get KP back this should be like the Pacers series redux, but maybe if I stare at the on/off data hard enough
Didn't see it posted, y'all see this shit about Bronny refusing to play for teams that would put him on a 2-way? Confirmed by Rich Paul. Looking inevitable that he'll end up a Laker, with a handpicked rookie coach that has a mandate to make him look better than Austin Reaves.
By Sho_Nuff82 Go To PostDidn't see it posted, y'all see this shit about Bronny refusing to play for teams that would put him on a 2-way? Confirmed by Rich Paul. Looking inevitable that he'll end up a Laker, with a handpicked rookie coach that has a mandate to make him look better than Austin Reaves.Yeah that worked for TJD because he was insanely good (ranked super high in statistical draft models, teams just thought he was too undersized for the league). Bronny trying do the same thing is... interesting.
Also just for fun, since there was some "any seven footer would get cooked by Luka on a switch" discourse going around, Luka's only few iso attempts vs. Wemby this season:
I admire Sharps dedication to not believe in the Mavs and Luka every step of the way because he believes in some numbers that show he's actually bad.
By DiPro Go To PostI admire Sharps dedication to not believe in the Mavs and Luka every step of the way because he believes in some numbers that show he's actually bad.Those numbers actually like Luka okay this year (for the first time in his career, he's reached a similar single season RAPM to superstars like Jokic, SGA, and Derrick White) and I don't think the Mavs are bad. I think post ASB they're like... healthy Knicks level. The healthy Knicks are a good team capable of some strong stretches (like their January when they obliterated everyone, including some really great teams). They would definitely be able to pull off some surprising upsets in the postseason. Is it being a hater to heavily favor the healthy Celtics over the healthy Knicks in a seven game series? I know some people here would say yes out of contrarianism, but realistically the answer is, "no, the Celtics are a superteam."
By Pac-2 Go To PostThey're a superteam? Superteam?When the three teams in history with a better net rating are the 95-97 Bulls and the 2016-17 Warriors, you are a superteam.
They're super teamy?
The Celtics objectively have 3 of the top 10 defensive guards in the league + Tatum + KP, and their 3 best role-players all shoot 42, 42, 39% from 3. Not as top heavy as the Warriors team, but easily as talented as the '13 Heat or the '08 Celtics if we don't want to go that far back.
Edit: Just clarifying that as amazing as Dallas has played in this run (and I think a lot of Celtics fans in my life are guilty of not caring about this Dallas team at all), it would still be a massive upset if they beat the Cs with Porzingis back.
Edit: Just clarifying that as amazing as Dallas has played in this run (and I think a lot of Celtics fans in my life are guilty of not caring about this Dallas team at all), it would still be a massive upset if they beat the Cs with Porzingis back.
By DiPro Go To PostHealthy knicks levelYou don't think the healthy Knicks are a good team?
When I was at the Celtics Vs Lakers on Christmas Day, I knew that day that I was probably seeing a team going to the Finals, and it wasn’t the Lakers.
Watching the Celtics in person and they were just insane. The gulf between them and the Lakers that day was huge.
Watching the Celtics in person and they were just insane. The gulf between them and the Lakers that day was huge.
By n8 dogg Go To PostCeltics have by some distance the best 5 man lineup in the league.celtics overrated.
By unknown Go To Postceltics overrated.
By what metric?
Goddammit that legit hit me hard. I've met him before and he's a genuinely awesomely nice person. RIP to a legend.
He's only two years older than my dad and my dad has prostate cancer. Lots of emotions in my head over this one.