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NBA Playoffs 2023

why do you like the celtics?

  • sixers

    Votes: 16 20.3%

  • celtics

    Votes: 65 82.3%
  • Total voters
    79
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Boston hasn’t missed one good look they’ve gotten from three this series I swear. Their roster is crazy.
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I'm seeing the opposite, tons of open misses, including from Tatum. Smart took and missed a bunch in the prior game. Al missed several too.

Difference last night was not settling for 3s, getting to the rim, rebounding and having JB look like JB. Between the mask and the cut on his hand, he wasn't himself.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I'm seeing the opposite, tons of open misses, including from Tatum. Smart took and missed a bunch in the prior game. Al missed several too.

Difference last night was not settling for 3s, getting to the rim, rebounding and having JB look like JB. Between the mask and the cut on his hand, he wasn't himself.
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Huh? They’ve shot like 43% from three as a team for the series. Lol

Their worst shooting performance is like 39.5% from game 1. The nets have been on fire. JB has struggled but came to play the last game.

Atlanta had to shoot nearly 70% from the field just to get a win. The Hawks have a great roster but the Celtics have been playing so well that it doesn’t even matter.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Huh? They’ve shot like 43% from three as a team for the series. Lol

Their worst shooting performance is like 39.5% from game 1. The nets have been on fire. JB has struggled but came to play the last game.

Atlanta had to shoot nearly 70% from the field just to get a win. The Hawks have a great roster but the Celtics have been playing so well that it doesn’t even matter.
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Exactly. Missed 57% of their shots from 3. They missed a lot of good looks. But yeah, the offense is loaded. White is a different player than he was last year, and you've added Brogdan. Hauser is a tremendous shooter off the deep bench. Grant doesn't play as much now, but went 4-4 in game 3. Deepest roster in the league.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Exactly. Missed 57% of their shots from 3. They missed a lot of good looks. But yeah, the offense is loaded. White is a different player than he was last year, and you've added Brogdan. Hauser is a tremendous shooter off the deep bench. Grant doesn't play as much now, but went 4-4 in game 3. Deepest roster in the league.
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43% is tremendous as a team
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
43% is tremendous as a team
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While shooting the 3rd most threes in the playoffs. For reference on how everyone else who is shooting that many is doing:

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husky429 said:
That's a weird way to say "shot well above league average from 3"
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I'm not complaining. @HuskyWarrior611 said he didn't see them miss an open look from 3. I simply said I saw them miss a lot of open looks. Then he said they shot 43%. I wasn't suggesting they shot poorly.

Trae Young is an odd player. Goes stretches when he doesn't do much. Then, when his team is down, he just starts draining 3s from nearly half court without missing anything. Makes small leads very uncomfortable.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Trae Young is an odd player. Goes stretches when he doesn't do much. Then, when his team is down, he just starts draining 3s from nearly half court without missing anything. Makes small leads very uncomfortable.
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The Athletic anonymously polled players, and Trae Young was overwhelmingly voted "most overrated" IIRC. Bad defense and garbage time heroics likely played a big part in that.
 
husky429 said:
The Athletic anonymously polled players, and Trae Young was overwhelmingly voted "most overrated" IIRC. Bad defense and garbage time heroics likely played a big part in that.
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I almost never see a Hawks game, so it's been eye opening. They run a lot of questionably legal screens for him. He's quick, but he wanted nothing to do with shooting over Derek White, so started bombing from way, way outside the line. He puts up big numbers of assists though.

That team is lacking in playmakers. Aside from Young and Murray, nobody passes the ball. Hunter needs to get better at that to take the next step.
 
husky429 said:
The Athletic anonymously polled players, and Trae Young was overwhelmingly voted "most overrated" IIRC. Bad defense and garbage time heroics likely played a big part in that.
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His shooting numbers are not all that good and they tend to play better as a team when it's Murray's show and not his. He's also one of the worst defenders in the league. Atlanta's in a tough situation with him going forward.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
His shooting numbers are not all that good and they tend to play better as a team when it's Murray's show and not his. He's also one of the worst defenders in the league. Atlanta's in a tough situation with him going forward.
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To be fair, Murray was also a traffic cone on defense yesterday. Atlanta's in trouble if that is their backcourt of the future. They're both young so there's room to improve but Trae is at $40M+, and next year is Dejounte's contract year. He's going to want a max

Trae - $40M+ through 2027
Collins - $25M+ through 2026
Capela - $20M+ through 2025
Bogdanovic - $18M next year then FA
Murray - $17M next year then FA

They're going to have a lot of decisions to make soon..
 
REB1094 said:
To be fair, Murray was also a traffic cone on defense yesterday. Atlanta's in trouble if that is their backcourt of the future. They're both young so there's room to improve but Trae is at $40M+, and next year is Dejounte's contract year. He's going to want a max

Trae - $40M+ through 2027
Collins - $25M+ through 2026
Capela - $20M+ through 2025
Bogdanovic - $18M next year then FA
Murray - $17M next year then FA

They're going to have a lot of decisions to make soon..
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Collins gets the “Having a Great Contract Year Then Mailing It In” award. He isn’t even trying most games.

I think Murray got suspended for game 5.
 
Giannis back, Butler probably not 100%, and no Herro or Oladipo. Even Budenholzer shouldn’t be able to screw this up.
 


This knucklehead has not played in a playoff series since 2018, and he does something like this. What goes through his mind when he does this? Hawks were likely going to lose anyway, but this seals it. If you are an NBA GM, how do you commit big dollars to someone that does stuff like this?
 
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UConn990411 said:
Not so fast!
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If I were the Bucks GM, I would tell Budenholzer tonight that he can pack his bags if he loses this series. There is no excuse for getting lit up like this by one of the worst 3 point shooting teams in the NBA.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
If I were the Bucks GM, I would tell Budenholzer tonight that he can pack his bags if he loses this series. There is no excuse for getting lit up like this by one of the worst 3 point shooting teams in the NBA.
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Give Jimmy Butler his flowers
 
Someone needs to tell Jrue Holliday that he is not a top tier star anymore.
 
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AD is by far the softest player in the league. He gets hurt at any contact and can’t finish at the rim to save his life.
 
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