OT: Play GM, fix my Celtics this season

[Waquoit]

when was the last time you looked at the 2018-19 roster? it was kyrie, smart, tatum, morris, and horford with brown, hayward, rozier, baynes, and theis coming off the bench.

that wasn't a team?

They didn't play team ball and didn't stay together very long. More a collection of players than a team with a plan, imo.

 

[elmcityboy]

They didn't play team ball and didn't stay together very long. More a collection of players than a team with a plan, imo.

fair enough!

i do think the c's have had an unlucky past couple of years, all things considered. hoping they make a move or two in the next six months, but i am not ready to write off ainge and stevens yet.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I'd at least ask the Pacers if they're still willing to trade Turner.

 

[Scoe]

Tatum would be perfect for UConn. Late in games he goes pure hero ball and starts turning the ball over. Great talent, but he needs some maturity. Easy to forget how young these guys are.

He could really use a coach like Calhoun.

 

[Scoe]

Guess who has a better record then the Celtics, the Knicks 😂 for now anyways.

 

[nomar]

Acquire Drummond, Lamb, Bazz and Rudy Gay and hire Jim Calhoun as head coach.

That team would definitely win . . . the NCAA Tournament.

 

[HooperScooper]

1 easy fix is to tell Kemba to stop shooting so much and be more of a facilitator PG instead of a scoring PG. He's been awful this season and is killing them.

Of course as soon as I say that Kemba goes 10-19 (4-10 from three) for 32 points and 6 assists in a win over the Pacers tonight.

 

[Gurleyman]

Of course as soon as I say that Kemba goes 10-19 (4-10 from three) for 32 points and 6 assists in a win over the Pacers tonight.

And one of the three-point misses was a heave at the halftime buzzer.

But your point holds. He’s not himself yet, obviously. Physically he’s actually looking pretty good, but so much of shooting is rhythm (intertwined with confidence) and he basically didn’t have an off-season or a training camp or a preseason and just plopped into game action after one practice. He finds it one day, loses it the next, but he‘ll need to start having days like this be more normal and his bad days need to be 6-15 or so and not 1-12 or 3-20.

The larger question with the Cs is I think they just need to get to the all star break. Get Marcus back, hit the reset button and treat it as a new season. If they continue to wallow post all-star break then maybe think about the desperation moves. But see what happens after the restart for a few weeks before you blow it up.

 

[the Q]

And one of the three-point misses was a heave at the halftime buzzer.

But your point holds. He’s not himself yet, obviously. Physically he’s actually looking pretty good, but so much of shooting is rhythm (intertwined with confidence) and he basically didn’t have an off-season or a training camp or a preseason and just plopped into game action after one practice. He finds it one day, loses it the next, but he‘ll need to start having days like this be more normal and his bad days need to be 6-15 or so and not 1-12 or 3-20.

The larger question with the Cs is I think they just need to get to the all star break. Get Marcus back, hit the reset button and treat it as a new season. If they continue to wallow post all-star break then maybe think about the desperation moves. But see what happens after the restart for a few weeks before you blow it up.

With the age of Tatum and Brown, they don’t need a desperation move.

The biggest thing either way is kemba rebuilding his value, both to the team and to the trade market.

 

[uconnbill]

Wut? Tatum isn’t even in his prime. He’s 22. He’s actually younger than Payton Pritchard.

You must have lofty expectations if you want to trade a 22 year old averaging 25 points 7 rebounds and 4.5 assists.

he is not a smart man

 

[UConn990411]

“Ainge should have traded Tatum”

LOL

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Tatum acts like he is Lebron/Giannis good, and he is not close. The Lakers won a championship with Lebron, AD and a team that would finish dead last without those two. The Bucks are still a title contender after epically screwing up their roster the last 2 years because Giannis is that good. Tatum is playing with a likely Hall of Famer in Kemba, a very good #2 scorer in Brown, and a decent enough collection of role players, and the Celtics are .500. If Tatum is an MVP-caliber player, he should get this Celtics team to the Conference Finals.