air gordon wrote:Ed davis had 3 post ups in a row on kuzma i think. wth is kuzma that bad on defense?
i dont like turner's fit on portland. dude just wants to dribble in, make a spin move on smaller defenders. portland needs more 3pt shooting. especially with crabbe gone and aminu injured. vonleh stinks and harkless is good 1 every 5 games
Totally agree on Turner's Fit, and on Vonleh and Harkless. Harkless acts like he doesn't know what he wants to be. Sometimes he will attack on multiple posessions relentlessly (Not successful a lot of the time) and after he will go long stretches with literally doing nothing, acting like hes avoiding the ball. I don't get it, and it doesn't seem to matter which lineup is on the floor.
In regards to the Celtics without Hayward, we (yes we, I am a Celtics fan) are performing better defensively and on the boards so far this season because we are longer, even without him and Marcus Morris. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum are combining for over 13 RPG, and the shared rebounding numbers from multiple positions is truly cool to see. For example, Rozer is averaging 5 rpg at the PG position, Baynes and Theis are both over 5 RPG, Marcus Smart at over 4 and Irving over 3. Tatum is surprisingly well adjusted on defense, his length and Brown's length allow them to guard multiple positions. Horford has looked the best I have ever seen him in his career, as comfortable as I have ever seen him. The chemistry on this team is top notch. The last 4 games Irving has really settled in, and he is so under control. The beauty of watching Irving play right now is the control part, to watch him pick and choose his spots wisely, the trust he has in his teammates, you can tell he is really enjoying himself.
Brad Stevens just knows how to get the job done, he does a great job keeping the right players on the floor at the right teams, switching looks on the fly defensively, trusting his players. He's not underrated as a coach anymore, it's nice to see everybody taking notice of how good of a coach he is.
I said this in another thread after Hayward went down, this team can still compete THIS YEAR. They can still challenge Cleveland, they could still come out of the east, The Cavs have a lot of one dimensional talent where if they get hot, they can get scary. But, they have so many holes defensively that they can be exploited (As you have seen early on this season).
So, Hayward-Less Celtics are fine. I almost think it's a blessing in disguise based on the fact that it has enhanced the minutes for the young guys, I think the same about Morris being out. it's given us a better look at Theis, Brown, Tatum etc.
Love the way the C's are playing.