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Re: Celtics fans playoff thread
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Sun Nov 19, 2017 8:37 am
by twballgame9
Oh and if the Celtics had been a bigger threat last year, its very possible IT wins the MVP. This year they are a bigger threat, although probably not big enough.
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Sun Nov 19, 2017 12:46 pm
by MilitantEagle
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Oh and if the Celtics had been a bigger threat last year, its very possible IT wins the MVP. This year they are a bigger threat, although probably not big enough.
Who said IT was better than Kyrie? And why are the Celtics a bigger threat this year? In addition to Kyrie, could it also be that Brown is much improved and they drafted the most NBA ready player?
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Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:52 pm
by MilitantEagle
He's certainly played like an MVP the last couple of games, albeit against the dregs of the NBA.
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Tue Nov 21, 2017 12:27 pm
by twballgame9
MilitantEagle {l Wrote}:He's certainly played like an MVP the last couple of games, albeit against the dregs of the NBA.
It was always going to take time for him to settle in to the Stevens offense, and he was not shooting well early, so you knew he would move closer to the mean on his percentage. The combination of those things is going to make him an MVP candidate.
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Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:04 pm
by Corporal Funishment
I've come to a heuristic which I feel is pretty accurate; Brad Stephens is enough of a genius that he makes every player roughly 1 standard deviation better than they would be on any other team
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Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:55 pm
by twballgame9
Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:I've come to a heuristic which I feel is pretty accurate; Brad Stephens is enough of a genius that he makes every player roughly 1 standard deviation better than they would be on any other team
If Marcus Smart could come to the heuristic that he needs to shoot less or less poorly, the Celtics would become unstoppable.
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Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:02 pm
by lobstalova
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:I've come to a heuristic which I feel is pretty accurate; Brad Stephens is enough of a genius that he makes every player roughly 1 standard deviation better than they would be on any other team
If Marcus Smart could come to the heuristic that he needs to shoot less or less poorly, the Celtics would become unstoppable.
it's amazing how he still manages to be one of the best plus minus players while shooting that poorly, truly baffling.
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Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:18 am
by eepstein0
lobstalova {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:I've come to a heuristic which I feel is pretty accurate; Brad Stephens is enough of a genius that he makes every player roughly 1 standard deviation better than they would be on any other team
If Marcus Smart could come to the heuristic that he needs to shoot less or less poorly, the Celtics would become unstoppable.
it's amazing how he still manages to be one of the best plus minus players while shooting that poorly, truly baffling.
His jump shot is embarrassing
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Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:50 am
by twballgame9
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:lobstalova {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:I've come to a heuristic which I feel is pretty accurate; Brad Stephens is enough of a genius that he makes every player roughly 1 standard deviation better than they would be on any other team
If Marcus Smart could come to the heuristic that he needs to shoot less or less poorly, the Celtics would become unstoppable.
it's amazing how he still manages to be one of the best plus minus players while shooting that poorly, truly baffling.
His jump shot is embarrassing
It's actually not. It's between his ears because he has good form.
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Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:23 pm
by eepstein0
Marcus Smart is so bad at offense
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Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:35 pm
by twballgame9
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:Marcus Smart is so bad at offense
One of the single best plus minus players in the shit NBA. More smart less NBA.
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Sat Dec 16, 2017 12:29 pm
by MilitantEagle
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:Marcus Smart is so bad at offense
One of the single best plus minus players in the shit NBA. More smart less NBA.
He comes off the bench so I would think a lot of his minutes are against second teamers since many NBA teams seem to have similar substitution patterns. But he does play more minutes than the average sub and does play good defense so I will give him credit.
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Sat May 05, 2018 1:00 pm
by Corporal Funishment
For all you filthy degenerates out there, I raised an eyebrow when I saw Philly is -9.5 tonight
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Sun May 06, 2018 12:05 am
by Corporal Funishment
Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:For all you filthy degenerates out there, I raised an eyebrow when I saw Philly is -9.5 tonight
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Sun May 06, 2018 11:15 am
by DomingoOrtiz
For the many things that suck about the NBA, the fact that after a made basket and time-out, the team gets to inbound the ball at their end of the court could be worst.
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Sun May 06, 2018 12:14 pm
by twballgame9
DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:For the many things that suck about the NBA, the fact that after a made basket and time-out, the team gets to inbound the ball at their end of the court could be worst.
It's done to ncrease buzzer beaters. Everyone likes dunks, threes and buzzer beaters
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Wed May 09, 2018 4:07 pm
by HustlinOwl
Corporal Funishment {l Wrote}:I've come to a heuristic which I feel is pretty accurate; Brad Stephens is enough of a genius that he makes every player roughly 1 standard deviation better than they would be on any other team
Hard to argue against this.
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Sat May 19, 2018 9:18 pm
by eepstein0
The Celtics were atrocious tonight, but you’ll never convince me these games aren’t rigged.
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Mon May 28, 2018 6:55 am
by claver2010
goat
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Mon May 28, 2018 7:41 am
by bcshater
Don't follow a lot of pro basketball anymore. But LeBron showed me that he is certainly one of the best ever. After making a block though he did take the rest of the play off and didn't get down court. Guess you can do that when you are carrying your entire team too the NBA Finals.
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Mon May 28, 2018 11:20 pm
by twballgame9
claver2010 {l Wrote}:goat
Ugh not close. Guy is the Rob Gronkowski of hoop.
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Tue May 29, 2018 10:45 am
by BostonCollege1
Am I the only one that thinks the constant barrage of three point shots is boring basketball?
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Tue May 29, 2018 10:45 am
by BostonCollege1
Am I the only one that thinks the constant barrage of three point shots is boring basketball?
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Tue May 29, 2018 12:49 pm
by HJS
Am I the only one that thinks the NBA is boring "basketball"?
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Wed May 30, 2018 9:09 am
by eepstein0
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:claver2010 {l Wrote}:goat
Ugh not close. Guy is the Rob Gronkowski of hoop.
This might be your worst take ever on EO
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Wed May 30, 2018 2:50 pm
by eepstein0
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:Marcus Smart is so bad at offense
One of the single best plus minus players in the shit NBA. More smart less NBA.
+/- is about as useful of a stat as Saves.
I'll be thrilled when Smart signs elsewhere. You can find guys that play D and can shoot above 30%, it's not mutually exclusive.
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Thu May 31, 2018 7:50 am
by twballgame9
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:eepstein0 {l Wrote}:Marcus Smart is so bad at offense
One of the single best plus minus players in the shit NBA. More smart less NBA.
+/- is about as useful of a stat as Saves.
I'll be thrilled when Smart signs elsewhere. You can find guys that play D and can shoot above 30%, it's not mutually exclusive.
This is about as hot a take as calling the bull in the China shop the goat.
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Thu May 31, 2018 9:49 am
by angrychicken
The Cavs are easy money to win the championship because the NBA is rigged and it will further the narrative that LeBroad is the GOAT and that he won a championship at his age while playing 5 on 1 against the greatest team ever assembled while also serving as the player/coach and his hair magically grows back because he rides on an inflatable banana with three other dudes while Brian Windhorst massages his man titties with non-Greek yogurt. Bank on it.
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Thu May 31, 2018 12:55 pm
by twballgame9
angrychicken {l Wrote}:The Cavs are easy money to win the championship because the NBA is rigged and it will further the narrative that LeBroad is the GOAT and that he won a championship at his age while playing 5 on 1 against the greatest team ever assembled while also serving as the player/coach and his hair magically grows back because he rides on an inflatable banana with three other dudes while Brian Windhorst massages his man titties with non-Greek yogurt. Bank on it.
LeBron is only in the GOAT conversation for people born after 1990.
I'd argue he wouldn't be the best player in the league now but for the fact that the entire league is terrible and is designed for him to exploit - i.e., terrible "3 and D" garbage that allows a dogshit player like Trevor Ariza or JR Smith to be a multi-millionaire, and a one dimensional spot up shooter like JJ Reddick to pull $24 million a year (Dell Curry is rolling over in his grave) - combined with (or perhaps as a direct cause of) skinny-ass jumpshooters player PF and C instead of actual power forwards and centers. See how many times LeBron goes to the hoop with Oakley and Mason in the paint, or Olajuwon and Ewing prepared to block his shot.
Used to be when you were a one-man team, the GOAT was lucky to make the playoffs.
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Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:40 pm
by DavidGordonsFoot
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:
I'll be thrilled when Smart signs elsewhere. You can find guys that play D and can shoot above 30%, it's not mutually exclusive.
Disagree. He's mean and the Celtics need a guy like that. The players respond to him. He has flaws but the devil you know is better than the devil you don't.