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Celtics Basketball => Celtics Talk => Topic started by: Bankshot on January 24, 2013, 03:10:04 PM

Title: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: Bankshot on January 24, 2013, 03:10:04 PM
I think Doc should go to Sully more and not let him just be a garbage man.  Use him as one of the main scorers.  Go to him down low and let him go to work.  He's a rookie, but so what? He doesn't play like a rookie.  The one game where they actually went to him constantly he had a monster game.  He'd probably get the other team in foul trouble too working under the basket.

Thoughts?

Sorry about the rushed post, but I have to get back to work. :-\
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: dark_lord on January 24, 2013, 03:11:52 PM
i am cool with letting sully go.  tell him to play hard and not worry about fouls being called.  he is active and makes things happen.  he is the only guy who crashes the offensive glass as well.
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: RyNye on January 24, 2013, 03:13:27 PM
He has been our most consistent player this season, and along with Rondo and KG arguably our most valuable. Might as well let him loose.
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: ScottHow on January 24, 2013, 03:18:18 PM
Now this is a thread I can get behind. I would love to see them run a play to get Sully the ball on the block.
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: Boston Garden Leprechaun on January 24, 2013, 03:29:21 PM
I think Doc should go to Sully more and not let him just be a garbage man.  Use him as one of the main scorers.  Go to him down low and let him go to work.  He's a rookie, but so what? He doesn't play like a rookie.  The one game where they actually went to him constantly he had a monster game.  He'd probably get the other team in foul trouble too working under the basket.

Thoughts?

Sorry about the rushed post, but I have to get back to work. :-\

good luck getting glenn to allow that!  :(
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: j804 on January 24, 2013, 03:34:44 PM
Doc won't allow it
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: Roy H. on January 24, 2013, 03:40:19 PM
I love Sully.  I definitely agree he needs to post up more, too.  Apparently, he only has 25 field goal attempts on post ups this entire season.  That needs to change, so that we can see if he can be a consistent presence for us down low.  If he can be, it would add an entirely new dimension to our offense.

Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: kozlodoev on January 24, 2013, 03:40:37 PM
I think Doc should go to Sully more and not let him just be a garbage man.  Use him as one of the main scorers.  Go to him down low and let him go to work.  He's a rookie, but so what? He doesn't play like a rookie.  The one game where they actually went to him constantly he had a monster game.  He'd probably get the other team in foul trouble too working under the basket.

Thoughts?

Sorry about the rushed post, but I have to get back to work. :-\
He's not been particularly effective in low-post isolation. I won't be holding my breath quite yet.
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: CelticHooligan3 on January 24, 2013, 03:41:19 PM
Imagine a future with Sully at the four and DMC at the five. That would be a two headed monster. Our rebounding issues would go away and DMC is a great passer for a big he could hit the man in the corner or cutters like AB.
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: Fred Roberts on January 24, 2013, 03:42:17 PM
All for it! Steal of the draft. Looking a lot better than Perry Jones III.
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: CelticConcourse on January 24, 2013, 03:49:43 PM
He's a solid player. Gonna be top5 PF in this league one day!
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: BballTim on January 24, 2013, 04:11:13 PM
I love Sully.  I definitely agree he needs to post up more, too.  Apparently, he only has 25 field goal attempts on post ups this entire season.  That needs to change, so that we can see if he can be a consistent presence for us down low.  If he can be, it would add an entirely new dimension to our offense.

  I think he needs to learn to use his size to carve out space to get his shot off. He struggles a lot against taller competition. But he'll get there, I'm fairly sure.

Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: Sketch5 on January 24, 2013, 04:19:45 PM
I think they will be holding him back a bit more until the trade deadline. If it was me anyways, I wouldn't want one of my best bigs to receive too much attention so that other teams wouldn't want him in deals.
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: snively on January 24, 2013, 04:20:41 PM
I want to see him try more if only to see how good he is at it.  He's gone to the fadeaway in his last couple post ups.  Like to see if he can get off the little half-hook he relied on at OSU.
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: Celtics18 on January 24, 2013, 04:22:49 PM
What's the fascination with the post up game.  If you look at the top teams in the league, very few of them use big man post up plays as one of their main offensive options.

Last time we had a good low post player, we ended up getting rid of him.  Many were of the opinion that the offense was too stagnant when you just threw the ball into the post and waited for the big fella to go to work. 

We all love Sully, but I say let him keep doing what he's been doing; hit the glass, set picks, cut without the ball, find open spots for that little jumper. 

I don't know, personally, I'm just not pining for that low post game as much as many seem to be.
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: Who on January 24, 2013, 04:23:53 PM
I want to see him try more if only to see how good he is at it.  He's gone to the fadeaway in his last couple post ups.  Like to see if he can get off the little half-hook he relied on at OSU.
Yeah, me too. I still have no idea what type shot-creation skills Sullinger has at the NBA level. I want to know what he is capable of.
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: ScoobyDoo on January 24, 2013, 04:28:52 PM
Good post - there is "zero" harm in trying it.

1. He has shown a fade away jumper in the post.
2. He has shown a left hand around the basket
3. He's shown he can take the ball off the dribble on a face up
4. He's shown a good mid range jumper.
5. He's also shown he can pass out of the post

If I were Doc I would at least "try" 2-3 plays for him in the post.

With Sully's IQ and having a little fade away jumper it won't be long before he starts doing up and unders off his pump fake on the fade away...

Free Sully, let him mess around in the post, place KG at the elbows of the base line.

Why not?
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: JHTruth on January 24, 2013, 04:58:46 PM
He needs to learn how to carve out space better or he'll get blocked all over the place. But I agree it would be nice to see if he has any offense in the NBA..
Title: Re: Free Sully! Our New Go To Guy
Post by: Boris Badenov on January 24, 2013, 05:31:18 PM
He has the tools to be a good pick and roll option. He's a wide body, a good shooter if he pops out, and has good hands going to the rim.