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start Green.
« on: December 21, 2012, 02:10:37 AM »

Offline ben

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Collins, Lee, Terry, Bass and Sullinger have all had opportunities now to start this season, it is time for GREEN!


Just move pierce to 2 and slot green at the sf. 

Can't believe it hasn't happened yet.  Green is our 4th best player on the team and he hasn't started ANY games this season.  He needs 30 minutes a game, and he needs them at the 3 spot.   


FREE GREEN.  i am exhausted.   

Re: start Green.
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2012, 02:16:34 AM »

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the point of green is to be the 6th man. He is supposed to torch opposing benches. The reason he was traded for was to give paul and ray rest, danny ainge said this in an episode on the association

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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2012, 02:19:40 AM »

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the point of green is to be the 6th man. He is supposed to torch opposing benches. The reason he was traded for was to give paul and ray rest, danny ainge said this in an episode on the association


Re: start Green.
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2012, 02:20:20 AM »

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I agree with this. I think Pierce and Green on the wing together has been a great combination in short minutes this season.

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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2012, 02:32:11 AM »

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You can't give extended minutes to a man who sits down to pee.
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Re: start Green.
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2012, 04:08:17 AM »

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I'd like to see Pierce and Green play together more on the wing.  It can work because Pierce can guard most shooting guards who, contrary to perception, are not uniformly quicker and more elusive than small forwards. 

Here are the 2-guards:

Knicks: either Kidd or Brewer with JR Smith playing as much
Nets: Joe Johnson, backed up by Bogans or Brooks
Magic: Afflalo and Redick
Raptors: Pietrus/Derozan, either one
Heat: Wade/Ray
Sixers: Richardson/Evans (Pierce guards either one anyway)
Bullets: Beal
Bulls: Bellinelli/Hamilton
Pistons: Singler/Stuckey
Thunder: Sefolosha/Martin
Hawks: Korver/Lou Williams/Devin Harris
Rockets: Harden
Bobcats: Gerald Henderson/Ben Gordon
Lakers: Kobe's going to be the bigger wing next to Meeks now


And so on.  Pierce is not a defensive mismatch against any of those guys, even Wade whom he's guarded well in the past.  Maybe you don't want him chasing after Redick too long but Redick having to guard Pierce is an even bigger mismtach.  Pierce is still pretty quick laterally so I'm confident that he can stay with quick guards and use his length to really bother shots.  He's always been good at blocking the jumpshots of smaller guards.  More than anything, Pierce has a better chance of guarding 2 guards than they do of guarding him.  If they don't guard him, then they're going to be giving up even more size against Green.  The Celtics have never had another big small forward with offensive ability on the roster alongside Pierce.  I like to see them take advantage of the mismatch potential.  I don't get why Doc hasn't even tried to pair them on the wing more.  The only extended stretch I can remember was against Utah and Pierce and Green took turns abusing Foye in the post.

Re: start Green.
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2012, 05:00:52 AM »

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This assumes Bradley will be buried when he gets back. 

I don't see Green as an elite defender at all folks.  PP is just as good if not better at guarding LeBron James.

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« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2012, 07:02:37 AM »

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This assumes Bradley will be buried when he gets back. 

I don't see Green as an elite defender at all folks.  PP is just as good if not better at guarding LeBron James.


Pierce is a better defender.

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« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2012, 07:20:19 AM »

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dang i thought pierce was injured. ;D anyways this will never happen as long as pierce is healthy and doc is our coach.

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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2012, 07:27:54 AM »

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dang i thought pierce was injured. ;D anyways this will never happen as long as pierce is healthy and doc is our coach.


So unless a bad thing happens, the better player will start. 

Re: start Green.
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2012, 07:45:09 AM »

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You can't give extended minutes to a man who sits down to pee.
Haha, nice!

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« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2012, 08:08:20 AM »

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You can't give extended minutes to a man who sits down to pee.
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« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2012, 09:46:49 AM »

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I think starting Green would be bad for him and the team.  His biggest problem is that he seems to lose focus when he isn't getting touches, and he would get even fewer touches if he were starting.  For the first 5 minutes, the team is always dedicated to feeding KG and Pierce (as they should be).  Let Green come off the bench and be the go-to guy, when those guys are off the floor.

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« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2012, 10:21:08 AM »

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I want to see Avery Bradley start when he gets back.  Keeping that in mind, I don't see the point of giving Jeff the starting job for a week or so, only to put him back on the bench once Avery returns. 
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PG: G. Hill/D. Schroder
SG: C. Lee/B. Hield/T. Luwawu
SF:  Giannis/J. Lamb/M. Kuzminskas
PF:  E. Ilyasova/J. Jerebko/R. Christmas
C:    N. Vucevic/K. Olynyk/E. Davis/C. Jefferson