Should crowder start vs Lebron?

[rondohondo]

I just think Lebron is too big for Turner . Crowder has the size to at least try to defend Lebron on the post .  I fear Turner would get into foul trouble quick , and foul trouble could take away his much needed play making for our offense .

[Tr1boy]

I just think Lebron is too big for Turner . Crowder has the size to at least try to defend Lebron on the post .  I fear Turner would get into foul trouble quick , and foul trouble could take away his much needed play making for our offense .

Lebron will destroy both 1 on 1.  Like Scal said , Celts need to double on him every chance to the team gets.  Let him pass it to someone else, let them beat us.  Also lay off of him and make him beat us with his jump shot which can get shaky

We have to prevent the and 1s as much as possible

[Tr1boy]

I wish we had Lebron's worse nightmare Leonard right about now.   

If we had Leonard we would have a chance to win this series

[BudweiserCeltic]

Yes, start Crowder and bring Smart off the bench. Play Jerebko as a SF more as well as needed.

[rondohondo]

I just think Lebron is too big for Turner . Crowder has the size to at least try to defend Lebron on the post .  I fear Turner would get into foul trouble quick , and foul trouble could take away his much needed play making for our offense .

Lebron will destroy both 1 on 1.  Like Scal said , Celts need to double on him every chance to the team gets.  Let him pass it to someone else, let them beat us.  Also lay off of him and make him beat us with his jump shot which can get shaky

We have to prevent the and 1s as much as possible

that seems crazy to me , maybe when he is posting up we should double , but if we just double every time Kyrie and Love will destroy us .

[Beat LA]

If you're concerned about foul trouble, the one guy with whom you should be concerned is Smart.  Regardless of how great he is defensively, rookies get crapped on in the playoffs, he's a Celtic, and we're playing Lebron.  In Cleveland.  Bradley should be a concern, as well, although at least he has developed some kind of reputation with the officials.  My guess is that Bill Kennedy and the Crawford boys will 'officiate' game one, followed by Salvatore, Malloy, and Mauer in game 2.  Not that it matters of course, as they all suck.  I cannot wait to hear Tommy.  Ahaha.

[rondohondo]

we can also put Bass on him like we have in the past

[Tr1boy]

we can also put Bass on him like we have in the past

yeah definitely. That is probably a better idea. Hope Bass goes to Stevens and tells him , he wants that matchup

[viking]

Smart will need to play his best D on Kyrie
Double team Lebron, trust Smart/Bradley on Kyrie
And pray to god one of our power forwards learns defense

[Tr1boy]

I just think Lebron is too big for Turner . Crowder has the size to at least try to defend Lebron on the post .  I fear Turner would get into foul trouble quick , and foul trouble could take away his much needed play making for our offense .

Lebron will destroy both 1 on 1.  Like Scal said , Celts need to double on him every chance to the team gets.  Let him pass it to someone else, let them beat us.  Also lay off of him and make him beat us with his jump shot which can get shaky

We have to prevent the and 1s as much as possible

that seems crazy to me , maybe when he is posting up we should double , but if we just double every time Kyrie and Love will destroy us .

We will see if Kyrie /Love can. If they can that is fine.

The last thing you want is Lebron to do whatever he wants. I hate looking at his face after a and 1

[esel1000]

One of the things I miss about Uncle Snooze, he played some great d on LeQueen

[jpotter33]

Yes, start Crowder and bring Smart off the bench. Play Jerebko as a SF more as well as needed.

I kind of like this idea. I don't like the idea of changing the rotations/lineup just for the playoffs given chemistry issues, but when game planning for the best player on the planet it seems necessary.

It would also give us an excellent size advantage on the perimeter and force Kyrie to chase Bradley around all over, and I also like IT and Smart terrorizing their weak bench.

EDIT: Also, it allows Crowder and Bass to switch between Love and Lebron, and I think both of them individually can shut down this year's Kevin Love.

[SHAQATTACK]

If Smart was 6 ' 8 "  he'd give James a really hard time scoring the ball.....unfortunately we don't match well......

Jeff green was our LBJ ....best defender


Maybe it will be clear to Danny who he needs to draft

[hwangjini_1]

I just think Lebron is too big for Turner . Crowder has the size to at least try to defend Lebron on the post .  I fear Turner would get into foul trouble quick , and foul trouble could take away his much needed play making for our offense .

Lebron will destroy both 1 on 1.  Like Scal said , Celts need to double on him every chance to the team gets.  Let him pass it to someone else, let them beat us.  Also lay off of him and make him beat us with his jump shot which can get shaky

We have to prevent the and 1s as much as possible

that seems crazy to me , maybe when he is posting up we should double , but if we just double every time Kyrie and Love will destroy us .

and now we know why the cavs w/l record is so much better than the celtics' w/l record.

[LarBrd33]

First couple games we probably get blown out by 20+.  Around game 3, Stevens will find a couple tricks that work and we'll maybe lose by 13.  Game 4, Boston loses steam and gets walloped by 38 points. 

Playoffs, baby!

Really though we've actually looked pretty good.  Turner is thriving at point-forward.  Bradley and Smart should give Kyrie hell.  It'll be interesting to see how much Mozgov makes an impact defending inside while Thomas relentlessly attacks.