Celtics (50-28) at Hawks (39-38) Game #79 4/6/17

[D Dub]

Ridiculous, no heart team.

I'd say Brad should rip these guys after the game, but I'm not sure how much difference it'd make.

They didn't play well but certainly didn't give up.

It's a make or miss league.

How many 4q free throws did we miss?  Open three's did we clank?  The opportunities were all there, just missed the looks tonight. 

[slamtheking]

I love Avery. LOVE him, but he's been brutal tonight.

I'd offer him and the 2018 Brooklyn pick for Butler.

Draft Ball

AND Try To Sign Blake Griffin.

It4
Butler
Crowder
Griffin
Hortford
Ball
Smart
Jaylen
Yabu
Zizic

That ain't bad.

that bench would get us killed.

I guarantee if we had that much talent, veteran big men would lineup at the door to  chase a ring. And do it for the minimum.

uh huh.  Scot Pollard and Mikki Moore types aren't going to cut it.  that's the type of big men available for the vet min

David West,Pachulia , and McGee did for the Warriors.

not exactly the cream of the crop there.

[Chief]

I love Avery. LOVE him, but he's been brutal tonight.

I'd offer him and the 2018 Brooklyn pick for Butler.

Draft Ball

AND Try To Sign Blake Griffin.

It4
Butler
Crowder
Griffin
Hortford
Ball
Smart
Jaylen
Yabu
Zizic

That ain't bad.

that bench would get us killed.

I guarantee if we had that much talent, veteran big men would lineup at the door to  chase a ring. And do it for the minimum.

uh huh.  Scot Pollard and Mikki Moore types aren't going to cut it.  that's the type of big men available for the vet min

David West,Pachulia , and McGee did for the Warriors.

not exactly the cream of the crop there.

No but good veteran bench guys, imo

[Vox_Populi]

If the seeding stays the same, I just don't have much confidence against Chicago in a playoff series. Not to be pessimistic, but they'll have the best player (by far) and are 4th in the league in offensive rebound percentage. They also play annoyingly slowly.

[jpotter33]

Ridiculous, no heart team.

I'd say Brad should rip these guys after the game, but I'm not sure how much difference it'd make.

They didn't play well but certainly didn't give up.

It's a make or miss league.

How many 4q free throws did we miss?  Open three's did we clank?  The opportunities were all there, just missed the looks tonight.

The "no heart" part was for the first three quarters. Doesn't matter if you play hard in the 4th if you don't play with heart the first three quarters, too.

[celtics2030]

If the seeding stays the same, I just don't have much confidence against Chicago in a playoff series. Not to be pessimistic, but they'll have the best player (by far) and are 4th in the league in offensive rebound percentage. They also play annoyingly slowly.

Really? Not with Rondo they do not, also look at us, look what we gave up to the Hawks who are about the worst.

Bulls are dangerous if they play like a team.

[Atzar]

Disappointing game.  This team plays dumb, lackadaisical basketball too often for my liking.  They aren't good enough to get away with that against decent teams.  Same group played consistently hard and usually smart the previous two years.  Wonder what the difference is. 

At least the Bradley dunk was nice.

[86MaxwellSmart]

2 Good things tonight...

1: Smart

2: Not having to listen to Hubie Brown read his freaking Stat Sheet all game long once again...Seems like we get him in every C's National Game this year.

[Billz401]

2 Good things tonight...

1: Smart

2: Not having to listen to Hubie Brown read his freaking Stat Sheet all game long once again...Seems like we get him in every C's National Game this year.

Instead we got Kevin Harlan's garbage behind.. at 1 point with I wanna say 8 or 9 minutes left he's talking about how IT was injured and had a heat pad on his hip (which he's been doing for about the past 2 weeks) and said he was done for the night and about 5 seconds later IT checks into the game lol. He's just terrible. I dread having to listen to national broadcasts. The only ones I can deal with are JVG and mark jackson mainly due to their banter back and forth

[Redz]

Disappointing game.  This team plays dumb, lackadaisical basketball too often for my liking.  They aren't good enough to get away with that against decent teams.  Same group played consistently hard and usually smart the previous two years.  Wonder what the difference is. 

At least the Bradley dunk was nice.

They definitely look like chumps most of the time when they lose this year.  Might just be the added expectations giving this perspective. 

[PAOBoston]

Disappointing game.  This team plays dumb, lackadaisical basketball too often for my liking.  They aren't good enough to get away with that against decent teams.  Same group played consistently hard and usually smart the previous two years.  Wonder what the difference is. 

At least the Bradley dunk was nice.

They definitely look like chumps most of the time when they lose this year.  Might just be the added expectations giving this perspective.

Back to backs aren't easy but I figured after getting their heads bashed in by Lebron the night before that they would be full of p--- and vinegar for this game. Nope. Basically just rolled over the 1st half. Effort in the 2nd half was better but a little too late at that point.

The C's aren't as good as their record indicates but I think we all knew that already. I don't have a problem if they lose games but I when the effort isn't there I do. The last 2 seasons they had that grit factor where they can just saddle up and dig deep. That is missing from this team imo.

[slamtheking]

I love Avery. LOVE him, but he's been brutal tonight.

I'd offer him and the 2018 Brooklyn pick for Butler.

Draft Ball

AND Try To Sign Blake Griffin.

It4
Butler
Crowder
Griffin
Hortford
Ball
Smart
Jaylen
Yabu
Zizic

That ain't bad.

that bench would get us killed.

I guarantee if we had that much talent, veteran big men would lineup at the door to  chase a ring. And do it for the minimum.

uh huh.  Scot Pollard and Mikki Moore types aren't going to cut it.  that's the type of big men available for the vet min

David West,Pachulia , and McGee did for the Warriors.

not exactly the cream of the crop there.

No but good veteran bench guys, imo

and that's your 'o'. 

that team as you have it has 3 rookies, 1 2nd year player and Smart.  In order to do any real damage in the playoffs, you're going to need a solid backup vet PG, a solid backup vet wing (3 and D guy would be fine) and a good 3rd big man off the bench that can play major minutes and produce-->someone who's at least a 4/5 but preferably more of a 5.  You aren't going to get those types of players with vet min deals.

[slamtheking]

2 Good things tonight...

1: Smart

2: Not having to listen to Hubie Brown read his freaking Stat Sheet all game long once again...Seems like we get him in every C's National Game this year.

Instead we got Kevin Harlan's garbage behind.. at 1 point with I wanna say 8 or 9 minutes left he's talking about how IT was injured and had a heat pad on his hip (which he's been doing for about the past 2 weeks) and said he was done for the night and about 5 seconds later IT checks into the game lol. He's just terrible. I dread having to listen to national broadcasts. The only ones I can deal with are JVG and mark jackson mainly due to their banter back and forth

Harlan's not great but Mark Jackson sucks more than a vacuum testing facility.

[Ilikesports17]

Word is that Jonas gave an impassioned post game speech to the team. Surprising that it came from him, but hopefully it gets us going. I like Jonas a lot. Plays hard all the time and is a gamer.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

2 Good things tonight...

1: Smart

2: Not having to listen to Hubie Brown read his freaking Stat Sheet all game long once again...Seems like we get him in every C's National Game this year.

Instead we got Kevin Harlan's garbage behind.. at 1 point with I wanna say 8 or 9 minutes left he's talking about how IT was injured and had a heat pad on his hip (which he's been doing for about the past 2 weeks) and said he was done for the night and about 5 seconds later IT checks into the game lol. He's just terrible. I dread having to listen to national broadcasts. The only ones I can deal with are JVG and mark jackson mainly due to their banter back and forth

Harlan's not great but Mark Jackson sucks more than a vacuum testing facility.

You mean, you don't like a healthy dose of "Hand down, MAN down!"

I can't stand Jackson either.

Word is that Jonas gave an impassioned post game speech to the team. Surprising that it came from him, but hopefully it gets us going. I like Jonas a lot. Plays hard all the time and is a gamer.

Jonas is one of my favorite players on this team.