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celts have serious muscle
« on: July 24, 2017, 06:31:22 PM »

Offline rollie mass

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Yabusele,Ojeleye,Crowder,Jaylen,Smart,Marcus Morris and Baynes-
i forgot our 20 yr old center--
this is some serious strength bearing down in transition

Re: celts have serious muscle
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2017, 01:45:56 PM »

Offline Bostoncelticsforlife7

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I know right, your guys are so beefy. hopefully that does't hurt us defensively.
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Re: celts have serious muscle
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2017, 02:36:51 PM »

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Rollie,

I'm not impressed...

Yabusele didn't do anything special on the boards last summer that impressed me.

Ojeleye,Crowder,Jaylen,Smart,Marcus are all good to fair rebounders for their height.
Morris and Baynes might be our best rebounders...although neither is elite.

Rebounding will likely be an issue next season. We lost our second best rebounder in Avery....We may have gained some ground....not a lot. 

Re: celts have serious muscle
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2017, 05:33:22 PM »

Offline spikelovetheCelts

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Rollie,

I'm not impressed...

Yabusele didn't do anything special on the boards last summer that impressed me.

Ojeleye,Crowder,Jaylen,Smart,Marcus are all good to fair rebounders for their height.
Morris and Baynes might be our best rebounders...although neither is elite.

Rebounding will likely be an issue next season. We lost our second best rebounder in Avery....We may have gained some ground....not a lot.
I don't see serious muscle, but better than last year.
"People look at players, watch them dribble between their legs and they say, 'There's a superstar.'  Well John Havlicek is a superstar, and most of the others are figments of writers' imagination."
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Re: celts have serious muscle
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2017, 05:40:23 PM »

Offline CelticsFan166

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Rollie,

I'm not impressed...

Yabusele didn't do anything special on the boards last summer that impressed me.

Ojeleye,Crowder,Jaylen,Smart,Marcus are all good to fair rebounders for their height.
Morris and Baynes might be our best rebounders...although neither is elite.

Rebounding will likely be an issue next season. We lost our second best rebounder in Avery....We may have gained some ground....not a lot.
I don't see serious muscle, but better than last year.
In fairness, Rollie's post didn't mention rebounding but rather transition play. I agree none of them are truly "elite" rebounders in that sense of the word, but in total they're pretty good across the board. While we may only make a minor improvement on the boards, we were something like 26th in rebounding last year and STILL finished with the one seed + a trip to the ECF despite being so weak on the boards. It'll be interesting to see how much better we are with improved rebounding and with the addition of much needed shot creation in Hayward and Tatum.