Using 82games 5 man unit data (which doesn't seem to fully add up), they have Baynes at a total of 214 minutes with 157 of those with Horford on the court also (about 73%). I think this is based on top 5 man units not all 5 man units so it may not be 100% accurate but the point is that it doesn't matter if Baynes starts or not, he is getting minutes with Horford on the court. Horford-Baynes is the top front court pairing with Morris-Horford and Tatum-Horford also up there.
Sure, but the problem is when he plays 10 minutes a game and we're getting killed on the boards by Andre Drummond.
Yes. Both these last two losses have the same thing in common: The other team played a LOT of minutes with their 'true bigs' while the Celtics played very little minutes.
In the MIA game, the Heat had their three 'true bigs' on the floor for 68 player minutes while we had Horford, Baynes and/or Theis on the floor for only 55 minutes. That's 13 minutes (more than a whole period) with a significant size disadvantage up front. We got murdered on the rebounds.
In this last game, DET trotted out a waive of guys who are all long and over 240 pounds. Between Drummond, Harris, Moreland, Johnson & Tolliver, the constantly had at least 2 big beefsteaks on the floor through the entire game. We, on the other hand, had Al, Baynes & Theis on the floor for a combined 57 player-minutes. Last I checked, there were 96 minutes available across the 4 & 5.
In each of these two games, Baynes and Theis combined for less than 25 minutes.
I'm pretty sure we are undefeated, something like 14-0 in games where they combine for at least 35 minutes.
Interesting stat:
The Celtics overall this year have been doing well in rebounding. The best measure of this is DRB%. They are currently ranked 4th in the NBA in DRB% at 80.8%.
In lineups with Horford and Morris as the front-court, the team has a DRB% of 72.1% This would rank dead last in the NBA.
In the lineups with Baynes and Horford as the front-court, the team has a DRB% of 86.6%!!! This would rank way off the current charts. Think about it: That means grabbing basically 9 out of 10 of your opponents misses!!!