I Don’t Think We Realize What The Boston Celtics Are Doing.. | NBA News (Jrue Holiday, Porzingis)

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The Boston Celtics kicked off the 2023 NBA offseason with one of the more shocking trades we’ve seen in a while when they dealt Marcus Smart to the Grizzlies for Kristaps Porzingis. But after seeing the Jrue Holiday trade unfold, it’s become very clear that the Boston Celtics plan to head into this 2023-2024 NBA season with a game plan unlike anything we’ve seen from Brad Stevens, Joe Mazzulla & company in years.
To start with the Celtics offense, with a revamped starting five looking like Jrue Holiday, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum & now even Kristaps Porzingis up front, the initiative they have to score in various ways is going to be limitless. From schemes to focus on perimeter looks, or even to ease the interior attempts, Mazzulla has more to work with than ever before, and after the Jrue Holiday press conference and even the Celtics media 2023 that we saw, he clearly enjoys what he’s seeing as well.
But aside from the offense, the Celtics defense is where everyone’s concerns are. But with adding the defense of Jrue Holiday to the backcourt, along with the rim protection of Kristaps Porzingis up front, the starting rotation along with the likes of Al Horford, Payton Pritchard, Lamar Stevens, Oshae Brissett, & even Sam Hauser should fare much better than most think. But of course, we’ll just have to wait and see.
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[@HoopsDigest]

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[@notforthefaintofheart5359]

He went from dark green (Milwaukee bucks) to money green (Celtics ).

[@GageShort]

commie

[@ethan-sq6zv]

As a Celtics fan I’m really excited and can’t wait to watch. Don’t wanna set too high of expectations you know but hoping for no serious injuries and gradual gelling up into the playoffs

[@adamp3133]

Also a Celtics fan. I'm excited for the season in general. I can't remember the last time there has been 6 teams with a legit chance at the title entering a season. Denver probably remains the favorite, but Phoenix, GS, LA, Bos, Mil and then teams like Miami are still threats. Its a really interesting year that should be fun to watch.

[@rishabhsharma2940]

As a Celtics fan, I swear we're the best team in the league now. The only question is how will we adapt to guarding the giants of the NBA, being Embiid, Jokic, and Giannis. When they're in, if we go big with Jrue, Brown, Tatum, Horford, and Porzingis, I think we're very very solid. 60 win season imo

[@NP148]

This will probably be our most dynamic starting 5 since '08. Porzingis can play both sides and is an efficient 3pt shooting big man. Holiday is a true 2 way PG. Love and gonna miss Smart, but Holiday is solid on defense and Smart just isnt as good offensively as Holiday is.

[@cyclopentadiol2923]

I just want everyone to stay healthy and not get hurt. Injuries end championship contention. Good luck Celtics!

[@ratstar4102]

I think both Bucks and Celtics got the players fit on their system

[@King_Julixnn1]

Top 6 Celtics players are all 2 way players, can’t say the same about the bucks

[@chocolatemeplease]

@@King_Julixnn1​​⁠​⁠talk about biased☠️ Jrue is not a great scorer, disappears in the playoffs. Let Jimmy drop 30,40,50 in 1 series. White is average scorer at best☠️ and a good defender for anyone shorter than him. Kristaps is made of glass, you “tap” him and he’s done. Not a good defender at all. LOLLLLL you must be 12☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@justinjimenez31]

@@chocolatemeplease Lol Relax. Kristaps, Jrue (1st all NBA Defensive Team), and White (2nd All NBA Defensive Team) are going to be 3rd, 4th, and 5th option scorers in Boston. They don't have to be great scorers with the Jays on the court. One series vs Heat is not a good example of how good of a defender Jrue is, and Kristaps is top 5 defending the Pick and Roll and a top 10 rim protector (look it up) and has played more games that Smart and R. Williams in the last 2 seasons. Now tell me, who in MIL is going to defend all those scoring options?? LOL You're just writing stuff in the internet without doing the research LOLLLLLL you must be 10☠☠☠☠☠☠

[@King_Julixnn1]

@@chocolatemeplease either u conveniently pick and choose small samples that support ur argument and ignore the main ones or ur a casual fan bro it’s that simple.

[@godblesstrolls]

5 of the 6 core players need to be healthy in the playoffs. That's about all they need to win.

[@sencillo96]

💯

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Yeah and it'll be interesting to see if they take advantage of the buyout market. 2008 team was notoriously top heavy but they did a great job grabbing people like Ed House, Posey, brown and Cassell.

[@Steveooter]

That’s for every team

[@edstababy]

@@michaelcorcoran8768 Eddie house was clutch

[@zee.___moose941]

Lol. Game 7 down by 1 jaylen brown inexplicably has the ball in his hands ...............nope

[@infasis]

Being a Bucks fan it hurts to see Jrue go, but the scoring Dame brings with him was desperately needed, and at least Jrue went to Boston, where his skills are also a perfect fit for what that team needs, so he's almost guaranteed success. (Obviously, it's not great having your biggest rival, who already have an insane team, get one of your best players. But, it's better than seeing him go to some garbage team and be stuck there unhappy, after he did so much for Milwaukee.)

[@Fro00ot0]

As a Boston fan I look forward to our games. Im sure theyll be hype this year.

[@JigglemySac]

Bro what ! Y'all got Mr. 30 feet bomb Mr. Clutch himself. Just think about if that was Jimmy vs Lillard last season. I bet they don't lose to the heats. I mean my squad GSW was still going to spank that azz, but hey they beat the 8th seed..

[@mannydaprofit2869]

@@JigglemySacyour team since when 2016 .? 😂

[@ShakataelBebesito]

Lillard is NOT BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN JRUE IMAGINE LILLARD DEFENDING BOOKER AND PAUL IN THE FINAL FOR 42 MINUTES 7 GAMES THINK ABOUT THAT IS GIANNIS WAS NOT HURTS AND MADE THEIR FREE THROW WE WERE TALKING DIFFERENT

[@JigglemySac]

@@mannydaprofit2869 Nice try but I'm from San Francisco, so I was there when we sucked. Carry on mate, any other questions, who's your team by the way .

[@dashxlife]

I personally think the bench is underrated man. No big names but they got players that fit what they want to do. 3 and D players who can come in contribute without stepping on toes while providing energy

[@bobtraudt6114]

I agree 100%. Unfortunately, they wont get much playing time. They need to make another trade or two ASAP as the season is about to start. Pritchard needs to be traded.

[@kamarporter6099]

Thank you they will have plenty playing time on bench to prevent injuries fourth quarters will be owned by Bostons bench just watch

[@mooseking7776]

pritchard doesnt need to be traded theirs a reason why the Celtics kept him and from the bench unit he can initiate an offense@@bobtraudt6114

[@robertpiette7376]

I think Celtics improved both sides of the ball and it’s crazy they are not considered the favorites to win it all. Bucks I think got worse defensively and with the past injuries their roster has suffered if they lose even 1 piece of their starting 5 I think they struggle.

[@UMGL420]

Tired of hearing the defense arguments. This team was the best defense in the NBA 2 out of 3 years with Eric Bledsoe…they will be fine.

[@lucky889s9]

Because jayson and jalen always find a way to drop the ball on big stage

[@billybobby5247]

I love Celtics fans. They'll say some of the dumbest homer stuff and then put some sort of logical stamp of approval like, "show me where bill Simmons lied" 🤓🤓🤓

[@MikeBird95]

Bucks got worse defensively with losing Jrue but still have 2 time defensive player of the year in Giannis and Lopez and Portis covering Lillards poor defense. Meanwhile their offense has just gotten 10x better. Teams won’t be able to double up on Giannis anymore. Who are you gonna stop covering? Lillard? Middleton? Lopez? No chance.

[@lucky889s9]

​@@billybobby5247delusional celtics fans😂 always think chip is their birth rights

[@thomasmurray3534]

The floor spacing is gonna be insane this year with the amount of perimeter shooting Boston has

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

If Kristaps Porzingis stay healthy & consistent 2024 playoffs Boston Celtics big chance get #18 banner

[@billybobby5247]

Lol that's a big if. Boston will understand how bad they screwed up when embiid and bam go off for 40 against porzingas and old manford

[@brentgage9051]

you don't know ball if you think A. Bam will score 40 on anybody, and B. Embiid has a shot to even score 20 on Al Horford. It has consistently been proven that Big AL is one of the best Embiid/Giannis defenders.@@billybobby5247

[@SabrinaRoseLewis]

​@@billybobby5247horford is always the one who defends giannis and embiid you 🤡 lol

[@mikeco7312]

To see is to believe. Let the two Jays perform and we can talk about post season next Spring.

[@bostonredii3584]

Brad Stevens has brass balls… just look at the roster turnover since he took over…. Gone are the Langford and Neismith days

[@Phelpsy4]

I’m nervous about KP, I think his health will influence a lot of their success just due to their lack of backup in his position. I think if he stays healthy, they easily win 55+

[@jasonrodriguez900]

Personally if he plays like 35+ games and is healthy for the playoffs I don’t really care too much about our regular season record if they can preserve him and the others for when it really matters

[@JeebyTube]

@@jasonrodriguez900don’t need him regular szn fr I think he goin miss alot of games for rest not injury

[@jasonrodriguez900]

@@JeebyTube ya and I’m totally ok with that tbh

[@mooseking7776]

people say this but this statement goes the same way with the bucks. Over the past 4 years kristaps has played 216 games and dame has played 220. Both got their injury concerns and it will be worse if bucks lose their second best player than the celtics losing their 3rd or 4th best player.

[@NothingToSeeHereNope]

@@mooseking7776if he goes down our bigs will then be Horford / Kornett 🙌…. Still not bad with this team construction

[@dbrownwind]

Hoop digest good commentary good analysis. I’m not a Celtics fan, but I’m an NBA fan. My favorite team is the Lakers. But I have to give Brad Stevens a lot of credit of what he did to remolding the Celtics team. Picking up Jrue Holliday. Was magnificent in my opinion. But how they play him if he’s going to be the starting point guard or will you play beside Jaylen Brown, or will white play beside him they have endless combinations. And if they use Khristophe Porziņģis as a defensive of anchor, it will be interesting from the defensive of perspective. But I’m wondering how does Al Horford play into this. If they can avoid injuries like everything, it should be quite the exciting year for the Celtics. I’m looking forward to seeing them in the Milwaukee Bucks go at it.

[@LukeClosson]

love seeing basketball fans put aside rivalries to talk pure hoops. too much nba discourse these days is littered with incredibly biased takes, making most of whats posted on social media unreadable and unserious.

[@albertcamus5970]

Hopefully Horford doesn't play much into it. The guy is pretty washed. I have more faith in Luke Kornet LOL

[@cobrakaiworld23]

PG: Jrue Holiday SG: Jaylen Brown SF: Jayson Tatum PF: Kristaps Porzingis C: AL Horford 6th Man: Derrick White

[@codyking3825]

Bring Horford of the bench for Center depth.

[@arronmatsuyama5417]

​@codyking3825 I think Horford and White will be interchangeable according to match ups. I think white will start more to help keep Horford fresher throughout the season

[@adamnehal9547]

As long as egos are in check and everyone plays and sacrifices for each other and the bigger goal being the nba championship if Celtics can figure that out early than this Celtics team is the best team in the world rn.

[@attilaolajkar6155]

I think this is the first banner year. The moves made seems so much sense. Both players and non players. I think if the injuries will be minor or none and they can build up the chemistry... Banner 18 is coming.

[@pureabsolute4618]

I love the Grit and Gristle that is Marcus Smart.. So now I have to add the Grizz to my watch list. Jrue Holiday (and his older partnner in crime Matthews) were awesome in Milwakee.. and when I found out we got him, I relaxed. We have lost defense.. but perhaps not overall depending on how Porzingus does. But we've upgraded BIG TIME on offense. I can't wait.

[@4dwyn]

I want to say Jrue is Marcus Smart with offense, but that's not exactly fair since Smart can guard all 5 positions. I'd say Jrue is a bigger, more accomplished Derrick White. Which is great. But it still sucks losing Time Lord unless KP can really disrupt at the 5 (unlikely).

[@rosswallace2969]

Yea they’re gonna blow teams out most of the season66-16

[@michaelhartmann1285]

The chemistry on the floor seems to be developing quickly. A lot of roster changes, and most seem to be working out really well. After a starting five that stacks up against anyone, the bench looks deep and talented as well. Could be an outstanding year.

[@ejp507]

“Celtics need another big, Celtics need size” Tell me you haven’t actually looked at their roster without telling me

[@codyking3825]

Didn't they just sign Wenyan Gabriel.

[@baileychamberlain1583]

@@codyking3825yes

[@nickstah9184]

They have a dude who’s 7’4 and horford

[@onamissionmizzyy]

They Brisset, KP, Al, Gabriel and Kornet

[@ejp507]

@@onamissionmizzyy and Neemias Queta

[@itsnotcolby]

As a celtics fan im super happy to see a few of these pieces as I feel they fit very well, my only scare is that KP hasn't played a ton of C in his career and while he's tall he doesn't boast the same size as some of the top Cs in the game and if that gets exploited we could be in trouble

[@Snoopdad-zw4mz]

I am very excited about this Celtics team and thought the trades were great. Was really glad to learn aside from his basketball skills, Jrue has the rep as being great in the locker room. I think that Porzingis will blossom as a Celtic in a similar way that Robert Parrish did.

[@iamjesuscolon]

One of the best and most underrated channels in KZbin Sports

[@spyballoon]

monstrous team

[@jackdalton4597]

This has me so ready for the season and didn't even mention our rook Jordan Walsh he's that guy especially defensively such a sleeper pick

[@GoTazR]

Would've been more comfortable had they kept Robert Williams

[@jasonblaze5918]

Played 35 games last year

[@GoTazR]

@@jasonblaze5918 If they were able to package more draft capitol instead of trading him, they’d have depth. They’re bench is thinner, and KP isn’t exactly the picture of health either.

[@davida1251]

We all would have liked to keep the Time Lord if he could stay on the court. He is young and was/is injury prone, that won't get any better with age and wear and tear.

[@jasonblaze5918]

@@GoTazR fair nuff

[@zahir12344]

We traded a 6"8' injured guy who was scared to shoot the ball, for a 7"3' injured guy that can space the floor. Don't get me wrong I fuckin love Timelord, but this was a clear upgrade.

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Jaylen Brown your next video Hoops Digest 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

[@nicholasbrandoli2736]

I hope we can scoop smart back up before the trade deadline he won’t be needed as much when Ja Morant comes back and I’d love him off the bench 6th man and I want him to win a chip with us!

[@jamesruffolo4680]

If they play hungry and stay fairly healthy, they can win 70+ games

[@Ck-uw5rh]

every team in the east honestly are build only for the east except for the bucks and now that dame is part of it makes more interesting. all other teams just reminds you the finals serries between denver vs. miami, finals between Lakers vs. Sixers, finals between spurs vs. Cavs ....

[@TB12DAGOAT]

Everything looks good on paper, talk to me after the season. Let's GO Celtics

[@williamblake7386]

Love when teams are trying to get better. Props to Celtics, Bucks, Suns FO's (Warriors FO is the worst every year since 2017)

[@Shawn-Leider]

Ya but they threw away there future. They have 12 mil now to fill out there bench next season

[@williamblake7386]

@@Shawn-Leider Warriors kept their future trying to sabotage themselves and Curry. Tanking, Wiseman, Poole, Kuminga.. nice job. Klay's contract was also very helpful

[@merkdaedae7047]

Kings had worse FO 😂 go Celtics

[@moneymoney3235]

How did u not mention lakers lol

[@NothingToSeeHereNope]

65-17 will be the best, and 58-25 will be the worst. This team will be good, but they will have to figure out how to tune this engine properly, fix the growing pains. Year 2 will obviously be the best, so when we go to our second champion ship in a row, we are gonna go 75-7 in the season

[@FreeTurtleboy]

WE....?

[@nxxdle_]

I think your microphone is picking up too much bass, try recording a bit back from your mic or using a high pass filter trim the rumble after recording

[@SaNityTwiistBoii]

white, holiday, brown, Tatum, zing I’m thinking would be best lineup

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Yeah and probably is the best for keeping everyone's ego and check as well. You can obviously stagger the rotation as much as you want.

[@CorneIiusJonesworth]

I like this new look, but I’m worried as far as depth goes. Assuming there’s a long playoff run, Al Horford will turn 38.

[@felixmadison5736]

I've been a Celtics fan since 1960, and all I can say right now is: 'It's early'.

[@wesleyprince3465]

I'm truly and deeply sad to lose Smart and Rob but man..... goddamn this team looks the best it has in the JT & JB era, atleast on paper. If Tingus can give us 55 regular season games and stay even just 85% healthy for the playoffs....... there's gonna be championship parades in Boston. Ppl forget how fucking amazing Porzingis can be bc of Washington being mid and how he was basically limited to a spot up shooter for Luka to dish the rock to when he was in Dallas. Dude is gonna be unguardable as the third option behind Tatum and Brown, and Jrue is every bit as good on defense as Smart while actually being arguably better/more efficient/smarter (no pun intended) on offense, plus championship experience is never ever a bad thing to add to a contending roster....AND THEN you got D. White who always just plays winning-style team first basketball and hardly ever makes the wrong decision when he's on the floor. My only concern is health issues cuz they're unpredictable and the depth of the bench but even with that said, Pritchard has been hooping his mfking ass off in the pre season and Walsh has a pretty high ceiling for being such a late pick. This feels like the summer of 07-08 again. Goddamn I hope I'm not massively disappointed 😭☘️

[@TonyPearl]

I am so hyped for this season! It was tough to lose Smart, Rob Williams, Grant Williams, and Brogdon, but to get Porzingis and Holiday was worth it

[@bradleyhacker7684]

Health is the biggest concern for Celtics, but that can probably be said about every NBA team. Jrue Holiday is going to thrive in his role as the 3rd or 4th best player on a STACKED team. Celtics are the favorite to me, offenes and defense should both be top 5.

[@Andy_Babb]

I will donate any muscles or ligaments, any other body part needed to keep this team rolling this year. Can’t promise for exact fit.

[@lacydoe]

When healthy, they are going to be real tough to beat. My only concern is the bench. Maybe move brown to come off the bench??

[@de.de_cutz7727]

The bucks vs celtics conference finals is gona be epic!

[@KobeNJordans]

Celtics gonna have Injury issue in my opinion the load Tatum and Brown and Jrue defense intensity it's just too much on Stars especially with the resting players rule the NBA implemented it's gonna be hard for them to stay healthy not to mention Porzingis durability.

[@petermarshall6577]

It apears that as good as the starting 5 will be, the bench will suprise many their going to RUN and ATTACK the basket.

[@everminenow]

ONE THING I CAN SAY IT BANNER 18!!

[@jakeferreira1211]

I think defensively Porzingis won't be too much of a step down from Rob, because he's going to play that free safety shot blocker role that Rob did. He's a good shot blocker, and there isn't many teams that have 2 bigs (as in guys you couldn't put someone like JT on) that are both good shooters/iso players, You'll be able to let KP play off one of them with Al taking the Embiid/Giannis types. I imagine Al gets the start over White against teams that have dominant bigs like that. Porzingis' length and hight should be able to make up for some of his technical shortcomings on that end. And going from Smart to Jrue defensively is about as close to a wash as you're going to find. And all that combined with the unquestionably improved offense makes them the clear favorites in my eyes. Dame and Giannis are both great, but JT is right there on Giannis's level and JB isn't far behind Dame. Then comparing the rest of the rosters is not even close. Miami had a great run last year but they took a big step back, and Philly isnt looking to great either. There hasn't been any real contenders in the east other than those 4 recently, and 2 of those 4 got worse. The Bucks/Celtics ECF is going to be insane.

[@dkipu266]

Celtics / Bucks could make for some FANTASTIC Play off games this season should their stars be healthy at playoff time. 🏀

[@ParamoreFAV3]

Listen, Heat are the still the defending conference champions until further notice. We didn’t break anything up; just focused all summer on becoming even bigger dawgs than we already were. These teams will still have to find an identity and chemistry; the Heat don’t need to do that.

[@banparlous2552]

these types of desperate comments are already getting old. No Strus & Vincent playing over their heads for 5 game spurts after a whole year of Heat sandbagging. 😂

[@bpdmf2798]

Players who used to be on a team are always dangerous. I feel like players play extra against former teams. Jrue wants to go in to Milwaukee and beat them.

[@Brsrafal]

Coming from Lakers fan Celtics healthy are the best if coached right. Crazy deep

[@JoeMonastiero]

All good, but I’m not sure how you leave Pritchard and Hauser out of the conversation. This team is 8 deep and should easily be the best 3 point shooting team in the league based on their open looks and skills. Pritchard has looked insane this pre-season and his defense has definitely improved.

[@basketballmaven1454]

celtics are going to be really good and fun to watch. I'm jealous of boston

[@kradoste6268]

How did they end up w tatum brown porzingis and jrue in one team?

[@Simonfrios]

I think ISO ball has been the Achilles heal of this team. If Jrue and KP can change this equation, it's chip time for sure. If not, I see us losing in the conference finals again.

[@robertoreilly6660]

I think that the Celtics will play major minutes with just one big on the floor (Horford/Porzingis). The Celtics and Bucks will both be more fun to watch this year. In 2022, they played a seven games series in the ECF, and the losing team broke 100 points only three times. Slugfest. This will be better.

[@Alran109]

It's going to be all offense now. Celtics are going to chuck lots of 3's and the Bucks are just going to run Giannis/Dame PnR until the wheels fall off.

[@zahir12344]

They'll definitely run double big against the liked of Alphabet soup and Embiitch. But yeah, that backcourt duo of White/Holiday is unparalleled

[@mattHutch26]

Injuries are my only worry if they can stay healthy this is the best team in the league by a mile

[@acco5038]

Pray for healthy c’s

[@ratapaga5963]

You can basically say that KP is an upgrade from Rob Williams, and Jrue Holladay is an upgrade from Marcus Smart. Now payton Pritchard will take some of brogdon minutes, houser will have more minutes and the other players that came from Indiana and hornets will play into bench role. Celtics are still too small in the center position, I say go get dwight howard for cheap.

[@SabrinaRoseLewis]

Celtics have 7 3 porzingus, 6 11 horford and 7 2 kornet at center... How is that too small?

[@ratapaga5963]

@SabrinaRoseLewis I mean more like a rim protector. Kp,Horford, and especially Luke aren't rim protectors.

[@SabrinaRoseLewis]

@@ratapaga5963 u CASUAL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 KP was the second best rim protector in the NBA!!! Go to bed dude

[@bmar916]

New Weapon Unlocked

[@jasoncrossmusic]

If they can stay healthy and figure out their chemistry early, this is a 60 win team and *should* be a favorite for the title. Best roster since 2008 by far.

[@user-ky6ew6vv6l]

Record prediction this year 61-21

[@geel5011]

Being a first seed can be disappointing as everyone find out. It doesn't matter come playoff. As you know, first round exit against an 8th seed. If I was a bucks fan, I'm gonna be embarrassed to have high hope for now. Just let them play and expect less. New coach too.

[@spiritdoor]

65

[@octaviakf]

From that starting line up I don’t see anyone guarding Giannis or Brook Lopez Porzingis will get dunked on multiple times FOR SURE as well as my boo Al Horford ( love his game)

[@Bretde1]

That's a two way street though. Who's guarding Jrue, Brown and Tatum? Is Giannis or Brook really going to follow Kristaps out to the 3pt line and allow themselves to be taken out of the paint?

[@GodsProphet23]

yup and giannis is guarding tatum both him and kp stretch them out liliard guarding holiday? lol whos guarding brown mabey if you force him left but hes just way better then pat cunningham @@Bretde1

[@Bretde1]

@@GodsProphet23 People trash on Brown, but the reality is that he's an all star and all NBA player. No one on that team is slowing him down. Especially now that they have a PG who can facilitate the offense. And you're right. Dame is going to get embarrassed trying to guard Jrue

[@gregbarry5875]

I am afraid the Celts will lack the bulk to stop a big guy like Embiid or Giannis. Porzsingis is an upgrade from Horoford, but will he be enough ?

[@jord.mac_1468]

I love boston, and I always believe their roster is solid, but this starting is downright scary

[@lucky889s9]

Nah, they got a big hole in the middle. Al is old and always injured

[@brentgage9051]

Al horford is never injured, he's played 43 out 44 games of the past two years in the playoffs. SMH people just be saying stuff with no idea.

[@Bretde1]

If they are healthy, then they should win 60+ games. That's a big "if" though. I think they're going to need to add another guard at some point

[@brentgage9051]

Another guard on top of Holiday, White, Prichard, Banton, and possible Tatum minutes?

[@Bretde1]

@@brentgage9051 yeah essentially just a second bench guard with PP. I really doubt Banton plays serious minutes

[@fayettevillin]

Think about it Jrue is your 4th or 5th option at 20ppg……. Everyone talks about the bucks but Giannis can’t guard Tatum at the perimeter… lopez can’t guard Kp at the perimeter.. it’s going to be a lot of slashing or Kp will do like Jokic did this past year, sit at the top and u either guard him or he starts hitting uncontested 3’s

[@juliusrickles]

Team is loaded

[@sofukinfisticated]

thats crazy because i just traded for him on my nba 2k24 franchise celtics team! Wow!

[@mshahnazi7636]

Excited! #18

[@eyekneemuhni617]

invite everything to the hole for a KP block party💪🏾

[@jonmarshal2425]

If the Cs stay healthy this is easily a 60-65 game winning team.

[@edwardoneill7585]

Kp will get so many open looks

[@dholt9910]

Celtics need a 3rd big man. Luke won’t cut it. Hope the rookie can play immediately as well.

[@Stars33d77]

Porzingis will be injured before playoffs.

[@ejp507]

They signed wenyen Gabriel, and Neemias Queta a 7footer who was one of the best g league bigs.

[@awung11]

Both the Bucks and Celtics have a lot of depth issues. A lot of their key bench contributors are gone and not replaced. They received key minutes (20+ min per game) from Grayson Allen/Grant Williams that keeps their stars fresh. Both teams have higher ceilings but they need to have some role players step up or the stars will have a lot of pressure to perform.

[@jaredsheldon5543]

If Celtics stay as healthy as last year we gota 🏆 championship coming💯

[@edwardoneill7585]

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[@bigmoneyshmoneymaker7697]

being a celtics fan its bitter sweet. i love marcus smart but jrue holiday is an upgrade. we could say they are even at defense and jrue is slightly better offensivley. on the other hand, while kristaps is prbably undervalues on defense he is still a downgrade from timelord. IF rob will coulda stood healthy he woulda been the best defensive bigman in the league by a wide margin. if you go back you will hear all the celtics players saying the same, how undervalued rob will was and just how impactful his defense is. just 20 min a night from rob will was enough to boost us to #3 in the league, and yes he was the core of our defense. Overall though, i think its an upgrade, while jb and jt are on the court we dont need porzingis to do everything timelord used to do, just protect the rim enough to deter drives that beat us which isnt often with how good our permiter defense is. Plus the offense has improved on a lot of levels.. if we can maintain our defenive identity like the last 4 games of the ECF against the heat, we will be fine. Offense will come. i think last year joe focused too much on offense while the year before ime too much on defense. Hopefully this will be the figure it out year, although i think it had to be that even if we didnt make any trades at all.

[@timadamson3378]

Wow. You know big words.

[@realtalkistrashtalk8408]

Celtics Roster is not the problem its all about the system, its all about the coaching.

[@MyMyManMelo_]

They got Sam Cassel and Phil prrssey as assistant coaches. Amile Jefferson too. They tooled up on that end.

[@tjdwyer465]

If I have see a video like this again with no ring I’m gonna be sick

[@aidangiuffrida3758]

66-16

[@Kevin-dl6nf]

Derrick White will be coming off the bench.

[@houston5381]

Since he’s been with the bucks all of his playoff performances we’re just bad. He had a decent finals but even then go back and watch him….

[@edalvarez9020]

The Williams boys, Grant and Rob, are going to be missed come playoffs. They can switch everything but Bam and Giannis are going to be tough on them.

[@denislyons]

64-18 as long as we stay healthy.

[@scottbeaulieu8192]

65-17

[@jamessayers1236]

We cooking roy just need depth

[@bryanseserman6928]

I just dont know how we guard Giannis. Are we really going to rely on Horford to do that full time being another year older

[@mason_yt444]

Name one player on any team that can guard Giannis. You don’t guard him one on one. You throw different looks and schemes at him to disrupt him. Throw double teams at him. It’s how Boston has defended him for years.

[@n-ciddy1678]

Our, Team should get up, to 63 + wins, Easily. Anything Less, than that's, pretty Atrocious. Too stacked!

[@revenge680]

The point about Jrue not having to play as much ISO is good, but I don’t know about everything else. While his main role in Milwaukee was a facilitator, he was also used off the ball in many situations. Giannis and Middleton would bring the ball up and run the offense as well. The issue is that he’s not really that great when used as a SG. His 3 point percentage with Milwaukee was good, but it was more of a product of their system and him getting so many open looks because of Giannis. You can verify this by looking at his 3 point percentages before being in Milwaukee. The same can be said for players like Portis, Grayson, , Forbes, Lopez, etc.

[@drechillin2154]

Hell have more looks with brown Tatum and kp getting double

[@revenge680]

@@drechillin2154 He's not going to shoot any better. If you look at the the film from when he played with Giannis, teams bascially left him wide open, which caused spacing issues for Giannis. That's a big reason why the Bucks swapped him for Dame. Of course he shot a lot better in their system for that very reason. He won't free up JB or Tatum though, just like he didn't free up Giannis.

[@drechillin2154]

@@revenge680 Jrue shot 38 % from three better than Smart. Dame is just offense no defense and more of a sg than PG

[@revenge680]

@@drechillin2154 Watch some of his three point highlights. And I don’t mean that in a condescending way. Most of his looks were wide open because Giannis would draw 2-3 defenders, and teams would rather stop that, because a dunk is a higher percentage shot than a three. In other systems his outside shooting wasn’t nearly as good. In fact, in the playoffs when defense gets more intense, his three point percentage is pretty bad. Like 29% last season. And that’s still with a lot of open looks. Dame is exactly what Milwaukee needed though. A PG that plays like a SG. Jrue isn’t that guy. He’s much better suited as a traditional point guard. That’s not the type of player Milwaukee needed, and just don’t think the Celtics do either. He’s obviously an elite defender, but still has his struggles in that regard as well.

[@richieimsocool]

@@revenge680 Celts don't need him to shoot "better". We'll be fine cuz he'll get the same looks if not better in boston. Giannis is not a threat whatsoever shooting so you dont have to double him on the perimeter. Tatum is a triple threat so he legitimately draws doubles and triples even at the perimeter> Teams try to force him to get rid of the ball even as a facilitator.

[@progresssonsgaming]

We’re going to be the best team 82-0

[@Mrman8313]

This team will go 63-19

[@tayh3168]

Boston is not the most positionless basketball team in the league. That title belongs to the OKC SuperSonics.

[@arronmatsuyama5417]

@tayh3168 I would have guess the Golden State Warriors

[@cxm2687]

What am I so anxious to see in this new Celtics team?....The Larry O'Brien trophy!

[@thuggwaffle8825]

I like what Boston did but I don’t think it’s as crazy as people seem to think.. Jrue has already started slowing down defensively and Porzingis is never healthy when it matters..

[@GodsProphet23]

how when hes still top 2 defender at the guard position hes not marcus smart

[@riyaandrayplay6856]

Yea but we also got KP 😂 we getting 18. Watch. Probably 19 too. Back to back