Celtics (36-35) at Knicks (40-32) Game #72 5/16/21

[Celtics4ever]

CBS needs his head checked playing Grant ahead of Parker.   No coincidence we made the run with Grant out of the game.   Also,  Luke Kornett absolutely stinks on D, watching him and Grant defend the rim was pathetic.

I was disappointed by Nesmith today.   Liked what I saw from Parker and Romeo.

Upgrading some of these guys will make us a better team.

It was like the 2020 NBA Draft redemption game for Ainge...well, except Carsen, but at least he showed a spark. Parker and Tremont stealing the show, but also glad to see Langford look like a player and Grant scoring in a variety of ways.

Tremont is a big liability on D.   Ideally, he is better than Carsen but his smallness is a big problem.   One could probably draft a bigger guard who does the same things with less liability on D.

[colincb]

Player   NBA EFF
Parker    22
Waters    18
Williams, G 16
Pritchard    11
Fall            9
Langford    9
Kornet    3
Ojeleye    3
Edwards    2
Nesmith    1

- Parker needs to play over our non-scorers.
- Waters can play if he focuses on playmaking over scoring as he did today. Good defender for his size. Did not rush his shots for a change.
- GW had a good game
- PP Inefficient shooting, but got 6 assists and 6 rebounds
- Tacko got 8 rebounds and 3 blocks
- Romeo can play D and get points off of it. As a shooter or shot creator, he has a ways to go.
- Ojele and Edwards likely played their last regular-season games here and did nothing.
- Kornet and Nesmith did little too.

[colincb]

Perk prefers WAS as an opponent because they don't play much D. Also says CBS should consider giving minutes to Parker.

[liam]

CBS needs his head checked playing Grant ahead of Parker.   No coincidence we made the run with Grant out of the game.   Also,  Luke Kornett absolutely stinks on D, watching him and Grant defend the rim was pathetic.

I was disappointed by Nesmith today.   Liked what I saw from Parker and Romeo.

Upgrading some of these guys will make us a better team.

It was like the 2020 NBA Draft redemption game for Ainge...well, except Carsen, but at least he showed a spark. Parker and Tremont stealing the show, but also glad to see Langford look like a player and Grant scoring in a variety of ways.

Tremont is a big liability on D.   Ideally, he is better than Carsen but his smallness is a big problem.   One could probably draft a bigger guard who does the same things with less liability on D.

Big combo guard Marcus Garrett! He might even go undrafted and would be perfect for Waters spot.

[liam]

Perk prefers WAS as an opponent because they don't play much D. Also says CBS should consider giving minutes to Parker.

WAS has two guys that could go off for 50 in that play-in game.