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Celtics Basketball => Celtics Talk => Topic started by: CelticsElite on September 24, 2018, 02:39:30 PM

Title: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: CelticsElite on September 24, 2018, 02:39:30 PM
https://mobile.twitter.com/adamhimmelsbach/status/1044259655936077824?s=21
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: liam on September 24, 2018, 03:38:24 PM
Theis will play a big role this year.
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: Donoghus on September 24, 2018, 04:33:25 PM
Good to hear.

Vanilla Theis became a huge binky of mine last season.
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: SHAQATTACK on September 24, 2018, 06:18:01 PM
This guy can be a real spark off the bench ,  now that he is familiar with the NBA and his team, Im expecting good things .
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: positivitize on September 24, 2018, 06:21:57 PM
So excited to have Theis back. He was great against Embiid last year.
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: Rosco917 on September 24, 2018, 06:48:56 PM
His role was expanding last year just as he was injured. He provides a nice balanced game off the bench. I'm so excited to have him back this year.
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: liam on September 24, 2018, 09:22:26 PM
His role was expanding last year just as he was injured. He provides a nice balanced game off the bench. I'm so excited to have him back this year.

He's definitely a change up player. He gives the Celtics a different look...
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: SparzWizard on September 24, 2018, 09:38:01 PM
We're getting Kyrie back, Hayward back, and Theis back.

It has been too long since I last saw a full healthy Celtics team.
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: GreenFaith1819 on September 24, 2018, 10:00:08 PM
This is great.

Yet another solid Big to throw at (and frustrate) Embiid.

I love this.
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: trickybilly on September 25, 2018, 12:09:55 AM
Only disappointing thing about Theis was his 3pt shooting. Hoping he lights it up from 3 this year.
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: Androslav on September 25, 2018, 02:55:34 AM
Only disappointing thing about Theis was his 3pt shooting. Hoping he lights it up from 3 this year.
It is not his forte, but he was solid 13/32 from deep since the New year.
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: gouki88 on September 25, 2018, 03:00:45 AM
Only disappointing thing about Theis was his 3pt shooting. Hoping he lights it up from 3 this year.
It is not his forte, but he was solid 13/32 from deep since the New year.
Over his last 15-20 games he was shooting nearly 40% from deep I think. Went down at a bad time for him, and for us
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: Androslav on September 25, 2018, 06:13:24 AM
Only disappointing thing about Theis was his 3pt shooting. Hoping he lights it up from 3 this year.
It is not his forte, but he was solid 13/32 from deep since the New year.
Over his last 15-20 games he was shooting nearly 40% from deep I think. Went down at a bad time for him, and for us
Yup, 13/32 is 40,625%
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: Vermont Green on September 25, 2018, 08:06:36 AM
Theis is a very versatile player off the bench and that is great to have.  He will be one of the better 9th or 10th players in the league.  Maybe he will surprise me and get ahead of Baynes and Morris and be our 8th player.  After Horford, we are pretty mediocre in terms of bigs.  Theis should get plenty of opportunity.  This is a great spot for him.

Who isn't excited about this season?
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: trickybilly on September 25, 2018, 10:03:07 AM
I don't actually think there is a pecking order outside the starting 5 and Marcus. Like it seems there are two groups. Baynes will play bigger minutes in some games, Theis in others. I guess there mpg will be roughly similar.

Definitely look for Morris to have his minutes curtailed this year, unless Tatum gets the sophomore yips..

Marcus Morris could be on the trading block one suspects...
Title: Re: Theis: “knee feels great. Fully recovered.”
Post by: Vermont Green on September 25, 2018, 11:48:56 AM
I don't actually think there is a pecking order outside the starting 5 and Marcus. Like it seems there are two groups. Baynes will play bigger minutes in some games, Theis in others. I guess there mpg will be roughly similar.

Definitely look for Morris to have his minutes curtailed this year, unless Tatum gets the sophomore yips..

Marcus Morris could be on the trading block one suspects...

I agree that if you look at Baynes and Theis, their playing time will vary depending on match-ups, no doubt.  I think Baynes in general will play a more consistent role because he is our only true center defender.  His skillset is more unique so he will get his minutes.

As far as Morris, I think he is a clear notch above Theis.  Now Theis may improve and Morris may continue to have lingering knee problems but all things equal, I see Morris as a more important contributor than Theis.  Smart and Rozier are a clear notch above all of these bigs.  So if Smart and Rozier are 6 and 7, I have Morris at 8 and Baynes/Theis 9/10. 

This is based on ability or value and may not translate exactly to playing time due to positional depth.  We have a lot less positional depth with bigs than we do with wings and smalls.  This may result in Baynes and Theis getting more minutes than you would expect from the 9th and 10th on the depth chart as compared to Smart and Rozier and their 6th and 7th slots on the depth chart.  This is the roster balance issue that the team has.  We are kind of forced to play Baynes who is OK while having limited minutes for Rozier who is a much better relative player.