Celtics (35-34) at Cavaliers (21-48) Game #70 5/12/21

[ozgod]

Tell you what, I'm sure no tanking team wants to play us...they end up winning and ruining their lottery position 

I'm sure Minnesota aren't looking forward to having to play us and possibly win 

[Csfan1984]

Tell you what, I'm sure no tanking team wants to play us...they end up winning and ruining their lottery position 

I'm sure Minnesota aren't looking forward to having to play us and possibly win 

Lottery busters lol

[Rikibellevie]

  Tell you what, I'm sure no tanking team wants to play us...they end up winning and ruining their lottery position 

I'm sure Minnesota aren't looking forward to having to play us and possibly win 

I'm sure Minnesota aren't looking forward to having to play us and possibly win 
It may means not many team are totally tanking. The GM brought tanking team in Orlando, OKC at deadline, but teams are still playing, at least a little to win. Philly was few years ago a real tanking team, but there is more team who still go youth and try to build something and it is positive for NBA (we speak many about NBA fluke so we can tell also what is better).

For this match, happy I didn't watch it and take some distance lately. Shame of performance, shame of coaching... But 90% of people including me, before this match, asked for a lost, so I guess we should be happy. Don't watch the matches before play in, just look results and stats and be happy if we still gain ome places for lottery or draft.

[Birdman]

Important game but Kemba and Smart not playing??? And why isn’t Parker playing??

[footey]

Celtics have become masters of the unintentional tank.

[Celtics2021]

Celtics have become masters of the unintentional tank.

We’re getting that 15th pick!

[Birdman]

Another guard with the 15th pick!!!!

[BMark]

Another guard with the 15th pick!!!!

Or 6' 5" power forward lol. 

I want to see the Cs lose the next two games and to start Tacko as the PG in the play in game.  We need an attractive draft choice to send out with Kemba in the offseason.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

The funny thing is that the eternal optimists will never admit defeat, even if the sky and the roof and everything else is crashing down around them. The Celtics could lose out the season, including their play-in games, bringing all of the optimists' positivity about this season to a screeching halt, and the optimists would just ignore the fact that their predictions had failed, ignore the fact that the pessimists were right, and just say, "I'm sure they'll be much healthier and luckier next season"—even the Cs haven't had a really healthy season since the '07-'08 title campaign.

"Eternal optimists". Right.

Very black-and-white view of life.

I think some things in life are black and white, but I digress.

You may not believe it, but there are people on CelticsStrong and CelticsBlog whom I'd definitely describe as eternal optimists. Maybe even a couple who'd describe themselves that way.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Another guard with the 15th pick!!!!

Or maybe another undersized and/or injury-prone "big."

[Donoghus]

The funny thing is that the eternal optimists will never admit defeat, even if the sky and the roof and everything else is crashing down around them. The Celtics could lose out the season, including their play-in games, bringing all of the optimists' positivity about this season to a screeching halt, and the optimists would just ignore the fact that their predictions had failed, ignore the fact that the pessimists were right, and just say, "I'm sure they'll be much healthier and luckier next season"—even the Cs haven't had a really healthy season since the '07-'08 title campaign.

"Eternal optimists". Right.

Very black-and-white view of life.

I think some things in life are black and white, but I digress.

You may not believe it, but there are people on CelticsStrong and CelticsBlog whom I'd definitely describe as eternal optimists. Maybe even a couple who'd describe themselves that way.

Even if they are, who cares?

[Kiorrik]

The funny thing is that the eternal optimists will never admit defeat, even if the sky and the roof and everything else is crashing down around them. The Celtics could lose out the season, including their play-in games, bringing all of the optimists' positivity about this season to a screeching halt, and the optimists would just ignore the fact that their predictions had failed, ignore the fact that the pessimists were right, and just say, "I'm sure they'll be much healthier and luckier next season"—even the Cs haven't had a really healthy season since the '07-'08 title campaign.

"Eternal optimists". Right.

Very black-and-white view of life.

I think some things in life are black and white, but I digress.

You may not believe it, but there are people on CelticsStrong and CelticsBlog whom I'd definitely describe as eternal optimists. Maybe even a couple who'd describe themselves that way.

It's more that you said I'm sure they'll be much healthier and luckier next season <- because I said that almost verbatim two posts before hahahaha

I fully subscribe to that line. But I don't identify as an eternal optimist.

For example; I think we suck right now. I just don't think trading any of our top 5/6 is an good solution.

I think Brad Stevens is doing some puzzling things. I'm not happy we don't see more of Pritchard. Or Nesmith.

But I also don't think we know everything Brad knows.

So yeah - I subscribe to what you defined as "eternal optimists", I just don't identify as one because there's plenty stuff I'm unhappy with and see need improvement

Dunno if that makes sense, but that's why I thought "the shoe fit", for me