Just finished watching the game. Some thoughts that stuck out:
Loved Tatum's aggressiveness in looking for his shot on offense but hated his, at times, really bad effort on the defensive side.
Regarding defense, it was overall as bad as I have seen it in a preseason game. The Hornets absolutely suck, especially on offense, and yet the C's made them look really good through three quarters. Just about everyone sucked on the defensive end.
While Timelord mostly played against starters and Tacko against non-NBA worthy scrubs, Tacko still seemed farther along than Timelord. But, neither looked ready to contribute quality rotation minutes this year. But it was just one game.
Smart looked out of shape and was a complete non-factor.
Hayward appeared to have better lift, speed and lateral movement but he still isn't "back". Might just need to take some bumps and work his way into taking on a much bigger role than last year.
I want Kemba to be more aggressive offensively.
Edwards appears to be an NBA ready bench player.
Green was great against bad competition.Really, he and Edwards won this game.
Brown was meh, though, once again, much like late last year and in the playoffs, he did seem to concentrate on his offense being either shooting threes or going to the basket, which is very smart.
The team didn't look like it had any chance whatsoever of being a 50+ win team. Not close.