Celtics (3-2) at Hawks (2-3) Round 1 Game #6 4/27/23

[Donoghus]

That's a really good team we just beat.

Expect them to trade Collins and picks for an upgrade.

Top 4 team next year.

They’re a bit low on picks to trade, having given up 3 + a swap for Murray.  They have a curious off-season ahead of them.  They’re in line to be about $9 million over the tax if all they do is sign minimum salary players, and they clearly had a no-tax goal this past season.  I don’t see them making any major moves.  We’ll see if Quin Snyder is able to get long-term buy-in from the team or if it was a two-month aberration.  We saw this a couple of years ago where McMillan came in mid-season and got them to the conference finals.  He lasted only 2 years, and they’re back in the same place, but this time they lost in the first round.

We’ll see if next year is the year they turn it on for 82 games, but I’m not convinced.  They have a lot of talent — the question has always been how that talent plays on the court.

Man, the cost of that Murray trade

[Who]

That's a really good team we just beat.

Expect them to trade Collins and picks for an upgrade.

Top 4 team next year.

They’re a bit low on picks to trade, having given up 3 + a swap for Murray.  They have a curious off-season ahead of them.  They’re in line to be about $9 million over the tax if all they do is sign minimum salary players, and they clearly had a no-tax goal this past season.  I don’t see them making any major moves.  We’ll see if Quin Snyder is able to get long-term buy-in from the team or if it was a two-month aberration.  We saw this a couple of years ago where McMillan came in mid-season and got them to the conference finals.  He lasted only 2 years, and they’re back in the same place, but this time they lost in the first round.

We’ll see if next year is the year they turn it on for 82 games, but I’m not convinced.  They have a lot of talent — the question has always been how that talent plays on the court.

They were 12-11 after the ASG. Were they really any better under Snyder? I would call it marginal improvement at best.

Coaching isn't the issue. Personnel is. That team does not fit well together. That is why they underachieve. I believe ATL need major reconstruction to their starting unit in order to see big improvements next season.

[Celtics2021]

That's a really good team we just beat.

Expect them to trade Collins and picks for an upgrade.

Top 4 team next year.

They’re a bit low on picks to trade, having given up 3 + a swap for Murray.  They have a curious off-season ahead of them.  They’re in line to be about $9 million over the tax if all they do is sign minimum salary players, and they clearly had a no-tax goal this past season.  I don’t see them making any major moves.  We’ll see if Quin Snyder is able to get long-term buy-in from the team or if it was a two-month aberration.  We saw this a couple of years ago where McMillan came in mid-season and got them to the conference finals.  He lasted only 2 years, and they’re back in the same place, but this time they lost in the first round.

We’ll see if next year is the year they turn it on for 82 games, but I’m not convinced.  They have a lot of talent — the question has always been how that talent plays on the court.

Man, the cost of that Murray trade

They gave up more for Murray than we did for White and Brogdan combined.

[Phantom255x]

I'm just glad we don't have to stress about a Game 7 and can relax a bit this weekend before the next round. My heart definitely needs it 

Wasn't looking pretty especially when ATL was up 113-110 with 6 minutes to go

Hope the Bruins win tonight though. That'd be even better. Otherwise it's stressing about that since Game 7 would be Sunday

[Surferdad]

That's a really good team we just beat.

Expect them to trade Collins and picks for an upgrade.

Top 4 team next year.

They’re a bit low on picks to trade, having given up 3 + a swap for Murray.  They have a curious off-season ahead of them.  They’re in line to be about $9 million over the tax if all they do is sign minimum salary players, and they clearly had a no-tax goal this past season.  I don’t see them making any major moves.  We’ll see if Quin Snyder is able to get long-term buy-in from the team or if it was a two-month aberration.  We saw this a couple of years ago where McMillan came in mid-season and got them to the conference finals.  He lasted only 2 years, and they’re back in the same place, but this time they lost in the first round.

We’ll see if next year is the year they turn it on for 82 games, but I’m not convinced.  They have a lot of talent — the question has always been how that talent plays on the court.

They were 12-11 after the ASG. Were they really any better under Snyder? I would call it marginal improvement at best.

Coaching isn't the issue. Personnel is. That team does not fit well together. That is why they underachieve. I believe ATL need major reconstruction to their starting unit in order to see big improvements next season.

More specifically, it's about their poor defense.  I thought De'andre Hunter was supposed to be a defensive specialist, but he looks more like mainly an offensive player. Capella looks lost on defense, Murray and Bogdanovich aren't stopping anyone and we know about Trae.

[Phantom255x]

This is the uniform schedule for Games 1-4 next round:



It's probably not a big deal, but idk why the home teams in the playoffs don't wear white jerseys all the time. I can understand if you're wearing city edition, but why the other choices? It's a bit odd