19% from the three point line

[moiso]

The first overreaction thread of the season! 

ha, it wouldn't be celtics blog strong without one. 

Is it wrong to be strong?

[Chris22]

The first overreaction thread of the season! 

Nope. I have been saying this for a year.

One year the Knicks did really well shooting threes, and they ended every practice with a three point shooting contest. I though that was a great idea.

Interesting take. While the consensus appears that the Celtics will be one of the better 3pt shooting teams 1-5 in the NBA, you are taking the contrarian view.

And yes, this is an overreaction thread.

Nope. I have been saying this for a year, and I will continue to.

Practice makes perfect.

[SHAQATTACK]

The first overreaction thread of the season! 

LOL...TP

[GreenWarrior]

the typical Celtics fan will say this is an over reaction, but it isn't. in fact they should be overly concerned.

since brad stevens took over, they've been eliminated from the playoffs the same way every time - they go cold for 2 mins towards the end of the game in an elimination game, taking bad forced contested jump shots.

do they need to shoot better? sure. but i'd rather take better high percentage shots. this team is way too talented to settle for bad shots.

so we're either going to see them mature and learn from past eliminations. or we're going to be stupid and stubborn and think - "we have better players now... we'll do the same thing past teams did" … and we'll lose the same way past teams did.

this season is all about brad. and last night was not encouraging.   

[gift]

The first overreaction thread of the season! 

Nope. I have been saying this for a year.

One year the Knicks did really well shooting threes, and they ended every practice with a three point shooting contest. I though that was a great idea.

Interesting take. While the consensus appears that the Celtics will be one of the better 3pt shooting teams 1-5 in the NBA, you are taking the contrarian view.

And yes, this is an overreaction thread.

Nope. I have been saying this for a year, and I will continue to.

Practice makes perfect.

So while the Celtics ranked 2nd in the league in 3p% last year at near 38%, you were saying they should practice their 3-point shooting more? You saw that as a team weakness?

[Rosco917]

C's could have won by 15-20 if they kept the starters or even the second unit in the game. I'm sure Stevens was more interested in finding out how Kyrie and Hayward and the others felt playing in an actual game.

We have a wonderful first unit and a good second...but when you get to Yabu and Semi it really drops off.

[Donoghus]

I really wouldn't put any stock in preseason shooting percentages, too high or too low. 

These things are so skewed because of preseason conditions that there is practically nothing reasonable to take away from them.

[Boris Badenov]

The first overreaction thread of the season! 

Nope. I have been saying this for a year.

One year the Knicks did really well shooting threes, and they ended every practice with a three point shooting contest. I though that was a great idea.

Interesting take. While the consensus appears that the Celtics will be one of the better 3pt shooting teams 1-5 in the NBA, you are taking the contrarian view.

And yes, this is an overreaction thread.

Nope. I have been saying this for a year, and I will continue to.

Practice makes perfect.

So while the Celtics ranked 2nd in the league in 3p% last year at near 38%, you were saying they should practice their 3-point shooting more? You saw that as a team weakness?

If you’re looking for a coherent point to be taken away from those posts, you’re going to be disappointed.

[Chris22]

The first overreaction thread of the season! 

Nope. I have been saying this for a year.

One year the Knicks did really well shooting threes, and they ended every practice with a three point shooting contest. I though that was a great idea.

Interesting take. While the consensus appears that the Celtics will be one of the better 3pt shooting teams 1-5 in the NBA, you are taking the contrarian view.

And yes, this is an overreaction thread.

Nope. I have been saying this for a year, and I will continue to.

Practice makes perfect.

So while the Celtics ranked 2nd in the league in 3p% last year at near 38%, you were saying they should practice their 3-point shooting more? You saw that as a team weakness?

Yes. When it really matters, they missed a lot of wide open threes.

[Surferdad]

C's could have won by 15-20 if they kept the starters or even the second unit in the game. I'm sure Stevens was more interested in finding out how Kyrie and Hayward and the others felt playing in an actual game.

We have a wonderful first unit and a good second...but when you get to Yabu and Semi it really drops off.

Second unit:
Rozier, Smart, Morris, Baynes, Theis
Third unit:
Wanamaker, Semi, Yabu, Williams

No 3-pt shooting in that 3rd unit (among other issues).

[Bobshot]

Too much 3P shooting and not enough ball distribution--both halfs.

You shoot so many 3s at 20%, you lose.

The Hornets also shot too many 3s in the first half I saw. But they had a higher shooting percentage.

All in all, it's a pretty boring game when somebody takes the ball down, passes to somebody outside who bombs a 3. Then the other team reciprocates. And it keeps going like this.

You would think Stevens learned his lesson from that game 7 finals disaster.

[Sophomore]

They were ahead by 15 at half. The guys missing shot after shot in the second half were bench players. Semi isn’t going to be given 8 three point shots a game during the regular season – let alone the playoffs.

[Big333223]

19% from 3 in a preseason opener?

Blow it up.

[green_bballers13]

13 for 31=42% today.

Looks like all of the world's problems have been fixed!

[Ilikesports17]

The first overreaction thread of the season! 

Nope. I have been saying this for a year.

One year the Knicks did really well shooting threes, and they ended every practice with a three point shooting contest. I though that was a great idea.

Interesting take. While the consensus appears that the Celtics will be one of the better 3pt shooting teams 1-5 in the NBA, you are taking the contrarian view.

And yes, this is an overreaction thread.

Nope. I have been saying this for a year, and I will continue to.

Practice makes perfect.

The Celtics were 3rd in 3pt% and 4th in 3pm last year.

You are being dumb Your concern is not based in reality.