Nets (1-0) at Celtics (0-1) Preseason Game #2 12/18/20

[PAOBoston]

Nesmith ain’t going to play much if he plays defense like that.

[esel1000]

Guys don’t worry once Tatum cuts his hair he’ll be truly unstoppable

[RPGenerate]

Offenses look so much nicer when they can actually hit open 3's.

[jpotter33]

Kemba ain’t no better than brown and Tatum. Him coming back not fixing this lol. These boys ARENT GOOD LIKE THAT! They flat out been getting exposed since the playoffs. I’m completely on the ledge.

Lol. You really are on the ledge. Nobody is saying Kemba is better than those two.

He is, however, better than everyone else. Which means less minutes for scrubs like Ojeleye.

Beyond that, it's about fit. He's another playmaker that will help out the offense, because right now we just don't have that kind of playmaking outside of Teague. Really not sure why Teague hasn't been starting from the get-go; that seemed like a pretty obvious decision given our personnel and current injuries.

[Neurotic Guy]

Kemba ain’t no better than brown and Tatum. Him coming back not fixing this lol. These boys ARENT GOOD LIKE THAT! They flat out been getting exposed since the playoffs. I’m completely on the ledge.

No you're not.  You've watched preseason before I assume.

[knuckleballer]

I am very disappointed in brad right now. This team is nowhere near prepared to compete

Training camp started what? Two weeks ago.  And this is still just a meaningless preseason game.

I'd be less concerned if meaningful games weren't less than a week away

I suspect the first few weeks will look a bit like normal preseason games.  And that’s ok.

How is it that Brooklyn, with new players and a new coach, look so much better than a Celtic team with coaches and players who have been together for a few seasons now ? Must be the head coaching combo of Nash/Irving/Durant.

Don’t care.  It’s a meaningless preseason game.

[Tr1boy]

Nesmith is very fit

He uses his wingspan very well.  Almost grabbed several offensive rebounds coming out of nowhere

[mrceltics2013]

Kemba ain’t no better than brown and Tatum. Him coming back not fixing this lol. These boys ARENT GOOD LIKE THAT! They flat out been getting exposed since the playoffs. I’m completely on the ledge.

The difference is that Kemba forces defenses to be honest, they can’t just focus on Tatum and brown. Kemba along with Hayward was our best at drive and kick which forced defenses to commit and left players like Tatum and brown open. There’s nobody doing that now so defenders can just sit on those two.

Focus??? What focus??? Tatum and Brown are struggling on 1 on 1 defense lol. What all time defender is guarding them right now? Durant get switched off of them every time lol.

Hayward just had higher IQ then them and hit easy buckets.

[coco]

The defensive effort the Nets are putting is a thing of beauty.

...that’s a team serious about their post season aspirations.

IT STARS IN PRESEASON.

[nickagneta]

Maybe it's my love of Jaylen making me biased, but Brown sure does appear to be reading the floor better and making the right pass to the right guy at the right time tonight.

Could just be a one night thing but maybe not and this is how he improved this year.

[Atzar]

Jaylen is missing everything short.  Just not back in the game yet.

[gouki88]

Tatum heating up

[CelticsElite]

Tatum: I need to be a better facilitator

But instead shoots with a hand in his face. And tries to score against 2 or 3 guys underneath the basket

come on

tunnel Vision, ego, and training with Kobe and mentored by Marcus Morris

[jpotter33]

There you go, JT.

Really does seem like he's a slow starter type.

[gouki88]

Gotta love how we're all piling on JT when he's sitting on a 15-7-2 first half.