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Around the NBA / Re: NBA Season 2025-26
« Last post by Phantom255x on Today at 02:52:48 PM »
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Quote from: Roy H. on Today at 01:54:16 PM
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Quote from: SparzWizard on Today at 01:21:31 AM
LaMelo Ball with a monster night...30 points, 11 assists including 9 from downtown. Wow

He's still no Anfernee Simons  8)

You mean "Anferno"?

(It's a good occasional nickname, but it's gotten mighty old how much Scal uses it.)
Yes - hearing Anferno and Garzilla when either does anything - enough already Scal and Drew.



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Celtics Talk / Re: Anfernee Simons
« Last post by wdleehi on Today at 02:37:30 PM »
I still think he should be moved.   Once Tatum is back, I still see Pritchard going back to the bench and being offense off the bench.   Also, if Simons keeps playing this well, he will likely be offered more then the Celtics could pay with the current NBA system.


My hope is a team that wants him past this year doesn't want to wait until the offseason to get him and tries to get him in house and can send the Celtics either the big man they need or the pieces needed to build a trade for a big man.   


The better Simons plays, the less the Celtics need to send out extra pieces. 
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Transaction Ideas and Rumors / Re: General roster construction for this season and next
« Last post by smicker16 on Today at 02:34:46 PM »
TP for the thread.

I think the Pritchard/Simons piece is very valid. It isn?t main reasoning for wanting to move Simons. With Tatum back I do not think we will be able to allow Simons as much on ball time. And I do think in the playoffs he would be picked on defensively. It is also why as much as Garza has impressed me I do not know if we would be able to rely on him in the playoffs. The matchup hunting and game planning in the playoffs is next level so I do have concerns there.

I agree with Roy on the ego aspect of starting Hugo/Walsh when Tatum comes back. I do think it will depend what happens with Simons. For the point above if Simons is here I do not think Pritchard can move to the bench. But if they trade Simons then it comes down to ego a bit there I feel.

Just my thoughts but something I have been thinking about too.
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Celtics Talk / Re: Anfernee Simons
« Last post by Phantom255x on Today at 02:28:01 PM »
Yeah I've changed my mind. Keep him. This team could use a microwave scorer like him similar to what Detroit and New York have (when healthy) and you can tell he wants to win here. He's even said in recent weeks he was adjusting to being in this organization and a different culture than the one in Portland for all those years. I respect it. He's kept his head down and tried to improve. He's not terrible on the defensive end anymore either.
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Around the NBA / Re: NBA Season 2025-26
« Last post by Neurotic Guy on Today at 01:58:09 PM »
Quote from: Roy H. on Today at 01:54:16 PM
Quote from: Phantom255x on Today at 01:48:40 PM
Quote from: SparzWizard on Today at 01:21:31 AM
LaMelo Ball with a monster night...30 points, 11 assists including 9 from downtown. Wow

He's still no Anfernee Simons  8)

You mean "Anferno"?

(It's a good occasional nickname, but it's gotten mighty old how much Scal uses it.)
Yes - hearing Anferno and Garzilla when either does anything - enough already Scal and Drew.
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Around the NBA / Re: NBA Season 2025-26
« Last post by Neurotic Guy on Today at 01:55:23 PM »
As time moves on toward the deadline Cs players values should be rising: Hugo, Sam, Simons, Walsh.  To some extent even Baylor.  Garza too though he doesn?t seem likely to go. I don?t particularly want to lose any of them as the team feels like a team, but Brad should be able to get something decent in return for a package of two or three plus picks.
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Around the NBA / Re: NBA Season 2025-26
« Last post by Roy H. on Today at 01:54:16 PM »
Quote from: Phantom255x on Today at 01:48:40 PM
Quote from: SparzWizard on Today at 01:21:31 AM
LaMelo Ball with a monster night...30 points, 11 assists including 9 from downtown. Wow

He's still no Anfernee Simons  8)

You mean "Anferno"?

(It's a good occasional nickname, but it's gotten mighty old how much Scal uses it.)
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Around the NBA / Re: NBA Season 2025-26
« Last post by Phantom255x on Today at 01:48:40 PM »
Quote from: SparzWizard on Today at 01:21:31 AM
LaMelo Ball with a monster night...30 points, 11 assists including 9 from downtown. Wow

He's still no Anfernee Simons  8)
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Red Sox / MLB / Re: Red Sox 2025-26 Off Season
« Last post by Roy H. on Today at 01:44:45 PM »
Quote from: SparzWizard on Today at 01:38:11 PM
Quote from: Roy H. on Today at 12:22:03 PM
Quote from: rocknrollforyoursoul on Today at 12:12:57 PM
Quote from: Roy H. on Today at 08:44:12 AM
Unreal.  The Dodgers have no limit.

Literally. They'll probably win the WS this year?they certainly should, based on talent alone?but there's likely to be no MLB in 2027, and what happens then is anybody's guess.

But, yeah, for now, it's like, "Oh look, the Dodgers got another all-star." ::)

And they're paying $60 million per season for a guy that is very good, but that hasn't been an MVP candidate.

Mark Walter effect. The guy can just give out contracts like it's nothing and MLB can't anything about it right now.

Just hope that generosity doesn't translate too much over into the professional basketball league as he does own that franchise in that league.

I think that MLB vs. NBA is a good example of why salary caps and max duration contracts make sense.  MLB is going to get there eventually, particularly when even ultra-rich owners like John Henry are self-imposing spending limits. 
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Transaction Ideas and Rumors / Re: General roster construction for this season and next
« Last post by Roy H. on Today at 01:42:05 PM »
Giving very quick, surface-level answers to each:

1.  I think that we could go far in the playoffs with each on the roster, so long as they don't play a lot of minutes together.  We have the personnel to cover for one weak defender at all times, I think.  And, I think PP is probably closer to neutral than weak.

2.  This gets complicated with lineups and egos.  In theory, if Simons left, a lineup of Center / JT / JB / Hugo / White makes sense.  But, how does Pritchard's ego adjust to that?  And, if you consider Simons to be a weapon and bring him back, see #1 above.  I don't think he works playing heavy minutes next to Pritch.  So, I think that leads to both Hugo and Walsh coming off the bench.

3.  I wouldn't make Hauser the odd man out to accommodate Walsh.  If moving Hauser is needed to balance salary and to acquire a solid rotational center, then I get it.  But, in a vacuum, I'd prefer him over Walsh.  He's slumped slightly this year, but he's consistently been a 41% - 43% outside shooter.
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