The Celtics Problem... Not Enough Dunks

[Tr1boy]

i can see how this is true.

Dunks serve 2 big purposes. 1) easy quick points 2) and if the dunk is nice, makes the crowed go crazy OR silent and energizes the defense.

Whose the last best dunker we have had? KG of 2 years ago. Gerald Green before that and he did serve the 2) quite well.

We need to bring up Fab. the kid out of anything can dunk and uses his length to make it easy. He is steps ahead in playing pro defense also. He needs a chance to watch and learn from kg. Sneak his way off his man and dunk rondo's lobs all day long. Open up the perimeter and make it easier for Pierce, Terry, Lee, Rondo to drive or shoot.

Right now, teams are glued to us on the perimeter. when KG gets the ball down low, it doesn't really matter to double him, bc he mainly uses his predictable fade away jumper.

Bring fab up, bc it can't get any worse and if he is not ready, please make a trade before we miss our last chance with kg and possibly pierce.

[cman88]

I don't care about the dunks, but if someone could explain to me why Doc thinks the long 2 point jumpshot is "great offense" I'd appreciate it.

It's not coaching. It's the personnel.

It's the players that Boston has that leads to all the long two pointers.

ya, but we HAVE athletic guys like Barbosa, Jeff Green, Courtney lee, even Terry has been solid in his career driving to the basket.


part of the problem is our poor defense. If you can get stops you get out on the break and can get easy buckets heading to the hoop.

if the opposing team is scoring nearly every trip down the court then you have to play a half-court offense where it is much harder to get opportunities