Who should have the ball in his hands at the end of games?

[cltc5]

Anyone that's open. Stop being the hero It.  All our close wins last year were from good play calls or ball movement not rondo-Ing it.

[dreamgreen]

It's tough because we really don't have that player on the roster. IT most definitely not if a much bigger player is covering him, AB can't dribble, Turner can't hit anything more than 15' from the basket and KO doesn't have the balls to take the shot.

[trickybilly]

I know that the stock answer is "It depends on the circumstances".

Prior to tonight, I would've said unequivocally "IT". He's our best ball handler, best scorer and best FT shooter.

Livingston took him away tonight and IT is a huge liability defensively. Brad better sit him down and work on his decision making. It sucked in crunch time.

Turner does make some boneheaded moves, but with the game on the line, I'd rather have the ball in his hands.

Yeah, that is a situation where CBS needs to recognize the horrible matchup and be brave. Young or Bae, Avery, Turner, Jerebko, Sully lineup

[Who]

Anyone that's open. Stop being the hero It.  All our close wins last year were from good play calls or ball movement not rondo-Ing it.

Agreed. Iso-ball use late in games is only useful for maybe 3-5 players in the league. The rest of the teams hurt themselves going to go-to scorer over and over again instead of running their actual offense.

I'd rather run a play and then resort to a one-on-one move late in clock if nothing else is on. In which case, I want Isaiah Thomas to have the ball. He is the best one-on-one player on the team and it is not close.

[Rosco917]

Slowly growing tired of the tunnel vision of IT at times.

Turner for now, with KO as an option for me.

[GreenWarrior]

Livingston took him away tonight and IT is a huge liability defensively. Brad better sit him down and work on his decision making. It sucked in crunch time.

yeah I realized this last yr. during the playoffs. the cavs pretty much used him against us. which is why I say if IT isn't effective early on it's pretty much not worth playing him.

last yr. during the playoffs I also realized evan turner is the only guy on this team capable of getting his own shot. while i'm not a fan of ET he absolutely should be on the floor in crunch time over IT. the only reason IT should be in there is if he has 30 and he's on fire otherwise it's an advantage for the other team having him out there.

this game is about winning match ups, not breaking even. at best that's what playing IT does.

[littleteapot]

Thomas should still be our guy at the end of most games. I think some teams like the warriors with tons of length are tough for him. I could definitely see the argument for Turner in those situations.

It also really hurt not having Bradley at the end of the game. I think ideally you want either Thomas or Turner as the lead guy and Bradley for spacing and as bailout shooter.

[showtime]

Thomas for now!!

[Vermont Green]

Anyone that's open. Stop being the hero It.  All our close wins last year were from good play calls or ball movement not rondo-Ing it.

This is true.  The "easier said than done" answer to this is the ball should be in everyone's hands (unless we are talking the last 3 seconds where you need a quick shot).  The Celtics do not have a player on the roster right now who can be expected to win games by taking over at the end.  If that is what the game comes down to, our best guy against their best guy, we are going to lose most of those games.

I understand that it is hard to do at the end of a game but we should be running plays and creating options, just like we do the other 45 minutes of the game.  That doesn't mean whoever ends up with the shot is going to make it but I think it give us a better chance than an isolation or whatever for Thomas.  If we still had Pierce or another star, maybe it would be different but we don't; that is pretty clear.

[flybono]

BIRD!