Offensive droughts

[jimmywolfrey]

Big Baby is probably are most overrated player right now.  He just has big holes in his game.   He is a great role player and can play well against certain teams, but not against every team.  Sometimes he just gets his stats by volume. 

I think by getting Delonte back in the rotation and allowing him to be himself, the 2nd unit and our smaller lineups will be that much better.  I remember when teams used to just smother Delonte because they knew he didn't have a right hand.  They still do at times but now Delonte just attacks and becomes super aggressive.  He kind of figured out how to use his defeciency to his advantage.   

I believe Rondo to an extent has done the same thing..When people back off, he'll get a full head of steam and still make a play.  However, we all know that he has not used it to improve his confidence in shooting jumpers on a consistent basis.  He needs to find a way to use the space to his advantage.  Maybe its just a coatching thing.  What about having an off the ball screen for Ray Allen and he would come behind Rondo for a pass after that off the ball.  Rondo's man would be so far away he wouldn't have time to help.

[BballTim]

Its not rocket science. Celtics are an easy team to defend. Don't guard Rondo, and Don't Guard Perkins. They bring zilch on the offensive end. Its puts tremendous pressure on an older Big3 to continue to bail out them out.

  This explains why our offense (and fg$) is so much better when Rondo plays and why we're leading the league in fg%.

[Spicoli]

I agree that Krstic and Green will be huge for our offensive droughts (especially Jeff).

But I think that we're also looking the wrong way at Delonte, we all expect (or expected him since Nate is now gone) to be in the role of the playmaker/creator for the 2nd unit. He can do that (he did it in the 4th quarter yesterday, his two man game with Pierce was great) but to me his biggest strength and importance for this team is his ability to create his own shot. Sometimes he takes very tough ones but you know he can make them and his ability to penetrate and shoot, to score by himself with little time on the shot clock or no movement offensively because of tired legs is huge.

Totally agree. TP. My frustration with Delonte during the early part of the season before his injury was the fact that he refused to shoot the ball and make plays for himself! The guy is such a skilled offensive player, and he terrified me when we were going up against Cleveland, so it was a little annoying watching him defer so much like that. What i saw yesterday is what i've been wanting to see from him. When he is aggressive offensively, we are a better team.

[More Banners]

Its not rocket science. Celtics are an easy team to defend. Don't guard Rondo, and Don't Guard Perkins. They bring zilch on the offensive end. Its puts tremendous pressure on an older Big3 to continue to bail out them out.

  This explains why our offense (and fg$) is so much better when Rondo plays and why we're leading the league in fg%.

Well, the decreasing ability of PP, Ray, and KG to create good shots themselves might be another explanation; they're depending on Rondo to create shots, and are not as effective without a star PG.

Just an idea...

[zerophase]

Though we were out rebounded in Game 7 I still thought our defense looked great with very sharp rotations and was all around lock down. I thought the LA defense was great too. I honestly thought we lost Game 7 because Kobe started making incredible shots and we couldn't score more than a chair. I think this trade helps fix that. If Ray, Paul, and KG aren't making shots we can have someone else score. It doesn't matter how good your defense is, at the end of the day it's the number of points you put up that gives you the winning score.