Celtics (19-18) at Rockets (11-25) Game #38 3/14/21

[liam]

Nesmith was tripped, WTH

[nickagneta]

So is Timelord an 18/13/3 guy if he gets 25 min a game?

If he plays Oladipo And The D-Leaguers every night, for sure.

well I would hope for more than that if he played this Rockets team.
But I am serious.  Is Timelord having the breakout season we wanted, but just isn't getting the minutes?

My theory is he is on a minutes restriction that hasn't been made public. Stevens hinted at it saying he wanted to keep Timelord's numbers low to save him for the playoffs

[blink]

If not, why isn't he playing 25-30 min a game?

Brad keeps saying it’s health related, assuming hip?

but does he look like he is having issues at all right now physically?  to me he looks 110%
maybe it helps just to lower expectations I guess if it is still nagging.

I think he’s had hip problems every year he’s been in the league. Not sure if it some sort of chronic thing they have to manage.

https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2021/02/21/brad-stevens-celtics-robert-williams-minutes-restriction

thanks for the link.

[Scottiej23]

15 Celtics with minutes tonight.

[liam]

Refs smell bad in garbage time...

[PAOBoston]

If not, why isn't he playing 25-30 min a game?

Brad keeps saying it’s health related, assuming hip?

but does he look like he is having issues at all right now physically?  to me he looks 110%
maybe it helps just to lower expectations I guess if it is still nagging.

I think he’s had hip problems every year he’s been in the league. Not sure if it some sort of chronic thing they have to manage.

https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2021/02/21/brad-stevens-celtics-robert-williams-minutes-restriction

That doesn’t exactly instill confidence tbh. “He’s not hurt but we are monitoring his hip so it doesn’t become a problem”. So they basically admit his hip is junk.

[ozgod]

Tacko looks gassed already

[Celtics Mike]

So is Timelord an 18/13/3 guy if he gets 25 min a game?

If he plays Oladipo And The D-Leaguers every night, for sure.

well I would hope for more than that if he played this Rockets team.
But I am serious.  Is Timelord having the breakout season we wanted, but just isn't getting the minutes?

My theory is he is on a minutes restriction that hasn't been made public. Stevens hinted at it saying he wanted to keep Timelord's numbers low to save him for the playoffs

TL has definitely put up some good numbers today and it's good to know Brad is protecting his hip.

[blink]

So is Timelord an 18/13/3 guy if he gets 25 min a game?

If he plays Oladipo And The D-Leaguers every night, for sure.

well I would hope for more than that if he played this Rockets team.
But I am serious.  Is Timelord having the breakout season we wanted, but just isn't getting the minutes?

My theory is he is on a minutes restriction that hasn't been made public. Stevens hinted at it saying he wanted to keep Timelord's numbers low to save him for the playoffs

well that article that Scottiej23 just posted seemed to indicate that pretty publicly, but I dunno, to my dumb eye test of watching the games, he just seems unstoppable at times.  I know the def rotations are still a work in progress, but you need minutes to work on that as well.  I hope that as we get closer to the run of games before the playoffs we get a bit bigger minutes.

[liam]

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Tacko looks gassed already

He looks really rusty.

[celts55]

Tacko has gotten worse. He’s awful

[blink]

If not, why isn't he playing 25-30 min a game?

Brad keeps saying it’s health related, assuming hip?

but does he look like he is having issues at all right now physically?  to me he looks 110%
maybe it helps just to lower expectations I guess if it is still nagging.

I think he’s had hip problems every year he’s been in the league. Not sure if it some sort of chronic thing they have to manage.

https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2021/02/21/brad-stevens-celtics-robert-williams-minutes-restriction

That doesn’t exactly instill confidence tbh. “He’s not hurt but we are monitoring his hip so it doesn’t become a problem”. So they basically admit his hip is junk.

well in my optimistic world, I hope that the bolded isn't the only future outcome lol

[liam]

Tacko has gotten worse. He’s awful

Hasn't played in any kind of basketball game in a loooong time.

[blink]

Tacko has gotten worse. He’s awful

yeah what everyone has been saying is true, he is a great feel good story, but he isn't an NBA level player, he is a great guy and he is super tall.

[tstorey_97]

Perfect game to have on in background while filling in some NCAA brackets.