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Celtics Team Meeting
« on: March 21, 2021, 08:18:35 PM »

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Hopefully, this is a turning point. Really need to beat Memphis and get some momentum....


Celtics guard Marcus Smart said that in the wake of the team's loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday night -- Boston's fourth in five games to open the second half of the regular season -- the Celtics held a team meeting to try to right themselves and turn around what has been a disappointing campaign before it's too late.

"We just kind of sat in the locker room and we just really self-reflected on each other," Smart said after the Celtics responded with a 112-96 victory over the Orlando Magic at Boston's TD Garden on Sunday. "We asked each other, like I said, 'How do we want to end the season? How do we want to be remembered for this season?' Everybody agreed, this was a bad feeling and an ugly feeling that we are feeling and we don't want to feel like this.

"We don't want to look back on this season and be like, '[dang], we could have did this.' We still have time. It's not a lot, the margin for it is closing, but we still have time to fix it, and that's what we are trying to do."

Boston's topsy-turvy season has left it in a tie with the New York Knicks for sixth in the compressed Eastern Conference standings. The Celtics are just a game behind the fourth-place Atlanta Hawks, and are 3.5 games ahead of the Toronto Raptors in 11th -- showing how much things can change for better or worse in the span of a few games, depending on how a team is playing.

With the Celtics now in the midst of having their starting five healthy and playing together for an extended period for the first time this season, they are hoping that now is the time that they can start to figure things out after hovering around .500 all season -- far below the standard they've set for themselves in recent years, as they've made the Eastern Conference finals three of the past four years.

"We were focusing on what we want this season to be for us, what we want to leave behind this season," Smart said. "We have enough time to turn it around and that's all on us. We sat down and we understand we haven't been playing to the criteria that we expected and others expect us to. We are a young team and we are learning. The big thing and the biggest thing about growth is understanding and accepting the faults that you are wrong for, yourself, individually, and as a team.

"The talks that we had, we did that. We just tried to sit down and tried to figure it out and listen to one another to help, not ourselves but the team individually and everybody. Try to put everybody in the right position to succeed and we came out and it showed tonight and that's what we have to continue to keep going."

Boston will get a chance to see if there's a carryover Monday in Memphis, where the Celtics will begin a four-game road trip that includes games in Milwaukee against the Bucks on Wednesday and Friday.

It would help their cause if the Celtics can continue to shoot the way they did Sunday -- including Brown, in particular, who finished one short of Smart's franchise-record 11 3-pointers in a single game.

More than the shots he hit, however, Brown said it was just important for the Celtics to get the bad taste of the past few games out of their mouths before they head out on the road again and try to carry their momentum forward.

"It's a huge stepping stone for us," Brown said. "We've been in a little bit of a funk. To come in here, early game a little bit different from our routine, to come in and get a nice comfortable win is just good for our spirit. We know that we've underperformed, and we've kind of had that extra pressure on us just from everybody, from all the outside forces. So I just told our guys to just focus on us, man. Forget about what the media is saying, forget about what the fans are saying and just come out and play some good basketball and let's see where the chips fall, and hopefully we can do that more -- a lot more -- for the rest of the season.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31109722/marcus-smart-says-boston-celtics-recently-held-team-meeting-spur-turnaround

« Last Edit: March 21, 2021, 08:23:49 PM by Goldstar88 »
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« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2021, 08:27:57 PM »

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I’ve said before that this team seems different than the last Kyrie one, in that they still seem to want to work through this together.  I’m not at all confident they get there, and would be disappointed if there isn’t at least one trade this week.  But it doesn’t seem like a fractured locker room, and if they can get through this, it could be ultimately beneficial to our core’s (however you define that word) long term development.
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« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2021, 08:28:03 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2021, 08:31:53 PM »

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10-18 from 3 by Jaylen Brown against the sub .500 Orlando Magic at the Garden...well the C's better beat them.

This team needs to be killing teams with the roster they have.
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« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2021, 08:46:41 PM »

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Quote from: SparzWizard on March 21, 2021, 08:31:53 PM
10-18 from 3 by Jaylen Brown against the sub .500 Orlando Magic at the Garden...well the C's better beat them.

This team needs to be killing teams with the roster they have.

It's always a good thing when the team leaders have a great game after the "team meeting".
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« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2021, 08:50:22 PM »

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Whenever you hear about 'team meetings' you know things are going south. If a team's default mindset isn't to compete, especially defensively, the situation isn't likely to improve.  Either the players or the coach need to be changed.
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« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2021, 10:14:04 PM »

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The starters literally haven't played together this season. Smart has been back for 6 games and looked ok tonight.

They hit a million shots against the Magic which is fine, but, they have to beat tough teams too.

One point is no team in the NBA takes the Celtics lightly nowadays. They aren't sneaking up on anyone and the weaker teams are playing big against the Celtics.

The bench is far better than last year.

That being said, they look like nothing special and the 8th seed might be a reach if they can't for instance...win a game without Walker.
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2021, 10:24:16 PM »

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We’ll probably the most positive thing I heard all year and it turned into a win.  Now the test is the next 3 games.  Think it’s important for them to focus on “what they want to be remembered for” rather than what they want to do or where they want to go,  that reflects an attitude about pride.  It’s introspective and the foundation of a team that is ready to fight.  That mindset is what they need.  Not well we’re expected to be in the playoffs again, but when it’s said and done what have we accomplished.  IMO, that’s the right focus  for right now.
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Hopefully Kemba told the J's to let him lead. We go as far as Kemba takes us! His smile needs to be anger for awhile.
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« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2021, 11:09:19 AM »

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Quote from: spikelovetheCelts on March 22, 2021, 10:28:32 AM
Hopefully Kemba told the J's to let him lead. We go as far as Kemba takes us! His smile needs to be anger for awhile.

Let Kemba lead the team in inefficiency or what though?
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« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2021, 11:18:53 AM »

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Anyone notice how its always JB and Smart making those comments and never Tatum
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« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2021, 11:20:27 AM »

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Quote from: gift on March 22, 2021, 11:09:19 AM
Quote from: spikelovetheCelts on March 22, 2021, 10:28:32 AM
Hopefully Kemba told the J's to let him lead. We go as far as Kemba takes us! His smile needs to be anger for awhile.

Let Kemba lead the team in inefficiency or what though?
Whatever  He is 4 time All Star and he was brought to lead. The J's are not leaders yet. Got it! if not you know nothing about basketball.
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« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2021, 11:21:50 AM »

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Quote from: spikelovetheCelts on March 22, 2021, 10:28:32 AM
Hopefully Kemba told the J's to let him lead. We go as far as Kemba takes us! His smile needs to be anger for awhile.

Well, if that’s the case, it’s not going to be far. Kemba is an average shooter and he’s super inconsistent. I think the C’s go as far as Tatum and Brown take them. Smart is the leader of this team.
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Quote from: Hawkeye199 on March 22, 2021, 11:18:53 AM
Anyone notice how its always JB and Smart making those comments and never Tatum

 Yup. Tatum has to concentrate on other things. Like averaging a certain amount of points. 
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Quote from: gift on March 22, 2021, 11:09:19 AM
Quote from: spikelovetheCelts on March 22, 2021, 10:28:32 AM
Hopefully Kemba told the J's to let him lead. We go as far as Kemba takes us! His smile needs to be anger for awhile.

Let Kemba lead the team in inefficiency or what though?
Kemba's averaging 57.2% TS in the past 15 games though - his inefficiency mainly stems from his early season struggles.
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