Jeff Teague
Grant Williams
Nesmith
Romeo, Romeo, where the heck are you
Carsen
Tremont
Semi
J green
Tacko
I like Semi but 34 minutes tonight. Sign of a really shallow roster. Hard to win with Nine guys that can't carry their own weight. This team is built terribly. Thanks again Danny.
Yeah, I've pointed this out to people so many times.
People are always throwing shade at Tatum, Brown and Kemba for playing too much ISO ball and not moving the ball around, but they don't seem to realise that there really aren't any other consistent scorers on the team that they can pass the ball to...
The Celtics 4th scoring option is Marcus Smart. Let that sink in for a moment. Smart is a defensive minded point guard who has averaged 10 PPG (on 38% FG / 32% 3PT) for his career. He's one of the worst shooting (and most offensively inefficient) guards I have ever seen play the game. He's an offensive liability 70% of the time he's on the court. He is Boston's #4 scoring option.
Their 5th offensive option is...they don't even have one. Sincerely. There is not a single other guy on the roster who can create offence with any type of consistency outside of those 4 guys.
This might not be so bad if they had a ton of quality shooters who could space the floor and keep the defence honest, but they don't have that either. Pritchard and (maybe) Grant Williams are basically the only two guys outside of that top 3 that is any sort of consistent threat from outside.
So really, the only thing that Tatum, Brown and Kemba can do is force things and play ISO ball because they are the only guys on the court who can actually score. Heaven forbid if any one of those four guys has to go to the bench for a rest or miss a game for any reason...
This team desperately needs some scoring and/or shooting help around those guys to give them some actual incentive to pass the ball.