Timberwolves (13-39) at Celtics (26-26) Game #53 4/9/21

[Celtics Mike]

on the bright side....the celtics have really and truly sucked...but are only down by 9 points.

they can and will win this game. 

Lucky the lead is only single digits if I'm honest. It has been a very lethargic display from the Celtics.

[Neurotic Guy]

I’m not watching - are we playing as poorly as the score indicates?

Way worse. In fact it’s indicative of how bad the Wolves are that this isn’t a 20+ pt game, that’s not hyperbole.

Horrible.  Giving the ball away, minimal effort/ sloppy, Kemba was useless (other than the steal).   Really hard to watch.   Start Pritchard in the 2nd half.

[Atzar]

Well, we're within reach despite playing horrid basketball for 24 minutes.  So there's that.

[liam]

Why is Kemba leading the team in minutes? Brad likes to force feed minutes to players who are playing horrid. That's demoralizing to players playing hard that can't get on the court. Don't play guys for how much they make or what they used to be able to do.

[radiohead]

We’ll need a very engaged Jaylen and JT to start the second half. We need to win this.

[jambr380]

Why is Kemba leading the team in minutes? Brad likes to force feed minutes to players who are playing horrid. That's demoralizing to players playing hard that can't get on the court. Don't play guys for how much they make or what they used to be able to do.

Yet he is only a -1 in those 20 minutes. I am watching the game - and while he has not been heavily involved in the offense and needs to knock down those open shots - I wouldn't say he is as horrible as the people in this thread seem to indicate. Also, people saying Kemba doesn't get others involved don't know what they are talking about.

[Ed Monix]

Forced to watch the 2020-21 Boston Celtics is currently an adopted form of US Military torture

[Jiri Welsch]

Guys I'm watching the Bulls vs. Hawks during halftime. Lavine is GOING OFF right now it's insane. I do not want to face the Bulls in a play-in.

[Indocelts]

Forced to watch the 2020-21 Boston Celtics is currently an adopted form of US Military torture

Good one. 😁

TP

[Atzar]

Why is Kemba leading the team in minutes? Brad likes to force feed minutes to players who are playing horrid. That's demoralizing to players playing hard that can't get on the court. Don't play guys for how much they make or what they used to be able to do.

Yet he is only a -1 in those 20 minutes. I am watching the game - and while he has not been heavily involved in the offense and needs to knock down those open shots - I wouldn't say he is as horrible as the people in this thread seem to indicate. Also, people saying Kemba doesn't get others involved don't know what they are talking about.

He's a common scapegoat in the fanbase, for a variety of reasons... some valid, many not. 

I feel like he's one of the only people who is actually playing with any effort tonight.  I also feel like he's one of the only players on this team who actually tries to play team defense.  Yes, his size can be exploited.  At least he rotates and contests, unlike many of his more physically-gifted teammates. 

[liam]

Why is Kemba leading the team in minutes? Brad likes to force feed minutes to players who are playing horrid. That's demoralizing to players playing hard that can't get on the court. Don't play guys for how much they make or what they used to be able to do.

Yet he is only a -1 in those 20 minutes. I am watching the game - and while he has not been heavily involved in the offense and needs to knock down those open shots - I wouldn't say he is as horrible as the people in this thread seem to indicate. Also, people saying Kemba doesn't get others involved don't know what they are talking about.

He can't guard and he's not really doing anything on offense to make up for it. He has 4 assists but also 3 TO.He hasn't been good.

[nickagneta]

You would think Kemba was solely responsible for this deficit the way the posting is going in this thread.

The total collective defense from every player has been god awful. The players playing center have been terrible. No one is taking good care of the ball. The bench has hit a whole 4 shots.

The whole team has sucked. It's not just Kemba.

[jpotter33]

Ugh, start off by poor Brown defense going for the steal and leading to the foul and free throws.

[liam]

You would think Kemba was solely responsible for this deficit the way the posting is going in this thread.

The total collective defense from every player has been god awful. The players playing center have been terrible. No one is taking good care of the ball. The bench has hit a whole 4 shots.

The whole team has sucked. It's not just Kemba.

He is not. Everyone is playing badly on the defensive end and the Turnovers are bad.

[jpotter33]

Smart is playing well tonight. Like his game on both ends.