Celtics at Hawks Summer League Game #1 8/8/21

[Goldstar88]

Langford, Pritchard and Yam looked solid. Rookie Looked decent defensively. Nesmith really needs to work on his handle, it’s bad...

[Neurotic Guy]

Big game by Pritchard.  Love the look of the 2nd round pick -- and love the heads-up steal to seal the game.  Yam also impressed.  I think Nesmith looked OK -- hoped for better from 3, maybe next game.  Glad for Romeo.

[Tr1boy]

Juhann shooting needs some serious work.   If he could shoot, he would be a 1st round pick for sure

Beast body.  Strong defender

[satch]

I know its summer league but if Tacko plays they probably go untouched. Would like to see him at least one more year.

[Tr1boy]

Langford, Pritchard and Yam looked solid. Rookie Looked decent defensively. Nesmith really needs to work on his handle, it’s bad...

He needs to also work on his jump shot.  For a guy that is suppose to be known as a shooter.... he misses too many open looks

Yam knows how to play

[Neurotic Guy]

I think we saw the best of Carsen Edwards today --  not good enough.  From here out he's taking minutes from players I'd rather see on the floor. 

[Silas]

Big game by Pritchard.  Love the look of the 2nd round pick -- and love the heads-up steal to seal the game.  Yam also impressed.  I think Nesmith looked OK -- hoped for better from 3, maybe next game.  Glad for Romeo.

31 minutes with no turnovers.

[Tr1boy]

I think we saw the best of Carsen Edwards today --  not good enough.  From here out he's taking minutes from players I'd rather see on the floor.

Carsen is trying but is not good enough.   He missed too many open shots again (for a guy that is known for shooting)

I can appreciate the effort to try to bulldoze to the basket.  But at 5'11 and so so verticality.  That is a recipe of disaster

[Neurotic Guy]

Juhann shooting needs some serious work.   If he could shoot, he would be a 1st round pick for sure

Beast body.  Strong defender

I think he can shoot. You are right about that body -- for a guy who turned 19 yesterday.  Looked like he belonged out there.

[CFAN38]

Nesmith is all effort, but he's got terrible lateral quickness.

The simplest change of direction has him reeling.

I was down on the Nesmiths pick because of his lack of lateral quickness. He has grown on me since then but I agree his lateral quickness is still an issue. Ultimately I feel the best outcome defensively for Nesmith is to bulk up and play a Crowder or older Pierce style undersized 4

[colincb]

NBA efficiency per 36

 P. Pritchard PG        27.9
 C. Edwards PG        25.2
 Y. Madar G        19.1
 J. Begarin SG        18.0
 R. Langford SG     13.9
 Z. Auguste C        13.5
 A. Nesmith SF        11.6
 S. Hauser F        9.0
 A. Holman C        -   
 D. Lawson F        (9.0)

Begarin did better than what I noticed. Yam was good in limited minutes, PP and CE helped themselves in the 2nd half. Neither Nesmith or Langford did much. Our Bigs suck.

[gouki88]

I only tuned in for the last 5 seconds to see Bugarinn get the steal and PP get fouled. Man, Bugarinn is quick!

[Kuberski33]

Big game by Pritchard.  Love the look of the 2nd round pick -- and love the heads-up steal to seal the game.  Yam also impressed.  I think Nesmith looked OK -- hoped for better from 3, maybe next game.  Glad for Romeo.

31 minutes with no turnovers.

As Keith Smith tweeted - he'd have had about 6 more assists if this was a real game.  I thought he did a great job running the team.

[RodyTur10]

Nesmith is all effort, but he's got terrible lateral quickness.

The simplest change of direction has him reeling.

I was down on the Nesmiths pick because of his lack of lateral quickness. He has grown on me since then but I agree his lateral quickness is still an issue. Ultimately I feel the best outcome defensively for Nesmith is to bulk up and play a Crowder or older Pierce style undersized 4

Nesmith is a good rebounder. I can see that direction for him. He hustles and plays agressive, that can help him guard bigger guys. And also makes him a good candidate to start along the Jays.

Pritchard by the way looked like a NBA player. Not mindblowing like Brown a couple of years ago, but definitely like a guy who has outgrown this level. Still amazed by his clutch-Lillard-like-deep-range.

[satch]

PP has some range on those three's...