Celtics (0-0) at Knicks (0-0) Game #1 10/20/21

[jpotter33]

The most frustrating part of this night for me, is that even after a career night, Jaylen Brown missed an uncontested dunk that could've ended this game.

His legs were completely gone at that point.

Yeah, it's a miracle that he even made it that long in the first place coming off of Covid.

[hpantazo]

https://twitter.com/billsimmons/status/1451014195806289920?s=21

4 FTA and 21 missed shots for Tatum. Go to the effing basket. This is why he’s not an All-NBA guy yet,

Bill Simmons

He's right

He sure is

And who should be telling him to get to the rim? The coach, perhaps..

Everyone and his mother have been telling him that for two years now. At some point it's on him.

[Mahk E Mahk]

https://twitter.com/billsimmons/status/1451014195806289920?s=21

4 FTA and 21 missed shots for Tatum. Go to the effing basket. This is why he’s not an All-NBA guy yet,

Bill Simmons

He's right

He sure is

agreed, except for the “yet” sentiment. as badly as we want it, tatum doesn’t have what it takes between the ears to be elite. his ceiling is very, very good with sporadic elite spurts but he’ll never be the guy to lead a franchise to championship(s).

and before anyone says it, this isn’t solely based on tonight. we’ve seen enough at this point to know who tatum is as a player, teammate, and leader.

[Ogaju]

that was a really bad game by Tatum..

[Kuberski33]

Pritchard didn't even really play. We needed scoring but Parker didn't play. The rotation was too short. Tatum just pooped rug!

Tells you who he trusts, though it's possible that Pritchard was stuggling with his nose problem. The thing was it was obvious by the 2nd OT that everyone's legs were gone.

But you also have to consider that it's a star driven league and 'disrespecting' your stars by subbing them with a game on the line can open up a whole new can of worms.

[JSD]

I like the coaches demeanor and apparent team discipline. But in a game like this u pull ever lever u got. U need challenge at that point late in game. if u lose the challenge so be it. U can't use on the flight home. Plus your team needed a timeout anyway....

How long did it take to put TIMELORD on Randle???

That made may be the biggest difference in the game. Randall was absolutely destroying Grant Williams

[jpotter33]

I mean, if you have an off-shooting night, that's understandable. Everyone does.

But when you continue to just jack up bad shots even when shooting poorly instead of working other parts of your game or working to penetrate and dish, that's inexcusable.

If Tatum ever wants to be an MVP-level player, his BBIQ has to be better in these situations.

[slamtheking]

Pritchard didn't even really play. We needed scoring but Parker didn't play. The rotation was too short. Tatum just pooped rug!

Pritchard missed the few shots he took and Parker's not exactly instant offense but he is a defensive sieve.  not going to complain about them not playing more.  if anything, they needed more Romeo

[hpantazo]

I like the coaches demeanor and apparent team discipline. But in a game like this u pull ever lever u got. U need challenge at that point late in game. if u lose the challenge so be it. U can't use on the flight home. Plus your team needed a timeout anyway....

How long did it take to put TIMELORD on Randle???

That made may be the biggest difference in the game. Randall was absolutely destroying Grant Williams

Starting PF is still our biggest hole on this roster. Grant Williams was great tonight but is not the answer. Going small with Tatum at the 4 was better but still not good enough. We need a 4 who can defend bigs and pick and rolls, and keep defenses honest with a decent 3pt shot. If Stevens can get us that, we'll be hanging banners for a long while.

[liam]

Pritchard didn't even really play. We needed scoring but Parker didn't play. The rotation was too short. Tatum just pooped rug!

Pritchard missed the few shots he took and Parker's not exactly instant offense but he is a defensive sieve.  not going to complain about them not playing more.  if anything, they needed more Romeo

More someone. All the starters played close to 50 minutes and were all gassed at the end!

[Goldstar88]

https://twitter.com/billsimmons/status/1451014195806289920?s=21

4 FTA and 21 missed shots for Tatum. Go to the effing basket. This is why he’s not an All-NBA guy yet,

Bill Simmons

He's right

He sure is

And who should be telling him to get to the rim? The coach, perhaps..

Everyone and his mother have been telling him that for two years now. At some point it's on him.

Well, new coach in town now. He needs to get on Tatum about it. Brad was a pushover,
Udoka is not.

[liam]

I like the coaches demeanor and apparent team discipline. But in a game like this u pull ever lever u got. U need challenge at that point late in game. if u lose the challenge so be it. U can't use on the flight home. Plus your team needed a timeout anyway....

How long did it take to put TIMELORD on Randle???

That made may be the biggest difference in the game. Randall was absolutely destroying Grant Williams

Starting PF is still our biggest hole on this roster. Grant Williams was great tonight but is not the answer. Going small with Tatum at the 4 was better but still not good enough. We need a 4 who can defend bigs and pick and rolls, and keep defenses honest with a decent 3pt shot. If Stevens can get us that, we'll be hanging banners for a long while.

Why didn't Hernangomez play at all?

[gouki88]

https://twitter.com/billsimmons/status/1451014195806289920?s=21

4 FTA and 21 missed shots for Tatum. Go to the effing basket. This is why he’s not an All-NBA guy yet,

Bill Simmons

He's right

He sure is

agreed, except for the “yet” sentiment. as badly as we want it, tatum doesn’t have what it takes between the ears to be elite. his ceiling is very, very good with sporadic elite spurts but he’ll never be the guy to lead a franchise to championship(s).

and before anyone says it, this isn’t solely based on tonight. we’ve seen enough at this point to know who tatum is as a player, teammate, and leader.

Was waiting for the armchair psychology to make an appearance. Here it is!

I don't get how you can type things like that about a 23 year-old All-Star and All-NBA player that you've never met without cringing.

[liam]

https://twitter.com/billsimmons/status/1451014195806289920?s=21

4 FTA and 21 missed shots for Tatum. Go to the effing basket. This is why he’s not an All-NBA guy yet,

Bill Simmons

He's right

He sure is

And who should be telling him to get to the rim? The coach, perhaps..

Everyone and his mother have been telling him that for two years now. At some point it's on him.

Well, new coach in town now. He needs to get on Tatum about it. Brad was a pushover,
Udoka is not.

Udoka didn't impress me at all in his first game. Not using that challenge was a killer.

[hpantazo]

I like the coaches demeanor and apparent team discipline. But in a game like this u pull ever lever u got. U need challenge at that point late in game. if u lose the challenge so be it. U can't use on the flight home. Plus your team needed a timeout anyway....

How long did it take to put TIMELORD on Randle???

That made may be the biggest difference in the game. Randall was absolutely destroying Grant Williams

Starting PF is still our biggest hole on this roster. Grant Williams was great tonight but is not the answer. Going small with Tatum at the 4 was better but still not good enough. We need a 4 who can defend bigs and pick and rolls, and keep defenses honest with a decent 3pt shot. If Stevens can get us that, we'll be hanging banners for a long while.

Why didn't Hernangomez play at all?

Probably because he's not any better than Grant Williams. Horford should help, we need what Horford was 4-5 years ago, but we can't rely on him for than each night at his age.