Brad's Building Philosophy

[KG Living Legend]

 Before the reveal of Brads Secret weapon in building and tweaking this championship level team. Id like to take you back to Febuary 1st 2022, Before the deal with the spurs took place.

 We have Richardson and Romeo on the roster as well as more first round picks to make deals. What did the roster need?  Reliable bigs? Veteran SF? Awesome PF? Or more guard depth.

 Brads angle was an interesting one, as he goes on to trade for not one, but two excellent point guards. Not just any point guards though.

 All three point guards are big, physical,  and capable of playing both guard spots, and can guard three positions.

 6'3" white has a 6'8" wingspan and leads the team in blocks. 6'5" Brogdon 6'11" wingspan and huge hands is built like a tank. Smart DPY. Enough said.

 I felt like the Celtics biggest weakness last finals was the PG position and settling the team down in high pressure situations.  Smart has been great this year, outstanding.

 However,  not wasting the SG spot on guys that can't play point is a very smart move IMO. If you can get PGS that are big enough to guard twos and threes and they can shoot, and be a playmaker. Thats a huge advantage.

 With Smarts injury it shined a light on this. Brad is doing a tremendous job, love his approach.

[Vermont Green]

Before the reveal of Brads Secret weapon in building and tweaking this championship level team. Id like to take you back to Febuary 1st 2022, Before the deal with the spurs took place.

 We have Richardson and Romeo on the roster as well as more first round picks to make deals. What did the roster need?  Reliable bigs? Veteran SF? Awesome PF? Or more guard depth.

 Brads angle was an interesting one, as he goes on to trade for not one, but two excellent point guards. Not just any point guards though.

 All three point guards are big, physical,  and capable of playing both guard spots, and can guard three positions.

 6'3" white has a 6'8" wingspan and leads the team in blocks. 6'5" Brogdon 6'11" wingspan and huge hands is built like a tank. Smart DPY. Enough said.

 I felt like the Celtics biggest weakness last finals was the PG position and settling the team down in high pressure situations.  Smart has been great this year, outstanding.

 However,  not wasting the SG spot on guys that can't play point is a very smart move IMO. If you can get PGS that are big enough to guard twos and threes and they can shoot, and be a playmaker. Thats a huge advantage.

 With Smarts injury it shined a light on this. Brad is doing a tremendous job, love his approach.

I like the discussion but I am not sure that this outcome was as objective as you suggest.  I don't think Stevens had decided that he needed 3 starting level combo guards.  I think he clearly targeted White, he went and got White.  I see Brogdon though as a little more opportunistic.  Both are great moves.  With White, he saw that Richardson and Langford weren't really that good and he was able to use them to get the player he wanted.  Great talent evaluation, and to some extent, team need evaluation, absolutely.

But I don't think that means he prioritized a 3rd combo guard over say a big or a wing in the off season.  The chance to get Brogdon came up and he grabbed it.  Good for him.  But was he really targeting a 3 combo guard at that point?  Did he feel that was the greatest team need?  I doubt it.

[nebist]

I think his philosophy is built around positional size and not having weak links defensively in the core rotation. Every move he has made (outside of Schroder, which he quickly moved off of) has been for a player with good positional size who can be versatile defensively.

[KG Living Legend]

Before the reveal of Brads Secret weapon in building and tweaking this championship level team. Id like to take you back to Febuary 1st 2022, Before the deal with the spurs took place.

 We have Richardson and Romeo on the roster as well as more first round picks to make deals. What did the roster need?  Reliable bigs? Veteran SF? Awesome PF? Or more guard depth.

 Brads angle was an interesting one, as he goes on to trade for not one, but two excellent point guards. Not just any point guards though.

 All three point guards are big, physical,  and capable of playing both guard spots, and can guard three positions.

 6'3" white has a 6'8" wingspan and leads the team in blocks. 6'5" Brogdon 6'11" wingspan and huge hands is built like a tank. Smart DPY. Enough said.

 I felt like the Celtics biggest weakness last finals was the PG position and settling the team down in high pressure situations.  Smart has been great this year, outstanding.

 However,  not wasting the SG spot on guys that can't play point is a very smart move IMO. If you can get PGS that are big enough to guard twos and threes and they can shoot, and be a playmaker. Thats a huge advantage.

 With Smarts injury it shined a light on this. Brad is doing a tremendous job, love his approach.

I like the discussion but I am not sure that this outcome was as objective as you suggest.  I don't think Stevens had decided that he needed 3 starting level combo guards.  I think he clearly targeted White, he went and got White.  I see Brogdon though as a little more opportunistic.  Both are great moves.  With White, he saw that Richardson and Langford weren't really that good and he was able to use them to get the player he wanted.  Great talent evaluation, and to some extent, team need evaluation, absolutely.

But I don't think that means he prioritized a 3rd combo guard over say a big or a wing in the off season.  The chance to get Brogdon came up and he grabbed it.  Good for him.  But was he really targeting a 3 combo guard at that point?  Did he feel that was the greatest team need?  I doubt it.

 Your Brogdon point makes sense. Do u think he noticed Smart was not exactly a calming presence in the finals though?

 I was relieved to bring in Brogdon for that reason.

 Also would love to hear what u would have done differently.

[#1P4P]

Brad’s built a team full of high character, high IQ, versatile, team players. In other words, they are drama free, fit seamlessly in the offensive and defensive systems, play multiple positions, and accentuate Tatum and Brown’s strengths.

Instead of a PG that needs the ball to be effective and is a defensive liability, he embraced the Jays high USG tendencies and surrounded them with sub-20% USG players that immediately shoot, pass, or dribble and make the extra pass; and aren’t punished on the defensive switch.

The team and Smart, White, and Brogdon don’t have an issue switching onto bigs in the post and giving good accounts of themselves. Only Brogdon comes close to their USG; and he checks all the boxes plus adds the element of playing as the secondary ball handler or off the ball.

He has a vision and has committed to it. He is one of the great execs.

[KG Living Legend]

Brad’s built a team full of high character, high IQ, versatile, team players. In other words, they are drama free, fit seamlessly in the offensive and defensive systems, play multiple positions, and accentuate Tatum and Brown’s strengths.

Instead of a PG that needs the ball to be effective and is a defensive liability, he embraced the Jays high USG tendencies and surrounded them with sub-20% USG players that immediately shoot, pass, or dribble and make the extra pass; and aren’t punished on the defensive switch.

The team and Smart, White, and Brogdon don’t have an issue switching onto bigs in the post and giving good accounts of themselves. Only Brogdon comes close to their USG; and he checks all the boxes plus adds the element of playing as the secondary ball handler or off the ball.

He has a vision and has committed to it. He is one of the great execs.

 Well said tp


 Still havent heard anyone give an opinion as to how they would have done something differently