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[boscel33]

Many of us talk about this, but it's nice to see Red's comments!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/red-auerbach-said-the-nba-set-the-celtics-up-to-fail-in-the-90s-the-league-never-gave-us-a-chance-to-recover/ar-AA1SW8X3?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=694bee8f5cd842b89e9bc4145a043303&ei=16

[Birdman]

I alway will have a special place in my heart for Horford, Holiday & Porzingis but look like it was a great thing in not keeping all 3? Porzingus still fighting that virus & hopefully he be okay while Jru & Al been hurt most of the year

[Who]

https://x.com/CrumpledJumper/status/2003290505418080591/photo/1

Sooo... you're telling me that right now Neemy is a better rim protector (by 0.1!) than Ivaca Zubac that everyone thinks we should trade for and start ahead of Neemy?

I feel like people are underrating Q. Advanced metrics should always be taken with a grain of salt, but his are really impressive, particularly with a quarter of the season gone. Even more so when you consider how much he's getting paid.

Sometimes it's a snob thing, he was a nobody last season, he's getting paid peanuts, he's unspectacular, it's hard to change that paradigm of how we viewed him. I feel he impacts winning a lot more than people give him credit for. He's a perfect Moneyball type player to me.

Most of the names that people have brought up as supposed upgrades actually have worse advanced metrics than him, and cost ten times as much. Look at his percentiles for on-off. He's improved in pretty much every facet other than his free throw rate and his pts/possession and eFG. He's in the 90th %ile among all bigs in terms of his on-off differential, and his defensive metrics are all in the top 10-20% of bigs.

Queta only plays half the game. 25mpg. We need a 2nd starting caliber for the other half of the game.

It is not a question that Queta isn't solid. It is that we have 48 minutes at center and he is filling only half of them. Queta is not enough.

[Phantom255x]

What we simply need is another big man, it could be someone better than Queta, or even just a viable backup behind him who can eat 20-25 minutes a night regularly. Because when Queta struggles, is in foul trouble or simply doesn't play due to injury that's when the issues arise. Because clearly Tillman/Boucher aren't trusted and are unplayable, and Garza I guess can have a few decent games here or there but that's not an ideal option still.

[Neurotic Guy]

If you are familiar with what makes Mazzulla tick, you may not be surprised by what he told 98.5 The Sports Hub's Zolak & Bertrand during his weekly radio interview Friday. "We obviously have a dog, but I'm trying to convince (my wife) to get a wolf that just kind of roams the area of our house, as kind of an extra layer of protection," Mazzulla said

It appears Mazzulla is meeting some resistance on the wolf front, however. "Apparently the trainer said that another guy had one and it turned on him in the middle of the night," Mazzulla added (To the trainer's point, wolves are wild animals for a reason. But Mazzulla insisted he wouldn't find himself in the same predicament. "I was like, '(The wolf) didn't have a good enough relationship with him,'" Mazzulla replied.

He is a unique human. Definitely interesting, I?m not sure how mentally healthy.  But I think many professional head coaches are driven and prone to obsessive thinking. Not necessarily a bad thing but those who choose to be part of their daily lives (like spouses) probably need to be unique themselves. I imagine that it may not be easy at times.

[Silas]

From CelticsBlog....the Cs after 30 games:

Record: 19-11 (7th most wins in NBA)
ORTG: 121.4 (2nd in NBA)
DRTG: 114.3 (15th in NBA)
NET: +7.0 (4th in NBA)
TS%: 58.9% (12th in NBA)
eFG%: 56.0% (8th in NBA)
TOV%: 12.6 (2nd in NBA)
OREB%: 33.2% (7th in NBA)
DREB%: 66.9% (28th in NBA)
Opponent PTS: 110.4 (2nd in NBA)
Opponent FG%: 44.7% (3rd in NBA)

not too shabby...

[dannyboy35]

If you are familiar with what makes Mazzulla tick, you may not be surprised by what he told 98.5 The Sports Hub's Zolak & Bertrand during his weekly radio interview Friday. "We obviously have a dog, but I'm trying to convince (my wife) to get a wolf that just kind of roams the area of our house, as kind of an extra layer of protection," Mazzulla said

It appears Mazzulla is meeting some resistance on the wolf front, however. "Apparently the trainer said that another guy had one and it turned on him in the middle of the night," Mazzulla added (To the trainer's point, wolves are wild animals for a reason. But Mazzulla insisted he wouldn't find himself in the same predicament. "I was like, '(The wolf) didn't have a good enough relationship with him,'" Mazzulla replied.

He is a unique human. Definitely interesting, I?m not sure how mentally healthy.  But I think many professional head coaches are driven and prone to obsessive thinking. Not necessarily a bad thing but those who choose to be part of their daily lives (like spouses) probably need to be unique themselves. I imagine that it may not be easy at times.

  He thinks he?s a little smarter than he is. The wolf would be an extreme danger to your dog , dude. Smh . Trying to sound interesting too much I think and he ends up sounding dense.

[Phantom255x]

Simons has played a lot better lately. Still think he's going to get dealt at the deadline to decrease payroll a bit and probably also land another center that way. Queta has looked a bit iffy lately, and while Garza has filled in admirably and given them great games I'm still not sure how reliable he can be as the backup center.

[Jiri Welsch]

Simons has played a lot better lately. Still think he's going to get dealt at the deadline to decrease payroll a bit and probably also land another center that way. Queta has looked a bit iffy lately, and while Garza has filled in admirably and given them great games I'm still not sure how reliable he can be as the backup center.

I guess when Tatum comes back, Simons skillset becomes a lot less necessary. I agree they should try to move off him.

[keevsnick]

Jaylen Brown's 30 point streak ended last night, but he's still hit 30 points in 12 of his last 14 games and in the two games he didn't he had 10+ assists.

Basically either Jaylen drops 30 on you or you send extra guys at him and he carves you up passing.

[Neurotic Guy]

Simons has played a lot better lately. Still think he's going to get dealt at the deadline to decrease payroll a bit and probably also land another center that way. Queta has looked a bit iffy lately, and while Garza has filled in admirably and given them great games I'm still not sure how reliable he can be as the backup center.

Love the effort of both. Garza staying ready and now having a good stretch.  As I said in a post recently, I like Simons a lot. Yeah he?ll probably be traded but if we didn?t have the need at center I?d be happy to have Simons here.

[Birdman]

I?m only one who wouldn?t mind seeing Russell Westbrook on the team?

[ozgod]

I?m only one who wouldn?t mind seeing Russell Westbrook on the team?

Probably 

[Vermont Green]

Westbrook is a career 30.7% from 3 on over 4,600 career attempts.  I see no need for Westbrook unless he is the team stylist or something.

[Goldstar88]

Bobby Krivitsky: Chris Mannix on two centers the Celtics may target between now and the trade deadline on Feb. 5: "The two big men that I'm looking at, that I think the Celtics are looking at and have discussed internally are Ivica Zubac, the LA Clippers center, and Robert Williams III."
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