Hawks (8-7) at Celtics (12-4) Game #17 11/24/23

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

watching post game show now with eddie house on nbc sports boston

[obnoxiousmime]

White is so good, tonight....+29

he has been incredible....and how many folks bemoaned the first round pick swap with san antonio? 

To be fair, White stabilizing his 3 pt. shot was a huge improvement to his game. He was hesitant and would disappear on offense during that first half-season here. At least part of the reason they got Brogdon was due to it not appearing like White could score consistently.

[hwangjini_1]

White is so good, tonight....+29

he has been incredible....and how many folks bemoaned the first round pick swap with san antonio? 

To be fair, White stabilizing his 3 pt. shot was a huge improvement to his game. He was hesitant and would disappear on offense during that first half-season here. At least part of the reason they got Brogdon was due to it not appearing like White could score consistently.

and to be fairer, white is danged good, well beyond what i expected out of him.

[Goldstar88]

I’d like to see more Queta. Opposing players think twice about going into the paint with him in the game. He’s a rebounding machine, too. Grabbed 10 boards in 15mins.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

HOPE JOE BLOW L;EARNED PLAY QUETA AND BANON IF GUYS ARE OUT

KORNET CAN GIVE U A FEW POINTS AND REBOUNDS BUT IS A HUGE LIABILITY DEFENSIVELY

I AGREE WITH YOU, ALSO WHY ARE WE YELLING

dude ive been here since 2012 i almost always post in all caps in game threads u should know this by now after 11 years 

Yeah I was joking, I was thinking of making a Crowder joke too since he tweets in all caps on Twitter 

 

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

White is so good, tonight....+29

he has been incredible....and how many folks bemoaned the first round pick swap with san antonio? 

To be fair, White stabilizing his 3 pt. shot was a huge improvement to his game. He was hesitant and would disappear on offense during that first half-season here. At least part of the reason they got Brogdon was due to it not appearing like White could score consistently.

and to be fairer, white is danged good, well beyond what i expected out of him.

love me some DEE WHITE

[Celtics Mike]

White is so good, tonight....+29

he has been incredible....and how many folks bemoaned the first round pick swap with san antonio? 

To be fair, White stabilizing his 3 pt. shot was a huge improvement to his game. He was hesitant and would disappear on offense during that first half-season here. At least part of the reason they got Brogdon was due to it not appearing like White could score consistently.

White is an important part of this Celtics team his contract extension should be prioritised at the end of the season

[Celtics Mike]

I’d like to see more Queta. Opposing players think twice about going into the paint with him in the game. He’s a rebounding machine, too. Grabbed 10 boards in 15mins.

That's certainly an impressive 15min contribution

[Goldstar88]

C’s out-rebounded Atlanta 58-43. Had a lot more assists, too. 24 to the Hawks 15. Good recipe for winning games.

[radiohead]

Nice to see Joe giving props to Queta and Banton in the post game presser.

[Donoghus]

People will moan & complain but these guys are 13-4 and 1st in the East.

joe still sucks and is a huge liability

Biggest liabilities are still health, player decision-making & depth.   Joe's far from perfect but he's down the pecking order 

[Phantom255x]

Nice to see Joe giving props to Queta and Banton in the post game presser.

Deservedly so. They stepped up and did well.

I think when healthy, this team could have an awesome 9-man rotation of the usual starters + Horford/Pritchard/Hauser/Queta, and hopefully Brad can get a legit 3rd big at the deadline.

I do think Banton and Brissett can help in spurts. Not every game of course but from time to time depending on matchups. Banton did well today. I still want to see Lamar Stevens though

[Phantom255x]

Just a gut feeling, wouldn't surprise me if we played Atlanta first round again assuming we make playoffs.

[obnoxiousmime]

White is so good, tonight....+29

he has been incredible....and how many folks bemoaned the first round pick swap with san antonio? 

To be fair, White stabilizing his 3 pt. shot was a huge improvement to his game. He was hesitant and would disappear on offense during that first half-season here. At least part of the reason they got Brogdon was due to it not appearing like White could score consistently.

and to be fairer, white is danged good, well beyond what i expected out of him.

Sure, I was just saying it wasn't crazy to wonder why we needed to throw in that pick swap when it didn't appear like White was going to be able to shoot a respectable pct. from 3.

[mobilija]

HOPE JOE BLOW L;EARNED PLAY QUETA AND BANON IF GUYS ARE OUT

KORNET CAN GIVE U A FEW POINTS AND REBOUNDS BUT IS A HUGE LIABILITY DEFENSIVELY

Queta, despite his impressive rebounding stats, was a defensive liability himself. Bogdan and Young were canning 3s while he was in drop coverage, failed to get anywhere close to a contest. Luckily Joe replaced him with Banton and put the team into a switch coverage, cutting down on those open 3s.