I Think I Am Aboard The Tank Train Now

[hwangjini_1]

I guess this team isn't gonna tank

it is still early. i just enjoy the wins when they happen.

[Neurotic Guy]

I think Jaylen Brown is an awesome #2 on a championship team and he proved that in 2024. That's perfectly fine IMO. I will say though early on this season, he has made some good plays and facilitated but guys like PP, White (early on), etc. are bricking open looks. He could easily have a lot more assists each game and our record could probably be above .500.

The turnovers and dribbling issues will probably always exist and prevent him from being an alpha like Tatum. But I can't really criticize him for the first five games this season, he's mostly been excellent. Jaylen can rebound but he's not really known for it nor expected to and our frontcourt has mostly been abysmal too leading to second chance points and ORebs for other teams.

I still think Jaylen is a Top-15 NBA player in the league if you also factor in defense. Frankly if you did a deep dive on some of the guys in the 10-20 range ahead of him you can easily nitpick stuff on them too and I think a few of them are overrated

JB is  a terrific basketball player.  Obviously imperfect, but very glad he's here.  His midrange game is beautiful.  Been knocking down threes this year and I don't feel that he's over-shooting it.  He is what he is with the ball.  Sometimes gliding gracefully to the hoop; sometimes looking like a keystone cop.  But again, so glad he is a Celtic.

[ozgod]

Good Lord, the Celts are playing some ugly basketball.
Just get it across half-court, maybe one pass and let it fly from 3.
I applaud Jayson Tatum for traveling with the team. (Remember how Kyrie couldn't even show up for home games when he was hurt ?)

(click to enlarge)

[Goldstar88]

[Phantom255x]

[ozgod]

Tank back on?

[Phantom255x]

Tank back on?

Probably not, because of the conference. Although if they can't beat Utah and Washington coming up then maybe.

[SHAQATTACK]

We lack soooooooooooo much .  My head hurts thinking about our situation, where the level players we need will come from.

[slightly biased bias fan]

I saw a post recently by a reliable journalist that stated the reason for the Mazzulla extension was because the Knicks were preparing to making Mazzulla an offer to become their new head coach.

Personally I would have let Mazzulla go for multiple picks and then made an offer for Will Hardy. Hardy has extracted so much from a broken roster in Utah.

What has Will Hardy extracted from Utah, exactly?  They had the worst record in the league last season.

Tonight just illustrates what makes Hardy such a good coach.

Look at that Jazz starting line up. No rim protection, no elite ball handling, most players are just cast offs and they still win in Boston.

Mazzulla is a stubborn analytical coach, he will live & die by three point shooting. Will Hardy is willing to adapt to the players available to him. Mazzulla would not be able to do the same.

[Goldstar88]

[Goldstar88]

I saw a post recently by a reliable journalist that stated the reason for the Mazzulla extension was because the Knicks were preparing to making Mazzulla an offer to become their new head coach.

Personally I would have let Mazzulla go for multiple picks and then made an offer for Will Hardy. Hardy has extracted so much from a broken roster in Utah.

What has Will Hardy extracted from Utah, exactly?  They had the worst record in the league last season.

Tonight just illustrates what makes Hardy such a good coach.

Look at that Jazz starting line up. No rim protection, no elite ball handling, most players are just cast offs and they still win in Boston.

Mazzulla is a stubborn analytical coach, he will live & die by three point shooting. Will Hardy is willing to adapt to the players available to him. Mazzulla would not be able to do the same.

Idk, George?s ball handling looked elite to me. He?s top 10 in the league for assists and cooked the Celtics all night. They had three 7 footers out there clogging the paint with Nurkic, Lauri, and Flip.

[tenn_smoothie]

We lack soooooooooooo much .  My head hurts thinking about our situation, where the level players we need will come from.

How did we go from NBA Champions at the beginning of a title-window to suddenly having limited hope even after Tatum returns next season.
(The Owner/Player/Silver communist CBA that punishes good roster building is one reason)
Just ridiculous since the best years of the NBA historically have been a league with just a few dominant teams (60's, early 70's, 80's, maybe mid 90's, late 2000's, mid 2010's)

[SparzWizard]

Fire up the choo choo tank train. Losses to the Rockets and to the Jazz back2back at home I've seen enough. The C's also lucked out on the 76ers win otherwise we'd be riding on another 3-game losing streak.

Tonight, AJ Dybantsa put up 21/6/3 over Villanova. Pretty solid Hall of Fame Series night to kick off their season.

[ozgod]

So we've given up on the team and are back on the tank after a 2 point loss where we shot 20% from 3?

[Neurotic Guy]

I think what hopping aboard the tank train really means is that you are rooting for losses. I?m not ready to do that yet although I don?t deny the benefit of getting a good draft pick.   I really don?t like the idea of players experiencing a season of losing 60% of their games. It?s depressing and frustrating for them and I don?t see it as necessary to the ultimate goal. Philly had a miserable year last year and got Edgecomb. I see the benefit, but i recall what seemed like a  decade of Philly tanking without a championship or a Finals to show for it.  There?s no guarantee you hit big in a draft.  I?m not rooting to lose yet. Maybe at 40 games in I will hop aboard.