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Re: Cavaliers (0-2) at Celtics (1-1) Preseason Game #3 10/12/25
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Minott is the only young player that looks ready to contribute. He looks good on both ends. Haven?t been impressed with anyone else.

Hugo looks like he could be good in a couple years. Walsh and Baylor are both soon to be Europe guys.

Hard to glean much from this game but I am impressed with Hugo Gonzalez. He is 19 and already looks like he belongs. This is a developmental year for him for sure but he is looking like he will earn some real game minutes (not just garbage time).  It is still too early to know anything for sure but feels like he has some ceiling.
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Re: Cavaliers (0-2) at Celtics (1-1) Preseason Game #3 10/12/25
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Never like the Baylor pick and don?t know what Brad saw in him to think he an NBA player, hopefully he can?plus Walsh needs to be cut
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Baylor hasn?t shown anything, Garza seems like a mop up guy, Boucher will fit fine, Tillman - hard to tell if he looks better than last year, Minott looks promising, Q should be the backup, Simons looks like he?s on an island - good shooter but not looking like a team guy to me. Simons should be 6th man, Payton does a lot more - Simons may be valuable if he comes in and microwaves.

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Baylor hasn't shown anything, Garza seems like a mop up guy, Boucher will fit fine, Tillman - hard to tell if he looks better than last year, Minott looks promising, Q should be the backup, Simons looks like he's on an island - good shooter but not looking like a team guy to me. Simons should be 6th man, Payton does a lot more - Simons may be valuable if he comes in and microwaves.

Simons does appear a bit deer in the headlights so far, while Pritchard just keeps doing his thing and hitting shots.  It is like Simons is still in shock that he got traded or something.  I remember that when we traded for White, it took him a long time to settle in, to get comfortable.  I am going to reserve judgement on Simons for a bit still.  Certainly until after a decent sample of regular season games.
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Re: Cavaliers (0-2) at Celtics (1-1) Preseason Game #3 10/12/25
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Baylor hasn?t shown anything, Garza seems like a mop up guy, Boucher will fit fine, Tillman - hard to tell if he looks better than last year, Minott looks promising, Q should be the backup, Simons looks like he?s on an island - good shooter but not looking like a team guy to me. Simons should be 6th man, Payton does a lot more - Simons may be valuable if he comes in and microwaves.
this is pretty close to how I'm assessing the team so far.

I think this season is really going to be an audition to see who sticks for next season.  Other than the 4 good rotation players we're returning (Brown, White, PP and Hauser), it's all about who's worth keeping and in what capacity as well as seeing who's a good trade asset (pretty much Simons right now).

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Another concern is that BOS gave up 21 ORebs.  People seem to love small ball but it leads to poor rebounding and extra possessions for the opponent.  CLE had 102 FGA to 82 for BOS.  That is 20 extra possessions (plus or minus, depending of FTA and a couple of other factors).  That BOS had more total rebounds means nothing except that CLE missed way more shots (also took way more) and so BOS had more opportunities for DRebs.  And this is against CLE bench.

This is what happens when you start Hauser at PF and Boucher at C.  I don't see how it is viable to play that small.  Rebounding is a major issue so far with this team.

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Another concern is that BOS gave up 21 ORebs.  People seem to love small ball but it leads to poor rebounding and extra possessions for the opponent.  CLE had 102 FGA to 82 for BOS.  That is 20 extra possessions (plus or minus, depending of FTA and a couple of other factors).  That BOS had more total rebounds means nothing except that CLE missed way more shots (also took way more) and so BOS had more opportunities for DRebs.  And this is against CLE bench.

This is what happens when you start Hauser at PF and Boucher at C.  I don't see how it is viable to play that small.  Rebounding is a major issue so far with this team.

It's going to be a problem, but at least part of the solution is playing fast. If other teams try to crash the boards, then it opens up fast break opportunities.

Still need better rebounding.