Celtics (0-2) at Pistons (1-1) Game #3 10/26/25

[SparzWizard]

AJ Dybantsa, come on down!!

[Phantom255x]

[ozgod]

Great result! 79 more losses to go till we get the best chance at No1 

[Phantom255x]

Great result! 79 more losses to go till we get the best chance at No1 

Put me in the middle of that bell curve of yours, but with a happy face! 

[hwangjini_1]

White so far this season is 10 for 35 on three pointers. Pritchard is 4 for 22.

Combined, the starting Celtics guards are 14 for 57 from three point land, or 24.6%.

If they shoot their career average the Celtics might be 2-1.

Yes, they are a terrible rebounding team, and yes their defense is unreliable, and yes they lack a lot of talent, and yes most of these players have never played together before this season.

But still, they could have won two of the games so far. This team is only a few players and consistent play from doing all right.

[scaryjerry]

White so far this season is 10 for 35 on three pointers. Pritchard is 4 for 22.

Combined, the starting Celtics guards are 14 for 57 from three point land, or 24.6%.

If they shoot their career average the Celtics might be 2-1.

Yes, they are a terrible rebounding team, and yes their defense is unreliable, and yes they lack a lot of talent, and yes most of these players have never played together before this season.

But still, they could have won two of the games so far. This team is only a few players and consistent play from doing all right.

Why even bother coming up with explanations and what ifs for this team?
They?re likely a lottery team, the league is loaded with better teams, it?s going to hard to get wins against the worst teams in the league on any given night and frankly it?s what they deserve after selling off there contending roster to save the owners money

[hwangjini_1]

White so far this season is 10 for 35 on three pointers. Pritchard is 4 for 22.

Combined, the starting Celtics guards are 14 for 57 from three point land, or 24.6%.

If they shoot their career average the Celtics might be 2-1.

Yes, they are a terrible rebounding team, and yes their defense is unreliable, and yes they lack a lot of talent, and yes most of these players have never played together before this season.

But still, they could have won two of the games so far. This team is only a few players and consistent play from doing all right.

Why even bother coming up with explanations and what ifs for this team?
They?re likely a lottery team, the league is loaded with better teams, it?s going to hard to get wins against the worst teams in the league on any given night and frankly it?s what they deserve after selling off there contending roster to save the owners money

this is what we do with online posting and here at CS, isn't it? We post. We give thoughts and opinions. simply because the celtics look to have a poor team this year doesn't mean we don't post.

also, even though this team has serious flaws, it could very well have 1 or 2 wins now.

[Phantom255x]

White so far this season is 10 for 35 on three pointers. Pritchard is 4 for 22.

Combined, the starting Celtics guards are 14 for 57 from three point land, or 24.6%.

If they shoot their career average the Celtics might be 2-1.

Yes, they are a terrible rebounding team, and yes their defense is unreliable, and yes they lack a lot of talent, and yes most of these players have never played together before this season.

But still, they could have won two of the games so far. This team is only a few players and consistent play from doing all right.

Why even bother coming up with explanations and what ifs for this team?
They?re likely a lottery team, the league is loaded with better teams, it?s going to hard to get wins against the worst teams in the league on any given night and frankly it?s what they deserve after selling off there contending roster to save the owners money

Why are you posting your thoughts and opinions then?

[slamtheking]

tonight's hot takes:
- JB had a terrific night offensively
- Hugo continues to impress
- Minott provided some good effort
- White continues to underwhelm as does PP and Simons.

predicted in preseason that this team would have the worst defensive rebounding percentage, give up the most offensive rebounds and give up the most second chance points.  I've yet to see anything that would prove me wrong unfortunately.

the bigs are the worst rotation in the league.  Garza and Tillman shouldn't be in the league never mind getting minutes.  Boucher has been ok but not more than a 5th big on a good team.  Q has gone from being our 4th center last year to our starter.  he's not starting quality but I do think he's shown he can be a solid back up going forward.

C's are going to struggle to win any games with this collection of bigs but don't really have a chance if we can't get at least 3 of Brown, White, PP, Simons and Hauser having good shooting nights -- particularly White.   This team could quite seriously be the last one to get a win this season

[Who]

tonight's hot takes:
- JB had a terrific night offensively
- Hugo continues to impress
- Minott provided some good effort

I didn't like Hugo starting at forward alongside Jaylen. Hugo has hustle but asking him to defend PFs is a big ask for a rookie SF. He is more of a SF/SG than a SF/PF at his size and skill-set. Mazzula should keep him there. Not make him play out of position.

I want to see Boucher or Minott at PF alongside Jaylen.

I don't think Hugo should play much. Hauser should be the backup SF. Jaylen the starter. No available playing time there for Hugo. We can squeeze him in at SG but I'd rather just play our 3 main guards (Pritchard, A Simons, D White) all 96 minutes at guard. Leave out Scheierman. Leave out Hugo. Just play those 3.

Play a 9 man rotation. The 3 guards. The 2 SFs (Jaylen, Hauser). The 2 PFs (Boucher, Minott). Then 2-3 guys at C (Queta, Tillman, Garza).

I'd like to give Hugo playing time. I just don't think the roster is well built to put him in a position to succeed. I'd give him playing time when Jaylen or Hauser is out injured. Or if Hauser is having a bad game and you want some more energy at SF.

[Who]

C's are going to struggle to win any games with this collection of bigs but don't really have a chance if we can't get at least 3 of Brown, White, PP, Simons and Hauser having good shooting nights -- particularly White.   This team could quite seriously be the last one to get a win this season

Yikes! Phoenix and Utah already picked up wins. So did Washington. That is 3 of the 4 expected basement dwellers. Brooklyn hasn't gotten a win yet. They are the only one left of them.

Indiana is 0-3. They are having an injury nightmare. Mathurin out. Nembhard out. McConnell out. Hali already out. No guards left. They might pick up some more losses before they get enough bodies back healthy.

Houston are 0-2. They should win soon.

New Orleans are 0-2. Some talent but a lot of unreliable talent. Could go either way. New Orleans are next up for Boston. So at least one of us will be off of this list.

[slamtheking]

tonight's hot takes:
- JB had a terrific night offensively
- Hugo continues to impress
- Minott provided some good effort

I didn't like Hugo starting at forward alongside Jaylen. Hugo has hustle but asking him to defend PFs is a big ask for a rookie SF. He is more of a SF/SG than a SF/PF at his size and skill-set. Mazzula should keep him there. Not make him play out of position.

I want to see Boucher or Minott at PF alongside Jaylen.

I don't think Hugo should play much. Hauser should be the backup SF. Jaylen the starter. No available playing time there for Hugo. We can squeeze him in at SG but I'd rather just play our 3 main guards (Pritchard, A Simons, D White) all 96 minutes at guard. Leave out Scheierman. Leave out Hugo. Just play those 3.

Play a 9 man rotation. The 3 guards. The 2 SFs (Jaylen, Hauser). The 2 PFs (Boucher, Minott). Then 2-3 guys at C (Queta, Tillman, Garza).

I'd like to give Hugo playing time. I just don't think the roster is well built to put him in a position to succeed. I'd give him playing time when Jaylen or Hauser is out injured. Or if Hauser is having a bad game and you want some more energy at SF.

I don't disagree with what you're saying but my point is that for a rookie that was drafted late in the first round, he's playing with a lot of effort and making some good/smart plays.  he's showing BBIQ that I was hoping to see from Baylor this year.  I would say though that if he's outplaying the other SF/SGs on the team, give him the minutes. 

[Celtics4ever]

I think many of us will need to revise our win loss totals after this game.  I had put us at 41 wins but I think we will be closer to 27 after watching this game.

On this game, Minot really changed the energy level of the team when he came in.   Hugo did ok.  Jaylen played like a star.

I said earlier in the year, our tanking was set up via roster composition.   I think we really miss all those rebounds Tatum grabs.   We also miss Horford help defense.  Nemi has size and physical tools but none of awareness of team defense.   I hope this can be coached up some.

[scaryjerry]

White so far this season is 10 for 35 on three pointers. Pritchard is 4 for 22.

Combined, the starting Celtics guards are 14 for 57 from three point land, or 24.6%.

If they shoot their career average the Celtics might be 2-1.

Yes, they are a terrible rebounding team, and yes their defense is unreliable, and yes they lack a lot of talent, and yes most of these players have never played together before this season.

But still, they could have won two of the games so far. This team is only a few players and consistent play from doing all right.

Why even bother coming up with explanations and what ifs for this team?
They?re likely a lottery team, the league is loaded with better teams, it?s going to hard to get wins against the worst teams in the league on any given night and frankly it?s what they deserve after selling off there contending roster to save the owners money

this is what we do with online posting and here at CS, isn't it? We post. We give thoughts and opinions. simply because the celtics look to have a poor team this year doesn't mean we don't post.

also, even though this team has serious flaws, it could very well have 1 or 2 wins now.

You?re right? I just don?t see defending this team or bothering with the woulda coulda shoulda won had we done XYZ?we are a bad team that will be in the lottery.

[ozgod]

White so far this season is 10 for 35 on three pointers. Pritchard is 4 for 22.

Combined, the starting Celtics guards are 14 for 57 from three point land, or 24.6%.

If they shoot their career average the Celtics might be 2-1.

Yes, they are a terrible rebounding team, and yes their defense is unreliable, and yes they lack a lot of talent, and yes most of these players have never played together before this season.

But still, they could have won two of the games so far. This team is only a few players and consistent play from doing all right.

Why even bother coming up with explanations and what ifs for this team?
They?re likely a lottery team, the league is loaded with better teams, it?s going to hard to get wins against the worst teams in the league on any given night and frankly it?s what they deserve after selling off there contending roster to save the owners money

this is what we do with online posting and here at CS, isn't it? We post. We give thoughts and opinions. simply because the celtics look to have a poor team this year doesn't mean we don't post.

also, even though this team has serious flaws, it could very well have 1 or 2 wins now.

You?re right? I just don?t see defending this team or bothering with the woulda coulda shoulda won had we done XYZ?we are a bad team that will be in the lottery.

I suppose it's because different people have different motivations for posting here. Some people might enjoy analyzing why we are bad, and how we could be better, irrespective of where we end up. It's like how some people enjoy taking a drive to enjoy the journey, not just as a means to an end to get somewhere.

It could be that you are more end-result oriented, from my observation you tend to be a glass-half-empty person, you tend to be down on the team even when they play well, so having a bad team this year probably exacerbates that, and when the team is bad you it could be you aren't as interested in discussion as when the team is good or you feel it's pointless.

Conversely, other people might be more interested when the team is bad, because there are all sorts of little personal storylines they find fascinating. I admit I'm in the latter category, this year in particular - I'm interested in who steps up, who responds, including Joe. I'm less interested in whether they win or not.

Regardless, differing opinions are what make CS a great community, you have your optimists, you have your pessimists, you have people who just care about results, you have people who care about process, and it all mixes together to provide a different set of perspectives. If we only posted if the team is good then this would become a fair-weather-fan site that would be dead during rebuilding or reset years.