This team is so plug and play now. Two starters out, plug two guys in. Hugo is growing by leaps and bounds. So smooth around the basket. He's going to be a future star. Really liking Scheierman's game right now too. Joe is making all the right moves. Everybody is playing as a team. Very impressive to watch.
This is what Brad and Joe need to be given a lot of credit for. Whether you like their offensive and defensive philosophy or not, they know exactly the types of players they need for the way they want to play (offensively they want floor spacers, bigs who can effectively run pick and roll, players who can drive and kick to put other teams in rotation and find open shots on the perimeter, and players brave enough to take open 3s whether they make them or not, and players who will attack the boards offensively and defensively; and defensively they want players who can switch on the perimeter, make the right reads in deciding to help or not, attack passing lanes to create turnovers, and pressure the ball carrier and the point of attack).
And they know how to fit those players into the scheme so that ultimately it does become a plug-and-play type team, where we sit Jaylen and Hugo steps in, we sit White and PP steps in, we sit Q and Vuc (who himself has only been in the team for a few weeks) steps in and each player amplifies the team but the team is not built around any one player's skills. They're all good at making the right reads and making decisions on the spot, rather than playing to a specific set of plays like a "traditional" team where the coach is always yelling instructions on the sideline.
Topic: Celtics (40-20) at Bucks (26-33) Game #61 3/2/26 (Read 3260 times)