Satch Sullinger: C's promised Jared they'd get a starting center this summer

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Excellent, this means Sullinger may finally hit the bench.

As in pound his fist into the bench in excitement as he gets up off of it to be a part of the starting lineup introductions at the beginning of a game?

Totally.

The only "pounding" that's happening with Sullinger these days is the one that's accumulating in his rear end. Much like other high profile PFs we've had before, he's either trade bait, or one of the best players on a mediocre team.

Meh.  It doesn't seem like you have an objective perspective on Sullinger.  He's not Glen Davis.

A bit shorter and not quite as wide, with better rebounding ability.

Think a young Antoine.

[PhoSita]

I wonder what percentage of the people hating on Sullinger these days do so because he agreed to go along with the coaching staff's recommendation that he try and expand his range from three point land?

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Excellent, this means Sullinger may finally hit the bench.

As in pound his fist into the bench in excitement as he gets up off of it to be a part of the starting lineup introductions at the beginning of a game?

Totally.

The only "pounding" that's happening with Sullinger these days is the one that's accumulating in his rear end. Much like other high profile PFs we've had before, he's either trade bait, or one of the best players on a mediocre team.

If he can be one of the best players on a mediocre team, what's stopping him from being a solid contributor on a good one?

[crimson_stallion]

Defensively, Sullinger is not exactly the second coming of Rodman or Michael Cooper, but he can use his bulk to defend against low post scorers. KO has displayed no defensive skills at all and he needs to dramatically improve that part of his game. Right now, Sullinger is the big minutes player at the 4. KO picks up the rest of the minutes. I hope their plan is to get a rim defender center like Asik or Sanders and not an offensive center like Monroe.

Yeah, but Olynyk doesn't take 300 3-point attempts and miss 70% of them.

[crimson_stallion]

I wonder what percentage of the people hating on Sullinger these days do so because he agreed to go along with the coaching staff's recommendation that he try and expand his range from three point land?

There's a differentce between taking more open three point shots, and having absolutely horrendous shot selection...frequently throwing up highly defended three's early in the shot clock.

[Celtics4ever]

There's a differentce between taking more open three point shots, and having absolutely horrendous shot selection...frequently throwing up highly defended three's early in the shot clock.

He gets hot occasionally but Sully is not a three point shooter.   High post and that range he is ok at but the kid thinks he is Kyle Korver some games.

Yeah, but Olynyk doesn't take 300 3-point attempts and miss 70% of them.

 

Sadly the truth is worse, he missed like 74% of them.   It is a bad thing when a guy has legit talent and thinks he has in areas he does not.  I think Walker had more mobility and less post game than Sully.  Sully is a better back to the basket player and better rebounder as was aptly said. 

I wonder what percentage of the people hating on Sullinger these days do so because he agreed to go along with the coaching staff's recommendation that he try and expand his range from three point land?

While it's true coach Brad Stevens was quick to point out in D'Amico's story that fans shouldn't "read too much" into the three-point "contests" the team is holding in practices, it's hard not to notice that virtually every player on the roster is capable of hitting a three-pointer and is spending valuable practice time working on.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/boston-celtics-could-revolutionize-nba-2013-2014-214300205--nba.html

Kind of sounds like it's part of the routine and not as much encouraged as you present.   Anyhow, it has been tried and failed utterly on Sully's part.   Humph quickly went back to his game.   Vitor showed some promise but fell out of favor swiftly and got hurt.   Sully won't be as needed with a legit C and his lease will be shorter I would say.   Whereas, last year he got a free reign.   He is a good post player but his three pointers lack proper ball spin.   I sincerely, hope he is working more on his body than his Reggie Miller impression.

[pokeKingCurtis]

If Sully's 3's were a problem he'd have been pulled. It's not like sitting Sully and playing Hump would have made a huge difference.

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No guarantee. KO to me also has a chance to start

That's what I'm hoping. Compare KO and JS since the AS break this year and it's no contest:

Sully: .404, .289 from the 3, 13.3 rbs, 2.6 assts, 1.1 blks, 0.8 stls, 22.7 pts.

KO: .511, .426 from the 3, 13.2 rbs, 3.3 assts, 0.7 blks, 1.3 stls, 25 pts.

[PhoSita]

I wonder what percentage of the people hating on Sullinger these days do so because he agreed to go along with the coaching staff's recommendation that he try and expand his range from three point land?

There's a differentce between taking more open three point shots, and having absolutely horrendous shot selection...frequently throwing up highly defended three's early in the shot clock.

Yeah, I don't feel that this is a fair or accurate description of what Sullinger was doing out there.