Which pair is better? MS+ET or RR+AB

[playdream]

Since i don't see any spark yet in the limited mins of Rondo/Smart pair
By now it's Rondo+AB the 1st unit and Smart/Turner the 2nd unit that worked better
Which pair do you think is better now, or in the future?

[D.o.s.]

The one that doesn't feature Evan Turner.

[Tr1boy]

Need to see a little more from ms and et. But liked what i saw from them as a pair last night(both ends). AB and Rondo is a small backcourt and will have issues with wall/beal , thompson/curry etc. Not a very good scoring capable pair either

[Chris22]

Smart and Turner.

[TheGreenBrit]

Rondo/AB. Smart & Turner need to play a good half seasons worth of games for me to actually get a good sense on how they work together.

[Tr1boy]

The one that doesn't feature Evan Turner.

Why?

[Donoghus]

The one that doesn't feature Evan Turner.

This.

[Celtics4ever]

MS and ET was tougher than AB and RR last night.

ET is either lights out or horrible and the same is true of AB.   Neither of these guys are consistent.

RR is better than MS right now.  But MS is a better defender.  Some of it will be matchups.   MS stayed in front of John Wall better than RR, last night.   ET's length bothered Beal more than AB.   

Bradley's  D has taken a nose dive this year.  I would be for moving him if we can he seems to be demonstrating less effort than in the past in this regard.   I think we have seen his ceiling and it is not high but average and maybe a sixth man type rather than  a starter.   I hope he proves me wrong in this regard.

[D.o.s.]

The one that doesn't feature Evan Turner.

Why?

Busy, but the short answer is that throughout his NBA career he's been a net negative on ever team that's ever rostered him. The same remains true in Boston.

[kozlodoev]

The one that doesn't feature Evan Turner.

Why?

Busy, but the short answer is that throughout his NBA career he's been a net negative on ever team that's ever rostered him. The same remains true in Boston.

Except it was never true in the first place. He had 1 losing campaign in his first three years in Philadelphia and that was on a team where Holiday and and Thad Young were the two best players. He didn't exactly work out in Indiana, but the rumors of his death are highly exaggerated, so to speak.

[D.o.s.]

The one that doesn't feature Evan Turner.

Why?

Busy, but the short answer is that throughout his NBA career he's been a net negative on ever team that's ever rostered him. The same remains true in Boston.

Except it was never true in the first place. He had 1 losing campaign in his first three years in Philadelphia and that was on a team where Holiday and and Thad Young were the two best players. He didn't exactly work out in Indiana, but the rumors of his death are highly exaggerated, so to speak.

unfortunately, I don't have time to get into this, however I have to maintain maintain that A) win loss record has very little to do with him being good at basketball (because he isn't, at least relative to the talent in the NBA) and B) your presentation of the facts are disingenuous, insofar as Jrue Holiday and Thad Young were always the best players on those 76ers teams, which would suggest that as more room was made for Turner the team got actively worse, since he was playing 35 minutes per game in that 2012-2013 season and only 23 minutes per game in the two seasons prior.

[greece66]

The one that doesn't feature Evan Turner.

[kozlodoev]

your presentation of the facts are disingenuous, insofar as Jrue Holiday and Thad Young were always the best players on those 76ers teams, which would suggest that as more room was made for Turner the team got actively worse, since he was playing 35 minutes per game in that 2012-2013 season and only 23 minutes per game in the two seasons prior.

Except that's not true either. Sure, the team got actively worse. However, it was mostly because in a brilliant display of GM powah they traded Iguodala for nothing, and replaced Holiday with Michael Carter-Williams.

The "two-year-prior" team also got a pretty decent year from Elton Brand.

[greece66]

The one that doesn't feature Evan Turner.

This.

TP, we rarely agree, so I am more than happy when we happen to coincide.

[greece66]

ET has to come from the bench.
It is a matter of teenager psychology.
If he comes to think himself as a starter he ll think of himself like THIS

AND IT WILL END LIKE  THIS