Celtics too talented not to win 50 games in the East.

[KG Living Legend]

 With this roster, and this coach, in this conference were gonna win 50. 25 and 12 down the stretch after getting Isaiah, correct me if I'm wrong there.
 If Lee is anywhere close to the 20 and 10 guy he was two years ago sky's the limit.
 Depth at the bigs position crazy, as is the depth at point guard, shooting guard and we have three guys to play the three who are all solid to good NBA players.
 And we have a go to 4th quarter scorer in Isiah, and Lee will also be big in the 4th. This team will be top 10 defensively in the league as well.

[Big333223]

I like you're enthusiasm and I hope you're right.

But there's no guarentee Lee has anything left. The Celtics don't have a legit starting center on the roster. All of our young guys have something to prove in their games. This team snuck up on a lot of people last season and they'll be less likely to do that again this season. Plus, they went on that great streak in the second part of the season when a lot of teams in the East had fully resigned themsevles to tanking.

I still hope you're right, but I'm less certain than you.

[PhoSita]

Based on our impressive core of Isaiah Thomas, David Lee, Marcus Smart, and Amir Johnson?

How well did a group like that work out for the Knicks?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/2009.html


Just sayin'.

[KG Living Legend]

I like you're enthusiasm and I hope you're right.

But there's no guarentee Lee has anything left. The Celtics don't have a legit starting center on the roster. All of our young guys have something to prove in their games. This team snuck up on a lot of people last season and they'll be less likely to do that again this season. Plus, they went on that great streak in the second part of the season when a lot of teams in the East had fully resigned themsevles to tanking.

I still hope you're right, but I'm less certain than you.

At center we are fine Zeller, Amir, Kelly, and Mickey we have depth and an assortment of talents.
 It's more about the combinations of two big guys we can throw out there at any time.

[D.o.s.]

At the risk of being called a filthy naysayer who only posts to urinate all over the hopes and dreams of the real Celtics fans who post here, I strongly disagree with the original poster and question the validity of the analysis that lead him or her to this conclusion.

[LGC88]

There is 50% chance that we make it to the 50 wins mark. So I'm rooting for that to happen.
We are build for 82 games. We can provide intensity the entire season, unlike most of the other teams. We'll win games because of depth or because of injuries. That's not less deserving, that's nba.
And I'm also rooting for the Celtics to win the championship, even if we have 1 chance out of 1000, I'll take it. Rooting to win is what I like in any sports. It's less likely an underdog wins in nba, but it doesn't stop me.

[KG Living Legend]

Based on our impressive core of Isaiah Thomas, David Lee, Marcus Smart, and Amir Johnson?

How well did a group like that work out for the Knicks?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/2009.html


Just sayin'.






Pho, you can't really compare us to the Knicks. They haven't been good since like Ewing.
 Stevens is the best, and we have a tough make up already with Smart, Crowder, Bradley, add to that Rozier and Mickey. The culture here is different.

[KG Living Legend]

DOS, why would we be worse than last year.

[KG Living Legend]

We lost Bass.

We added. David Lee, Amir J, Jonas J back, Crowder back, Rozier, Hunter, Mickey, PJ3,

 We were awesome after adding Thomas and he's back, Smart will be much better and he's already good. Bradley is in his prime and Sully is playing for Money.

[D.o.s.]

DOS, why would we be worse than last year.

There is a large gulf between "The Celtics will not be worse than they were last year" and "The Celtics are too talented to win fewer than 50 games next season."

I can agree with the first statement much more easily than the second.

[TA9]

Based on our impressive core of Isaiah Thomas, David Lee, Marcus Smart, and Amir Johnson?

How well did a group like that work out for the Knicks?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/2009.html


Just sayin'.

To be fair the East was a lot more stronger then compared to now hence that our current squad might pull some more wins than the NYK 08-09 team. Furthermore, that NYK team played no defense whatsoever which makes it unfair to even claim that our current team isn't better than the NYK 08-09 team.

[kozlodoev]

With this roster, and this coach, in this conference were gonna win 50. 25 and 12 down the stretch after getting Isaiah, correct me if I'm wrong there.
 If Lee is anywhere close to the 20 and 10 guy he was two years ago sky's the limit.
 Depth at the bigs position crazy, as is the depth at point guard, shooting guard and we have three guys to play the three who are all solid to good NBA players.
 And we have a go to 4th quarter scorer in Isiah, and Lee will also be big in the 4th. This team will be top 10 defensively in the league as well.

Yeah, if we could merge multiple players into one, perhaps. As it is right now, my guess is we'll be struggling to end on the right side of .500.

[Celtics18]

I don't think we are talented enough to win 50 games.  I think we'll get close, though. 

I'm going with 45. 

[Celtics18]

At the risk of being called a filthy naysayer who only posts to urinate all over the hopes and dreams of the real Celtics fans who post here, I strongly disagree with the original poster and question the validity of the analysis that lead him or her to this conclusion.

Posting on the internet is risky business.

It doesn't do any good to pout.

[Greenback]

Let's just say, if the Celtics meet up with the crybaby king and Cavaliers in the playoffs next year, the outcome could be much different.

Its the time of year to dream, but it is not a pipe dream.

50 wins?   Y not?