Celtics (0-0) at Olimpia Milano (0-0) 10/6/15 Preasason Game 1

[max215]

Sullinger looks twice as big/wide as the next  biggest player out there...

I'm so done with him. He's still fat, chucking threes, and serving the same purpose as Yi Jianlian's chair on defense.

[positivitize]

RJH's vision looks better than advertised.  I think he can grow into a long term solution for the C's.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

go to ko there young...

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

oh pj3 in...

[jpotter33]

Well fwiw, we beat this team 105-75 back in 2012 in a game that featured Rondo, KG, Pierce and Jeff Green... so it's good to see we're playing on a par with that.  That 2012 team started the season 14-17 and eventually pushed it to 41 wins after Rondo got injured.  I'll take this as a small sign we might finish over .500 this season.

That preseason was God-awful going 3-5 overall, too, sooooo.....

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

mickeyyyy

[PhoSita]

Turned it on for a minute... talent gap is ridiculous between these two teams so I turned it off.   I'll check out the team when we start playing against NBA talent.

It's an exhibition game, so yeah.  But it's been good to see how some of the players on the roster might fit together.

Smart's playmaking abilities will be given greater chance to shine and develop with two skilled finishers on the floor with him like Lee / Zeller / Amir, for example.

[bello_man09]

I hope mickey gets more PT....

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

the guys really like mickey. lol their reaction.

[max215]

Mickey, Rozier, and Hunter all showing some flashes.

[LarBrd33]

Well fwiw, we beat this team 105-75 back in 2012 in a game that featured Rondo, KG, Pierce and Jeff Green... so it's good to see we're playing on a par with that.  That 2012 team started the season 14-17 and eventually pushed it to 41 wins after Rondo got injured.  I'll take this as a small sign we might finish over .500 this season.

That preseason was God-awful going 3-5 overall, too, sooooo.....

So if we fail to beat this team by 30+, should we expect to finish the season under .500 this year?

[D.o.s.]

Turned it on for a minute... talent gap is ridiculous between these two teams so I turned it off.   I'll check out the team when we start playing against NBA talent.

Its almost like watching us play the sixers or the Nets

I was going to say how much better are the Sixers than this team honestly?

Much better.

Which is not a knock on our opponents, just an acknowledgement of the fact that the NBA is so much better than the rest of the world in terms of professional basketball.

Oh I know they're better but by how much? Majority of the Sixers roster the last couple of years has been bottom of the barrel NBA players. This squad would give them a fight. My point is I don't view this type of game against this competition as completely useless in terms of predicting what our players can do against NBA talent.

Yeah you're probably correct there, but consider: most of the Celtics would make a pretty excellent second unit, and we're stomping Milano accordingly.

[LarBrd33]

Well fwiw, we beat this team 105-75 back in 2012 in a game that featured Rondo, KG, Pierce and Jeff Green... so it's good to see we're playing on a par with that.  That 2012 team started the season 14-17 and eventually pushed it to 41 wins after Rondo got injured.  I'll take this as a small sign we might finish over .500 this season.

That preseason was God-awful going 3-5 overall, too, sooooo.....

So if we fail to beat this team by 30+, should we expect to finish the season under .500 this year?

Gotta stretch out my crank sea legs here, guys.  It's Preseason Game 0.  Good to have basketball back.

[jpotter33]

All of Sully's shots have been short. What does that mean?

[greece66]

Our bigs our dominating but this is hardly a serious test.

I liked Rozier's speed at fast break.

Our perimeter D on the other hand I liked less.