Potential of Jerebko as a SF

[Tr1boy]

What do you guys think. Can he play the position on a semi permanent basis? 
Can he be effective on both ends as a sf?

[Celtics18]

Absolutely.  Small forward is his natural position. 

[ahonui06]

Jerebko is a natural SF so yes

[PhoSita]

I think a lot of the attributes that make him stand out at pf and c don't help him stand out at SF. But he's probably a better option on the wing than Turner much of the time because he can actually shoot.

[Tr1boy]

I think a lot of the attributes that make him stand out at pf and c don't help him stand out at SF. But he's probably a better option on the wing than Turner much of the time because he can actually shoot.

can't handle the ball like Turner but your right. Better shooter, I would say more versatile defender, has plus size that would give smaller SFs trouble.   

But also can't create his own shots. 

If Turner is traded though, I have no issues with starting Jerebko or having him be the 1st one off the bench to play SF.  We have too many pfs anyways

[SHAQATTACK]

Dat ol five thirty story called ET a
Scrub

LOL

[PhoSita]

I think a lot of the attributes that make him stand out at pf and c don't help him stand out at SF. But he's probably a better option on the wing than Turner much of the time because he can actually shoot.

can't handle the ball like Turner but your right. Better shooter, I would say more versatile defender, has plus size that would give smaller SFs trouble.   

But also can't create his own shots. 

If Turner is traded though, I have no issues with starting Jerebko or having him be the 1st one off the bench to play SF.  We have too many pfs anyways

Well, as you note, Turner's value is all on-ball.  He doesn't bring much value to the team when he's playing off-ball, which Jerebko can do even at the 3.

If Smart, Thomas, and Rozier can cover the Celts' needs for ballhandling duties, I'd rather see Crowder and Jerebko get the lion's share of minutes at the 3, with occasional use of lineups with Smart, Hunter, or Young on the wing.

[Denis998]

Dat ol five thirty story called ET a
Scrub
LOL

LOL I thought you were joking

[BDeCosta26]

I think a lot of the attributes that make him stand out at pf and c don't help him stand out at SF. But he's probably a better option on the wing than Turner much of the time because he can actually shoot.

can't handle the ball like Turner but your right. Better shooter, I would say more versatile defender, has plus size that would give smaller SFs trouble.   

But also can't create his own shots. 

If Turner is traded though, I have no issues with starting Jerebko or having him be the 1st one off the bench to play SF.  We have too many pfs anyways

Well, as you note, Turner's value is all on-ball.  He doesn't bring much value to the team when he's playing off-ball, which Jerebko can do even at the 3.

If Smart, Thomas, and Rozier can cover the Celts' needs for ballhandling duties, I'd rather see Crowder and Jerebko get the lion's share of minutes at the 3, with occasional use of lineups with Smart, Hunter, or Young on the wing.

I agree, and after watching our first two pre-season games it sure looks like having Lee and Olynyk playing big minutes diminishes our need to play Turner a lot. Lee is still very capable of running the offense through the high post, which takes some of the ball-handling duties off of Smart, and Olynyk seems to have really improved his handle/playmaking abilities.

I've had my doubts about where Lee fits on this team, but our starting line-ups offense will be much improved if we've got a more aggressive Smart getting to the line and scoring consistently and Lee at the high post getting buckets and dishing out passes to guys like Bradley, Smart, JJ, Crowder etc in the corner. I expect Amir to be shooting more threes than ever with Lee and Olynyk as back court mates. To me of there was one thing to be learned in the Europe trip, it's the David Lee has a lot left to give, and he could really help this starting line-up offensively.

Evan Turner doesn't help you much if you want Smart to be the lead ball-handler a lot more and you plan on running through the high post with Lee a lot. Can't play him next to Thomas either because he makes IT less effective, and Turner isn't good enough himself to justify that. To me, it seems more and more like ET is either gonna be the odd man out or left at the end of the bench. And I'm totally okay with that. For this year and the future, Id rather see Smart/Bradley/Crowder/Lee/Johnson or Olynyk starting with Crowder, Jerebko and Young/Hunter getting minutes at the wing. Were gonna be a really tough defensive team if we have Johnson and Crowder starting.

If it all comes together perfectly, this team could win 50 games.

[Big333223]

His ability to shoot and rebound should make him a capable 3-and-D small forward, at worst.

[jambr380]

The d part of the '3 and d' isn't totally there, unless you consider his size a major advantage (because speed certainly isn't). While he seems like a good system guy, I would be disappointed if he were our starting SF. Crowder would have to take a real downturn and ET would have to lose a lot of the focus he asserted last year. I agree that Turner is probably not here long term, but JJ isn't exactly our next star SF and we really need to upgrade our starters - not take our third-stringers and make them starters.

[Hemingway]

I see JJ's role as similar to that of Scal and Waltah before him. 3rd string 3, good team guy, can step up at multiple spots if needed due to injuries.

JJ is probably close to his potential already, I could be wrong, but I don't see him making a big step forward. and that's ok. Danny is smart with his signings and got JJ for a role he wanted as described above.

[greece66]

He cannot dribble well enough. And CBS does not  like spot up shooters + has a sweet tooth for small ball.

It could happen, but rarely and for limited minutes.

[pearljammer10]

He is a small forward.

[billysan]

He is a capable player and I like what I see. Problem is we got a bunch of pieces and no true starter material at SF. I think Danny keeps shopping till we have a real SF to start and he becomes 3rd string behind Crowder.

A fun running lineup would be he and Crowder with Amir/Lee up front and Avery/Smart with Rozier at the point.