« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4   Go Down

Author Topic: Done with Zeller  (Read 9271 times)

0 Members and 0 Guests are viewing this topic.

Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2016, 06:19:17 AM »

Offline iadera

  • Jayson Tatum
  • Posts: 964
  • Tommy Points: 74
  • CroCeltics
He doesn't bother me much, as someone said, he's not in our future plans so I expect him being dumped after season ends. I just think, if Mickey is in our plans, then give him minutes. I just don't see how can he be wors than Zeller.
Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2016, 06:59:58 AM »

Offline Neurotic Guy

  • Tommy Heinsohn
  • *************************
  • Posts: 25724
  • Tommy Points: 2727
There has to be someone that gets repetitively berated on the game threads.  And so, it's Zeller's turn. 

Zeller is a pretty good back-up/3rd string center who averages 6 and 3 in 11 minutes.  He is neither a strong rebounder nor a strong defender, but he puts the ball in the hoop fairly well near the hoop and has a decent mid-range shot.  And I think I just described a pretty good NBA back-up/ 3rd string center.  If he was a good defender/rebounder, he'd start.   

So now he's the new ET of the game threads. The Zeller hate posts have now become boringly predictable every game. 

 
Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2016, 07:21:55 AM »

Offline hagar55voa

  • Payton Pritchard
  • Posts: 123
  • Tommy Points: 12
It's funny that everytime the Celtics lose, it is Zeller's fault and all the other Celtic players played great...I must need new glasses...
Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #18 on: March 12, 2016, 08:05:27 AM »

Offline Celtics4ever

  • NCE
  • Johnny Most
  • ********************
  • Posts: 20148
  • Tommy Points: 1335
I don't think any of these games have been Zeller's fault.   But as the poster above said he is 3rd string C.   It is was it is folks.

It hurts us right now, when we have to rely on him with Olynyk being out.  He is not as good as a player, and I think it magnifies this situation.
Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #19 on: March 12, 2016, 08:08:58 AM »

Offline greece66

  • Tiny Archibald
  • *******
  • Posts: 7395
  • Tommy Points: 1342
  • Head Paperboy at Greenville
Quote from: hagar55voa on March 12, 2016, 07:21:55 AM
It's funny that everytime the Celtics lose, it is Zeller's fault and all the other Celtic players played great...I must need new glasses...

Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #20 on: March 12, 2016, 08:45:07 AM »

Offline jpd985

  • Jaylen Brown
  • Posts: 681
  • Tommy Points: 41
Quote from: greece666 on March 12, 2016, 08:08:58 AM
Quote from: hagar55voa on March 12, 2016, 07:21:55 AM
It's funny that everytime the Celtics lose, it is Zeller's fault and all the other Celtic players played great...I must need new glasses...



With Lee gone, somebody needs to take the blame.
Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #21 on: March 12, 2016, 09:03:16 AM »

Offline Rosco917

  • Paul Silas
  • ******
  • Posts: 6108
  • Tommy Points: 559
Tyler was a temporary fix when we got him, and luckily we paid nothing for him. Right now he's playing at an all time low, and that's saying something for him. DA should have unloaded him last year when he showed a tiny bit of life in his game. His body language is terrible, and frankly he's playing himself out of the NBA. 

No...The loss isn't Zeller's fault directly, he can't help it that he adds very little to the team.



Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #22 on: March 12, 2016, 09:16:02 AM »

Offline BadNewsBarnes

  • Kristaps Porzingis
  • Posts: 194
  • Tommy Points: 41
Last night's loss is not all Zeller's fault.  Avery had an off night shooting 3's and so did Crowder and that was a bigger factor. 

However the fact that Zeller played 14 + minutes and failed to grab a single rebound and 6'1" Terry Rozier somehow managed to grab 7 rebounds in 10 minutes shows what poor rebounder Zeller is.
Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #23 on: March 12, 2016, 09:56:22 AM »

Offline mgent

  • Tiny Archibald
  • *******
  • Posts: 7567
  • Tommy Points: 1962
This "Brad is only using Zeller because he has to" stuff is ridiculous.

IT 34 / Smart 14
Bradley 32 / Smart 16
Crowder 20 / Turner 28
Sully 14 / Crowder 12 / Jerebko 22
Amir 30 / Sully 18

I will go small any day of the week over Zeller.  And I actually like the guy.  He's just a horrible fit for our team.

Jerebko and Crowder will guard any 4 or 5 in the league better than Zeller can, and they can switch in any pick and roll, while Zeller might as well lay down if he has to guard someone on the perimeter.  Offensively, they more than make up for any rebounding advantage Zeller has over them.

His pick and roll defense is killing us, and on offense, he gets open in the pick and roll, but he has trouble catching/controlling the ball and turns it over as often as he scores.  Not to mention, we don't really have a guy aside from ET who can make that pass soft and consistently.
« Last Edit: March 12, 2016, 10:07:57 AM by mgent »
Logged
Philly:

Anderson Varejao    Tiago Splitter    Matt Bonner
David West    Kenyon Martin    Brad Miller
Andre Iguodala    Josh Childress    Marquis Daniels
Dwyane Wade    Leandro Barbosa
Kirk Hinrich    Toney Douglas   + the legendary Kevin McHale
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2016, 10:31:51 AM »

Offline mctyson

  • Rajon Rondo
  • *****
  • Posts: 5087
  • Tommy Points: 372
He is a capable backup NBA center.  That's it. 
Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2016, 10:38:38 AM »

Offline Jon

  • Paul Silas
  • ******
  • Posts: 6500
  • Tommy Points: 385
We can argue about the whole Mickey thing, but I'm more passionate about the C's just letting him walk this summer. There's no way the C's should be worried about locking up their 2nd or 3rd string center before they've even found their 1st, particularly when Brad loves to play small ball so much (limiting the role of backup bigs).
Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2016, 04:57:29 PM »

Offline tarheelsxxiii

  • Don Nelson
  • ********
  • Posts: 8593
  • Tommy Points: 1389
Lots of overreactions in this thread. Zeller is a back-up Center doing a fine job of what he's being asked to do.

Mickey, on the other hand, can't crack the rotation ahead of Zeller. If you want to misplace anger, point to Mickey.

Offensively, Zeller makes Mickey look like a D-Leaguer...

(see what I did there?)
« Last Edit: March 12, 2016, 05:05:54 PM by tarheelsxxiii »
Logged
The Tarstradamus Group, LLC
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #27 on: March 12, 2016, 07:47:11 PM »

Offline inverselock

  • Al Horford
  • Posts: 437
  • Tommy Points: 44
1st, 2nd, 3rd string Nba centre needs to defend and rebound before anything else.   
Logged
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #28 on: March 12, 2016, 07:53:39 PM »

Offline PhoSita

  • NCE
  • Robert Parish
  • *********************
  • Posts: 21835
  • Tommy Points: 2182
Quote from: CoachBS#1 on March 11, 2016, 11:30:39 PM
Quote from: PhoSita on March 11, 2016, 11:18:13 PM
How many teams have a clearly superior backup center?
Even Colé Aldridge is better than him, you do the math.

Colé Aldridge huh?

I can't compete with that analysis.
Logged
You’ll have to excuse my lengthiness—the reason I dread writing letters is because I am so apt to get to slinging wisdom & forget to let up. Thus much precious time is lost.
- Mark Twain
Re: Done with Zeller
« Reply #29 on: March 12, 2016, 08:37:21 PM »

Offline SHAQATTACK

  • James Naismith
  • *********************************
  • Posts: 37811
  • Tommy Points: 3030
Out with Zeller

In

Wif

Boogie Man
Logged
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4   Go Up
« previous next »