Not Brad's fault offense is weak....

[MikeB12]

The Celtics will be lucky to win their 1st round in the playoffs.   The most frustrating thing about the Celtics is too often they end up losing because they can't shoot a good percentage as a team.   C's won't get very far shooting 37% like they did last night vs the Clippers.

Is it Brad's fault the team can't shoot the basketball?  I doubt it.  But he is partially responsible I assume for drafting players who can't shoot.  Like Marcus Smart for instance.  I have some swamp land to sell to those who think he will ever shoot a decent percentage.

Hopefully the Cs will draft some guys in the 1st round who actually can shoot around 45%.  If not and they don't make a trade for some good offensive players, the Cs will continue to be an average NBA team at best and will never be able to make a serious run in the playoffs.

MikeB  longtime Celtics fan

[BitterJim]

"Weak" is an odd way to describe the 11th most efficient NBA offense...

[alldaboston]

Brad doesn't draft players.

[kozlodoev]

Do we need a million topics to essentially discuss the same thing?

[CelticPride2016]

Do we need a million topics to essentially discuss the same thing?

All it takes is one loss and this blog turns into Chicken Little. People should look at the home and away records for each team while sipping on a relaxing herbal tea.

[greece66]

Do we need a million topics to essentially discuss the same thing?

^^^^

Actually this is a pretty good point. I appreciate the enthusiasm, but limiting the current threads to a reasonable number would help a lot organize the forums, eg: one for upcoming games and how results affect our playoffs prospects/ one for discussing our roster/players, one for discussing coaching/strategy issues, one for players the C's are after etc I do not think we need more than 10 active threads in any given instance. Having said this, I realize it will be very time consuming for the mods to organize.

[ThaPreacher]

"Weak" is an odd way to describe the 11th most efficient NBA offense...

Come on, is there anyone going to argue that the Celtics are a strong offensive team?
Playoff basketball is even more difficult because of the focus on stopping individual players.
The Celtics lack offensive players who can truly create their own shot.  IT will have more difficulty as he did last year.

I think that Brad will look at a number of different ways to improve the Celtics offense, because there are times that they really struggle.  Part of that is due to the players.

The Celtics were rated 6 in Fastbreak Points, which is good.  It  helps a stagnant offense.
We would be rated much lower in overall offense.

I'd like to see us with alot more back cuts, and motion.  I do agree we lack some of the personal.

You may not be able to make an omelet out of potatoes, but you can make homefries

[RockinRyA]

The Celtics will be lucky to win their 1st round in the playoffs.   The most frustrating thing about the Celtics is too often they end up losing because they can't shoot a good percentage as a team.   C's won't get very far shooting 37% like they did last night vs the Clippers.

Is it Brad's fault the team can't shoot the basketball?  I doubt it.  But he is partially responsible I assume for drafting players who can't shoot.  Like Marcus Smart for instance.  I have some swamp land to sell to those who think he will ever shoot a decent percentage.

Hopefully the Cs will draft some guys in the 1st round who actually can shoot around 45%.  If not and they don't make a trade for some good offensive players, the Cs will continue to be an average NBA team at best and will never be able to make a serious run in the playoffs.

MikeB  longtime Celtics fan

Oh good, another bash smart thread.

[jpotter33]

"Weak" is an odd way to describe the 11th most efficient NBA offense...

Come on, is there anyone going to argue that the Celtics are a strong offensive team?
Playoff basketball is even more difficult because of the focus on stopping individual players.
The Celtics lack offensive players who can truly create their own shot.  IT will have more difficulty as he did last year.

I think that Brad will look at a number of different ways to improve the Celtics offense, because there are times that they really struggle.  Part of that is due to the players.

The Celtics were rated 6 in Fastbreak Points, which is good.  It  helps a stagnant offense.
We would be rated much lower in overall offense.

I'd like to see us with alot more back cuts, and motion.  I do agree we lack some of the personal.

You may not be able to make an omelet out of potatoes, but you can make homefries

The 11th most efficient NBA offense suggests that statistics argue that the C's are a strong offensive team...

IT will only be limited by the other team. He won't be limited just because it's the playoffs. The reason that IT was limited last year was because the Cavs wisely put the bigger, longer, and more physical Shump on him. However, we're either going to play Miami, Atlanta, or Charlotte in the first round. Of the starting guards on those teams, who is going to be able to replicate Shump's presence from last year? Wade in Miami? No, he's too old and slow to defend IT consistently anymore, and that would wear him out for the offense. Teague or Horford? Nope. The only possibility would be Lee in Charlotte, who happens to play for the team that we're least likely to face in the first round.

[alldaboston]

I apologize for setting off these threads lol. I take full responsibility. My "does Brad run a bad offense" thread started this all. I was just in the heat of the moment, disappointed in our effort vs clippers. I'm sorry if I set off something that shouldn't have ever come up.

[flybono]

Don't you all know, next year is the year to compete. And probably the next and the next.

Keep trading Danny, you ain't made a bad move yet!

[mmmmm]

"Weak" is an odd way to describe the 11th most efficient NBA offense...

That ranking obscures some things, though. 

We have the 11th ranked offense overall.
As long as Isaiah is on the floor, we have effectively one of the top 3 offenses overall.

But ... when Isaiah is on the bench, we have effectively the 29th ranked offense overall.