Mavericks (2-7) at Celtics (5-5) Game #11 11/16/16

[max215]

Isaiah Thomas scored 20 of his 30 points in the final six minutes of the fourth quarter. Unreal.

https://twitter.com/CelticsHub/status/799082109658865665

[tarheelsxxiii]

Harry Barnes success was my only accurate prediction.  I may begin shamelessly bragging about it till someone tells me to shut up.   

I was very curious to see how hed do outside GSW. After watching him fail to step up in the playoffs when Steph was hurt or Dray was suspended or Iggy was hurt I must admit I completely expected him to be way overpaid. Hes been impressive. Nice prediction.

All that said, shut up.

Lol. Welp, that was short-lived. TP.

I kid I kid. You deserve some solid interweb gloating for this one.

You just laid it up there and I couldnt resist.

Thank you, sir.  I'll be sure to toot your horn the next time you nail a prediction.

[Phantom255x]

Tommy said IT is a top 5 alltime celtic competitor up there with russell, bird, cousy, havlicek.  No Pierce, KG, Cowens, Mchale, Parish?

Just a typical Tommy comment, sucking up to our current players. Remember when he said Horford is not a great player?

Don't get me wrong, Horford is a great player but I think Tommy was referring to Horford not being the "guy that threads the needle" for us, and I tend to agree.

Horford fits this system and improves this team but he is definitely not "the guy" that makes Boston a superstar team.

[hwangjini_1]

Tommy said IT is a top 5 alltime celtic competitor up there with russell, bird, cousy, havlicek.  No Pierce, KG, Cowens, Mchale, Parish?

It's tommy. Remember when tommy compared steisma's shot blocking to Russell?

[GratefulCs]

Tommy said IT is a top 5 alltime celtic competitor up there with russell, bird, cousy, havlicek.  No Pierce, KG, Cowens, Mchale, Parish?

Tommy's old, man!

And drunk

Enjoy the ride, ha

[walker834]

Tommy said IT is a top 5 alltime celtic competitor up there with russell, bird, cousy, havlicek.  No Pierce, KG, Cowens, Mchale, Parish?

Just a typical Tommy comment, sucking up to our current players. Remember when he said Horford is not a great player?

Dude is the second leading scorer in the eastern conference. And to think we got him for Marcus Thornton and Clevelands 2016 first rounder.  He's averaging close to 30 and 7+ assists and shooting like 47 percent.

[kraidstar]

I would just like to scratch my own back here a little bit  and say that i called it a long time ago that Bradley had the potential to be a better rebounder than he is:

bradley is not a dynamic offensive player, but he creates his own shot better than he gets credit for, a lot of those pull-up shots he takes because there just isn't enough talent around him. this hurts his efficiency. he also doesn't vulture rebounds like rondo, if you watch bradley there's tons of plays where he and sully or whoever have an equal shot at an uncontested c's rebound, and bradley defers to the big almost every time. so i'd argue he's a slightly better rebounder than his stats show, too.
and IMO the "drop" in his defense is largely overstated, i think his defense is still excellent, it just gets lost in the shuffle because the team struggles to finish defensive possessions due to youthful mistakes, poorly-timed double teams, and lack of rim protection.
bradley will be fine once he gets some better pieces around him and he can just focus at what he's best at. he was a key contributor on a team that nearly dethroned the heat (and the c's probably win that series if bradley doesn't get hurt). if anything, i think he's improved his offensive versatility since then.

[alldaboston]

Tommy said IT is a top 5 alltime celtic competitor up there with russell, bird, cousy, havlicek.  No Pierce, KG, Cowens, Mchale, Parish?

Just a typical Tommy comment, sucking up to our current players. Remember when he said Horford is not a great player?

Don't get me wrong, Horford is a great player but I think Tommy was referring to Horford not being the "guy that threads the needle" for us, and I tend to agree.

Horford fits this system and improves this team but he is definitely not "the guy" that makes Boston a superstar team.

yeah I'm pretty sure he meant, like, he's not "great", like lebron great, but he's good.

[trickybilly]

Tommy said IT is a top 5 alltime celtic competitor up there with russell, bird, cousy, havlicek.  No Pierce, KG, Cowens, Mchale, Parish?

It's tommy. Remember when tommy compared steisma's shot blocking to Russell?

lol

[kraidstar]

Tommy said IT is a top 5 alltime celtic competitor up there with russell, bird, cousy, havlicek.  No Pierce, KG, Cowens, Mchale, Parish?

It's tommy. Remember when tommy compared steisma's shot blocking to Russell?

To be fair, he's not saying IT is better than those guys, he's just comparing their competitiveness. I'd reckon if IT was 6" taller he'd be a legit all-time great player. The mind is there, but he's tiny.

And he never said Stiemsma was an equivalent defender or player to Russell. He just said the shot-blocking ability was reminiscent, which is at least partially true. Unfortunately Stiemsma lacks all the other elements that made Russell the best defender ever. But Steamer does have great timing and length regarding blocks.

Same with the Bradley/MJ steals comparison.

[walker834]

Tommy is usually spot on. 

[SHAQATTACK]

Still like Fries

[Surferdad]

Tommy said IT is a top 5 alltime celtic competitor up there with russell, bird, cousy, havlicek.  No Pierce, KG, Cowens, Mchale, Parish?

Tommy's old, man!

And drunk

Enjoy the ride, ha

Yeah no need to take Tommy too literally. He just says stuff, he didn't think carefully about top 5 or he would have put those guys up there too. Maybe he should have said top 10 but whatever, still love him.

[walker834]

He's got a point. IT is really good right now.  Pierce I think in particular over time is better.  IT is carrying us sans Horford and Crowder.  He's an amazing scorer for a guy that size though.  Pound for pound you aren't going to find many players better.

As far as scorers go even Bird didn't average the scoring numbers IT is right now.  We'll see if he can keep it up.

[bopna]

Tommy said IT is a top 5 alltime celtic competitor up there with russell, bird, cousy, havlicek.  No Pierce, KG, Cowens, Mchale, Parish?

It's tommy. Remember when tommy compared steisma's shot blocking to Russell?

To be fair, he's not saying IT is better than those guys, he's just comparing their competitiveness. I'd reckon if IT was 6" taller he'd be a legit all-time great player. The mind is there, but he's tiny.

And he never said Stiemsma was an equivalent defender or player to Russell. He just said the shot-blocking ability was reminiscent, which is at least partially true. Unfortunately Stiemsma lacks all the other elements that made Russell the best defender ever. But Steamer does have great timing and length regarding blocks.

Same with the Bradley/MJ steals comparison.

This.
Its the competitivenes Tommy was talkin about. Remember IT is playin with a jammed finger in his shooting hand..those things hurt and does disrupt your stroke but here he is refusing to give up and scoring 18 points in the 4th qtr to literally will this team to victory