Verdict is in. One of the stupidest choices Ainge has made in the draft.
A pick that nearly everyone was furious over for good reason.
We may lose this series because of it. Horford, Portis, Amir, Kelly, would be a nice Frontcourt.
Rozier gets no minutes, he's the Last thing we needed, but Ainge had to have his Binky.
Portis was easily the best player on the board.
Terrible.
It's not as bad as Giannis over KO, but I think we can all agree on this.
Smart over J Randle still seems to be a mistake as well.
I will assume this is a joke.
Silly assumption. One is a starter in this league and the other is the single worst shooter in it
The fact that Julius Randle starts for the 3rd worst team in the league while Smart is the 6th man for the 4th best, does not help your argument.
Randle would start for us. Smart would not start for the Lakers. Fact
Except Amir Johnson is better than Randle and would probably start. And there is a good chance Smart would start next to Russell in the backcourt. So it's definitely not a fact.
Amir Johnson is on his last legs. He can hardly keep KO off the court.
Brad doesnt play guys much if they are as lost on defense as Julius Randle is on a regular basis.
his rebounding prowess and ability to pass well would probably force him into the starting lineup eventually, but he would not get many minutes until he woke the **** up on defense.
Kelly and Amir are trash defensively at this point(physically) but they are intelligent enough to generally know where to be and to play solid team defense.
If you cant do that (randles shown no signs that he can) then you wont play much for any team that isnt just tanking (see Lakers, LA).
if we are gonna take this pointless hypothetical this literally you might as well factor that in.
Ok. I'm factoring that in. Randle would start for us. Smart wouldn't start for the Lakers.
Randle wont start for us. He wont play much for the celtics. It has been shown time and time again that players who dont play d dont get minutes with stevens.
LOL @ Jared Sullinger starting 166 games over three seasons under Brad Stevens...
I agree that Randle doesnt look very good, but I can guarantee you that he would play if he were in Boston, for the same reason that Sullinger played when he was here. We need rebounding desperately, and for all his flaws Randle is a very good rebounder.
As for the Rozier vs Portis argument, Rozier is at least on par with Portis right now, and hehas greater upside. I agree with you on that.
LOL you clearly havent been watching if you think Sullinger has been as bad as Randle. Sullinger was one of our best +/- guys esp early on, he had good defensive numbers prior to his last season. Sullinger is a better passer as well. Stop smoking crimson!
* Kevin Love has had a very good defensive +/- for 5 or 6 years running now. His defence is very well known to be mediocre at best.
* Amir Johnson has had among the highest net +/- ratings on our team, yet it's clear that when he's in the game we are struggling during these playoffs.
* David Lee, in his season with is, had a neutral defensive +/- despite people here constantly complaining about how bad his defence was.
* Avery Bradley has a negative defensive +/- and has made two all-defensive teams.
The +/- stats are nice, but they aren't everything.
Last year against Atlanta, Jared Sullinger was literally
the only player on our roster that Al Horford was able to score on consistently in the paint. He couldn't score on Jerebko, couldn't score on Olynyk, couldn't score on Amir - but as soon as Sully was on him, he was dropping buckets left, right and center.
Sully showed occasional flashes of quality defence. He had good defensive IQ, and when he was motivated and/or had energy he was capable of playing good defence. But his motivation went up and down like pogo stick, and his defence varied from very good in some stretches, to absolutely hideous in others.
His defence also suffered from his conditioning issues. When he first got on the court he tended to defend pretty well. Once he'd been out there for 5 or 6 minutes straight, his D would start dropping off quite rapidly and he became a major liability.
In one-on-one situations, his only real strength was when he was matched up against big, strong, physical players who have average mobility. Against those guys he used his body weight to push them around. Guys who were singificantly quicker or longer tended to dominate him with ease.
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