« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2017, 10:08:59 AM »
I miss Zizic. After Baynes, there is just no one on this roster with real center size who can bang around in the paint. Theis has looked good on the defensive end but he's undersized against any traditional center. Having one more guy with Zizic's skillset on the roster would be nice.
That said, I predict Zizic has the 3rd best season of the 3 this year.
How is it possible to miss somebody who never played for the C's? Plus he looked awful in SL.
This team may not have a real banger this season, but it may not matter. Witness GS.
I don't think it's fair to say, "You don't need a banger, just look at this team that has 2 of the 3 best players in the league and starts 4 hall of famers." The Celtics aren't good enough at everything else to be able to punt interior toughness. Think about Tristan Thompson eating the Celtics alive in the ECFs last year and then Thompson looking useless in the Finals against GS.
And I'm not talking about wishing Zizic was here to be part of the regular rotation, only that it would've been good to have one more guy with that size and skillset.
Truth be told there are few players with real center size and Zizic's limited skillset in the NBA at all, so maybe Baynes would be enough for that role.
But for the nights where the Celtics have to play against a Whiteside, a Drummond, a Lopez, a Thompson, etc having only one guy on the roster who can really match up with them makes me a little nervous.
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