As a Celtics fan I’m really excited and can’t wait to watch. Don’t wanna set too high of expectations you know but hoping for no serious injuries and gradual gelling up into the playoffs
Also a Celtics fan. I'm excited for the season in general. I can't remember the last time there has been 6 teams with a legit chance at the title entering a season. Denver probably remains the favorite, but Phoenix, GS, LA, Bos, Mil and then teams like Miami are still threats. Its a really interesting year that should be fun to watch.
As a Celtics fan, I swear we're the best team in the league now. The only question is how will we adapt to guarding the giants of the NBA, being Embiid, Jokic, and Giannis. When they're in, if we go big with Jrue, Brown, Tatum, Horford, and Porzingis, I think we're very very solid. 60 win season imo
This will probably be our most dynamic starting 5 since '08. Porzingis can play both sides and is an efficient 3pt shooting big man. Holiday is a true 2 way PG. Love and gonna miss Smart, but Holiday is solid on defense and Smart just isnt as good offensively as Holiday is.
@@King_Julixnn1talk about biased☠️ Jrue is not a great scorer, disappears in the playoffs. Let Jimmy drop 30,40,50 in 1 series. White is average scorer at best☠️ and a good defender for anyone shorter than him. Kristaps is made of glass, you “tap” him and he’s done. Not a good defender at all. LOLLLLL you must be 12☠️☠️☠️☠️
@@chocolatemeplease Lol Relax. Kristaps, Jrue (1st all NBA Defensive Team), and White (2nd All NBA Defensive Team) are going to be 3rd, 4th, and 5th option scorers in Boston. They don't have to be great scorers with the Jays on the court. One series vs Heat is not a good example of how good of a defender Jrue is, and Kristaps is top 5 defending the Pick and Roll and a top 10 rim protector (look it up) and has played more games that Smart and R. Williams in the last 2 seasons. Now tell me, who in MIL is going to defend all those scoring options?? LOL You're just writing stuff in the internet without doing the research LOLLLLLL you must be 10☠☠☠☠☠☠
@@chocolatemeplease either u conveniently pick and choose small samples that support ur argument and ignore the main ones or ur a casual fan bro it’s that simple.
Yeah and it'll be interesting to see if they take advantage of the buyout market. 2008 team was notoriously top heavy but they did a great job grabbing people like Ed House, Posey, brown and Cassell.
Being a Bucks fan it hurts to see Jrue go, but the scoring Dame brings with him was desperately needed, and at least Jrue went to Boston, where his skills are also a perfect fit for what that team needs, so he's almost guaranteed success. (Obviously, it's not great having your biggest rival, who already have an insane team, get one of your best players. But, it's better than seeing him go to some garbage team and be stuck there unhappy, after he did so much for Milwaukee.)
Bro what ! Y'all got Mr. 30 feet bomb Mr. Clutch himself. Just think about if that was Jimmy vs Lillard last season. I bet they don't lose to the heats. I mean my squad GSW was still going to spank that azz, but hey they beat the 8th seed..
Lillard is NOT BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN JRUE IMAGINE LILLARD DEFENDING BOOKER AND PAUL IN THE FINAL FOR 42 MINUTES 7 GAMES THINK ABOUT THAT IS GIANNIS WAS NOT HURTS AND MADE THEIR FREE THROW WE WERE TALKING DIFFERENT
@@mannydaprofit2869 Nice try but I'm from San Francisco, so I was there when we sucked. Carry on mate, any other questions, who's your team by the way .
I think Celtics improved both sides of the ball and it’s crazy they are not considered the favorites to win it all. Bucks I think got worse defensively and with the past injuries their roster has suffered if they lose even 1 piece of their starting 5 I think they struggle.
I love Celtics fans. They'll say some of the dumbest homer stuff and then put some sort of logical stamp of approval like, "show me where bill Simmons lied" 🤓🤓🤓
Bucks got worse defensively with losing Jrue but still have 2 time defensive player of the year in Giannis and Lopez and Portis covering Lillards poor defense. Meanwhile their offense has just gotten 10x better. Teams won’t be able to double up on Giannis anymore. Who are you gonna stop covering? Lillard? Middleton? Lopez? No chance.
I personally think the bench is underrated man. No big names but they got players that fit what they want to do. 3 and D players who can come in contribute without stepping on toes while providing energy
I agree 100%. Unfortunately, they wont get much playing time. They need to make another trade or two ASAP as the season is about to start. Pritchard needs to be traded.
you don't know ball if you think A. Bam will score 40 on anybody, and B. Embiid has a shot to even score 20 on Al Horford. It has consistently been proven that Big AL is one of the best Embiid/Giannis defenders.@@billybobby5247
I’m nervous about KP, I think his health will influence a lot of their success just due to their lack of backup in his position. I think if he stays healthy, they easily win 55+
Personally if he plays like 35+ games and is healthy for the playoffs I don’t really care too much about our regular season record if they can preserve him and the others for when it really matters
people say this but this statement goes the same way with the bucks. Over the past 4 years kristaps has played 216 games and dame has played 220. Both got their injury concerns and it will be worse if bucks lose their second best player than the celtics losing their 3rd or 4th best player.
Hoop digest good commentary good analysis. I’m not a Celtics fan, but I’m an NBA fan. My favorite team is the Lakers. But I have to give Brad Stevens a lot of credit of what he did to remolding the Celtics team. Picking up Jrue Holliday. Was magnificent in my opinion. But how they play him if he’s going to be the starting point guard or will you play beside Jaylen Brown, or will white play beside him they have endless combinations. And if they use Khristophe Porziņģis as a defensive of anchor, it will be interesting from the defensive of perspective. But I’m wondering how does Al Horford play into this. If they can avoid injuries like everything, it should be quite the exciting year for the Celtics. I’m looking forward to seeing them in the Milwaukee Bucks go at it.
love seeing basketball fans put aside rivalries to talk pure hoops. too much nba discourse these days is littered with incredibly biased takes, making most of whats posted on social media unreadable and unserious.
As long as egos are in check and everyone plays and sacrifices for each other and the bigger goal being the nba championship if Celtics can figure that out early than this Celtics team is the best team in the world rn.
I want to say Jrue is Marcus Smart with offense, but that's not exactly fair since Smart can guard all 5 positions. I'd say Jrue is a bigger, more accomplished Derrick White. Which is great. But it still sucks losing Time Lord unless KP can really disrupt at the 5 (unlikely).
@codyking3825 I think Horford and White will be interchangeable according to match ups. I think white will start more to help keep Horford fresher throughout the season
I think this is the first banner year. The moves made seems so much sense. Both players and non players. I think if the injuries will be minor or none and they can build up the chemistry... Banner 18 is coming.
I love the Grit and Gristle that is Marcus Smart.. So now I have to add the Grizz to my watch list. Jrue Holiday (and his older partnner in crime Matthews) were awesome in Milwakee.. and when I found out we got him, I relaxed. We have lost defense.. but perhaps not overall depending on how Porzingus does. But we've upgraded BIG TIME on offense. I can't wait.
As a celtics fan im super happy to see a few of these pieces as I feel they fit very well, my only scare is that KP hasn't played a ton of C in his career and while he's tall he doesn't boast the same size as some of the top Cs in the game and if that gets exploited we could be in trouble
@@Shawn-Leider Warriors kept their future trying to sabotage themselves and Curry. Tanking, Wiseman, Poole, Kuminga.. nice job. Klay's contract was also very helpful
I hope we can scoop smart back up before the trade deadline he won’t be needed as much when Ja Morant comes back and I’d love him off the bench 6th man and I want him to win a chip with us!
@@jasonblaze5918 If they were able to package more draft capitol instead of trading him, they’d have depth. They’re bench is thinner, and KP isn’t exactly the picture of health either.
We all would have liked to keep the Time Lord if he could stay on the court. He is young and was/is injury prone, that won't get any better with age and wear and tear.
We traded a 6"8' injured guy who was scared to shoot the ball, for a 7"3' injured guy that can space the floor. Don't get me wrong I fuckin love Timelord, but this was a clear upgrade.
I am very excited about this Celtics team and thought the trades were great. Was really glad to learn aside from his basketball skills, Jrue has the rep as being great in the locker room. I think that Porzingis will blossom as a Celtic in a similar way that Robert Parrish did.
65-17 will be the best, and 58-25 will be the worst. This team will be good, but they will have to figure out how to tune this engine properly, fix the growing pains. Year 2 will obviously be the best, so when we go to our second champion ship in a row, we are gonna go 75-7 in the season
The chemistry on the floor seems to be developing quickly. A lot of roster changes, and most seem to be working out really well. After a starting five that stacks up against anyone, the bench looks deep and talented as well. Could be an outstanding year.
I'm truly and deeply sad to lose Smart and Rob but man..... goddamn this team looks the best it has in the JT & JB era, atleast on paper. If Tingus can give us 55 regular season games and stay even just 85% healthy for the playoffs....... there's gonna be championship parades in Boston. Ppl forget how fucking amazing Porzingis can be bc of Washington being mid and how he was basically limited to a spot up shooter for Luka to dish the rock to when he was in Dallas. Dude is gonna be unguardable as the third option behind Tatum and Brown, and Jrue is every bit as good on defense as Smart while actually being arguably better/more efficient/smarter (no pun intended) on offense, plus championship experience is never ever a bad thing to add to a contending roster....AND THEN you got D. White who always just plays winning-style team first basketball and hardly ever makes the wrong decision when he's on the floor. My only concern is health issues cuz they're unpredictable and the depth of the bench but even with that said, Pritchard has been hooping his mfking ass off in the pre season and Walsh has a pretty high ceiling for being such a late pick. This feels like the summer of 07-08 again. Goddamn I hope I'm not massively disappointed 😭☘️
Health is the biggest concern for Celtics, but that can probably be said about every NBA team. Jrue Holiday is going to thrive in his role as the 3rd or 4th best player on a STACKED team. Celtics are the favorite to me, offenes and defense should both be top 5.
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Being a first seed can be disappointing as everyone find out. It doesn't matter come playoff. As you know, first round exit against an 8th seed. If I was a bucks fan, I'm gonna be embarrassed to have high hope for now. Just let them play and expect less. New coach too.
every team in the east honestly are build only for the east except for the bucks and now that dame is part of it makes more interesting. all other teams just reminds you the finals serries between denver vs. miami, finals between Lakers vs. Sixers, finals between spurs vs. Cavs ....
Listen, Heat are the still the defending conference champions until further notice. We didn’t break anything up; just focused all summer on becoming even bigger dawgs than we already were. These teams will still have to find an identity and chemistry; the Heat don’t need to do that.
these types of desperate comments are already getting old. No Strus & Vincent playing over their heads for 5 game spurts after a whole year of Heat sandbagging. 😂
All good, but I’m not sure how you leave Pritchard and Hauser out of the conversation. This team is 8 deep and should easily be the best 3 point shooting team in the league based on their open looks and skills. Pritchard has looked insane this pre-season and his defense has definitely improved.
You can basically say that KP is an upgrade from Rob Williams, and Jrue Holladay is an upgrade from Marcus Smart. Now payton Pritchard will take some of brogdon minutes, houser will have more minutes and the other players that came from Indiana and hornets will play into bench role. Celtics are still too small in the center position, I say go get dwight howard for cheap.
I think defensively Porzingis won't be too much of a step down from Rob, because he's going to play that free safety shot blocker role that Rob did. He's a good shot blocker, and there isn't many teams that have 2 bigs (as in guys you couldn't put someone like JT on) that are both good shooters/iso players, You'll be able to let KP play off one of them with Al taking the Embiid/Giannis types. I imagine Al gets the start over White against teams that have dominant bigs like that. Porzingis' length and hight should be able to make up for some of his technical shortcomings on that end. And going from Smart to Jrue defensively is about as close to a wash as you're going to find. And all that combined with the unquestionably improved offense makes them the clear favorites in my eyes. Dame and Giannis are both great, but JT is right there on Giannis's level and JB isn't far behind Dame. Then comparing the rest of the rosters is not even close. Miami had a great run last year but they took a big step back, and Philly isnt looking to great either. There hasn't been any real contenders in the east other than those 4 recently, and 2 of those 4 got worse. The Bucks/Celtics ECF is going to be insane.
I think ISO ball has been the Achilles heal of this team. If Jrue and KP can change this equation, it's chip time for sure. If not, I see us losing in the conference finals again.
Think about it Jrue is your 4th or 5th option at 20ppg……. Everyone talks about the bucks but Giannis can’t guard Tatum at the perimeter… lopez can’t guard Kp at the perimeter.. it’s going to be a lot of slashing or Kp will do like Jokic did this past year, sit at the top and u either guard him or he starts hitting uncontested 3’s
Players who used to be on a team are always dangerous. I feel like players play extra against former teams. Jrue wants to go in to Milwaukee and beat them.
being a celtics fan its bitter sweet. i love marcus smart but jrue holiday is an upgrade. we could say they are even at defense and jrue is slightly better offensivley. on the other hand, while kristaps is prbably undervalues on defense he is still a downgrade from timelord. IF rob will coulda stood healthy he woulda been the best defensive bigman in the league by a wide margin. if you go back you will hear all the celtics players saying the same, how undervalued rob will was and just how impactful his defense is. just 20 min a night from rob will was enough to boost us to #3 in the league, and yes he was the core of our defense. Overall though, i think its an upgrade, while jb and jt are on the court we dont need porzingis to do everything timelord used to do, just protect the rim enough to deter drives that beat us which isnt often with how good our permiter defense is. Plus the offense has improved on a lot of levels.. if we can maintain our defenive identity like the last 4 games of the ECF against the heat, we will be fine. Offense will come. i think last year joe focused too much on offense while the year before ime too much on defense. Hopefully this will be the figure it out year, although i think it had to be that even if we didnt make any trades at all.
From that starting line up I don’t see anyone guarding Giannis or Brook Lopez Porzingis will get dunked on multiple times FOR SURE as well as my boo Al Horford ( love his game)
That's a two way street though. Who's guarding Jrue, Brown and Tatum? Is Giannis or Brook really going to follow Kristaps out to the 3pt line and allow themselves to be taken out of the paint?
yup and giannis is guarding tatum both him and kp stretch them out liliard guarding holiday? lol whos guarding brown mabey if you force him left but hes just way better then pat cunningham @@Bretde1
@@GodsProphet23 People trash on Brown, but the reality is that he's an all star and all NBA player. No one on that team is slowing him down. Especially now that they have a PG who can facilitate the offense. And you're right. Dame is going to get embarrassed trying to guard Jrue
I think that the Celtics will play major minutes with just one big on the floor (Horford/Porzingis). The Celtics and Bucks will both be more fun to watch this year. In 2022, they played a seven games series in the ECF, and the losing team broke 100 points only three times. Slugfest. This will be better.
It's going to be all offense now. Celtics are going to chuck lots of 3's and the Bucks are just going to run Giannis/Dame PnR until the wheels fall off.
If they can stay healthy and figure out their chemistry early, this is a 60 win team and *should* be a favorite for the title. Best roster since 2008 by far.
Celtics gonna have Injury issue in my opinion the load Tatum and Brown and Jrue defense intensity it's just too much on Stars especially with the resting players rule the NBA implemented it's gonna be hard for them to stay healthy not to mention Porzingis durability.
the only people that are saying this trade is bad are sixers and bucks fans that are scared, if you think smart brogdon and rob can have nearly the same amount of impact as kp n jrue your smoking crack, celtics are better just injury prone
Wasn’t Holliday more exposed last year just bc he didn’t have much help? As a fourth option he won’t have as much pressure to shoot and can focus on distributing and, most importantly in my mind, being that guy who’s “been there”. They needed a guy with a ring who understands what it takes to win. Now they just need to improve on Luke Kornets spot on this roster. That dude is BARELY an NBA player nevermind a piece on a championship contender
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He went from dark green (Milwaukee bucks) to money green (Celtics ).
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As a Celtics fan I’m really excited and can’t wait to watch. Don’t wanna set too high of expectations you know but hoping for no serious injuries and gradual gelling up into the playoffs
Also a Celtics fan. I'm excited for the season in general. I can't remember the last time there has been 6 teams with a legit chance at the title entering a season. Denver probably remains the favorite, but Phoenix, GS, LA, Bos, Mil and then teams like Miami are still threats. Its a really interesting year that should be fun to watch.
As a Celtics fan, I swear we're the best team in the league now. The only question is how will we adapt to guarding the giants of the NBA, being Embiid, Jokic, and Giannis. When they're in, if we go big with Jrue, Brown, Tatum, Horford, and Porzingis, I think we're very very solid. 60 win season imo
This will probably be our most dynamic starting 5 since '08. Porzingis can play both sides and is an efficient 3pt shooting big man. Holiday is a true 2 way PG. Love and gonna miss Smart, but Holiday is solid on defense and Smart just isnt as good offensively as Holiday is.
I just want everyone to stay healthy and not get hurt. Injuries end championship contention. Good luck Celtics!
I think both Bucks and Celtics got the players fit on their system
Top 6 Celtics players are all 2 way players, can’t say the same about the bucks
@@King_Julixnn1talk about biased☠️ Jrue is not a great scorer, disappears in the playoffs. Let Jimmy drop 30,40,50 in 1 series. White is average scorer at best☠️ and a good defender for anyone shorter than him. Kristaps is made of glass, you “tap” him and he’s done. Not a good defender at all. LOLLLLL you must be 12☠️☠️☠️☠️
@@chocolatemeplease Lol Relax. Kristaps, Jrue (1st all NBA Defensive Team), and White (2nd All NBA Defensive Team) are going to be 3rd, 4th, and 5th option scorers in Boston. They don't have to be great scorers with the Jays on the court. One series vs Heat is not a good example of how good of a defender Jrue is, and Kristaps is top 5 defending the Pick and Roll and a top 10 rim protector (look it up) and has played more games that Smart and R. Williams in the last 2 seasons. Now tell me, who in MIL is going to defend all those scoring options?? LOL You're just writing stuff in the internet without doing the research LOLLLLLL you must be 10☠☠☠☠☠☠
@@chocolatemeplease either u conveniently pick and choose small samples that support ur argument and ignore the main ones or ur a casual fan bro it’s that simple.
5 of the 6 core players need to be healthy in the playoffs. That's about all they need to win.
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Yeah and it'll be interesting to see if they take advantage of the buyout market. 2008 team was notoriously top heavy but they did a great job grabbing people like Ed House, Posey, brown and Cassell.
That’s for every team
@@michaelcorcoran8768 Eddie house was clutch
Lol. Game 7 down by 1 jaylen brown inexplicably has the ball in his hands ...............nope
Being a Bucks fan it hurts to see Jrue go, but the scoring Dame brings with him was desperately needed, and at least Jrue went to Boston, where his skills are also a perfect fit for what that team needs, so he's almost guaranteed success.
(Obviously, it's not great having your biggest rival, who already have an insane team, get one of your best players. But, it's better than seeing him go to some garbage team and be stuck there unhappy, after he did so much for Milwaukee.)
As a Boston fan I look forward to our games. Im sure theyll be hype this year.
Bro what ! Y'all got Mr. 30 feet bomb Mr. Clutch himself. Just think about if that was Jimmy vs Lillard last season. I bet they don't lose to the heats. I mean my squad GSW was still going to spank that azz, but hey they beat the 8th seed..
@@Datguy-k7syour team since when 2016 .? 😂
Lillard is NOT BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN JRUE IMAGINE LILLARD DEFENDING BOOKER AND PAUL IN THE FINAL FOR 42 MINUTES 7 GAMES THINK ABOUT THAT IS GIANNIS WAS NOT HURTS AND MADE THEIR FREE THROW WE WERE TALKING DIFFERENT
@@mannydaprofit2869 Nice try but I'm from San Francisco, so I was there when we sucked. Carry on mate, any other questions, who's your team by the way .
I think Celtics improved both sides of the ball and it’s crazy they are not considered the favorites to win it all. Bucks I think got worse defensively and with the past injuries their roster has suffered if they lose even 1 piece of their starting 5 I think they struggle.
Tired of hearing the defense arguments. This team was the best defense in the NBA 2 out of 3 years with Eric Bledsoe…they will be fine.
Because jayson and jalen always find a way to drop the ball on big stage
I love Celtics fans. They'll say some of the dumbest homer stuff and then put some sort of logical stamp of approval like, "show me where bill Simmons lied" 🤓🤓🤓
Bucks got worse defensively with losing Jrue but still have 2 time defensive player of the year in Giannis and Lopez and Portis covering Lillards poor defense. Meanwhile their offense has just gotten 10x better. Teams won’t be able to double up on Giannis anymore. Who are you gonna stop covering? Lillard? Middleton? Lopez? No chance.
@@billybobby5247delusional celtics fans😂 always think chip is their birth rights
I personally think the bench is underrated man. No big names but they got players that fit what they want to do. 3 and D players who can come in contribute without stepping on toes while providing energy
I agree 100%. Unfortunately, they wont get much playing time. They need to make another trade or two ASAP as the season is about to start. Pritchard needs to be traded.
Thank you they will have plenty playing time on bench to prevent injuries fourth quarters will be owned by Bostons bench just watch
pritchard doesnt need to be traded theirs a reason why the Celtics kept him and from the bench unit he can initiate an offense@@bobtraudt6114
The floor spacing is gonna be insane this year with the amount of perimeter shooting Boston has
If Kristaps Porzingis stay healthy & consistent 2024 playoffs Boston Celtics big chance get #18 banner
Lol that's a big if. Boston will understand how bad they screwed up when embiid and bam go off for 40 against porzingas and old manford
you don't know ball if you think A. Bam will score 40 on anybody, and B. Embiid has a shot to even score 20 on Al Horford. It has consistently been proven that Big AL is one of the best Embiid/Giannis defenders.@@billybobby5247
@@billybobby5247horford is always the one who defends giannis and embiid you 🤡 lol
To see is to believe. Let the two Jays perform and we can talk about post season next Spring.
Brad Stevens has brass balls… just look at the roster turnover since he took over…. Gone are the Langford and Neismith days
I’m nervous about KP, I think his health will influence a lot of their success just due to their lack of backup in his position. I think if he stays healthy, they easily win 55+
Personally if he plays like 35+ games and is healthy for the playoffs I don’t really care too much about our regular season record if they can preserve him and the others for when it really matters
@@jasonrodriguez900don’t need him regular szn fr I think he goin miss alot of games for rest not injury
@@JeebyTube ya and I’m totally ok with that tbh
people say this but this statement goes the same way with the bucks. Over the past 4 years kristaps has played 216 games and dame has played 220. Both got their injury concerns and it will be worse if bucks lose their second best player than the celtics losing their 3rd or 4th best player.
@@mooseking7776if he goes down our bigs will then be Horford / Kornett 🙌…. Still not bad with this team construction
Hoop digest good commentary good analysis. I’m not a Celtics fan, but I’m an NBA fan. My favorite team is the Lakers. But I have to give Brad Stevens a lot of credit of what he did to remolding the Celtics team. Picking up Jrue Holliday. Was magnificent in my opinion. But how they play him if he’s going to be the starting point guard or will you play beside Jaylen Brown, or will white play beside him they have endless combinations. And if they use Khristophe Porziņģis as a defensive of anchor, it will be interesting from the defensive of perspective. But I’m wondering how does Al Horford play into this. If they can avoid injuries like everything, it should be quite the exciting year for the Celtics. I’m looking forward to seeing them in the Milwaukee Bucks go at it.
love seeing basketball fans put aside rivalries to talk pure hoops. too much nba discourse these days is littered with incredibly biased takes, making most of whats posted on social media unreadable and unserious.
Hopefully Horford doesn't play much into it. The guy is pretty washed. I have more faith in Luke Kornet LOL
As long as egos are in check and everyone plays and sacrifices for each other and the bigger goal being the nba championship if Celtics can figure that out early than this Celtics team is the best team in the world rn.
I want to say Jrue is Marcus Smart with offense, but that's not exactly fair since Smart can guard all 5 positions. I'd say Jrue is a bigger, more accomplished Derrick White. Which is great. But it still sucks losing Time Lord unless KP can really disrupt at the 5 (unlikely).
Yea they’re gonna blow teams out most of the season66-16
PG: Jrue Holiday
SG: Jaylen Brown
SF: Jayson Tatum
PF: Kristaps Porzingis
C: AL Horford
6th Man: Derrick White
Bring Horford of the bench for Center depth.
@codyking3825 I think Horford and White will be interchangeable according to match ups.
I think white will start more to help keep Horford fresher throughout the season
“Celtics need another big, Celtics need size” Tell me you haven’t actually looked at their roster without telling me
Didn't they just sign Wenyan
Gabriel.
@@codyking3825yes
They have a dude who’s 7’4 and horford
They Brisset, KP, Al, Gabriel and Kornet
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I think this is the first banner year.
The moves made seems so much sense.
Both players and non players.
I think if the injuries will be minor or none and they can build up the chemistry... Banner 18 is coming.
Mission accomplished, onto the next back-to-back champ
This has me so ready for the season and didn't even mention our rook Jordan Walsh he's that guy especially defensively such a sleeper pick
I love the Grit and Gristle that is Marcus Smart.. So now I have to add the Grizz to my watch list. Jrue Holiday (and his older partnner in crime Matthews) were awesome in Milwakee.. and when I found out we got him, I relaxed. We have lost defense.. but perhaps not overall depending on how Porzingus does. But we've upgraded BIG TIME on offense. I can't wait.
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As a celtics fan im super happy to see a few of these pieces as I feel they fit very well, my only scare is that KP hasn't played a ton of C in his career and while he's tall he doesn't boast the same size as some of the top Cs in the game and if that gets exploited we could be in trouble
Love when teams are trying to get better. Props to Celtics, Bucks, Suns FO's
(Warriors FO is the worst every year since 2017)
Ya but they threw away there future. They have 12 mil now to fill out there bench next season
@@Shawn-Leider Warriors kept their future trying to sabotage themselves and Curry.
Tanking, Wiseman, Poole, Kuminga.. nice job. Klay's contract was also very helpful
Kings had worse FO 😂 go Celtics
How did u not mention lakers lol
If they play hungry and stay fairly healthy, they can win 70+ games
I hope we can scoop smart back up before the trade deadline he won’t be needed as much when Ja Morant comes back and I’d love him off the bench 6th man and I want him to win a chip with us!
Everything looks good on paper, talk to me after the season.
Let's GO Celtics
Would've been more comfortable had they kept Robert Williams
Played 35 games last year
@@jasonblaze5918 If they were able to package more draft capitol instead of trading him, they’d have depth. They’re bench is thinner, and KP isn’t exactly the picture of health either.
We all would have liked to keep the Time Lord if he could stay on the court. He is young and was/is injury prone, that won't get any better with age and wear and tear.
@@GoTazR fair nuff
We traded a 6"8' injured guy who was scared to shoot the ball, for a 7"3' injured guy that can space the floor. Don't get me wrong I fuckin love Timelord, but this was a clear upgrade.
I am very excited about this Celtics team and thought the trades were great. Was really glad to learn aside from his basketball skills, Jrue has the rep as being great in the locker room. I think that Porzingis will blossom as a Celtic in a similar way that Robert Parrish did.
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65-17 will be the best, and 58-25 will be the worst. This team will be good, but they will have to figure out how to tune this engine properly, fix the growing pains. Year 2 will obviously be the best, so when we go to our second champion ship in a row, we are gonna go 75-7 in the season
WE....?
monstrous team
The chemistry on the floor seems to be developing quickly. A lot of roster changes, and most seem to be working out really well. After a starting five that stacks up against anyone, the bench looks deep and talented as well. Could be an outstanding year.
I will donate any muscles or ligaments, any other body part needed to keep this team rolling this year. Can’t promise for exact fit.
white, holiday, brown, Tatum, zing
I’m thinking would be best lineup
Yeah and probably is the best for keeping everyone's ego and check as well. You can obviously stagger the rotation as much as you want.
The bucks vs celtics conference finals is gona be epic!
I'm truly and deeply sad to lose Smart and Rob but man..... goddamn this team looks the best it has in the JT & JB era, atleast on paper. If Tingus can give us 55 regular season games and stay even just 85% healthy for the playoffs....... there's gonna be championship parades in Boston. Ppl forget how fucking amazing Porzingis can be bc of Washington being mid and how he was basically limited to a spot up shooter for Luka to dish the rock to when he was in Dallas.
Dude is gonna be unguardable as the third option behind Tatum and Brown, and Jrue is every bit as good on defense as Smart while actually being arguably better/more efficient/smarter (no pun intended) on offense, plus championship experience is never ever a bad thing to add to a contending roster....AND THEN you got D. White who always just plays winning-style team first basketball and hardly ever makes the wrong decision when he's on the floor. My only concern is health issues cuz they're unpredictable and the depth of the bench but even with that said, Pritchard has been hooping his mfking ass off in the pre season and Walsh has a pretty high ceiling for being such a late pick.
This feels like the summer of 07-08 again. Goddamn I hope I'm not massively disappointed 😭☘️
Health is the biggest concern for Celtics, but that can probably be said about every NBA team.
Jrue Holiday is going to thrive in his role as the 3rd or 4th best player on a STACKED team. Celtics are the favorite to me, offenes and defense should both be top 5.
I've been a Celtics fan since 1960, and all I can say right now is: 'It's early'.
I am so hyped for this season! It was tough to lose Smart, Rob Williams, Grant Williams, and Brogdon, but to get Porzingis and Holiday was worth it
It apears that as good as the starting 5 will be, the bench will suprise many their going to RUN and ATTACK the basket.
ONE THING I CAN SAY IT BANNER 18!!
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I like this new look, but I’m worried as far as depth goes. Assuming there’s a long playoff run, Al Horford will turn 38.
When healthy, they are going to be real tough to beat. My only concern is the bench. Maybe move brown to come off the bench??
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Record prediction this year 61-21
Being a first seed can be disappointing as everyone find out. It doesn't matter come playoff. As you know, first round exit against an 8th seed. If I was a bucks fan, I'm gonna be embarrassed to have high hope for now. Just let them play and expect less. New coach too.
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every team in the east honestly are build only for the east except for the bucks and now that dame is part of it makes more interesting. all other teams just reminds you the finals serries between denver vs. miami, finals between Lakers vs. Sixers, finals between spurs vs. Cavs ....
Listen, Heat are the still the defending conference champions until further notice. We didn’t break anything up; just focused all summer on becoming even bigger dawgs than we already were. These teams will still have to find an identity and chemistry; the Heat don’t need to do that.
these types of desperate comments are already getting old. No Strus & Vincent playing over their heads for 5 game spurts after a whole year of Heat sandbagging. 😂
Celtics / Bucks could make for some FANTASTIC Play off games this season should their stars be healthy at playoff time. 🏀
All good, but I’m not sure how you leave Pritchard and Hauser out of the conversation. This team is 8 deep and should easily be the best 3 point shooting team in the league based on their open looks and skills. Pritchard has looked insane this pre-season and his defense has definitely improved.
I am afraid the Celts will lack the bulk to stop a big guy like Embiid or Giannis. Porzsingis is an upgrade from Horoford, but will he be enough ?
You can basically say that KP is an upgrade from Rob Williams, and Jrue Holladay is an upgrade from Marcus Smart. Now payton Pritchard will take some of brogdon minutes, houser will have more minutes and the other players that came from Indiana and hornets will play into bench role. Celtics are still too small in the center position, I say go get dwight howard for cheap.
Celtics have 7 3 porzingus, 6 11 horford and 7 2 kornet at center...
How is that too small?
@SabrinaRoseLewis I mean more like a rim protector. Kp,Horford, and especially Luke aren't rim protectors.
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KP was the second best rim protector in the NBA!!!
Go to bed dude
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Pray for healthy c’s
How did they end up w tatum brown porzingis and jrue in one team?
Injuries are my only worry if they can stay healthy this is the best team in the league by a mile
I think defensively Porzingis won't be too much of a step down from Rob, because he's going to play that free safety shot blocker role that Rob did. He's a good shot blocker, and there isn't many teams that have 2 bigs (as in guys you couldn't put someone like JT on) that are both good shooters/iso players, You'll be able to let KP play off one of them with Al taking the Embiid/Giannis types. I imagine Al gets the start over White against teams that have dominant bigs like that. Porzingis' length and hight should be able to make up for some of his technical shortcomings on that end. And going from Smart to Jrue defensively is about as close to a wash as you're going to find. And all that combined with the unquestionably improved offense makes them the clear favorites in my eyes. Dame and Giannis are both great, but JT is right there on Giannis's level and JB isn't far behind Dame. Then comparing the rest of the rosters is not even close. Miami had a great run last year but they took a big step back, and Philly isnt looking to great either. There hasn't been any real contenders in the east other than those 4 recently, and 2 of those 4 got worse. The Bucks/Celtics ECF is going to be insane.
I think ISO ball has been the Achilles heal of this team. If Jrue and KP can change this equation, it's chip time for sure. If not, I see us losing in the conference finals again.
Think about it Jrue is your 4th or 5th option at 20ppg……. Everyone talks about the bucks but Giannis can’t guard Tatum at the perimeter… lopez can’t guard Kp at the perimeter.. it’s going to be a lot of slashing or Kp will do like Jokic did this past year, sit at the top and u either guard him or he starts hitting uncontested 3’s
Derrick White will be coming off the bench.
Bucks made a huge huge mistake letting Jrue go, Dam is good but can't play defense to save his life.
celtics are going to be really good and fun to watch. I'm jealous of boston
Players who used to be on a team are always dangerous. I feel like players play extra against former teams. Jrue wants to go in to Milwaukee and beat them.
invite everything to the hole for a KP block party💪🏾
being a celtics fan its bitter sweet. i love marcus smart but jrue holiday is an upgrade. we could say they are even at defense and jrue is slightly better offensivley.
on the other hand, while kristaps is prbably undervalues on defense he is still a downgrade from timelord. IF rob will coulda stood healthy he woulda been the best defensive bigman in the league by a wide margin. if you go back you will hear all the celtics players saying the same, how undervalued rob will was and just how impactful his defense is. just 20 min a night from rob will was enough to boost us to #3 in the league, and yes he was the core of our defense.
Overall though, i think its an upgrade, while jb and jt are on the court we dont need porzingis to do everything timelord used to do, just protect the rim enough to deter drives that beat us which isnt often with how good our permiter defense is. Plus the offense has improved on a lot of levels.. if we can maintain our defenive identity like the last 4 games of the ECF against the heat, we will be fine. Offense will come. i think last year joe focused too much on offense while the year before ime too much on defense. Hopefully this will be the figure it out year, although i think it had to be that even if we didnt make any trades at all.
From that starting line up I don’t see anyone guarding Giannis or Brook Lopez Porzingis will get dunked on multiple times FOR SURE as well as my boo Al Horford ( love his game)
That's a two way street though. Who's guarding Jrue, Brown and Tatum? Is Giannis or Brook really going to follow Kristaps out to the 3pt line and allow themselves to be taken out of the paint?
yup and giannis is guarding tatum both him and kp stretch them out liliard guarding holiday? lol whos guarding brown mabey if you force him left but hes just way better then pat cunningham @@Bretde1
@@GodsProphet23 People trash on Brown, but the reality is that he's an all star and all NBA player. No one on that team is slowing him down. Especially now that they have a PG who can facilitate the offense.
And you're right. Dame is going to get embarrassed trying to guard Jrue
I think that the Celtics will play major minutes with just one big on the floor (Horford/Porzingis). The Celtics and Bucks will both be more fun to watch this year. In 2022, they played a seven games series in the ECF, and the losing team broke 100 points only three times. Slugfest. This will be better.
It's going to be all offense now. Celtics are going to chuck lots of 3's and the Bucks are just going to run Giannis/Dame PnR until the wheels fall off.
They'll definitely run double big against the liked of Alphabet soup and Embiitch. But yeah, that backcourt duo of White/Holiday is unparalleled
Kp will get so many open looks
If they can stay healthy and figure out their chemistry early, this is a 60 win team and *should* be a favorite for the title. Best roster since 2008 by far.
Celtics gonna have Injury issue in my opinion the load Tatum and Brown and Jrue defense intensity it's just too much on Stars especially with the resting players rule the NBA implemented it's gonna be hard for them to stay healthy not to mention Porzingis durability.
Coming from Lakers fan Celtics healthy are the best if coached right. Crazy deep
If the Cs stay healthy this is easily a 60-65 game winning team.
thats crazy because i just traded for him on my nba 2k24 franchise celtics team! Wow!
We cooking roy just need depth
Well, now we all know what the Celtics are doing. We are winning the championship.
Celtics need a 3rd big man. Luke won’t cut it. Hope the rookie can play immediately as well.
Porzingis will be injured before playoffs.
They signed wenyen Gabriel, and Neemias Queta a 7footer who was one of the best g league bigs.
If I have see a video like this again with no ring I’m gonna be sick
Boston is not the most positionless basketball team in the league. That title belongs to the OKC SuperSonics.
@tayh3168 I would have guess the Golden State Warriors
Our, Team should get up, to 63 + wins, Easily. Anything Less, than that's, pretty Atrocious. Too stacked!
Yea but we also got KP 😂 we getting 18. Watch. Probably 19 too. Back to back
64-18 as long as we stay healthy.
the only people that are saying this trade is bad are sixers and bucks fans that are scared, if you think smart brogdon and rob can have nearly the same amount of impact as kp n jrue your smoking crack, celtics are better just injury prone
I love boston, and I always believe their roster is solid, but this starting is downright scary
Nah, they got a big hole in the middle. Al is old and always injured
Al horford is never injured, he's played 43 out 44 games of the past two years in the playoffs. SMH people just be saying stuff with no idea.
We’re going to be the best team 82-0
Wow. You know big words.
with rob williams barely playing and smart being inconsistent on both sides of the ball i think the celtics got better on offense and defense
66-16
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If Celtics stay as healthy as last year we gota 🏆 championship coming💯
65-17
83-25 and a title
This team will go 63-19
Staying healthy is #1 and then tHE 18TH CHIP WILL BE IN BOSTON THIS SUMMER
Celtics vs bucks 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Celtics either are healthy and win a chip or someone gets hurt and they don’t. That simple.
Even healthy Lebron claps those cheeks homie
1v5 easy
Wasn’t Holliday more exposed last year just bc he didn’t have much help? As a fourth option he won’t have as much pressure to shoot and can focus on distributing and, most importantly in my mind, being that guy who’s “been there”. They needed a guy with a ring who understands what it takes to win. Now they just need to improve on Luke Kornets spot on this roster. That dude is BARELY an NBA player nevermind a piece on a championship contender
Chemistry. Winning cures almost everything but the Celtics' historical claim to fame is team play. Looks good from here, though. We shall see.