Kip Smithers Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 i know it was against us but man their defense down the stretch had me little faith we would score. Now I don't think their defense will amount to anything because they still have no answer for LeBron and the Warriors don't get me started with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 9 hours ago, seminoles1 said: It just really makes you wonder how good this Boston team would have been if Hayward didn't get hurt. Certainly would have help them offensively, which I think will be their ultimate downfall. Defensively they are really good regardless if they regress some or not. That's a legitimate top 3-5 unit period. Offensively though they still struggle at times. Hayward would have given Kyrie more space and help take some attention away from him. Interested in seeing how they fare against the Dubs tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Got to think if Hayward was still playing if they wouldn't be at 15-0 right now. Such a good team and not showing any signs of slowing down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Dillon Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 9 minutes ago, tom cody said: Got to think if Hayward was still playing if they wouldn't be at 15-0 right now. Such a good team and not showing any signs of slowing down. They have a great system, its Spurs like, but they have also only played 2 western conference playoff teams, one is a dysfunctional Thunder team and the other was the Spurs without Leonard. I dont buy this team making the finals without Hayward. Thursday will be a great look at where they are at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Dillon Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 In November James Harden is averaging 36/11/5 shooting 46/42/86 thats a nice little month Harden has going. If CP3 wasnt about to join the team, I would say that Harden is going to come close to leading the league in points and assists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 36 minutes ago, Pastor Dillon said: They have a great system, its Spurs like, but they have also only played 2 western conference playoff teams, one is a dysfunctional Thunder team and the other was the Spurs without Leonard. I dont buy this team making the finals without Hayward. Thursday will be a great look at where they are at. Celtics are a top 3 NBA team without Hayward tbh. Stevens is the 2nd best coach in the league right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 It's still hard to buy the Celtics going to the Finals and that's only because of LeBron James. Everything else leans in favor of the Celtics. LeBron is that great, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon Ducks Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 LeBron in 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonanza23 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Thanks for the favor you guys gave us last night bahstun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyronnosaurus Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 6 minutes ago, tonyto36 said: I think people are only buying this because of past years where Lebron turned it on. There's some huge differences though. 1. Celtics are much better than anyone not named the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference for the past several years. 2. This Cavaliers team is much worse than past teams 3. The Cavaliers have a ton of new, poor defensive, poor floor spacing pieces, that are attached to old guys who are used to being the guy and pounding the ball (Rose, Wade). The rest are either just horrible on defense (Korver, IT, Love, Frye), or terribly inconsistent (Smith, Shumpert, Green, Crowder, Thompson). The teams' defense is worse than last year and they don't have nearly the same scoring or shooting they did. 4. Lebron is older. He's such an athletic freak that it usually doesn't matter, but he can't go 48 minutes and destroy teams like he used to anymore. 5. The Celtics are the first team in the East since the 2007 Celtics that have the wings/defense to guard Lebron. Jaylen, Morris, Tatum, Horford, Smart, are all capable of taking a rotation guarding Lebron and not getting obliterated. Jaylen in particular has become an all-nba defense calibre guy. 6. Kyrie has owned IT in the playoffs. IT can not keep up with Kyrie on defense and Kyrie is capable of limiting IT, especially with the rim protection we now have which IT has really struggled against in the playoffs when bigs get away with more. I'm sure Lebron will "turn it on" in the playoffs and have some monster statistical games, but I don't think that's about 95% of what he was last year, his team is much worse, and the Celtics are much better. Celtics win vs Cavaliers in 6. What makes you think Kyrie can keep up with Thomas? Not a fan of either but Kyrie is abysmal on defense as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonanza23 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 1 hour ago, tonyto36 said: It's going to be hilarious when they get a top 5 slot and then fall to 10th overall. That’s fine. Still the highest pick I’ve seen in awhile, you know being in the finals and all that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubs10 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 11 minutes ago, Bonanza23 said: That’s fine. Still the highest pick I’ve seen in awhile, you know being in the finals and all that You guys had the number one pick like 4 years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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