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Post by Admin on Nov 27, 2023 15:18:40 GMT -5
Mazzulla said pregame Sunday that Porzingis will likely be out for roughly a week, which will keep him out for the foreseeable future. He noted Monday that they’re still taking it day-to-day and Porzingis is feeling a little better. For the most part, Mazzulla said he thinks the big man will be alright.
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Post by Admin on Nov 27, 2023 15:29:34 GMT -5
With the Celtics expected to be without Kristaps Porzingis for at least another week and Jrue Holiday’s availability for this week still uncertain, Mazzulla is eager to find out exactly what he has down the end of the bench.
If Mazzulla wants to continue keeping his bench rotation intact when injuries hit, Banton looks like a good candidate to fill the void and provide a more defensive complement to Boston’s starting five.
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Post by Admin on Nov 27, 2023 15:38:30 GMT -5
Neemias Queta makes most of opportunity ...
By Brian Robb | brobb@masslive.com
(AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)
The possibility Queta could push third-string center Luke Kornet for minutes emerged as a real question with his preseason play before Queta hurt his foot in the first week of the regular season. The seven-footer missed a few weeks of action due to that injury, limiting him to just one appearance on the year before Sunday’s matchup against the Hawks. With Kristaps Porzingis sidelined with a calf injury, an opportunity came knocking for the Portuguese center in a win against Atlanta on Sunday night. Kornet got the first crack at backup minutes on Sunday night but the game changed once Queta entered the game early in the second quarter. After a rough start, the former Kings big man dominated the glass, piling up 10 rebounds (6 offensive) in his first 10 minutes of action. The outburst sparked the Celtics to put together their second-best offensive rebounding night of the year, piling up 17 second chance points on 16 offensive rebounds in a 113-103 win. The performance earned the big man accolades from several members of the Celtics bench.
With Porzingis expected to miss at least a week of action, the Celtics will likely need to turn to Queta more, especially with the upcoming schedule. The Bulls come to town Tuesday with Nikola Vucevic and Joel Embiid will arrive at the TD Garden for the first time all year on Friday night. While Horford will draw the primary assignments against those bigs, the Celtics will need help on the glass against those teams, something that Queta can provide more than Kornet on the glass.
“I think that’s a little bit of what I bring to the table, being an offensive rebounder, being able to crash or attract a second defender to you on the offensive glass,” Queta said Sunday night. “I feel like it’s just one of those things I can help with. With all these guys, we all emphasize crashing. So it’s coming along really well for us. We want to keep going.”
Offensive rebounding is an area that Mazzulla is emphasizing much more this year as a way to manufacture points on nights the 3-point shooting isn’t falling. If Queta can improve on his finishing touch (3-of-8 from the field on Sunday), he could become a powerful weapon against smaller switching defenses like Atlanta. With Porzingis out for at least two more games, the fourth-year center has a chance to prove he’s worthy of minutes even when Boston’s full court returns to full strength.
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Post by puddin on Nov 27, 2023 15:43:48 GMT -5
For me, the Atlanta Hawks are unwatchable.
I will always remember the Hawks as the team best epitomized by a certain high flier who remains the face of their modern franchise and its greatest player and who played in Beantown for one deplorable, utterly forgettable year.
If there was ever a player whose style of play, body of work and makeup were totally unsuited to Celtic tradition and colors....
... well.... you know where I'm headed with this!
Pud
Wilkins would be welcome in Atlanta now. He at least went to the rim The Hawks are beyond watchable i agree.. They are lottery bound They just shoot loads of 3 pointers play poor defense and don't rebound. Kudos for everyone giving Mazz Zinger and Holiday rest.. I thought they were hurt... Guess not the MRI was probably fake never happened........... Zinger has no injury. Just a week vacation he's probably in Vegas playing black jack and picking up hookers at the strip clubs. KY was right.. We won but not a great game they came close could have went either way.... 'Nique was always welcome in Hotlanta.... still is the face of the franchise... and its game voice too!
They LUV'd his hot-diggity-dawg'n it!
Pud
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Post by Admin on Nov 27, 2023 16:07:55 GMT -5
HH continues to push their trade ideas and here they call for a replacement of one of our bench bigs despite the rebounding effort displayed by Queta vs the Hawks. Ok, a picture is worth a thousand words and it's obvious the writer was targeting Kornet for this story but jeesh, Kornet was pretty good in Orlando and Queta last night ... your timing (HH) sucks on this post even if you end up being right eventually.
Celtics to examine trade options to add to big-man depth given key deficiencies from non-guaranteed backup ... By Andrew Hughes
Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports
As NBC Sports Boston's Chris Forsberg relayed, the Boston Celtics will be exploring trade options to address their needs at the 5 given the team's rebounding issues when Kristaps Porzingis is off the floor and Luke Kornet is on it. "The Celtics’ lack of pure size is well-documented," Forsberg prefaced before saying, "The team is leaning heavy on 37-year-old Al Horford and the oft-injured Kristaps Porzingis. That has thrust Luke Kornet into a hefty role, and Boston’s defensive rebound rate is a team-worst 69.6 when he’s on the court. "We’ve long suspected the Celtics will examine options to add big-man depth before the trade deadline, if only to help ease the burden on their centers during the regular season. Kornet has had encouraging moments but second-chance opportunities have felt like back-breakers at times this season -- particularly when opponents are chipping away at runs." Boston Celtics have limited trade options outside of attaching draft picks to non-guaranteed contracts Just about any Celtics fan paying attention to the 2023-24 season thus far would resist to including any of Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis, both of whom couldn't be traded anyway due to their signed extensions, Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, and Derrick White; while trading Al Horford isn't an idea that has caught any traction following a slow start and a strong comeback in the past few weeks as a sixth man. With Payton Pritchard also off the table due to his own long-term re-signing, the Celtics have very limited assets to offer outside of cap relief and draft picks from now until the trade deadline. Brad Stevens has been creative in improving his roster every season since taking charge as President of Basketball Operations, but it looks like he'll have to focus more on the buyout market than the trade market as the calendar turns to 2024.
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Post by dfries13 on Nov 27, 2023 18:08:57 GMT -5
PP isn't off the table. Signing long term makes it more likely he's traded.
Kinda silly giving Mazz taking credit for playing two players who hardly ever play.. Did he have a choice?
Queta and Banton should get minutes most every game even if we have no injuries.
I'll even venture Kornet and PP are getting the minutes to make them attractive for a trade..
Banton does things PP can't an Queta has twice the upside of Kornet.. PP and Kornet rarely have a good game against a top team.. They only do fine when playing the bottom feeding teams....
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 27, 2023 18:39:13 GMT -5
I'll have to say I'm pretty well satisfied with Mazz! Came in, in a no win situation and went 57 and 25, and who knows what would have happened if Brogdon and Tatum hadn't gotten hurt. This season we're 13 and 4, so there's not a whole lot to complain about!
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Post by dfries13 on Nov 27, 2023 19:34:06 GMT -5
I'll have to say I'm pretty well satisfied with Mazz! Came in, in a no win situation and went 57 and 25, and who knows what would have happened if Brogdon and Tatum hadn't gotten hurt. This season we're 13 and 4, so there's not a whole lot to complain about! Is there anyone you never liked but Smart? . Pud and myself don't count... I have a list of many failures you supported mostly small guards over the past few years.... No win ? . We've been thu this before and even Cole corrected you. Last year was supposed to be our year.. Tatum played every game in the playoffs... Brogdon played in 19 out of 20... This season we hired two new coaches to coach Mazz.. Last year you bitched about Mazz more than once before and after the playoffs. I can dig up your comments they are here in black and white... What the hell do they put in the water down yonder?
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 27, 2023 21:32:49 GMT -5
The 6er's destroyed the Lakers tonight! LeBron -30!
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Post by hedleylamarr on Nov 28, 2023 10:01:30 GMT -5
Malcolm Brogdon - 36 mins - 24 points -starting role
Aaron Nesmith (same game) - 25 mins - 7 points - off the bench
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 28, 2023 11:03:16 GMT -5
Malcolm Brogdon - 36 mins - 24 points -starting role Aaron Nesmith (same game) - 25 mins - 7 points - off the bench I'm not sure that Holiday is much of an upgrade over Brogdon. Portland, even with Rwill out for the year, didn't lose this trade.
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 28, 2023 11:11:27 GMT -5
LeBron James didn't get a single rebound against the 6er's last night! I've heard he's counting it as another record!
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Post by Admin on Nov 28, 2023 11:44:09 GMT -5
Malcolm Brogdon - 36 mins - 24 points -starting role Aaron Nesmith (same game) - 25 mins - 7 points - off the bench
BAM!
Small sample size ... just saying.
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Post by Admin on Nov 28, 2023 11:52:04 GMT -5
The 6er's destroyed the Lakers tonight! LeBron -30!
and Morris Sr had 16pts on 4-5 from three!
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Post by hedleylamarr on Nov 28, 2023 12:05:52 GMT -5
Malcolm Brogdon - 36 mins - 24 points -starting role Aaron Nesmith (same game) - 25 mins - 7 points - off the bench
BAM!
Small sample size ... just saying.
Agree - but I think over the long haul, Brogdon > Nesmith, and Holiday > Brogdon.
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Post by hedleylamarr on Nov 28, 2023 12:15:21 GMT -5
Excuse me for venting, but who, in the Good Christ, does LeBron James think he is, opening his own museum, dedicated to him?
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 28, 2023 12:28:37 GMT -5
Excuse me for venting, but who, in the Good Christ, does LeBron James think he is, opening his own museum, dedicated to him? Well, he refers to himself as King.
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Post by cole on Nov 28, 2023 15:29:53 GMT -5
Malcolm Brogdon - 36 mins - 24 points -starting role Aaron Nesmith (same game) - 25 mins - 7 points - off the bench I'm not sure that Holiday is much of an upgrade over Brogdon. Portland, even with Rwill out for the year, didn't lose this trade. I'm 99% sure that trade only happened because they failed on the first trade. If it had just been for Smart originally, I suppose we'd have kept brogdon. But then we'll have to see in hindsight who can stay healthy
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Post by Cabutan on Nov 28, 2023 17:49:36 GMT -5
I'm not sure that Holiday is much of an upgrade over Brogdon. Portland, even with Rwill out for the year, didn't lose this trade. I'm 99% sure that trade only happened because they failed on the first trade. If it had just been for Smart originally, I suppose we'd have kept brogdon. But then we'll have to see in hindsight who can stay healthy meh. He is gone because he couldnt keep himself healthy.
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Post by Cabutan on Nov 28, 2023 17:50:31 GMT -5
Malcolm Brogdon - 36 mins - 24 points -starting role Aaron Nesmith (same game) - 25 mins - 7 points - off the bench broken record 😂 Brogdon, the difference maker. Gone in a year.
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Post by cole on Nov 28, 2023 17:57:46 GMT -5
Malcolm Brogdon - 36 mins - 24 points -starting role Aaron Nesmith (same game) - 25 mins - 7 points - off the bench broken record 😂 Brogdon, the difference maker. Gone in a year. He was 6th man of the year. I believed to the end
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Post by Admin on Nov 28, 2023 18:12:57 GMT -5
New Game Thread Is Up ...
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