I’ve never seen him say that ever

I’m mostly taking the piss out of DM and Corey

Bring on the Pistons

Might actually be a challenge compared to this LOL

Lol not sure I ever said that, but I did knock on the team early on in the year, so I do understand where you're coming from....

9 in a row. Good job taking care of all these injured teams that we couldn't beat early in the year

Hope Timelord is ok

This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on Feb 16 2022 12:14am

Nn subtle shots at Corey

Just call him a red headed virgin and get it over and done with

It is and it isn't though

Threw so many games such as Knicks 2x, Wiz 2x, Clippers, Spurs, Blazers, Twolves reserve squad etc...

Now they are smashing such teams and taking full advantage of the injured teams too

This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on Feb 16 2022 12:46am

You’re not wrong, we should be hovering around the .650 mark and putting a stamp on the 1 seed but now we will battling for a home first round series

At least we are making a run, was worried we wouldn’t even make finals a couple months ago

That’s what pisses us off though.

Took this fucking long for them to finally start playing together?

We already knew the defensive potential was always there.

So sad it took this long for them all to buy in to whatever potato head is selling.

Smart and Brown 100% finally changed their play and it’s been different ever since.

Oh, and let me apologize to Udokgod. I too am sold

I think every Celtics fan owes an apology to Udokgod. To his credit, he persisted with his defensive scheme through the rough start to the season and now it’s beginning to flourish. His offense looks so much better too, deep passes into the paint to Tatum who are switched onto smalls are exceptional, and it really works well now with White in the team who has that solid all round offensive game (unlike Richardson who was a sloppy passer)

We can only get better offensively too. Law of averages says Tatum and Brown can only improve their shooting numbers from here.

Unfortunately, the all star break has come at a bad time for us. I hope it doesn’t kill the momentum we have going, and we can pickup from where we left off. We already know that Tatum is a different animal post all star, so hopefully it continues.

And I wonder how long it takes for other teams to start mimicking his defensive system?

I don't want to give him too much credit for the defense because the core of this team has been a top 5 defense 3? times I believe. Before this run, the effort on that end was inexcusable. As for the offense, you're spot on with the deep passes. They are FINALLY pushing the ball ahead regardless of who is running. Tatum said it after the game yesterday, just doing that forces the defense to set up in different looks which could lead to mismatches or easier offense. Not seeing JB and Tatum board and attempt to go coast to coast has really helped. White is just a much better all around player than JRich. No doubt JRich is the better shooter.

Offense should grow as Rob Williams improves along with JB and Smart making much better decisions overall for the team.

Too early to give Udoka that much credit man, but him using Rob Williams as a safety over guarding the opposing C is def something other teams should be attempting with their agile C's. I'm sure other teams are doing this, but not near the amount the Celtics are doing it. This is something Stevens never did either, so I'll give Udoka full credit when it comes to paint defense.
Also, Rob showed against Jokic that he had no problem holding his own 1v1 in the paint during crunch time. He can do it all defensively.

This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on Feb 16 2022 04:48am

Crazy how far Rob has come defensively in so little time. From being a fouling machine just a year ago, who got absolutely lost on defense with zero footwork and relying on pure athleticism, to being an anchor and possibly the best help shot blocker in the league.

It would be scary to think what could have happened if he were playing today… Al could have held his ground in the post verse Embiid, and wouldn’t rely on Smart and Grant to come in with their help defense (fouls). Rob would get a clean swipe at it. Especially with how quickly he can jump on Embiids pump fakes.