The BRUTAL REALITY Of The Boston Celtics…

The BRUTAL REALITY Of The Boston Celtics…

With the Celtics I understand that they won right I understand that the Celtics won last night and the the streak didn’t end with them I also understand that they do have the best record in the league so I’m not overreacting I still think this is a great team I still think

This team has NBA Finals potential I still got them coming out the East but this is a team with championship winning expectations not just making it to the dance winning the dance it is important to understand that when I say what I say about this team it is coming from that

Lens same thing when I talk about the Phoenix Suns I’m not saying the suns are an ass team it is coming from the lens that they have put on a a roster with championship winning expectations so when I critique these teams it’s coming from that lens and this Celtics team as

Great as it is looking because they do have a top five defense top five offense in the league um I’m scared I’m scared for this team and maybe that is just trauma built up as a Celtics fan because last night was just the epitome of of of a Celtics game

Being watched by a Celtics fan this team never fails to stress their fans never fails we talked about it um when I watched the Don 2K video last year’s playoff run was the most stressful playoff run I’ve ever watched as a Celtics fan the most shouldn’t have gone to six

Against Atlanta shouldn’t have gone to seven against Philly and game six was stressful as [ __ ] game seven is game seven Miami we we were trying to come back from three 0 so that’s four straight elimination games up until game seven and game seven is game seven and those first three games were stressful

As [ __ ] two cuz it’s the Miami Heat right and then you know going into this game my mind was telling me Boston got it my my mind was telling me yo I’m overthinking it man I’m just listen I’m I’m just overthinking it Celtics are the best team in the league

Pistons are on a 28 game winning streak this is going to be easy pickings we’re going to win by 20 and what I what I think is going to happen is not going to happen news flash what my heart was telling me was going to happen actually

Happened I ain’t going to lie um I didn’t see us losing this game get shot the race for the prime sub man for the 3 months I didn’t see us losing this game but I did see the game being much closer than it needed to be I didn’t see a

20-point comeback OT Thriller type of game but I thought this was going to be a back and forth game for a majority of the game and it was going to come down to the last minute um on who was going to win I thought it was going to be one

Of those games it ended up being worse than that luckily we still ended with the win but this team as great as it is as as constructed right now looking at the landscape of the league right now um I I do still have this team making it

To the finals but I don’t have this team winning the finals um let me talk about the weaknesses of this team that I think they can get over but our weaknesses to the see number one is rebounding number one is rebounding number two and this kind of coincides with rebounding is a

Lack of big man death a lack of big man dep when Kristof porzingis a injury-prone player is out um and he has missed a decent amount of games this year too he hasn’t been fully healthy he’s played a decent amount of games as well I’m not going to act like he’s been

Out the whole season um when christops porzingis is out and Al Horford is running that five and Tatum is maning that four and we’re running Luke cornette off the bench we’re running uh nemis k Off the Bench Rim protection is looking sus as [ __ ] and again we’re

Relying on Luke cornette to be you know in in 30 uh 50-year-old Al Horford out there to be the primary shot blocker rim protector of the team that is scary to me that is scary to me also when porzingis is out uh and we saw this against the Warriors

Um the the team reverts back to just Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum isos uh um you know kick out to the open man of the defense collapses and they become really easy to guard they become really easy to guard um when porzingis is out as we saw

Last night porzingis adds his level of death to the offense that I really like I really appreciated and I was really high on when we made the trade um specifically in moments like last night when the game slows down when the offense gets stagnant um and Jason Tatum

Don’t got it last night didn’t have Jaylen Brown what is that third option on offense that we can go to and for the last couple of years it has been what Derek white and Marcus smk trying to make something happen respect to those dudes but poor zingis um Mid isos porzingis picking

Pops is a much better option than just giving it to Marcus Smart Drew holiday and Derek white and seeing what the [ __ ] happens you know what I’m saying um so yeah I think not to say that he’s the most important player but porzingis his health is really concerning to me and um

He needs to be healthy in the playoffs he needs to be healthy in the [ __ ] playoffs I don’t I don’t know what to tell you um on top of that on top of that um def is the issue as well def is the issue as well for everything that I

Just said when one of the big six is out I’m going to call him a big six but that cor six is out um even if you want to include Sam Hower in that rotation now like when the rotation moves up and it’s rebuilt now we got to play OA brassette

Like 20 minutes now we got to play um I don’t know Luke cornette 25 minutes and the rotation just looks ass it just looks ass um right now we still need a little bit more dep we still need a little bit more dep um I know Chad has

Been saying an Andre Drummond type if we can just get a Andre Drummond type or um you know a big man that can block shots like a bismack bomo type of player I think that would be fantastic Off the Bench um if we can get more Wing dep Off

The Bench too that would be nice cuz Sam Hower Sam Hower is a a sharpshooter he’s a Duncan Robinson type but if we can get a guy off the bench that can put the ball on the floor running transition that’ll be fantastic but I feel like at

That point I’m asking for too much what I really think is going to hold this team back from WI the finals as Mickey as it sounds it’s Jason Tatum it’s Jason Tatum and this is not coming from a place of hate because y’all know I love

JT I a lot of people call me the the biggest Jason Tatum Dick Rider at this point you know what I’m saying um and this is not to say that Jason Tatum is not having a great season um good season right um he’s still putting up 27 points

Eight rebounds four assists a steal half a block a game 47% from the field is not bad 34% from three that’s what we’ll get into um and 80 80% from the free throw line getting to the line seven times a game I mean that’s decent but I have

This theory about teams and shout out to Tiny Moses y’ Souls I got to go might be back later um but if not enjoy the time off and see y’all next year appreciate you shout out to uh Pirates as well for the first time chat but I have this

Theory about Championship winning teams that you need a top five player to win the ring to win it all and I think it’s important when I say that to win it to close it off because we can point to the last couple of years and point to teams being led by

Certain players who made it to the finals but didn’t win right and when you look at those teams and when you look at the teams that did win the common denominated for me historically speaking as well is a team that won it got that guy they got that guy so let’s look at

The past NBA Finals matchups um by year right let’s look at the matchups by year boom um let’s let’s look at last year Denver Nugget led by joic uh Miami he led by Jimmy Butler again Jimmy Butler is a great player he’s not top five though joic best in the World

Conversations um MVP conversations um best player in the playoffs conversations alltime great Nicole yic guess it them when the Celtics made it Jason Tatum great player Celtics great team all-around team the Golden State Warriors has Steph Curry top 10 player of all time arguably the greatest point guard of all time

Boom Phoenix Suns Devin Booker great player Chris Paul great player that year Monty Williams great coach that year um arguably still but that’s a whole another discussion right the Milwaukee Bucks though had Yiannis arguably the best player of that year arguably a top 15 player of all time

Going back to 20120 same thing Jimmy Butler Miami Heat Lakers LeBron and AD right um 2019 2019 2018 17 16 and 15 these were matchups that regardless of who won you know what I’m saying there was going to be a top five winner um so I I’ll call

That a watch 2014 though 2014 I will give you guys this there is no top five player on that Spurs team right there’s no like Tim Duncan was not top five that year kawh Leonard was just on the come up right so fine give you San Antonio

2013 LeBron 2012 LeBron 2011 Dirk 2010 Kobe 2009 Kobe 2008 kg 2007 Tim Duncan 2006 dwade 2005 Tim Duncan 04 y’all got me 04 y’all got me 03 Tim Duncan 2002 to 2000 Shaquille O’Neal 1999 Tim Duncan Jordan Hakeem Jordan Isaiah Thomas y’all got me y’all

Got me all right um and I would even need to check what the rankings were back then but but off rip I don’t think Isaiah Thomas were uh was top five in these backtack years but even then I don’t know if y’all know about um you know the conspiracy or not conspiracy

But the controversy in I believe the 1989 finals um or one of these finals like was it which one was it like there there’s one of these finals where like Isaiah Thomas legitimately believed that the Pistons could have threee I think it was this one actually yeah it was this one um

Okay that actually doesn’t prove my point regardless regardless that’s fine that’s fine so Detroit Pon outlier we’re talking about magic Bird magic bird Moses Malone um Kareem Kareem I think an 85 too Kareem bird um magic Kareem Lenny Wilkins y’all got me uh not Lenny Wilkins um this the Super Sonics

Y’all got me I think they were led by Dennis John um the bullets like y’all got me in the 70s I ain’t going to lie but even in the 70s I would argue the the same sentiment still stands and then we know about the 60s you know what I’m saying we we know

About the 60s WL Chamberlain Bill Russell Bob pett it but historically speaking we’re talking about once every decade right uh Pez out Pez out said in the chat we’re talking about once every decade a team is capable of winning without a top five cber player um and maybe this year is the outlier

Maybe the Celtics are the outlier but that’s such a I I I wouldn’t want to make the case on ah I mean historically speaking only four teams have done this and the Celtics are that team because of Vibes like I don’t want to make that case but looking at the Celtics roster again

Arguably the the most stacked starting five in the league um um the most talented team in the league when you average everything out but the dude leading them I don’t know if if he is going to be playing at the level he’s playing at right now in

The playoffs if that is going to be enough to get it done I don’t know if 27 points eight rebounds and four assists is going to get the job done at this efficiency cuz I think his efficiency is at 60% true shooting um and if you look at that top five

Player because at this point it’s not even like it’d be one thing if Jason Tatum was playing at a top five caliber Pace right cuz I’m not so strict on okay you’re the sixth best player in the league ah you can’t get the job done but

If you’re a six debatable five okay you you you still got it you still meet my criteria but if we name the top five players in the league I legitimately think there’s a gap between those players and the the play Jason Tatum is playing at right now and I’m G name

Those players right now Luca Giannis let me let move the let move the alerts Luca Giannis joic embiid I’m going say embiid is in that category I understand he has his playoff Wes but at some point regular season got a carry embid is having a crazy season embiid and AD

SGA I feel like I’m blanking on the name right now though oh Kevin Durant Kevin Durant Steph Curry okay let me let me rename it let me rename it because I definitely blanked on uh ktie and Steph Curry hold on let me re Jesus Christ let me rename it all right yic

Two Giannis three Curry four um Luca five Um shout out shout out to elor for the prime sub um 6 80 a I keep on forgetting KD’s name bro well I’ll keep him beat right there B6 KD okay so let let’s just stick with these names because I think after these Nam is where I get shaky is where I get

Shaky I’m going be honest I gu shaky on the be but nevertheless and maybe top five is uh too much of an arbitrary criteria I think what I really mean as a tier one player that’s really what I mean you need a tier one player playing

At a tier one level to win a championship so even if we name seven dudes um even if we name four Dudes cuz I legitimately think there’s even a gap between these four and boom right right even we want to put SGA in there even if we want to put LeBron in

There even if we want to put um Tatum in there right Tatum right there’s still to me there’s still a gap between this and this and historically speaking again top top five is probably the the arbitrary like the the wrong phrasing for what I just said but I legitimately believe you need a

Tier one player playing at a tier one level to win a championship historically speaking and I’m looking at Jason Tatum right now and 278 and4 on good defense 4734 81 is not tier one level of play cuz I would even expect with the offensive weapons that they have and

With the looks that he’s getting that he would be way more efficient than this way more efficient I’m I’m sorry I’m sorry like in a vacuum this is actually pretty decent 4734 81 but with the looks that he’s getting he should be way more efficient I’m sorry this should be closer to

52 this should be closer to 40 I don’t this should be closer to 86 you know what I’m saying and if Tatum was averaging 27 8 and4 on 52 39 885 I wouldn’t be having these conversations I wouldn’t I wouldn’t but what we’re seeing right now is Tatum being extremely

Inconsistent Tatum settling for long threes when he has the capability of attacking the rim when he has the build and the handles to attack the rim effectively when he has the playmaking chops in my opinion I think that the four assists doesn’t even do his playmaking um Justice when he has the

Playmaking chops in my opinion to average six to seven assists a game if he really just focused on it but whenever I watch him play he wants to play like Kobe I’m sorry I I can’t I there’s a certain point where I cannot deny the [ __ ] allegations Jason Tatum is trying to

Play like Kobe Jason Tatum is trying to play like KD Jason Tatum is trying to play like Paul George because he’s a bucket that’s that’s what he’s been known for a bucket but I think he needs to realize that the skill set and the frame that he got right

Now not to minimize those players but the best utilization of his attributes in my opinion is not being a Kobe type of player to me it’s being a LeBron type of player knock these down from nine threes a game to five all right five to six I’ll take

Five to six threes from Tatum I don’t want you to not shoot threes knock this down a five to six right I need you to attack the rim more with intention and not just on some foul baiting [ __ ] I need you to be better at the line I need

You to continue being more dominant uh I need you to continue being great on defense I like the rebounding I really do like the eight rebounds game people don’t talk about it but from from non centers in the league he’s probably the best rebounder out there um unless I’m

Tripping unless you want to count like Russell Westbrook or some [ __ ] you know what I’m saying um I like I like the eight rebounds um I I I would like to see you post up I would like to see you be more physical um I would like to see you run

Transition more this is what these are the things I would like to see from Jason Tatum man these are the things that I think will take him to the next level um if not that if that is too much to change your game for which is fine

Literally just work on your shooting dog like I ain’t I ain’t going to lie bro cuz we were we were W I wish I could play it right now because I do want to clip this up so I could play it right now but I can’t type [ __ ] but we were

Watching his field goal attempts last night and I keep an eye on Jason Tatum’s field goal attempts as well like I watch them and a lot of them were just miss shots right A lot of them are just they’re open shots but he just misses them and it’s gotten to a point where

It’s like there’s two there’s two realizations we can come to at this point number one he’s just missing them or number two the defenses is let the defenses are the defenses are letting him take these shots because he just isn’t that great of a three-point shooter and historically speaking specifically over the last

Three years I would just point to the defense is is I can’t I can’t get the [ __ ] sentence off for some reason for the last three years I would just point to yeah the defenses are just letting him shoot the threes because he’s really not that good from the three at this

Point this is not 20121 Jason Tatum anymore um averaging uh putting up 39% from the line from three excuse me this is not 2020 Jason tum anymore shooting 40% from three on seven attempts this is not rookie Tatum anymore shooting 43% from three we’re looking at a volume

Scorer taking threes out of at nine to 10 threes a game and he’s shooting them at a low clip he’s shooting them at a low clip I need to what is uh basketball reference League averages right let’s look at League averages League average from three is

37% League average from three is 37% y I would like to narrow this down on on what the averages are from people uh from players who shoot I don’t know six three point attempts per game but long story short there are definitely a lot of players in the league who are

Shooting eight to nine threes a game and I cannot name five players off the top of my head that are shooting eight to n threes a game but shooting less than 38% from from three or shooting at this clip if we want to be more specific cuz you might

Name a dude um taking 8 threes a game shooting 37% right but like how many how many players are shooting nine threes a game shooting eight seven threes a game on 35% I don’t know I don’t know who who those players are so my solution is just yo stop stop

Taking the threes like that’s that chat that’s my solution stop taking the [ __ ] threes instead of improving just stop taking them like it’s got I think at this point this is what year three four five six seven it we are getting to Russell Westbrook territory of okay instead of asking Russell Westbrook to

Shoot better from three instead of asking Russell Westbrook to um you know be a better passer we just got to accept what he is and work around it and work around those Tendencies right like we at some point we can’t expect Hey Russ just shoot

Better let’s get that up to 40% you know shooting five threes a game let’s get up to 40% like I keep shooting at the rate you are let’s just get that percentage up at some point all right Russ just isn’t uh improving from the three-point line from from an efficiency perspective

Instead of trying to raise the efficiency up okay stuck at 34 let’s just lower the attempts bro said um talk to Joe about that listen man shout out to Joe I I do think he’s a good coach but from the interviews I’ve seen he can still be

Stubborn about his ways and I think that’s a lot of coaches do I think a lot of coaches have philosophies that they want to stick to a lot of coaches believe consistency is key which you know there is some truth to that um but yeah Joe loves that three ball

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