Mazzulla DEMANDS Rebounding Improvement | How GOOD to Celtics need to be?
CELTICS’ REBOUNDING WOES TAKE CENTER STAGE. Can Boston overcome this glaring weakness before the regular season tips off?
John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal and Tom Westerholm dissect the Celtics’ preseason performance, focusing on their defensive rebounding struggles. They analyze Coach Joe Mazzulla’s unique philosophy of finding “structure within chaos” and its potential impact on the team’s development. The duo also sets expectations for the upcoming season, warning of possible early turbulence but expressing optimism for significant improvement by the All-Star break.
Tune in to hear why small margins could make a big difference in the Celtics’ quest for NBA supremacy this season.
1:30 Intro: Celtics rebounding issues and roster analysis
5:01 turnover struggles against weaker opponents
15:52 Joe Mazzulla on team self-awareness and deficiencies
26:40 Small margins make big differences in NBA
32:25 Expectations for early season turbulence
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I'm glad you push Joe on the rebounding issue. Ofc he deep down already knows it, but it doesn't hurt for him to know we got eyes 👀 on it.
Guess who had 17 rebounds in 31 min for Atlanta against the Heat last night? Bassey.
So what happens if JT comes back 2/8 and they trade Pritch+ Houser for Kessler (and picks)?
I think we all just need to get on this train with no expectations. This isn’t a good team this year. I don’t want to talk about the rebounding all season. I just want to watch the clown show play out and have some fun.
I think it will change once the main players play more 🤷🏽♂️ JB and a few others playing most of the minutes will probably shift the rebounding numbers
Queta is the rebounder given some rope.
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I think when JT returns and Brad brings in a starting center, the team will be ok w boards.
Minott and Chris need an extension on their contracts already.. sign Bol Bol for his bounce and Garza becomes that much more valuable..
I think people are beating up on the Celtics too much. Also, all this talk about Celtics playing the G-League versions of other teams is just nonsense. Some of the new players are really good. Simons is a wizard in scoring, Garza is an adequate big and Minott and Boucher are good players. Just give them a chance.
Garza can be a starter if you get an abnormal center like Drummond Bol Bol or Kev Looney.. someone who plays a completely diff game than Luka.. he just doesn’t give us enough alone and Queta doesn’t look right
For crying out loud. It's preseason, with a team of new players who haven't played together other than practice. Work on the issues, build up some chemistry and stamina, get to opening day healthy. Really guys what did you expect?
It’s spooky season, Joe is in psycho mode and opening night is just 8 days away. MUAHAHAHAHA! ☠️ 🔪 👵🏻 LFG
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JT, KP, Jrue, Al and Luke averaged 31.3 rebounds collectively. Celtics have no solid rebounders this season. We have no viable big
Trade for Kessler he would be perfect fit for C's💯
Prichard, about to leave this team in rebounding
OKC was 27th in rebounding 2 seasons ago.
Thanks for being real. 0 true rebounders on this roster. Mazzullas job is to get the best out of his roster. He is pushing to SQUEEZE as much rebounds from this 0 rebounder roster as possible. That's a tough job. Good luck Joe!
You've been talking about how terrible this team is at rebounding. Everyone is talking about it since the first PS game. And then you did the math and realized you've been jumping up and down about 3-4 rebounds a game. 1 extra rebound a quarter and they're elite. Sounds like a whole lot of made up controversy. I know it doesn't look great, but you did the math.
We've also admitted that none of the starters are playing against us, the teams are horrible at shooting, which is way more misses, and to my eye, a lot more "wild" misses. A hard brick off the back of the rim past the foul line directly to an offensive player shouldn't count as a rebound.
The point is, it's probably not as bad as you have made it out to be.
I thought enaruna looked pretty good for the cavs he was on our g league team last year
Kind of crazy how we went from thinking QUET was going to be the starter to now thinking he’s barely going to play. I thought queta looked a little better yesterday, but they really just need to drive fundamentals down his throat. Pause If necessary.. but this preseason has been a disaster. He is just so damn inconsistent and consistency is partly IQ. You need to be in the right places you need to be setting. You need to focus on the fundamentals first or you cannot be consistent.
My daughter gets upset when I critique her because I think she has potential as a soccer player, but she takes it so personally. I actually took the Joe quote and played it for her and told her these are professional athletes he is talking about and even they can get better. I just really liked all the self recognition. Stuff. Really good quote. Find what you’re good at, recognize your flaws. Figure out if your flaws are fixable if not, use them to your advantage or discard that part of your game and excel in other areas.
I think this team could be a good offensive rebounding team. Maybe that could be a way to neutralize the lack of defensive rebounding. I’m not sure if the number is saying this, but I feel like we’ve gotten a decent amount of offensive rebounds.
The scary part about this is we haven’t even really played any real centers. We’ve had issues rebounding against JV squads. It could potentially get worse. UETA needs to find a way to make himself playable. He is our only home a lot of things need to changebefore he can get consistent minutes in my opinion
The scary part about this is we haven’t even really played any real centers. We’ve had issues rebounding against JV squads. It could potentially get worse. UETA needs to find a way to make himself playable. He is our only home a lot of things need to changebefore he can get consistent minutes in my opinion
Another way to improve your defensive rebounding percentage is to just let the other team score. Think about it.
Tom is literally a mathematician. He did so much math in this video. Damn. 🙌🔥
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JB said defensively there isn’t really anything that we can take from these games and most of MINOTS contributions have been on that end of the floor. I’m curious if it will carryover to the regular season where the players are much more elite. I think it will because his activity and length is nuts, but I’m curious what everyone else thinks.
Stop Sugar Coating this BS. They can't rebound and they're turning it over against the Water Boys. How is Joe suppose to feel when the Regular players are 1000 times better. These games prove nothing but the weakness of these players.