Celtics offense flow chart:
If big is back in drop, take the god damn 3 or if you have a 50% floater in your package that works too
If they are up near the level then hit the big with a crossover, in n out and drive em! Help at the rim, kick out for 3! No help than finish!
If they switch then get JT, Payton or PG a favorable matchup in space!
If they are trapping then get off the rock for an open 3, set a ghost screen with a He Don’t Miss Shooter, or find Neem or Snorlax in the paint!
The Cs have adjusted their offense already IN SEASON to how teams are guarding them.
If teams are high up in the pick and roll then they are going to demolish you off cuts and lobs
If you drop back then have fun with pull up 3s. These are gears they could only access with Tatum on the floor.
Now PG has the same options as Tatum to let game come to him and just take what’s available
No because the system has never failed in the playoffs. Every disappointment came when they stopped running their stuff.
Defend at an elite level and run the offense. The offense is “Take What The Defense Gives You” which means the team is constantly adjusting to its environment.
Where they would run into trouble is when Tatum sat and we would run offense through JB who couldn’t take what the defense gave him, he only took what he was comfortable with.
@TA1297 Still will come down to how Joe adjusts the system in the playoffs though right? If you can’t adjust a system for 10-15 mins in the regular season while your star rests it doesn’t exactly bode well for what happens if / when another teams finds a solution in game 3
The main thing with adding PG to the equation is that the “too many 3s” stuff doesn’t make a lick of sense anymore.
It didn’t before but I could understand it when JB was part of that equation and taking a lot of them. Paul George is as consistent as it gets from that standpoint and as high level as it gets.
It’s actually perfect marriage of system and player.
You replace our worst shooter with a top 10 3pt shooter in league history and give him a career high 3pt rate with the best screening system in the sport……
Scheierman has the highest contested rebound% out of all non-big’s on the Celtics, along w/ a 91st percentile dREB%, and 84th percentile oREB% #TheMargins
Tired: Your star player having an absurd on/off swing because his replacement is a Lemon and your teams system is booty
Inspired: Your star player having a slight negative swing because your GM is master of the universe and your coach is a genius
I will obnoxiously update this after every game
Baylor
62% TS
47% from three
50% on two catch and shoot threes a game
91st percentile expected defensive EPM
@TA1297 I still have fears about a playoff series just given how the game bogs down but I feel extremely optimistic about the fact we can run our system how we want to run it for the entirety of a game.
And knowing Brad, at the deadline he will only add a piece to that puzzle.
Yea I’m not tripping over the rotations rn, it’s a long season and the young guys are gonna be up and down. Wins are stacking and the team looks incredible
@TA1297 You can just see how raw Hugo is still. So many flashes of brilliance but still young and learning. Hugo needs reps and patience. Walsh I think is who he is and he’s a fine defensive playmaker
Tough night for the Raptors at home 😬
Boston erased a 22-point Toronto lead, the largest blown lead at home in Raptors history.
The Celtics’ 16-0 second-quarter run marked their third straight game with a run of at least 15-0!