Yes part of the success is Jaylen derrick and Payton.

Yes some of it is Brad bringing in the right pieces to complement them.

But I cannot believe this. I’ve actually probably been lower on the season than most people. We’ve played 21 (before tonight) games since Christmas and 16(!!!!) were against teams under .500 plus the nuggets and raptors were both missing their best player. So I’ve trained to tame my excitement.

I also think Jaylen really wasn’t great in January. Not that he wasn’t good but, Super inefficient turned the ball over a ton, etc. (I know I might be cherry picking, but his TS was 53.1% and 50.6 if you remove the 50 point game).

And they’re 16-5 over that run. Winning almost everything they had to.

this team is going to win 55 games after losing 80ish points from the championship team.

This. Is. Joe.

To start the year I remember felger saying he couldn’t wait for Joe to get exposed. He’s basically come out and built a title contender by getting getting the most out of:

1. Garza who played 3 seconds a game and was a total after thought in Minnie

2. Walsh who couldn’t even sniff the court for 2 years.

3. Queta, WHO CURRENTLY IS HAVING A BETTER WS SEASON THAN EVEN TATUM HAS EVER HAD.

4. Simons (RIP)

5. HUGO LOOKING LIKE MANU

The bench and Queta are whey their record is what it is. I know people get annoyed with Jaylens on off discussion, but to me it’s less of an indictment on Jaylen and more of an indicator of how good the rest of the team is.

Joe has found it man. I’m not sure if he’ll win it, but coach of the year should be a lock.

Plus he’s gotta love drilling Ime.

Let’s go CELTICS.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Derrick White (28 pts, 8 ast)
• Payton Pritchard (27 pts, 7 ast)
• Luka Garza (19 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast)

BONUS!

• Neemias Queta (10 pts, 19 reb, 5 blk)
• Ron Harper Jr. first career NBA start (11 pts, 9 reb, 3 ast)

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BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.

The Warriors had Porzingis as a target for the last couple of months and land the floor-spacing big man. For the Hawks, a high-upside wing for Quin Snyder and a sharpshooter on the wings.

KP and Al reunite in San Francisco

*Lost in all of this great madness (I can't edit titles).

I love this team. Joe's a great coach.

But props to Sam. In order to keep a locker room together it really helps to have someone who has credibility and has been there before (3 rings).

Tough as nails guard who no doubt has helped with development. Also not afraid to challenge Joe, which you need in any org - even if it means you got tackled.

Really hope Sam can stay around. If he gets an HC job I'll totally understand - but be bummed. Props to Sam.

I was at the bar tonight and didn’t get a chance to watch the game live. Looking at the official NBA Page highlights though, which had the Rockets commentary, I counted at least 5 times in which the commentators complained about Pritchard pushing off “every time” he drives to score.

It’s honestly really annoying, but also Pritchard is 6’1” 195, per his official Celtics roster page. Jabari Smith is 10 inches taller and has 30 pounds on Pritchard. Josh Okogie is 6’4” 215. These guys have 20-30 lbs+ and 3+ inches on Pritchard and the announcers are complaining about a push off. I thought that was pretty funny.

Thoughts? I think Brad is much better and more nuanced about how to properly construct teams.

• Baylor Scheierman recorded his first career double-double tonight with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

The 10 rebounds were a career high and his four assists tied a career high.

• Luka Garza scored a season-high 19 points tonight in Houston.

• Neemias Queta set a career-high in defensive rebounds tonight with 12 in Houston.

• Neemias Queta recorded a career-high in first-half rebounds tonight with 12 before the break in Houston.

It is Hugo's 20th Birthday today! ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Hugo!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(basketball))

‘You know what a boogawoog is? A really ugly woman’ - cringed so hard my cheeks hurt.

I'm not someone who knows a lot of analytics.

Can someone explain why the team has good numbers when he's off and why he seems to be in the - a lot? Sean Grande had a tweet about it yesterday; just pointing out the numbers. He didn't explain or interpret it in any way.

From what I gather, it's less about scoring, right? Because Hugo has had the best +/- a lot. And Derrick, with his slump, has always been our highest + it seems.

What does it mean?

I know overall analytics don't like JB lmao. In his draft, vast majority of the predictors and models had him with a higher likelihood of being a bench-warmer or a bust versus an All Star. It very much viewed him as nothing special.

The Celtics are on a 53-win pace.

Brown was drafted #3.

Simons drafted #24.

Pritchard drafted #26.

Gonzalez drafted #28.

White drafted #29.

Scheierman drafted #30.

Tillman drafted #35.

Walsh drafted #38.

Queta drafted #39.

Minott drafted #45.

Williams drafted #46.

Garza drafted #52.

Shulga drafted #57.

Hauser undrafted.

Harper Jr. undrafted.

Boucher undrafted.

(Not counting Vuc yet, since he hasn't played yet.)

The odds of getting major contributions from someone drafted at the end of the first round or afterward (or not at all) are pretty low. This is an entire team of those players. Other than Brown, the odds would be that almost none of these players would be able to significantly help a contending team.

Obviously significant credit to Stevens and to the rest of the organization, including in Maine. But after Mazzulla took the league's most talented top 6 and won a ring with them, he is now taking a team of SECOND ROUND PICKS and legitimately contending with them.

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I feel like any big trades are done for us.

Likely a buyout candidate I feel would be the plan from here now Brad opened up space.

I feel like we might need a bit more ball handling depth - wonder if Brad takes a flyer on Chris Paul - I could see the value - can play lower minutes off the bench - can handle pressure - pass on some new skills to our youngsters - him and Joe seem just as crazy as each other 😂

Just curious as i cant find an expected joining date or game anywhere