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Oak Barton
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Celtics fan.
TRADE IDEA:
BOS acquires:
Vando, Gabe Vincent, Knecht

DEN acquires:
Maxi Kleber

LAL acquires:
Anfernee Simons, Xavier Tillman, Zeke Nnaji

WHY?
Celtics split Simons into three smaller deals + more years. Den gets off Nnaji. Lakers clean up there books, open more offseason space
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I love Jrue Holiday's game.

If we couldnt extend him on a market positive number, I'd rather we just let him walk for nothing

Simons making $27.7 is negative value, and consider our cap sheet and pick cabinet

We're still $12.x over tax line... this is why nothing for Jrue would have been better.
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
No celtics tonight, maybe I'll watch some college hoops tonight for the first time this draft cycle!

Labaron Philon and Bama are playing Purdue (i think) on the ESPN2!
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
One of the commonalities among NBA dynasty level teams is finding a high level contributor for a really low asset value cost -- usually late in the draft.

Modern teams to make >1 Finals:
Kukoc
Manu, Tony
Ben Wallace
Draymond
Derek Fisher

getting expensive assets cheaply is a Championship feature
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If Will Richard is immediately a starting caliber guard, the Warriors office trading up to #56 from #59 at the cost of a bottom 3rd of a future 2nd...

and signing Richard to a 4 yr roster contract (4th yr team option) at a total cost of $8.5 million...

Exec of the Year type of nailing the margins
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November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Jaylen Brown, Pass to Luka Garza, he is Friend!
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Jaylen Brown has the frame and length to be successful in the Paul Pierce duck-under role also known as "the Paul Pierce cut"

would love to see JB use this cut to get a couple-few high % looks right at the cup, no dribble, finishing opportunities!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcsV...
Paul Pierce | "Pierce Cut" | CELTICS 06-07
YouTube video by Intuition Hoops Two
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November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Tough Celtics loss, but FUN game. NBC basketball on a Tuesday is Good Stuff!

Celtics gotta get some passing, man. Celtics just miss the open man so, so much

When the Big Man -- Queta or Garza -- is open or has a favorable mismatch at the rim, how bout PASS the BALL!!
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Caught the Spurs-Bulls last night and Luke Kornet looks really good for the Spurs

Too bad we couldnt have retained Luke on the C's
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November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
D. White, last 2 years, was a reg season PER of 16.9 & 16.6 with green on-off of +2.9 & +1.8

This yr White is PER 14.3 with a red on-off of -6.9

10 gm shooting sample is small and we assume % improves, but what at what level is 3 more yrs avg $32M poor value?

White <15 PER : not great
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
LUKA GARZA - HERO!
Luka Garza reaction, needs to be made a gif later
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'll never understand the Celtics booking all 7 extensions so far into tax/apron and then Wyc says, "nobody will stay in the 2nd apron," then why did you book yourself so far into it?

To make trades in the NBA u need a counterparty. You can't get a good deal if your trade partner knows u MUST sell
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Jaylen Brown beautiful midrange game been reminding of prime Paul Pierce to start the season (though JB can still pass his teammates to higher heights!)

Put on an hour of Pierce jumpers, relaxing playlist on the audio and I'm just vibing, lol ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CS0...
Paul Pierce Pull Up Jumper Highlights | Isolation Scoring
YouTube video by Lets Watch The Film
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November 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Pretty fun Celtics game.

I loved a couple of Neemi's quirky shots, his side jump hook and little turnaround in the post

One Celts prob is only attempting from analytics areas of the court and Neemi's attempts in the 3-10 ft area are really important in the offens, a reason why JRUE was SO SPECIAL
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Josh Minott was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
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November 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
After Knicks gave up 5 picks for Bridges and Magic gave up 4+ firsts for desmond Bane, and those deals look quite rich in retrospect, are we returning to a more austere pick trade market?

For trades of non All Star player are we going to see 4+ picks any time soon? Or "not in this economy!" ????
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Celtics hit a rough patch last couple games but gotta support the team as they regroup and find the plot!

Some highlights to start the year:

Jaylen's production
Neemi (despite the rebs) showing out
Payton midrange touch and fadeways
Minott's energy and impact
Scheierman's shot slection + defense
!
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November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Not negative following a Celtics loss...
but
Being a fan of a team with so many no-pass 3PTA possessions
&
so many one-pass 3PTA possessions
&
a team both near the top of 3PTAs and the bottom of assists

is just watching a lot of boring basketball, quite short on teamwork & artistry
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November 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
It seems like the Celtics analysts feel like they've solved basketball

1. Have fewer passes than the opponent
2. Attempt more 3pt attempts than the opponent

and it's just a "Cheat the Game" type of arrogance and almost disrespecting the game imo
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Draft rumors said TOR tried to trade for Derrick White offering RJ Barrett and the #9 pick but were rebuffed by a Celtics office sayin, "not even close."

Now White's been bad this yr and that #9 pick couldve been Cedric Coward or CMB and RJ Barret's ballin' ... Celts couldnt get that deal now...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Do Celtics analytics look at offensive output in terms of points per shot, meaning if team takes 100 3PTA and converts 40 for 120pts that each attempt is worth 1.2pts

If they do this, this is completely wrong.

If we take 100 & make 40 then 60 attempts were worth 0 and 40 attempts were worth 3.
November 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Man, this draft's rookies have looked really good!

Brooklyn otoh, im not loving their 5 picks. But Nets making so many picks aided the teams below them.

As a Celts fan, I'd take Hugo over all 5 Nets picks and our #32 had larger value bc of the talent still left that Nets passed on

Love the Drake!
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November 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Baylor Scheierman -- by next game's tip off, we know if Baylor's third year contract option has been picked up or declined by the Celts front office

I'm betting they PICK IT UP but could go either way
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October 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Im glad Celts won '24 championship.

Also, I wish Brad Stevens had prioritized the draft more.
so far, he's rostered 3 draftees over 5 drafts - Walsh, Scheierman, Hugo

And if we get a high pick this year, I have no brad Stevens track record to give me confidence that Celts are gonna nail the pic
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October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Josh Minott can be awesome with this team. In a perfect world, that is.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM