Man, the Celtics looked good today.
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They are the Sixers they would’ve effed it up
The Fultz trade might go down as the most egregious failure of The Process. It was an all time incompetent move by an all time incompetent, nepotistic GM. It was the perfect storm of ineptitude and something Hinkie never would have done.
Now you can argue that Boston would have taken Tatum #1, but the Sixers would have kept the extra picks they traded for Fultz. They’d have to be better off today with that.
Imagine if Giannis wasn't allowed to just barrel through everyone, committing an offensive foul or travel half the time he touched the ball, without either transgression (almost) ever being called, and more times than not, they're calling a foul on the defense. It's basically like a game we used to play that we called "Monster Ball" on 8 ft hoops ... no fouls or violations were called, so you could just destroy kids and then dunk ... except here, the other team is often called for a foul, regardless. It's silly.
YEP, that's what we played in the grade school school yard. I was in 8th grade, the other court members ranged in age from 10th grade to 19 yrs old.
It was a fun time competing against other town boroughs
They also could have M. Bridges at forward, and a backcourt of J Butler and J Holiday. Add a bench of veterans R. Covington, T. Young, P. Drummond, and S. Curry, plus youthful Maxey and Thybulle AND the two first round draft picks back. That's a championship team! with a balanced payroll and a future Their ownership and upper management is horrible. It is going to even get worse.
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You are correct. The Celtics had the first pick and wanted Tatum all along. The Lakers had the second pick and were going to take Ball all along. When the Sixers traded up from #3 to #1 it was with the agreement that they would not take Tatum. The Celtics essentially fleeced the Sixers for added future draft capital and got the guy they wanted all along. Oh, and we can add that Okafer was also a complete waste of a top 3 draft choice.. Now they appear stuck with two ridiculous contracts (Hardin and Harris), and no future.
The lack of Offensive charging calls is truly offensive!
Was stunned, there actually was a traveling call in one of the games last week.
Was stunned, there actually was a traveling call in one of the games last week.
I miss The Judge and his posts each summer saying how great they were going to be with Simmons draining 3’s and Fultz being a stud. The best is that if Embiid hadn’t gotten hurt at Kansas they would have and should have had Jabari Parker. It’s just because the two teams ahead of them got scared that Embiid fell. The Judge was a big fan of Zahire Smith too. Remember him?
Still can't believe how badly Harden played in that final game. What happened to him? He completely disappeared.
Embiid is asking the question that is on EVERYONE'S mind. He just shouldn't do it in public, particularly not after the whole Simmons fiasco. You KNOW that Simmons is saying (right now) "See what I mean?!"
Embiid is asking the question that is on EVERYONE'S mind. He just shouldn't do it in public, particularly not after the whole Simmons fiasco. You KNOW that Simmons is saying (right now) "See what I mean?!"
Re the Celtics looking good tonight, I suppose so, but you are ALWAYS gonna look good when the opponent goes 4 for 32 from beyond the stripe. I think the Bucks shot less than 20% overall. That is HORRIBLE.
If I’ve learned anything from the Hillary Duff thread, they could have looked even better without the tattoos.
The Celts are the best coached team in the NBA. They are a joy to watch on offense and especially on defense.
My first reply was too smartazz. Middleton is an Olympian, and he and Holiday are one of the best tandems ever, imo.
When your third best player is Marcus Smart, you’re a damn good team.
No doubt, but as a Celtics fan I didnt feel too bad because we missed Robert Williams as well. Hopefully RW can start playing some minutes against Miami.
The no-Tatum assurance should’ve been enough for a competent GM to walk away. If Boston was so hell bent on Tatum, then let them stay at 1 and take him.
Okafor, Noel and Simmons were bad luck to an extent. All were the obvious picks in their respective drafts. They just weren’t very good in hindsight.
This all points to why Hinkie’s philosophy was to load up on future picks. There’s a lot of luck involved in drafting 18-19 year olds. It takes a lot of chances to hit a few home runs.
The Sixers just flat out wasted all of their other chances outside of those picks.
I rarely watch NBA basketball but I tuned this game in just before halftime. My conclusion: Bucks played poorly.
I know nothing about the sixers’ front office, but suffice it to say, someone there’s got this.
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