Recent content by pjheff

This is it. This team is not consistently willing to put in the effort at either end of the court necessary to play good basketball, and the coach doesn’t have another team to put on the floor. I. Good teams can beat you in a variety of ways. II. The Celtics cannot beat you in a variety of...

The issue isn’t the first four minutes of the game. It’s the last four.

It sure would help if a star like Bradley Beal forced his way here. The reality is that there aren’t as many ways for the team to improve its roster as there were a few years ago. There are no more high lottery guys on the team to build around and no potential lottery picks fleeced from other...

Ah, I didn’t realize that this post was musing on next season.

What have you seen since the Fournier trade that leads you to believe Nesmith will get a shot at regular minutes any time soon?

I realize their limitations, but they are physical players who have shot .392/.395 from three this season. I don’t see any evidence to suggest that Langford matching their production is guaranteed or surpassing it is highly likely.

I like Langford, but can you offer any evidence to support your assertions that these scenarios are “guaranteed” and “highly likely,” respectively?

I was of the belief that the Sox had tinkered with his delivery (more over the top) after drafting him out of Missouri and had essentially allowed him to return to his original mechanics last year. I watched yesterday’s game and didn’t notice anything different except for more velocity (and the...

Where do you think that winning a title ranks on Tatum’s list of priorities right now? He’s 23 years old and still trying to establish himself as a player in this league. It seemed like he received a lot of individual validation by being named an All-Star last season and that earning a supermax...

He lived up to his name all right.

Hopefully tomorrow night.

i think that is a distinct possibility . . . if Pritchard earns those minutes at both ends of the court. But with Smart’s positional versatility, I could just as easily see Stevens calling a healthy Ojeleye’s number for his rugged defense when his three is falling.

If that is the definition, then I’m not sure Pritchard plays either. Stevens has a clear top seven, and Pritchard I suppose is eighth due to opportunity surrounding Walker’s status on back-to-backs, but otherwise I don’t think he has separated himself from Ojeleye or GWilliams for bench minutes...

I agree, because he’s basically guaranteed minutes in the second game of back-to-backs when Kamba sits. I just don’t see Stevens limiting himself to an 8-man rotation at this point or relegating Ojeleye (when healthy) and GWilliams to the ”deep bench” as was suggested upthread.

Now that we have moved for a wing, does Nesmith see any non-garbage time minutes this season?