Question about the Boston Celtics

[WiggyRuss]

I currently hate Boston bench

bahahahah

that is a GREAT avatar.

gotta love sweeping the Yanks ass in their own house.

 

[WiggyRuss]

if only the Wizards would have brought back Bogdon

 

[bksballer89]

if only the Wizards would have brought back Bogdon

It actually would have helped. Their bench is trash. He was one of the only good things about their bench since the trade deadline. Nice to see him making 10 mill yearly.

 

[Vyle203]

Yes. I take Wall and Beal too. I think Kyrie and Hayward are both clearly better than Beal, but Wall is the best player on either side by a decent margin.

The problem is, like you said, it is close. There is no way to argue that the Celtics don't have A LOT more than Washington does after the top 2 from each team.

The Wizards had a better chance against Boston last year than they will this year. There is also a very strong possibility the two teams won't meet. I think Boston or Washington are each almost as likely to get the 1 said as Cleveland is. But, once they get to the playoffs, there is a pretty clear hierarchy and Washington is 3rd.

We have got to figure out how to rebound..no matter who we play. Gortat nuked us a few times last year, and that shouldn't happen.

 

[shopson67]

I also think that if I had a preference - Wall and Beal looks better than Irving and Hayword - but those two combos look pretty close. I just like John Wall better

I prefer Hayward to Beal. Much more rounded player. Kyrie/Wall is close enough.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Washington's bench is still terrible. Gortat is getting old. They're still gonna be largely driven by their starting 5, mostly Wall and Beal. Unless Oubre finally makes a leap (he's shown little signs so far), I could easily see them taking a step backwards this coming season.

Boston's got more talent on their roster no question. They're younger so they'll have some chemistry issues early but they've gotten better. The Wizards did not. They stayed the same

A healthy Ian Mahinmi should take some of the burden off of Gortat. When he was here, the Pacers had some very-highly ranked defensive teams over a five-year span and Mahinmi played no small role in those numbers.

 

[tducey]

Yeah, can't see it. Irving and Hayward are good but I don't think they improve the team all that much. Losing Thomas is going to hurt that team big time.

 

[Gman]

A healthy Ian Mahinmi should take some of the burden off of Gortat. When he was here, the Pacers had some very-highly ranked defensive teams over a five-year span and Mahinmi played no small role in those numbers.

Mahinmi was terrible last season.

He was such a negative in that series against Boston... just drug Washington down.

 

[tlance]

Mahinmi was terrible last season.

He was such a negative in that series against Boston... just drug Washington down.

I don't think Mahimi is the answer to much of anything, but he was not nearly as good in the playoffs against the Celtics. He had just returned from injury. The real Mahimi is at least slightly better than what you saw against the Cs.

 

[wildturkey]

That is just it though. The Wizards bench hasn't performed. They were awful last year and may have gotten worse.

Also, realistically I am not sure what changes the Wizards can make. They don't have cap space to sign any high impact players. Their best hope is a trade for a disgruntled star, but that ship may have sailed already. I fear that Otto Porter's trade value may have peaked. Players can really quickly go from being quality young assets to being overpaid once they get off that rookie contract.

Boogie. He's their only shot at changing the team. Otherwise, what you see in DC right now is what they'll be for the next couple of years.They're stuck till at least 2019 I think before they get some wiggle room. It's part of the reason why I didn't like paying Otto Porter max money. He's not a max player and they're crippled financially now. Not paying him would have hurt short term, but would give them more flexibility past this year.

But back to Boogie, if the NO thing continues to be rocky, the Wiz should at least consider if he'd stay in DC to play with Wall and trade for him before the deadline. You'd probably have to give up Beal, but it might be worth it to see how you can shake up the roster with a Wall/Boogie combo.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

LOL.

And you don't get why people don't like you? You start a thread to specifically call me out with a sarcastic BS question. Then, when you I put you in your place you will go crying to anyone who will listen that I am some kind of bully. The irony is that while I do wreck some of your basketball theories, I don't get personal like some others on here. You don't learn.

Translation: "I love me some me."

In this particular instance I asked you a simple question and you were the one that got personal here. But, as long as you bring it up I'll continue to give you my honest opinion - The reason you don't like me is because I don't root for your Warriors and nor am I a Warriors apologist by any stretch.

Wiggy's tirades may have been excessive in the last week, but he's the most knowledgable poster on this board who goes to great lengths to back up his opinions. And dare I say it? The reason he wasn't popular is because the Cavs aren't popular. Or better yet, I should say that 14 out of 15 players on the Cavs' in season roster aren't popular.

Team choices have everything to do with how a poster is viewed, and there's nothing that has happened on this happened on this board the last few months since I returned that would lead me to believe otherwise.

 

[Heatles84]

Translation: "I love me some me."

In this particular instance I asked you a simple question and you were the one that got personal here. But, as long as you bring it up I'll continue to give you my honest opinion - The reason you don't like me is because I don't root for your Warriors and nor am I a Warriors apologist by any stretch.

Wiggy's tirades may have been excessive in the last week, but he's the most knowledgable poster on this board who goes to great lengths to back up his opinions. And dare I say it? The reason he wasn't popular is because the Cavs aren't popular. Or better yet, I should say that 14 out of 15 players on the Cavs' in season roster aren't popular.

Team choices have everything to do with how a poster is viewed, and there's nothing that has happened on this happened on this board the last few months since I returned that would lead me to believe otherwise.

You're a fucking moron

 

[trojanfan12]

but he's the most knowledgable poster on this board

Sorry @ChiefsLakers67 it had to be done.

 

[Black Adam]

omg lemme join you...

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Translation: "I love me some me."

In this particular instance I asked you a simple question and you were the one that got personal here. But, as long as you bring it up I'll continue to give you my honest opinion - The reason you don't like me is because I don't root for your Warriors and nor am I a Warriors apologist by any stretch.

Wiggy's tirades may have been excessive in the last week, but he's the most knowledgable poster on this board who goes to great lengths to back up his opinions. And dare I say it? The reason he wasn't popular is because the Cavs aren't popular. Or better yet, I should say that 14 out of 15 players on the Cavs' in season roster aren't popular.

Team choices have everything to do with how a poster is viewed, and there's nothing that has happened on this happened on this board the last few months since I returned that would lead me to believe otherwise.

 

[tlance]

Translation: "I love me some me."

In this particular instance I asked you a simple question and you were the one that got personal here. But, as long as you bring it up I'll continue to give you my honest opinion - The reason you don't like me is because I don't root for your Warriors and nor am I a Warriors apologist by any stretch.

Wiggy's tirades may have been excessive in the last week, but he's the most knowledgable poster on this board who goes to great lengths to back up his opinions. And dare I say it? The reason he wasn't popular is because the Cavs aren't popular. Or better yet, I should say that 14 out of 15 players on the Cavs' in season roster aren't popular.

Team choices have everything to do with how a poster is viewed, and there's nothing that has happened on this happened on this board the last few months since I returned that would lead me to believe otherwise.

You didn't ask me a simple question. You followed it with a bunch of sarcastic BS directed at me. You are basically calling me a liar about who my favorite team is, which is absolutely beyond ridiculous.

Had you not included the last sentence in your OP, it would have been a simple question. With it, you are creating a thread in order to launch an attack at me. If you can't see that, your non-existent people skills are even worse than I thought.

 

[tlance]

Translation: "I love me some me."

In this particular instance I asked you a simple question and you were the one that got personal here. But, as long as you bring it up I'll continue to give you my honest opinion - The reason you don't like me is because I don't root for your Warriors and nor am I a Warriors apologist by any stretch.

Wiggy's tirades may have been excessive in the last week, but he's the most knowledgable poster on this board who goes to great lengths to back up his opinions. And dare I say it? The reason he wasn't popular is because the Cavs aren't popular. Or better yet, I should say that 14 out of 15 players on the Cavs' in season roster aren't popular.

Team choices have everything to do with how a poster is viewed, and there's nothing that has happened on this happened on this board the last few months since I returned that would lead me to believe otherwise.

What you completely fail to comprehend is that nobody hates Wiggy because he is a Cavs fan. They hate him because he is a douchebag. There are Cavs fans who are well liked on these boards, like @Shanemansj13 and @gordontrue.

People who are able to have semi-intelligent discussions without getting personal do just fine here. People like you and Wiggy who launch personal attacks for no reason and post homerific BS get called out for what they are.

Until you figure that out, you will continue to be the butt of the joke. And it is all on you because of how you choose to interact.

 

[True Lakers Fan]

bahahahah

that is a GREAT avatar.

gotta love sweeping the Yanks ass in their own house.

Yanks as in Yankee? That sounds like you're still bitter because the North whupped the South's ass in the civil war. Get over it already

 

[LogicMan]

Pretty pumped. First preseason game tips off tonite at 7:30pm. Its gone from the kelly Olynk era to the Dancing Bear era...................who knew?

 

[LogicMan]