The 2023-2024 NBA Season

[Stakesarehigh]

Man... Boston really got smoked last night. At home too.

Total beating. That's now the 2nd blowout they've had handed to them in the past couple of weeks.

I didn't catch much of it but Horford was particularly bad given he was going against Plumlee.

He seems to do much better off the bench.

The obvious reason they got smoked was the poor shooting though. Other than Tatum

 

[Gman]

I didn't catch much of it but Horford was particularly bad given he was going against Plumlee.

He seems to do much better off the bench.

The obvious reason they got smoked was the poor shooting though. Other than Tatum

Yep... even with an improved roster, the Celtics simultaneous greatest strength and greatest weakness is that they are a 3 pt shooting and dependent team.

When the 3's aren't falling, Boston can get destroyed as the opposing team is set up for quick offense and transition opportunities off the misses.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Yep... even with an improved roster, the Celtics simultaneous greatest strength and greatest weakness is that they are a 3 pt shooting and dependent team.

When the 3's aren't falling, Boston can get destroyed as the opposing team is set up for quick offense and transition opportunities off the misses.

If they fail to do what they need to.....is Mazzulla the fall guy after the season?

 

[Gman]

If they fail to do what they need to.....is Mazzulla the fall guy after the season?

I'm not worried about it.

This season is going great overall... if Celtics fans need to fret, every team and their fanbase should be sweating.

 

[tlance]

Unless you're a superteam that almost never happens anyway

I do find it really funny that people were talking about Denver as the next dynasty at the end of last season.

They were the best team last year.

Teams like that don’t typically have long windows of domination. They made the most of their chance and got a ring.

 

[fightinfunbags]

The Jokic defense comment is pretty lame when they just won a title while your guy can’t get out of the 2nd round. It is a stale point

It’s dead on. “The others” played like ass last night and left him out to dry. When his defense isn’t protected by game plan and they play defense straight up because the back up comes in a guy like BBall Paul puts 30 on his head.

It is what it is.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Had he been the guy that never got out of the 2nd round then yea keep on bringing that up

One has nothing to do with the other. Embiid hasn’t made it out of the second round so I can’t comment on his poor defense. Are these the new rules?

Fair enough. I’ll miss ya but we’ll see ya come playoff time. The Heat don’t give a fuck about the regular season and flat out blow in that format. So you can’t comment on regular season basketball anymore. Sucks but it’s your fugaze rule.

 

[DJ Fieri]

It’s dead on. “The others” played like ass last night and left him out to dry. When his defense isn’t protected by game plan and they play defense straight up because the back up comes in a guy like BBall Paul puts 30 on his head.

It is what it is.

Reed is playing well with Nurse as the HC.

 

[fightinfunbags]

 

[DJ Fieri]

 

[fightinfunbags]

Yeah but even without facing the Heat, he would have done something Embiid yet to do which is make the finals

Philly fans should just sit out this debate until Embiid gets them a title

They play different style of basketball until the playoffs which is usually when Jokic tends to turns aggressive and shows he can score the ball with the best of them

Even the H2H record thing does nothing for me when you are only facing Jokic in your backyard

You can fucking blow me.

Embiid > Jokic

 

[fightinfunbags]

There isn't a single player healthy in the playoffs after 7+ months of basketball

Do they play through torn MCLs and broken orbital bones? Embiid does. And he averages 24/11 in the playoffs. He’s just not all of Joel Embiid when he plays at 75-80%. Go figure.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Based off the logic being used.....we should not hear shit about Jimmy Butler or Bam till they get the Heat a title.

LOL.

 

[Batman]

Based off the logic being used.....we should not hear shit about Jimmy Butler or Bam till they get the Heat a title.

LOL.

How about two?

2020 Eastern Conference Championship
2023 Eastern Conference Championship

 

[DJ Fieri]

How about two?

2020 Eastern Conference Championship
2023 Eastern Conference Championship

Um.....clearly I am talking about NBA title since ECF's are not the end goal.

LOL.

 

[bksballer89]

This is absolutely fucking hilarious coming from you.

If it were the Heat or ANY OTHER team you would be ready to fire the crew.

LOL.

For my team having a 27 ft advantage and called for 13 fewer fouls? There is no need for lakers fans to complain about the refs. They had the advantage across the board there

 

[bksballer89]

One has nothing to do with the other. Embiid hasn’t made it out of the second round so I can’t comment on his poor defense. Are these the new rules?

Fair enough. I’ll miss ya but we’ll see ya come playoff time. The Heat don’t give a fuck about the regular season and flat out blow in that format. So you can’t comment on regular season basketball anymore. Sucks but it’s your fugaze rule.

I don’t think Jokic defense is as bad as you make it. I think he plays decent team defense. Yeah his man to man defense is probably below average but I think his defense is ok. Maybe he knows how to turn on a switch

 

[bksballer89]

You can fucking blow me.

Embiid > Jokic

Im not necessarily disagreeing. Made it clear I think Embiid is the better player in the regular season

 

[bksballer89]

Do they play through torn MCLs and broken orbital bones? Embiid does. And he averages 24/11 in the playoffs. He’s just not all of Joel Embiid when he plays at 75-80%. Go figure.

So maybe they should do as stakes suggested? Maybe limit him to 50 games to make sure he is as healthy as he can be come playoffs time?

 

[bksballer89]

One has nothing to do with the other. Embiid hasn’t made it out of the second round so I can’t comment on his poor defense. Are these the new rules?

Fair enough. I’ll miss ya but we’ll see ya come playoff time. The Heat don’t give a fuck about the regular season and flat out blow in that format. So you can’t comment on regular season basketball anymore. Sucks but it’s your fugaze rule.

Also is not that you can’t comment. It just that your defense comment doesn’t hold much weight anymore after Jokic got that title for his team last season so no longer moves the needle as it did previously. Find some new material to shit on Jokic about maybe?

Also while you’re at it, can you actually explain why Jokic supporters and embiid supporters hate each other so much? I don’t get it lol they play in different conferences and both won mvp already. Is it that embiid fans are still mad about the mvp they thought he deserved that they gave to Jokic instead?