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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.************ people...its bad enough we have one post about the Celtics in the football forum, now we have two. Why can't we just follow the rules and post **** in the correct forum. I dont give a crap if there is zero football to talk about, but post in the right forum.
also, while i am at it, here is a question. where is the appropriate forum to discuss Beast mode Lynch playing soccer? Its kinda football related since he is an american football player (and soccer is actually called football), but in America it is called soccer. So where should that discussion take place, in the football forum, or the other sports forum.
lastly, welcome to Boston Jimmy Chitwood
I wasn't trying to say that this gets us past the Cavs but more just analyzing it against the really big fish in GSW.Nope. This doesn't even get the Celtics past the Cavs but it does close that gap some.
The Celtics to beat GSWs need Anthony Davis and a few more stars. Without Anthony Davis or Lebron James(as much as i am not a fan of him) beating GSWs is not even worth discussing. Can't happen if they are healthy.
You need to keep in mind the Warriors have 2 of the top 4 most impactful players in the NBA. Unless you have 1 of the other 2 at least you can't even talk about beating them in a 7 game series.
To beat GSWs you need this kind of team IMO
Anthony Davis
Kawhi Leonard
add in Horford, Thomas and Hayward which the Celtics have and now you have a pretty good shot. Take just 1 of those pieces away though and you are the underdog.
The is how good Golden State is right now. The NBA needs to fix its league cause it shouldn't be like this. There should be a hard cap with no max contracts or no cap with a luxury tax.
Doing it the way they do it sometimes creates teams like these which are frankly not in the spirit of competition.
I wasn't trying to say that this gets us past the Cavs but more just analyzing it against the really big fish in GSW.
As I said we clearly need at least one more big piece to compete with GSW.
With that said I think this team while not the favorites could defeat the Cavs (has a fighting chance) but probably not GSW. so hopefully they can make one more significant move. That's where I asked if they were serious about George might there still be something else that might actually be able to do to give them a fighting chance vs. GSW? And actually give us more than a fighting chance vs the Cavs?
I guess I should ask do you think George could have done that? Then ask what else can we do now?
Nope. This doesn't even get the Celtics past the Cavs but it does close that gap some.
The Celtics to beat GSWs need Anthony Davis and a few more stars. Without Anthony Davis or Lebron James(as much as i am not a fan of him) beating GSWs is not even worth discussing. Can't happen if they are healthy.
You need to keep in mind the Warriors have 2 of the top 4 most impactful players in the NBA. Unless you have 1 of the other 2 at least you can't even talk about beating them in a 7 game series.
To beat GSWs you need this kind of team IMO
Anthony Davis
Kawhi Leonard
add in Horford, Thomas and Hayward which the Celtics have and now you have a pretty good shot. Take just 1 of those pieces away though and you are the underdog.
The is how good Golden State is right now. The NBA needs to fix its league cause it shouldn't be like this. There should be a hard cap with no max contracts or no cap with a luxury tax.
Doing it the way they do it sometimes creates teams like these which are frankly not in the spirit of competition.
Wow. A lifetime highlight for you huh?Rhody (actually Roadie) Patriot can kiss my ass...
I know one particular member on this forum that seems to be really enjoying them.I've been grateful for this thread. It's the only thing going on lately unless you like reading a bunch of word salad arguments about Jimmy the HOF backup QB vs Tom Brady the AARP card carrying QB.
Nope. This doesn't even get the Celtics past the Cavs but it does close that gap some.
The Celtics to beat GSWs need Anthony Davis and a few more stars. Without Anthony Davis or Lebron James(as much as i am not a fan of him) beating GSWs is not even worth discussing. Can't happen if they are healthy.
You need to keep in mind the Warriors have 2 of the top 4 most impactful players in the NBA. Unless you have 1 of the other 2 at least you can't even talk about beating them in a 7 game series.
To beat GSWs you need this kind of team IMO
Anthony Davis
Kawhi Leonard
add in Horford, Thomas and Hayward which the Celtics have and now you have a pretty good shot. Take just 1 of those pieces away though and you are the underdog.
The is how good Golden State is right now. The NBA needs to fix its league cause it shouldn't be like this. There should be a hard cap with no max contracts or no cap with a luxury tax.
Doing it the way they do it sometimes creates teams like these which are frankly not in the spirit of competition.
************ people...its bad enough we have one post about the Celtics in the football forum, now we have two. Why can't we just follow the rules and post **** in the correct forum. I dont give a crap if there is zero football to talk about, but post in the right forum.
also, while i am at it, here is a question. where is the appropriate forum to discuss Beast mode Lynch playing soccer? Its kinda football related since he is an american football player (and soccer is actually called football), but in America it is called soccer. So where should that discussion take place, in the football forum, or the other sports forum.
lastly, welcome to Boston Jimmy Chitwood
For people believing this puts the Celtics ahead of the Cavs or with golden state lets hear your reasoning.
I see a few people on here (me included) correctly stating while they like this move it isn't enough. If you think it is enough say why. Explain why this puts them ahead of the Cavs.
My thoughts for why it doesn't is the Cavs still have James and Irving and they are better than any players the Celtics have. Doubling one of them won't work cause we can't defend the other and we don't have the scorers to keep up.
As much as I like Thomas the holes in his offensive game are exploited vs that team to a degree and his defense is way to much to over come.
So no way to beat the Cavs with this team as it is now. IF they add another star maybe.. Needs to be someone really good though. Better than Hayward is which will be hard to get.
Ainge is doing a great job of rebuilding the Celtics. They have a very young and talented team that will get to be battle tested over the next couple of years. They have two top talents in Thomas and Hayward, and they have the young talent and picks to deal, as well as what should be two top five picks in s reportedly strong draft next year. Cleveland is going to crater after 2017 and the Celtics should be in position to take over the Eastern Conference in 2018. It will take a few more really good moves but they are building a really strong young team. Going forward the Bucks could actually be the team they have to deal with to get to the Finals.
Now they can lose to the Cavs in 6.
Nope. This doesn't even get the Celtics past the Cavs but it does close that gap some.
The Celtics to beat GSWs need Anthony Davis and a few more stars. Without Anthony Davis or Lebron James(as much as i am not a fan of him) beating GSWs is not even worth discussing. Can't happen if they are healthy.
You need to keep in mind the Warriors have 2 of the top 4 most impactful players in the NBA. Unless you have 1 of the other 2 at least you can't even talk about beating them in a 7 game series.
To beat GSWs you need this kind of team IMO
Anthony Davis
Kawhi Leonard
add in Horford, Thomas and Hayward which the Celtics have and now you have a pretty good shot. Take just 1 of those pieces away though and you are the underdog.
The is how good Golden State is right now. The NBA needs to fix its league cause it shouldn't be like this. There should be a hard cap with no max contracts or no cap with a luxury tax.
Doing it the way they do it sometimes creates teams like these which are frankly not in the spirit of competition.
Yes, and picture a year from now when LeBron heads to LA and we have yet another high first round pick in our hands...The Celtics were open for the entire Eastern Conference Finals. They just weren't talented enough to knock down the shots. That wont be a problem this year. The Cavs are one of the worst defensive teams in the league. They had success against the Celtics last year because the could key in on IT. They wont be able to do that this year and will struggle against the Celtics defensively.
Not only is it possible that they take out the Cavs this year, I think it's very likely. You are too focused on stars. This isn't fantasy basketball. The Celtics aren't top heavy but they are very deep. That should be enough to beat Cleveland. Cleveland is not the juggernaut people make them out to be. They are just in a very weak conference. They are top heavy, assuming James is still James at his age. But after Irving, LeBron and Love there is a massive drop off in talent and they can't defend. The Cavs do not scare me.