Celtics 2025-2026 Discussion

[bresna]

Points taken. I'd add the guys that helped get us to the 2nd season when Tatum was out.. like Hugo for example he can't even Crack the line up? Why? He can provide some fresh legs some hustle and he can hit shots. Here's why we are truly and honestly losing.

1. Embid- no answer for him.
2. No one not named Jordan Walsh can make maxey work.
3. D white love the guy but he's struggling and isn't even looking for his shot.
4. Drop coverage is killing them..
5. Mixers top 3 scorers are playing better than our top 3 scorers.

Game 7 isn't a guarantee.. we lost game 2 without embid at home. We have been kept under 100 points for 2 consecutive games.

Nonetheless they achieved alot this season and there's still more moves to make this off season.. I think D white may get moved.

Hugo hit the freshman wall about a third of the way through the season. His D fell off and he had quite a few dumb fouls.

Jordan Walsh is an excellent defender, but as I said before this series - with the refs swallowing their whistles (seemingly only when the Celtics drive to the hoop), he's getting called for a lot of ticky-tack fouls on Maxey. Oh - and as mentioned earlier, they flop a lot!

 

[LightSkinSmurf]

Some of y'all are overlooking a prescient fact:
I said this early in this series- when Embiid is healthy, Sixers have THE best starting 5 in the NBA. Their depth is not great but that starting 5 is tough. And now, theyre putting in the effort to play defense.
If they win, its not an upset.
Mazzula has proven he's a top coach in the league.
Players have no heart? ********!
If you're gonna criticize, at least hit on truthful criticisms. There certainly are some.

You are mixing in your personal opinion with the reality of the situation. I agree with one thing, Embiid being there changes everything. All though if you look at Celtics reddit lol.....What a clown show that is. They deluded themselves into believing it didn't matter if he played or not or that he made the Sixers worse. The C's were up 3-1, and are still heavily favored to win game 7 despite everything. It would be another upset on Joe's resume even if you personally think otherwise.

 

[Real fan 02]

Hugo hit the freshman wall about a third of the way through the season. His D fell off and he had quite a few dumb fouls.

Jordan Walsh is an excellent defender, but as I said before this series - with the refs swallowing their whistles (seemingly only when the Celtics drive to the hoop), he's getting called for a lot of ticky-tack fouls on Maxey. Oh - and as mentioned earlier, they flop a lot!

Especially Embid an 7'2 giant and he has to flop.. Embarrassing... I love the depth on this team and sometimes coaches need to play guys to give them play off experience and let them grown thier confidence there's really no one outside the Js that you could say you have 100% confidence in they can get thier own shot right now even they are struggling. Going to have to do something different today or the off season is very early this year.

They had a great regular season and there Will be changes in the offseason.. I believe they move D white.