Official Boston Celtics thread

[its....JOHN B]

These dudes need to put the PlayStation controller down

 

[its....JOHN B]

Marc Gasol is my dream scenario but if the asking price is too high then Robin Lopez would be my second choice but if Bulls decide to roll with Jimmy and Rondo and make a move or two for a playoff run then give Phoenix a bag of skittles for Tyson Chandler and bring over Zizic

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Boston has no one who can guard lebron


Watch this video specifically the 3:16 mark

 

[its....JOHN B]

Lakers might do something smart and be the ones to trade for Jimmy, then pair him with George

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Doubt it lakers obsessed wit ball(who aint that nice imo) to replace dial up

Rest of the lakers pieces besides ingram & zubac(whatever his name is) are :/

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

U sure u want an aging gasol? He's still a great contributor but it's like addin slightly more offensively aggressive horford, more aggressive with his shot but not consistently dominant, great defender, rebounding leaves something to b desired n y'all need rebounding right?

 

[its....JOHN B]

Rebounding averages doesn't necessarily reflect that players rebounding ability, Marc spent a lot of time help defending and boxing out so other players like Zach could clean up on the boards, Kg averaged what 14 in Minny the year before he got traded here then dropped down to 9 when he got here, not because he fell off but because sacrificed stats for defense, we didn't have a double digit rebounder, you have a lot of these good rebounders who tend to hurt their team when they are on the floor, Miami played better without Whiteside, Orlando sucks with Vucevic, Drummond I already posted his trash numbers, Jordan is lucky to be playing with Paul, Greg Monroe sucks, I'm takin Marc over all of them including any other big who might be available, if we draft Fultz and sign Hayward which is best case scenario then a couple good players become expendable like Crowder and some assortment of Bradley/Smart/Rozier, then we got their pick in 19 and maybe Olynyk in a sign andvtrade, but if they want Brooklyns pick and Zizic it ain't happening

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

I feel u, I do think monroe Whiteside or vucci could be made better on the Celtics tho

 

[BlackAX410]

Boston has no one who can guard lebron


Watch this video specifically the 3:16 mark

Crowder is too slow, smart is too short, jaylen forced him into his toughest looks I'm expecting a better game 2

 

[(Nope)]

Marc Gasol is my dream scenario but if the asking price is too high then Robin Lopez would be my second choice but if Bulls decide to roll with Jimmy and Rondo and make a move or two for a playoff run then give Phoenix a bag of skittles for Tyson Chandler and bring over Zizic

I like Gasol, he'd fit here, but he's not leaving Memphis. He had a good season this year, but at 32, he's definitely on the decline. Plus, the Griz don't want our pick this year after what they gave Conley and I'm not sure what else we could offer them.

I'm with you on Lopez tho. He plays tough and would make a difference. However, if I'm Ainge, I'm not sure I'd spend money on a big that isn't KAT, Davis, Cousins, or Gobert. And aside from Cousins (who may or may not destroy team chemistry or get himself locked up off the court), none of them are going anywhere-anytime soon.

 

[its....JOHN B]

Marc Gasol is my dream scenario but if the asking price is too high then Robin Lopez would be my second choice but if Bulls decide to roll with Jimmy and Rondo and make a move or two for a playoff run then give Phoenix a bag of skittles for Tyson Chandler and bring over Zizic

I like Gasol, he'd fit here, but he's not leaving Memphis. He had a good season this year, but at 32, he's definitely on the decline. Plus, the Griz don't want our pick this year after what they gave Conley and I'm not sure what else we could offer them.

I'm with you on Lopez tho. He plays tough and would make a difference. However, if I'm Ainge, I'm not sure I'd spend money on a big that isn't KAT, Davis, Cousins, or Gobert. And aside from Cousins (who may or may not destroy team chemistry or get himself locked up off the court), none of them are going anywhere-anytime soon.

See you're not following me and most of that didn't make sense, I understand Gasol isn't getting any better but he's still playing at a high level and he's not a guy who relies on athleticism to be effective he'll be good through the life of his contract, he'll be a great fit not only with Al and IT and help us contend in the short term but also helping our young players develop, It's not his choice if Memphis decides to move on from him if the deal is enticing enough, and both him and Lopez are on very serviceable contracts until 2019, you're going to have to elaborate on the bolded, especially the first part of you're talking about the Brooklyn pick I never said give that up for him but you don't think Memphis would take because they paid Conley?

 

[BlackAX410]

Memphis gotta get younger eventually all of their core is 30+ so I'm warming up to the idea of getting gasol but not for the 18 pick. I think a team over pays for olynyk so we're gonna need to get 2 big men to replace him and amir

 

[its....JOHN B]

I wouldn't mind Vucevic either, Orlando doesn't seem to ask for much in trades, they wanted Rozier for Ibaka he might have to go though

 

[toheeb27]

 

[its....JOHN B]

Could be worse, our future could be a poor mans Tayshaun Prince

Yikes

 

[(Nope)]

Marc Gasol is my dream scenario but if the asking price is too high then Robin Lopez would be my second choice but if Bulls decide to roll with Jimmy and Rondo and make a move or two for a playoff run then give Phoenix a bag of skittles for Tyson Chandler and bring over Zizic

I like Gasol, he'd fit here, but he's not leaving Memphis. He had a good season this year, but at 32, he's definitely on the decline. Plus, the Griz don't want our pick this year after what they gave Conley and I'm not sure what else we could offer them.

I'm with you on Lopez tho. He plays tough and would make a difference. However, if I'm Ainge, I'm not sure I'd spend money on a big that isn't KAT, Davis, Cousins, or Gobert. And aside from Cousins (who may or may not destroy team chemistry or get himself locked up off the court), none of them are going anywhere-anytime soon.

See you're not following me and most of that didn't make sense, I understand Gasol isn't getting any better but he's still playing at a high level and he's not a guy who relies on athleticism to be effective he'll be good through the life of his contract, he'll be a great fit not only with Al and IT and help us contend in the short term but also helping our young players develop, It's not his choice if Memphis decides to move on from him if the deal is enticing enough, and both him and Lopez are on very serviceable contracts until 2019, you're going to have to elaborate on the bolded, especially the first part of you're talking about the Brooklyn pick I never said give that up for him but you don't think Memphis would take because they paid Conley?

What didn't make sense?

When did I say you said anything about the Brooklyn pick? I said--in so many words--We don't have shit that Memphis wants.

And why would Memphis trade their star center for anything on the Celtics? If they did trade the aforementioned star center, I'm assuming the #1 draft-pick would be part of said trade, but Memphis is still in win now mode. I doubt they are looking to get rid of their best player for a project.

Basically I responded to your hypothetical with a hypothetical. But, you're doing a bunch of mental gymnastics to counter a point I never made. I literally agreed with you. Gasol or Lopez would HYPOTHETICALLY both be a great fit.

But that Gasol shit isn't going to happen.

 

[Inglewood_B]

Couldn't have happened to a better city

 

[its....JOHN B]

Marc Gasol is my dream scenario but if the asking price is too high then Robin Lopez would be my second choice but if Bulls decide to roll with Jimmy and Rondo and make a move or two for a playoff run then give Phoenix a bag of skittles for Tyson Chandler and bring over Zizic

I like Gasol, he'd fit here, but he's not leaving Memphis. He had a good season this year, but at 32, he's definitely on the decline. Plus, the Griz don't want our pick this year after what they gave Conley and I'm not sure what else we could offer them.

I'm with you on Lopez tho. He plays tough and would make a difference. However, if I'm Ainge, I'm not sure I'd spend money on a big that isn't KAT, Davis, Cousins, or Gobert. And aside from Cousins (who may or may not destroy team chemistry or get himself locked up off the court), none of them are going anywhere-anytime soon.

See you're not following me and most of that didn't make sense, I understand Gasol isn't getting any better but he's still playing at a high level and he's not a guy who relies on athleticism to be effective he'll be good through the life of his contract, he'll be a great fit not only with Al and IT and help us contend in the short term but also helping our young players develop, It's not his choice if Memphis decides to move on from him if the deal is enticing enough, and both him and Lopez are on very serviceable contracts until 2019, you're going to have to elaborate on the bolded, especially the first part of you're talking about the Brooklyn pick I never said give that up for him but you don't think Memphis would take because they paid Conley?

What didn't make sense?

When did I say you said anything about the Brooklyn pick? I said--in so many words--We don't have shit that Memphis wants.

And why would Memphis trade their star center for anything on the Celtics? If they did trade the aforementioned star center, I'm assuming the #1 draft-pick would be part of said trade, but Memphis is still in win now mode. I doubt they are looking to get rid of their best player for a project.

Basically I responded to your hypothetical with a hypothetical. But, you're doing a bunch of mental gymnastics to counter a point I never made. I literally agreed with you. Gasol or Lopez would HYPOTHETICALLY both be a great fit.

But that Gasol shit isn't going to happen.

I don't know if they are in win now mode Zach and Tony Allen are coming off the books and they both are 35, Vince is retiring, they paid Parsons the worst contract in the league I guess to be part of what would be their big 3 but he can't stay on the floor, they got nothing else going on with that roster and Marc is 32, we have other assets that isn't the Brooklyn pick and no other team is giving up a lottery pick for an aging Marc, im only speculating because I think they should be taking calls on Marc and start thinking long term because they are in a horrible position where a first round exit is their ceiling so building through the draft isn't happening and they have no cap space to make moves in free agency

 

[its....JOHN B]

But the fact that we can't even put up a fight im chilling on giving up any assets outside of players that would become expendable if we were to sign Hayward and draft Fultz, if we brought it to 6 and lost some close games im thinking about giving up a Zizic with Crowder and Smart and the Memphis pick, but things done changed with the way this series is going

 

[BlackAX410]

Who are your keepers man, last night was so disappointing dawg I only wanna keep IT, jaylen, crowder in a bench role, and Avery but not for over $20 mil like the market might suggest. A part of me wants to keep Terry but it's a logjam. I don't want smart on the roster if we can flip one of our wings for a physical big maybe a Taj Gibson type I'd be cool too