Skip to main content

The Celtics are the best team in the East - Tell me I'm wrong

The Celtics are the best team in the Eastern Conference.  Tell me I'm wrong.  And you would be wrong.  It is so obvious that the Celts are the best team.  I'm struggling to understand how people don't already know this. 

The 76ers, Bucks and Celtics are the top 3 teams in the East.  One of these teams has gotten better since last year (Celtics).  The other two have gotten worse.

Let's start with the 76ers.  They lost JJ Reddick and Jimmy Butler.  If you watched the playoffs last year, you know that Jimmy Butler was at the very least the second most valuable player on their team.  Embiid is a beast, nobody is gonna argue that.  And Ben Simmons is a freight train that is tough to stop when he gets a full head of steam.  But Embiid is clumsy at times and commits turnovers.  And Simmons can't shoot!  Butler is an all around player who is one of the best in the game.  Look at the start Miami is off to this year.  He matters.  A lot.


And so does JJ Reddick.  For real, the guy may be in the top 5 shooters in the entire NBA.  I know I have hated playing against him the last few years.  The 76ers are going to miss his tremendous ability to run off a pick, catch and splash with a defender draped all over him.  Simmons can't shoot.  AL Horford is not a great outside shooter.  Embiid plays inside.  When the playoffs come, I whole heartedly invite the Sixers to try to beat us with Tobias Harris and Josh Richardson shooting.  Aint. Gonna. Happen.

Then we have the Bucks.  We already smashed these guys this year.  Just demolished them in the second half when it mattered,  People across the country seem to think it was a coincidence.  Did those people watch how Semi and Marcus dominated Giannis?  Giannis plays one way.  And he uses mostly the same moves.  Marcus and Semi have those moves figured out.  And you know what the #1 tactic is for defending Giannis that nobody else is willing to do?  Stay in front of the guy!  Smart and Semi are not afraid of the contact or getting run over while Giannis puts his head down and goes to the basket.  We have team-first guys who leave it all out on the court.  Giannis cannot beat us by himself.  And we have the matchups at other positions to defend the rest of the the slugs on the Bucks, Khris Middleton included.

I haven't even talked about the Celtics and how much better we are than last year yet.  Kemba is a legit high level weapon who is just working his way in with a new group of guys.  Think he will be better by end of year?  Yeah, me too.  The absence of that turd Kyrie has been such a godsend.  Jaylen, Tatum, Smart, and Hayward all look way better this year than they did last year.  By a mile!  Especially Hayward of course.  He looks like an all star.  Just watch the games and he stands out as a smart ballplayer who can finish. 

Come playoff time Rob Williams, Carsen Edwards and hopefully Enes Kanter will all be playing valuable minutes for us as well.  These guys have skills that translate in the playoffs.  Defense.  Rebounding.  Shooting.  And Brad Stevens knows how to use matchups as well as any coach in the game. 

How do people not see what I'm seeing? 

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

The Elm Street Nightmare

 A true-and-suspenseful horror tale of haunting, homicides and the hunt for triple-murderer, Daniel Laplante - as told by the cops that were there By Lt. Thomas Lane (Ret.)  Daniel Laplante - cold, calm, clever, calculating- Photo: YouTube   Elm Street  surfaces on six (6) occasions in the Laplante saga: 1.) He  resided on Elm Street  in Townsend, Massachusetts  2.) He  kidnapped a woman  at gunpoint on  Elm Street, Pepperell , Massachusetts 3.) That kidnapped woman fled to the Gillogly residence on Elm Street after escaping from the armed fugitive, Laplante. 4.) He was arrested and transported to Massachusetts State Police Barracks on Elm Street in Concord . 5.) He was  tried, convicted   and sentenced for the murders at  Superior Court , corner of  Elm Stree t and Gorham Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. 6.) The author, Thomas Lane, lived on Elm Steet, Pepperell, Massachusetts while a police Sgt./Lt. for the town police force. When evil and cleverness reside in the same mind, the st

Did the Celtics Kevin McHale really have a wingspan of 8-feet?

According to many sources, the Celtics Kevin McHale did indeed have an estimated wingspan of 8-feet. One of those sources is Wikipedia, as seen below: Kevin McHale American basketball player DescriptionKevin Edward McHale is an American retired basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Boston Celtics. He is a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, and is regarded as one of the best power forwards of all time. He was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team. Wikipedia Born: December 19, 1957 (age 61 years), Hibbing, MN Wingspan: 8′ 0″ Height: 6′ 10″ Spouse: Lynn McHale (m. 1982) NBA draft: 1980, Boston Celtics (Round: 1 / Pick: 3) Hall of fame induction: 1999 Number: 32 (Boston Celtics / Power forward, Center) Kevin was listed at 6'10" tall when he was drafted with the 3rd pick in the 1980 draft. Red Auerbach, in yet another heist, brought in both McHale and center Robert Parish (via trade) prior to the Celtics' 1980-81 Champion

In defense of Marcus Smart

 Let me make it clear first of all that I am totally against making a threat of any kind that even hints at harming, or certainly killing, another human being. Marcus Smart was wrong in doing so in the Celtics loss to the tanking Oklahoma City Thunder , and he deserved the one-game suspension. But to be honest, part of me loved that it occurred. . This type of thing can happen when a player gets to a point "beyond frustration" and is having a bad game. Marcus and his teammates have been under-performing generally - were in the process of losing to a pathetic-and-tanking Thunder team - and Smart was having a bad game . And he let loose verbally at the closest target - an NBA official. Wilt Chamberlain did a similar act versus referee, Earl Strom when Wilt was having his usual tortuous time at the free throw line (per Chicago Tribune's Sam Smith): ''He was in one of those 1-for-13s,'' recalls referee Earl Strom. ''Nothing was getting close. S