Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

 Did some research after reading the CBSsports.com a rticle on Celtics Coach, Joe Mazzulla's, game clock strategy. Honestly, it never occurred to me ( per Jack Maloney ): The obvious question is why? Everyone is familiar with teams letting the ball roll up the floor in the final seconds of games in order to save time, but why have the Celtics started doing it with minutes remaining? In short, they've discovered a loop hole in the way the clock operates.  In a nutshell, here it is: 1.) The team in possession of the ball after a made-shot by the opposition has eight (8) seconds to get the ball across the half-court line . 2.) But the game clock is running , while the 8-second rule "clock" and the shot clock don't start until an on-court player actually has possession from the in-bounder. 3.) So a team whose final lead is still in doubt can avoid picking the ball up from the floor as long as no opponent forces them to do so - in which case both the 8-second limit a...

 A recent article by CBS Sports' Brad Botkin presents as good an argument for maybe s plitting up the Jayson Tatum-Jaylen brown wing pairing.  Here is a portion of that stance: It is, perhaps, a fitting microcosm for a duo that looks so good on paper but is starting to stagnate in practice. It feels like the Celtics should be good, but they just aren't. And they haven't been for a while now. No organization wants to pull the plug on a plan in which it has invested just about everything, but we've seen multiple star duos run their course.  The  Raptors  eventually conceded that  Kyle Lowry  and  DeMar DeRozan  had topped out. Washington came to the same conclusion with  John Wall  and  Bradley Beal . Portland is probably headed for a splitting of  Damian Lillard  and  CJ McCollum . With the season close to half-done , the Celtics are in 10th place in the East. Tatum and Brown look terrific on paper - often brilli...