We be in trouble without Hayward...Celts defense is just elite right now...holding GS to under 90 is impressive...I dont care how many good looks they missed
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Well I'm assuming their D drops off from where it is, too, but if it didn't...yeah...they'd have us.
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Helps to have a real coach.
Trading Kyrie to the Celtics was the greatest gift for both him and the Celtics.
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At this point it's damn near a yearly tradition.
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LOL at Shit Bayless. Nobody gives a fuq about a “statement” in mid-November. We beat GSW last Christmas - that was a nice win but it meant nothing in June.
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Yeah they might be the #1 seed and then we’d have no chance at all.
Damn, the Celtics are the real deal. Irving might just nab that MVP. His defense has been elite, and he is playing within a system but still averaging close to his usual career average of 21 points and 45%% shooting. Guess that is what he can do with a real coach.
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You say that like it's far from the truth
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Damn, the Celtics are the real deal. Irving might just nab that MVP. His defense has been elite, and he is playing within a system but still averaging close to his usual career average of 21 points and 45%% shooting. Guess that is what he can do with a real coach.
No. He won't.
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Kyrie Irving isn't even the Celtics MVP atm and I will bet any amount of money donated to RCF that he doesn't finish top 5 in MVP voting.
What are you smoking? I'd like some.
The Celtics D has been elite, mostly despite Kyrie. I give him a ton of credit for putting in the most effort of his career on that end, but he still dies on every screen, gambles too much, and watches the ball way too often. He's got a team full of switchy, plus defenders and a scheme doing a masterful job at hiding him and not putting him in positions to get embarrassed. His DRPM has him middle-of-the-pack as far as PG's go. His backcourt partner Marcus Smart? #2 in DRPM in the entire NBA for guards.
His USG and FGA is pretty much the same as it was last year. Efficiency is down(thanks to not having LeBron, most likely) He's not being limited in any way by the system in terms of opportunity. And Boston's offense is absolutely not the reason they're 14-2.
Props to Boston for their early dominance as a team. It's been quite impressive.
But Kyrie is really just the same exact Kyrie that we all know and used to love. (not a knock...Kyrie is a really good player...but going to Boston didn't magically unlock anything about his game, at least not yet. With the exception of defensive effort...but that's more of a choice Kyrie made to start trying)
