... That is absolutely incredible work by Jalen. I am genuinely impressed.Awesome. Jalen Rose came out on national TV and called Pierce (to his face) "Petty" for not letting IT have a tribute. Pierce continued to be a bitch and also said it was something about it being his birthday. Jalen's response, it's alot of people's birthday that day.
We needed a full camp and pre season with this guy healthy. He looks like several several weeks away from being the pre injury Thomas, and even then it will take several weeks if not months to build chemistry. Given the injury and how that has set this season back, we really should have demanded someone like Rozier or Smart. We might only get full IT for like 20 percent of the season if that then he hits free agency. He may not be himself himself until next season.
Now that it looks likely that IT will return to 100%, what is his value for trades? There has to be some team out there that would consider his star power and playmaking ability...right?
Could we package him and Crowder together for another team hoping to replicate last year's Celtics? What about packaging him with Shumpert? That's a nice guard combination for the right team with cap space.
Can't believe we didn't ask for either one of them... baffling.
What did they expect us to run with for the bigger part of the season? Jose and Rose? I'm sorry but that's too optimistic.
Smart although a shitty shooter would have helped our defense significantly and when IT got back would have allowed us to have him guard the ball handler and let IT guard the weakest player on the floor.
The trade was incredibly one-sided for Boston. They significantly upgraded their PG position, let go of two players they had zero need for and were actually blocking development of other players (Crowder and Zizic), and gave us only one asset of any meaning at all to them (the Nets pick). And the Nets pick was highly expendable since they have a ton of developing young guys in the pipeline, a very young starting lineup, and most important of all, still have a TON of first round picks (all of their own picks, the possible Lakers pick, the Sacramento pick in 2019, a Memphis first round pick between 2019 and 2021, etc.). It really benefited the Celtics a lot -- do you think they wanted to deal with having IT out for half the year then negotiate for a possible max contract with their most popular player who they actually didn't want to keep?
Given a trade that was that one-sided there was certainly room for us to negotiate for more but we just didn't succeed in doing it. No one should have let Koby Altman in a room with Danny Ainge without adult supervision. Unfortunately, I'm not sure there is any adult supervision available in the Cavs front office.
Why is it likely? I don't think he is going to return to 100 without surgery. The guy walks like a gangster because of his hip issue.
I hope he shows some burst soon because we are going to need his prior ability to break down the defense. Must be said that he is miles ahead of Irving as far as passing goes.
His shooting looked improved in the Orlando game, which was a very good sign. But like you, I am concerned about his burst. Last year he was getting by his first man effortlessly one on one, so far this year he needs a pick and clearly looks slower. I am hoping this is just due to getting back in shape. There's no way to practice breaking down a defense at NBA speeds without actually playing.
"They didn't budge" "Ainge wasn't going to trade any more assets!"
Celtics were desperate with IT mostly out for the majority of the season and without IT they would have had significant problems getting a good seed or in worst game reaching the playoffs(especially with Hayward injured). We had all the leverage, but we just couldn't take advantage of the situation probably. Cavs should have reached out to Kyrie and talk him out of it and explore trade options meanwhile without looking desperate.
Wasn't Kyrie almost as explosive from the get go after his knee injury?
Hip injuries just involve every damn muscle surrounding the area... his muscles have to compensate because of his structural damage... his hamstrings, glutes... just a tough injury for a professional player that has to grind 82 games a year.
Took Kyrie a month to get his speed back and almost the whole year too get his 3 going
People think 2016 was a breeze just because we won.Took Kyrie a month to get his speed back and almost the whole year too get his 3 going