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If you were hoping the Celtics had learned from the 19-dribble Tatum fadeaway in Cleveland, here’s what I believe is a 23-dribble possession for Jaylen Brown where nothing develops and he’s forced to rush up a bad shot after Atlanta pulled ahead late.

  • March 26, 2024


If you were hoping the Celtics had learned from the 19-dribble Tatum fadeaway in Cleveland, here’s what I believe is a 23-dribble possession for Jaylen Brown where nothing develops and he’s forced to rush up a bad shot after Atlanta pulled ahead late.

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  2. If you watch that clip and think the team gave a shit about winning this game then I don’t know what to tell you.

  3. Gotta go faster and get the ball to KP there. Tatum had cappella on the switch. Looked like jb was too afraid of turning it over

  4. JB has the ball Tatum tells him to slow it up …

    KP goes to set a pin down for JT but Tatum kinda just stands there …

    So KP goes to set a screen for JB but Mathews chucks him out of the way …

    At that point you’re at 5 and you take what you get

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    Don’t put a ton of blame on Jaylen here … Both Tatum and KP gotta be more forceful

  5. I’ve said it before…. Tatum takes too long to decide what he’s gonna do. He will get the ball in the post against a 5ft guard and stand there with his back to the basket for 4-5 seconds before he makes a move. Letting the D get set… then he goes. When the ball hits his hands he needs to decide pass, shoot, or drive. He waits too long and it kills me. I’ll be screaming at my TV .. GO !!!! DRIVE !!! DO SOMETHING !!!! Ugh. I need a drink.

  7. They didn’t have Jrue or Dwhite. They are not used to Pritchard being primary ball handler running the offense. The Jay’s reverted to previous years with key ball handlers out.

  8. You’ve gotta get Bogi involved in the action here. He is by far their weakest link defensively. We bailed them out by allowing him to camp in the corner on Al. Joe’s gotta recognize that and audible for a high screen to force the switch

  9. both JT and JB unclutch? Who do we get the ball to in the end game? I vote DWhite!

  10. But we can’t complain about any of this! We’ll just be called doomers and have the same problems that have plagued this core for years get pushed under the rug again

  11. If this shit costs us our season in the playoffs, and to be clear its by far the most likely reason we will lose this year, it will put me in a coffin.

  12. part of me thinks that they have a shit ton of amazing plays drawn up but theyre just saving them for the playoffs

  14. I’m not running a play that is designed to get Jaylen a ball screen going left. That said, Porzingis has to be able to just go set a screen without going full premier league becasue someone puts a forearm into him. Brown had Tatum at the elbow with Capela on him, which seemed like the match-up to attack.

    That said, people put way too much emphasis on one or two plays. The game was lost by going 4-24 from 3 after they had a 30 point lead halfway through the 2nd quarter, while Atlanta shot 57% from 3 the rest of the way. 30 point leads can easily evaporate over 2+ quarters with such extreme variance in shooting results. This wasn’t an example where a team ought to be able to hold a lead like this by slowing tempo and taking better shots. If you are up by that much with 30 minutes left of gametime, you just gotta keep playing. And if you happen to go cold while the other team shoots like that, there’s a good chance you lose the game.

  15. Call me when it’s 49 dribbles.

    23 dribbles isn’t even half of a MJ possession in the 90s

  16. This team is head and shoulders better than every team in the NBA. As long as we stay healthy I can see this team win the title and they should. That being said, the one thing that makes me at least nervous for the playoffs is their inability to come up with a big basket at the end of games. It’s Something that hasn’t gotten better and is a glaring issue with this team

  17. What the fuck is Tatum doing? He’s casually walking up the court like they have the lead and all the time in the world. Meanwhile you say PP run up the court. Honestly I don’t think this is as much on Brown as it is Joe and Tatum. Brown looks like he’s waiting for the action to start and Tatum has his head up his ass and it leads to a broken play cause Tatum was too late and couldn’t get open and Porzinigs was more concerned trying to draw a foul.

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