Neemy grabbing 15 boards in 20 minutes is more of the same from him. Love his size. I wasn't a fan of Walsh's game but he's so young, he had time. Well that time has been well spent. His outside shooting looks great, I don't believe that he's just on a hot streak. His freakish length on top of that shooting, makes him very exciting going forward. I think we can add 1 more grade to this and that's Joe Mazzulla and the staff. This team looks so well coached and the player development is Miami Heat-level excellent. I was a big Ime guy but the Celtics really hit a HR with Joe. GOOD TIMES!!!
Love the Mazzulla/Coaching grades...I'll add mine when I grade the starters :) but I agree, the whole roster is so much fun, and a lot of that is on Joe, his staff and Brad Stevens. Really excited for what's to come this season!
Agreed! I should have included Brad also! May as well throw Wyck in there too seeing as it seems he talked the family into extending everyone lol. Praying the team stays healthy so we can really see what this Celtics team can achieve!
Ha! Almost had a heart attack (😅) at first glimpse when i thought Neemy had a C- (but no, it was just the formatting 🤓). Just to add to your excellent summary is that he’s almost not fouling, which is a HUGE win imo. I also don’t understand why he doesn’t dunk more - he’s huge, why didn’t he just blow the opponents Shaq’s style ? (but here I am, sitting on my couch 😭)
Question about Jaden - what is causing his shift, downward? Or we should just ignore this period as it’s the the pre season? It’s like ir was bad for him to dominate during the summer league as his fire went away (kinda the opposite happened to Walshie, which turned out Dr Walshie and Mr Jordan 🤓🔥). Is there a world that Brad trades Jaden away, for picks?
Haha, I wouldn't be that mean to Neemy. He's been solid. I agree he should be more forceful in the paint, though. And that's an excellent point of his 'almost not fouling' means he's learning and there's still optimism there.
Re: Springer -- No idea. I think in Summer League, everything was running through him so it was easier to impact the game. Now he's being asked to play a very specific role and it may not totally suit his skill set (that's my working theory)
Neemy grabbing 15 boards in 20 minutes is more of the same from him. Love his size. I wasn't a fan of Walsh's game but he's so young, he had time. Well that time has been well spent. His outside shooting looks great, I don't believe that he's just on a hot streak. His freakish length on top of that shooting, makes him very exciting going forward. I think we can add 1 more grade to this and that's Joe Mazzulla and the staff. This team looks so well coached and the player development is Miami Heat-level excellent. I was a big Ime guy but the Celtics really hit a HR with Joe. GOOD TIMES!!!
Love the Mazzulla/Coaching grades...I'll add mine when I grade the starters :) but I agree, the whole roster is so much fun, and a lot of that is on Joe, his staff and Brad Stevens. Really excited for what's to come this season!
Agreed! I should have included Brad also! May as well throw Wyck in there too seeing as it seems he talked the family into extending everyone lol. Praying the team stays healthy so we can really see what this Celtics team can achieve!
Ha! Almost had a heart attack (😅) at first glimpse when i thought Neemy had a C- (but no, it was just the formatting 🤓). Just to add to your excellent summary is that he’s almost not fouling, which is a HUGE win imo. I also don’t understand why he doesn’t dunk more - he’s huge, why didn’t he just blow the opponents Shaq’s style ? (but here I am, sitting on my couch 😭)
Question about Jaden - what is causing his shift, downward? Or we should just ignore this period as it’s the the pre season? It’s like ir was bad for him to dominate during the summer league as his fire went away (kinda the opposite happened to Walshie, which turned out Dr Walshie and Mr Jordan 🤓🔥). Is there a world that Brad trades Jaden away, for picks?
Keep up the great work !
Haha, I wouldn't be that mean to Neemy. He's been solid. I agree he should be more forceful in the paint, though. And that's an excellent point of his 'almost not fouling' means he's learning and there's still optimism there.
Re: Springer -- No idea. I think in Summer League, everything was running through him so it was easier to impact the game. Now he's being asked to play a very specific role and it may not totally suit his skill set (that's my working theory)