Tatum was moving worse the longer the game went on. Most guys who twist their ankle and stay in the game have it happen way later where the adrenaline carries them to the end before they miss games, Tatum had to play on it for 48 minutes. If you want to say he was too inconsistent through the playoffs that's fair but i'm not blaming him for tonight, tonight is when your 2nd best player has to step up and he played even worse than the guy on a bum ankle
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quietbruinfan
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I think Mazzulla is terrible with a capital t. Hire Stotts or Williams or anyone....
JRull86
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Come on this is a ridiculous take.
Let's see here, he hurts his ankle on the opening possession, sits out, Celtics get blown out. "TATUM IS A BUM, TATUM IS SOFT"
Hurts his ankle, cant plant and drive, cut for a step back which is his strength, stays in because he's their best player, has poor shooting night "TATUM IS SOFT"
His injury absolutely hindered his game.
You need an experienced head coach. Maybe keep Mazzulla as an assistant.
The fact that the C's got here after the whole Udoka thing at the very beginning of the season is a feat in itself.
I know I expected the team to fall apart after that and they waited until tonight to.
Titletown worked perfect though because when the Celtics and Bruins won it just happened to be in between the Patriots & Red Sox droughts.
dangermike
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Brown was bad tonight but this whole team collapsed on defense this entire series. Gift of a game 6 included. Teams consistently torch us bc we let them shoot rhythm threes and tonight/this playoffs was no different.
I want big changes and if brown is one of those- ok, as long as we get something good back but it’s not the biggest need. Smart reverting to stupid ball tonight a bunch was tough. Al refused to attack no matter what.
White and Rob- they have to stay no matter what. They and they alone consistently make winning plays.
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I cannot remember a series where a team almost immediately turned the ball back over after getting a defensive stop or turnover of their own so often.
It was maddening!
It was maddening!
JRull86
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Why? This core has shown since that first Kyrie year that they cannot close games, and cannot get over the hump.
How many shots do you realistically give Tatum, Brown, Smart trio before accepting it just isn't happening.
Brown is absolutely their most valuable trade asset after Tatum, and frankly with him being super max eligible, I'd move him as long as they can get comparable value back.
dangermike
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Tatum had an extremely inconsistent playoffs - just like he did last year. Dog on brown for his performance the last two games but he had a much better start to this playoff run than JT. I hold Tatum to a different standard bc he is our 1A option unlike Brown - Tatum disappears a ton for a dude in that role
Minor tweaks around the edges, glad they didn’t roll over and get swept. Just gotta hope a young core can finally get over the hump. Elite young players can take a bit to get their first ring, as has been demonstrated in here time and time again. I’d consider moving Smart and getting a true PG somehow but that’s about it.
Saw this game 7 loss coming a mile away so it didn’t even hurt at all!
Saw this game 7 loss coming a mile away so it didn’t even hurt at all!
JRull86
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Yeah he looked really old by the end of the year.
He's not suited for a bench role with actual effective minutes, so unless they're cool with paying him 10 mil this upcoming year to register probably 50 DNPs, I'd trade his contract, knowing he'd get bought out, and reitre.
1specter
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If this was regular season, he probably misses multiple weeks after that injury IMO. His game is also all about agility and quick feet, there was no way he was gonna be able to be effective after that. I feel for the guy
Horford signed a 2 year deal like 5 months ago, he’s not going anywhere
KrejciMVP
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Mazzulla showed growth in games 4-6 with how he was controlling the game whenever it looked like it was getting away from them but i thought he had a awful game tonight. Brogdon not even hitting the rim on his first 3 attempt and everyone knows he's injured but was kept out there for 7 straight minutes and lost his minutes by 15 points and i think Tatum's injury showed the huge flaws to his offense.
51% of their shots tonight were threes and as Tatum lost more of his ability to drive the longer the game went on there was no plays drawn up to get guys designed open looks running off of screens or anything. They were just chucking up bad 3 pointers where the defenders were in good position because there's not much else to the offensive system beyond having the ball in your best players hands and taking a lot of threes. It's like building a baseball lineup of 8 Joey Gallo's and one great all around hitter. The ceiling is sky high but the floor can be pretty low. They survived game 6 with bad shooting but it killed them tonight.
51% of their shots tonight were threes and as Tatum lost more of his ability to drive the longer the game went on there was no plays drawn up to get guys designed open looks running off of screens or anything. They were just chucking up bad 3 pointers where the defenders were in good position because there's not much else to the offensive system beyond having the ball in your best players hands and taking a lot of threes. It's like building a baseball lineup of 8 Joey Gallo's and one great all around hitter. The ceiling is sky high but the floor can be pretty low. They survived game 6 with bad shooting but it killed them tonight.
They've tried minor tweaks. Sixers and Bucks aren't going anywhere and they just hired new coaches. No guarantee you keep getting this far in playoffs. Hell, it was a regression from last year. Some tough decisions for Brad Stevens.
McGarnagle
Yes.
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Derrick White's tip-in could've gone down in NBA history like Bird's steal, Jordan's shot over Ehlo, Kareem's skyhook. But now it means absolutely nothing.
PatriceBergeron
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Because Brown and Tatum are 25 and 26 and young players almost never win championships in the NBA
EverettMike
FIRE DON SWEENEY INTO THE SUN
Jaylen Brown was the difference in this series. Swap him and Caleb Martin and the Cs win in 5.
JRull86
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Sure, but they've also made the ECF or greater 4 times in Tatum's 6 years. The young players thing does not apply to them, they have plenty of experience.
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