“S***, they just look at me and ask me if I’m good,” Williams III told CLNS Media/ Celtics Blog after Thursday’s win. They’re longer bursts that point toward conditioning progress. He gave about four minutes later in the frame. Williams III played 21 minutes in the final game of the homestand, in line with his average since returning from September knee surgery, playing a roughly 7:30 burst in the first half, closing the final five minutes of the first half, final two minutes of the third quarter and the first four of the fourth. The Celtics have outscored opponents by 11.8 points per 100 possessions and posted 107.2 defensive rating.
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He’s shooting 80.8% on 26 shot attempts, grabbing nearly four offensive and defensive rebounds each and hitting 8-of-10 free throws. White has remained a starter with Williams III coming off the bench since returning. His substitution off the bench has drawn nightly standing ovations from the TD Garden crowd.īoth said they’re fine with whatever role they play to finish the year. Robert Williams III sat as Al Horford and the starters closed the game, having done his job by pouring in 12 points around the rim, grabbing six rebounds and blocking a shot. “You just get announced at the beginning. “It doesn’t really matter to me,” he said. He’s played comfortably in his starting role, but isn’t guarding it tightly. I’m just not sure what at this point.BOSTON - Derrick White caught the ball twice on the weak side when the Clippers doubled Jayson Tatum and made crucial plays, driving for a three-point play against Kawhi Leonard and finding Grant Williams behind the arc to close out a 116-110 win. I’m not convinced that something else is brewing, but there’s some flexibility to do. Until Brown signs the extension, there’s always a chance that a blockbuster trade could occur (just don’t expect it). Maybe there’s an opportunity to get involved as a 3rd team in a Damian Lillard or James Harden trade. Perhaps with Grant’s money coming off the books, there’s an opportunity to split Brogdon’s salary into 2 useful players. There’s a chance that Malcolm Brogdon could still be moved. Still, the team has all their first round picks and a truckload of 2nd rounders to work with. All signs still point toward signing Jaylen Brown to a supermax extension. This could very well be it (aside from signing another minimum and/or some more upside guys to bring into camp). I’m just going to point you to Spotrac on this one. I think both Pritchard and Hauser could get there but they do have defensive limitations. The hope here is that one or two of the regular season rotation guys proves to be reliable enough to play meaningful minutes in the postseason. That leaves a playoff rotation of just seven reliable guys (by my subjective count). That’s still a loaded team on paper, but personally I get lost in the deep bench guys so I like to look at the roster in terms of tiers. Some of these positions are very subjective, so allow for some flexibility between categories. Let’s take a look at the roster from a depth chart perspective. The jury is still out if this is a better roster or not. The team needed to make changes but didn’t want to break up the Jays, so everything else was on the table. There’s flexibility to go get more (we also have all our 1st rounders) but as of now we’re just. Net impact: Porzingis has star potential but it cost us two high level playoff rotation guys. two additional 2nds and a pick swap via Grant Williams trade.So let’s look at the aggregate of the transactions to this point. That doesn’t always mean “more talented ” it might just mean “fits together better.” When you are competing for championships, taking a step back is a very bad idea (we can talk about the CBA later). At the end of the summer, the goal is to have a better team than we had the prior year. We’ve covered each of the transactions as they occurred, but “winning” and “losing” each individual deal is less important than the aggregate effect on the roster. The offseason is far from over but it felt like a good time to do a roster reset. Less than a month ago the Denver Nuggets won the NBA Finals and a lot has changed for the Boston Celtics since then.
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