Jay King
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Before we move off the Thunder and get to the Celtics, I do want to talk about Chet Holmgren because I do think the Porzingis-Holmgren matchup, if we do see this in the finals, and man, that would be a great finals. I think that that... is what's going to swing the finals. It's which of those guys is best in the series. What did you think about Chet in the game last night?
And then in what ways do you think Porzingis counters what Chet was able to succeed at last night?
What do you feel like the biggest difference between, aside from the level of competition being higher, do you feel like the Celtics themselves maybe are a little bit more vulnerable this year as compared to last year, just internally?
He should be treated the way that teams are treating Lou Dort. Lou Dort is a flamethrower. And Drew Holiday can't hit the broad side of a barn. And I don't understand why teams aren't making them pay for that.
You don't imagine a lineup change? I mean, Peyton Pritchard has been, I mean, that guy. Yeah, I mean, he's been amazing all season long. And obviously, if you need the defense, Drew is out there. But if you need the offense, you've got that option. You think that could be something that they look into?
When he's committed to two feet in the paint, he's an automatic bucket inside 10 feet, and he's unstoppable to get there. Jay, before we get out of here, do you have a hot take on the MVP since everybody seems to have some sort of opinion with 20 games to go?
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The Athletic NBA Daily · Celtics Still Favorites? + SNUBS and Lineups | Slam N Jam · 1 Feb 2025
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So, I do. Um... And so it took them a while, I believe, to adjust to Chris Stapps Porzingis coming back. Their slump, whatever you want to call it, started right around the time he came back from injury. He missed the first 17 games of the season. But not only that, he then had three injuries over the next 10 games and was just in and out of the lineup.
And so they just kept having to bring him back. go back to life without him, reincorporate him again, and it was just kind of clunky. And for a while, even their starting lineup, which was amazing last season, one of the best lineups in basketball, was getting shredded.
Their first like 10, 9 or 10 performances, their first 200 or so minutes, they were minus 11 points per 100 possessions, which is impossible with the amount of star power they have. Lately, that has turned around. They've started to crush teams again with that group on the court. Chris Asporzingas, the last month or so, has been fantastic. And so I think they're starting to turn around.
But they've got to string wins together. Like you said, they haven't had three straight wins in a long time. And it just hasn't been super consistent lately. They've handed away games late in the clutch with some weird, weird crunch time mistakes. So I do believe they're coming out of it. They're showing signs. They're beginning to transform back into what they used to be.
But it's been a weird, weird stretch.
So... Maybe. I just feel like Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown have a level of physicality that they haven't always had. Porzingis, he's shooting right now at an incredible rate. And if you look at his stats throughout his career, he's always been a good shooter, but not a great one. But because he's 7'3", it really matters that he's as good a shooter that he is.
But if he's a knockdown shooter, then it's totally different. His post-ups, they might want to use those more often even. He's just an incredible post-up player. He just bashes switches in the post. He's as efficient as it gets. And because he rarely played in the playoffs last year, that's your answer. If they're going to get better, just having Chris Stapps healthy throughout the playoffs.
would be a great way to start because when he's out there and they're flowing and they're making the right decisions, reading the game the right way, there's not much you can do to stop them because if you switch that, Chris Stapps will kill you on the switch. If you don't switch it, then Tatum or Brown is going to have a pretty easy time.
So I think that's the obvious answer, just a healthy Chris Stapps.
I think a lot of it's variance, like like that stretch against the Rockets. They had Luke Cornett out there. When will Luke Cornett be out there in a tight game that they really, really need to win? Yeah. He was guarding Alfred Shang-Goon. Like, somehow they let Shang-Goon just have a straight line to the rim. You're not going to see that very often. The next play...
They just have a miscommunication error, and Cornette and Jalen Brown try to pre-switch, but they don't do it in time, and so Jalen is closing out, and Ahmed Thompson is able to get into the paint very easily. He might have gotten into the paint anyway, but would have had a much tougher time if Jalen was squared up against him. That was a weird one.
They had the Pelicans game where Derek White just dropped the ball out of bounds on an inbounds pass. I don't think that'll happen very often. Then he had a five second violation that same game with like six seconds left. The Clippers game, they're up six with a minute. And then all of a sudden they're just throwing it all over the place.
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