Zach Lowe

Their core guys have been healthy all year.

And more than anything else,

Jalen Brown just came out and set the tone from the beginning of the year that I am a rock of stability.

I am a floor.

Okay.

Our ceiling is going to get higher than you think, but like, I am going to keep us base level competent on every single possession on both ends of the floor.

And especially on offense, I'm going to be able to get us a decent shot

Every time I have the ball on offense that I don't turn it over and people are going to come back in this and throw the on off numbers in my face in jail and Brown's face that the Celtics are quote unquote better with jail and Brown off the floor.

The last time I checked, they were like plus 11 with jail and Brown off the floor plus six or something with him on the floor.

And I just don't really care because the plus six is a pretty impressive figure in its own right.

He's going against all the best opposing lineups.

He is on the floor all the time that the other team is in the bonus because of his rotation patterns.

And free throw rate is a big reason.

A potent free throw rate is a big reason.

The Celtics defense takes a hit in the Jalen Brown on off minutes.

Something interesting is going on there, but I'm not going to penalize him for the fact that the Celtics are deep and awesome and competitive and stagger their rotations so that, you know, two of their best players are on the floor almost all the time.

I'm not going to penalize him for that.

Ants on off numbers.

Aren't super impressive by this metric.

Anyway, Donovan Mitchell's are, have been, I just think at this point, given the minutes advantage he has given the way he's finishing the season, I think he deserves it.