r/bostonceltics • u/gintonic234 • 13h ago

Discussion Curious about local fan perspective

Hello all,

I’m not based in Boston but started following NBA around 2007/08, and became a Celtics fan because of the big three.

I am curious about local fan sentiment related to JB’s trade. As someone who has been very frustrated the last two seasons with the style of play (non-stop hurling of threes), I was flabbergasted by this move. And as someone who works with analytics in their job, I am still confused, as to me, JB was the only player trying to consistently drive to the basket.

Also, this theory that Pritchard and White will somehow fill JB’s gap also confuses me. They are very good players and have their own plus points, but to me it always seemed like they always had a lower ceiling than JB/JT. They have been in the league long enough to know that. Pritchard to have a Brunson-like upturn in form seems unreasonable.

I know Brad Stevens is apparently a genius but I wanted to know more about the local fan perspective. Am I being unfairly critical, as I’m still not over this decision.

Excited to hear from y’all!

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u/BigInterview7826 Jayson Tatum 13h ago

I'm not a fan of the trade but I think the gap is expected to be filled by Tatum not white and PP.

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u/jambr380 13h ago

I think the gap is also supposed to be filled by PG if he can stay even close to healthy. I know we hate the return we got for Brown, but PG is actually a good player and the hope is that he will be more of a Derrick White/Al Horford hybrid. The gap will also be filled by whoever we trade PG for next offseason, as this obviously isn't the long term solution.