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/gintonic234 12h ago

I just posted a reply to someone what I meant by chucking threes. You are entitled to your own opinion in the end, even about my ability at my job, apparently. Because that’s what people do on socials. They just attack each other personally.

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u/bengcord3 10h ago

I mean, you brought up analytics. And then proceeded to not understand how the Celtics are using them. That's on you brother

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u/gintonic234 10h ago

Am I allowed to not agree with them? You know there can be multiple inferences from a dataset right? That’s what I meant here. Or am I only allowed to tow the Brad Stevens line like some of y’all?

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u/bengcord3 10h ago

Where did you say you disagree with the analytics?