SBN: Celtics Blog podcast

SBN: Celtics Blog

Sep 21, 2019
34 minutes

BBallBreakdown's Coach Nick covered the FIBA World Cup, and saw astonishing developments from the Celtics cast present. He noted Kemba Walker holds the tendencies of using motion and momentum through screens with less dribbling than Kyrie Irving, troubling ball conflict with Donovan Mitchell emerged in the loss to France.  - Nick saw little progression from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, while he ripped into Marcus Smart's continued frustrating tendencies. The basketball video breakdown expert gave a look into what the Celtics could look like in 2019-20, and a "terrible showing" for the USA in FIBA.  - Show notes:  - Can we compare FIBA and NBA (9:55)?  - Isaiah came off handoffs and full-speed off catches, without a ton of dribbling like Kyrie. Kemba comfortable in the pistol action.  - Does Kemba have to help Brown/Tatum reach next level?  - Concerned about the youth...(16:45)  - Defense after Horford, recovery, switching and more...the underrated loss of Aron Baynes (Celtics could get hammered by teams that go with two bigs)  - Could the Celtics play a wing at center like USA did?  - Marcus Smart criticism (23:30) - Weighing the Brad Stevens offense (26:15) - "He's going to have to win a Finals. He's going to have to make it to the NBA Finals."  - How the Celtics could play defense. (28:30) - CORRECTIONS (30:40) - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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