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Summer league, a switch to zone, and is John Wall an option for Boston Celtics?



The Boston Celtics have only played two games, but some trends are starting to show up in guys like Jordan Walsh and JD Davison. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal discusses that, why the zone defense they’ve been playing around with could be a sign that Joe Mazzulla will do something very smart with his defense, and whether John Wall is an option for the Celtics.

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39 Comments

  4. Phill L.

    Derrick white may shoot less and efficiency may go down but he has a mean float game, so if he is required to set up plays mord then he will be fine scoring wise. Plus in the times White set up the plays, as long as the ball moves around he will still get his catch and shoot oppurtunities in similar fashion. The thing i think that will drop will be his defense he hes required to do a lot more on offence. Itll take more energy out of him but this is all speculation

  7. G Martin

    Sign Christian woods. I'd rather have guaranteed playmaking in rondo over wall.

  14. natedawg 100

    I’ve been wanting us to sign Rondo back. Fits your want of a pass 1st ball handler, and we should have 1 guy on our team who has actually won. And if we did win Rondo is suddenly a top 7 Celtic of all time and would probably retire after.

  17. Greg Leavitt

    Yes to changing up the D! Box and 1, 2/1/2, or just man-to-man ya gotta keep options open and certain lineups will work better with different schemes. We were as reliant on the switching as we were on 3's last year. When these things worked, sure it was great but they didn't work more often than they did and other teams exploited them almost at will by the time the playoffs rolled around. 5-out is easy for teams to defend when they know they can leave a guy open (Marcus or whoever else isn't shooting well that game) and guard the rest of us 5 on 4. And, on D, switching is great until teams realized they could just shuffle the deck until they got the cut/matchup they wanted and, in the meantime, one of us would be lost in space for easy open passes, cuts, dunks, free throws, etc.. Maddening and we actually got worse at both in the playoffs. Schemes were shooting ourselves in the feet. So, here's to becoming less predictable and less analytics-based, please, with this new season and new squad! #paytonneedsminutes

  18. Aiesha Daniels

    John someone needs to get in Brad's ear! Affordable good moves still can be made!
    #Celtics need a floor general and 3 & D guys that can play 9 strong in the NBA Playoffs!

    DEPTH: PG: Ish Smith SG: Malcolm/ Norman SF: Oshae PF: JaMychal CF: Robert don't need stars but players to sustain starters!

  19. Garrison A

    JD just needs to calm down and play at his own pace he speeds it up when he doesn’t have to at times

  20. Mr. Quindazzi

    Great as always. As always, it seems like you think Brogdon isn't on the team- just a feeling or do you know something?
    Giant line-up Brown 6'6", Tatum 6'8", Horford 6'9", Williams 6'9" , Porzingus 7'3"
    Small Ball White 6'4", Brogdon 6'5", Brown 6'6", Tatum 6'8", Porzingus 7'3"

  24. Lanz Geek

    Zone fits better with porzingis; teams were getting better at attacking our switchs.

  27. ed

    I've been saying for 2years..
    "John Wall never should've went to Houston."
    Boston should've been his move after Washington.
    It was a better move .. while Smart was still on the team.
    It's not so good now without Marcus Smart.

  28. Shane Fiore

    Congratulations on your marriage 🎉The best of luck to you. ❤ I also wanted to thank you for all this Celtics content this offseason. Very much appreciated!!!

  31. KWAPT

    Wall has played just 70+ games in the last 4 years. If he’ll take a seat on the bench perhaps I’d gamble on him, but he has to come cheap. Brogdon gets hurt at least once a year too but if his insurance policy is just as injury prone it makes no sense.

    I just want to know where the mental toughness is going to come from. Is losing so badly last year in that G7 going to finally help these dudes turn the corner? I love the Porzingis signing/trade, but if nothing changes then nothing changes. Would love to hear a show on this subject John or at least a segment. Thanks!

  32. Donny Cassidy

    Think we should try to trade for cole anthony. Magic have a ton of pgs and his contracts expiring, would be a good fit off the bench

  35. Jim Gaines

    Luke Kornet fills the big role perfectly. With Williams and Porzingis being injury-prone and Horford being old. You need to get him into the rotation

  36. Smoov 1of1

    I only thought it made sense to run zone because we just got really big in the starting lineup, hopefully JB is the biggest benefactor of it this new length.

  37. Smoov 1of1

    Congratulations on your marriage I was happily surprised by this news ! Wish you guys the best.

  39. Andy Pike

    I'll miss the versatility and tenacity of Smart and Grant, but man did we get bigger.

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