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More love for Jrue Holiday & should Boston Celtics always start Al Horford vs. Joel Embiid?



Jrue Holiday didn’t get enough love after the win over the Sixers, so he gets some of that here. That, of course, turns into love for Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, and everyone else after that win. But as John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal and Tom Westerholm explain, this isn’t some indictment of Jaylen Brown. All that, plus should the Celtics just start Al Horford every time they play the Sixers?

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25 Comments

  1. Spencer Jones

    I think JB’s $304 million is a big reason fans are criticizing Jaylen so much this year. Expectations are going to be high.

  4. jzzft11

    For just this once I have zero criticisms of my beloved Celtics after that game against Philly can't find anything to criticize NOT EVEN MAZULLA pretty good job w subs and timeouts and calls maybe there's hope for him yet. I don't know MAYBE Pritchard could be doing better but not really he's still a net positive even though his shooting is a little below what's expected. BTW, given that Marcus has moved on, I think its big Al that's the emotional leader now. No way do we give him up for anyone not just because of his play but the intangibles too.

  5. jzzft11

    Hey we know about the Jay's but how about our starting backcourt? Best two way backcourt all things considered in the league? Hmmmm just maybe- they're phenomenal in multiple ways.

  6. eric0215

    Embiid is slightly injured from the 3 games in 4 nights with 2 b2b games against the Uptempo offense Pacers before playing Celtics.. 2 key role players were out in Batum & Oubre.. series 1 – 1.. Reinforcements will be coming soon , so still there is still a debate on the best team in the East …at this point.. long season and injuries will occur for any team …

  8. KWAPT

    Holiday has been fantastic and as far as humility goes, you’d be hard pressed to find a more humble star.

  11. Robin

    Yay!!! A new LoC pod with John and Tom! And, bonus, giving love for Jrue, one of my favorite Celtics! Perfect for settling into post-midnight relaxation.🍀🍀🍀

  12. Mohamed Mohamed

    I think JB passing has improved and i think he is reading the game better. Please remember he is adjusting to a slightly different role and his new teammates

  13. Martin Albert

    On a side note it should be mentioned that Rob Williams, Brogdon, and Smart are all injured so although we already know the trades worked out from the way KP and Holiday are playing, we can now additionally also say that from an optics point of view the trades really really really look good now.

  16. CV GODD

    Casual Celtics fans are the worst!! Every loss they want to trade players. Last season so many fans wanted Tatum gone 😂. There’s no such thing as a perfect basketball player. We need to appreciate what we have right now because it won’t last forever! Boston fans are just spoiled with all those championships, so now they expect Celtics to win it every season. It takes time and experience to win a ring. Lebron was 27 when he won his first ring, Tatum is 25 and already accomplished a lot of things. He’s on pace to have more pts than Curry!

  17. Francisco Fernandez

    Brown to really shine and achieve his full potential needs to be traded, the Celtics and the Celtics media main job is to make Tatum into a mythical God…so you have to kill Brown by putting him in the sideline so that Tatum can get his points. Good example, the last game he played, he had like 20 points by 3rd quarter, and Tatum 18…4th quarter brown only took 2 shots and Tatum like 9….you could see that the whole teams role was to get him the ball so he could score….well it is Browns fault for accepting his role and being okay with it…he has accepted being the second fiddle..rich fiddle ….

  18. Davi Ghidetti

    It's insane how consistent and impactful on defense and offense Jrue is. He's nothing like Smart let me tell you.

  22. Inferno Dr4gon

    I really think if you told Porzingis to come off the bench in a Philly series, he'd breathe a sigh of relief. There's no way KP sees Embiid on the other side of the floor and wants to defend him in the post. If I'm KP, I'm much happier coming off the bench when Philly starts subbing in bench guys because I can focus on playing help side, whether that be contesting shots that other Sixers try to get at the rim and in the corners, or rebounding off of Embiid misses that Horford forces. I don't think starting both of them together solves anything cause that just creates problems with Maxey getting too many good looks, but once he's out of the game and it becomes the Embiid show, double big could be deadly in those situations.

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