Who else remember screaming on draft night for the Celts to draft Tillman?
He reminds me of a slightly shorter Greg Monroe with a promising 3 pt shot. Thick build, solid picks, passes well, moves bodies in the interior.
Will Tillman shoot the 3 as well as Horford? I doubt it. I’m sure Horford is working with him/shot. What a fantastic tutor to learn from.
All in all, Tillman is the kind of beef required to battle/slow down the likes of Adebayo, Giannis etc.
Some highlights since becoming a Celtic
-https://youtu.be/4XlYVHgQx8k?si=Gtbu0CCeA4w_Y9F2 (vs Suns)
-https://youtu.be/w8AaOp4cKnE?si=C2m3FhIAy5dLVvxl (vs Jazz)
-https://youtu.be/OBVz2lKQ9Qo?si=04FLuJww0ga61vCL (film study)
by ethereal3xp
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Greg monroe? That’s not the comp I would have used.
Dude looks like a middle linebacker out there. Everybody wants length, so strength and low center of gravity is undervalued
I swear if they threw a 42 jersey on Tillman I wouldn’t know if they were lying. #Twins
He is nothing like greg monroe
He’ll be ready to squash Thanasis if he gets too feisty.
More like PJ Tucker or someone like that. Greg Monroe was just a bucket around the rim and pretty much nothing else.
He’s literally Al horford
Totally different player than Monroe, who sucked on D.
But I agree that this guy was an amazing pickup. I love how he moves his feet on defense and *instinctively* boxes out in every possession. I haven’t looked it up, but I would bet big money that our defensive rebound rate is way higher with him on the floor. 
Tillman looks so much like Al on the court that even Al’s sister can’t tell them apart
He’s solid, the shooting is a welcome surprise. Something I’m keeping an eye on though is that he often has the worst +/- of any of our rotation players in any game. It’s a small sample, and single game plus minus means basically nothing. But it’s caught my eye across the past few games.
[Al and X in games (16 seconds in)](https://youtu.be/0xsLXuUEqbI?si=3fr0IKWt4q72ctdl)
Such a thicc build
I though he was really good last night. Felt like we were bullied much less on the rebounds when he was on the floor with Al
Do people really think this guy is going to be a good 3 point shooter lmao? He’s shooting like 57% from the FT line and 27% from 3 for his career. He is already 25 and showed no indication of being a good shooter in college either.
I will be surprised if we even give him meaningful minutes in the postseason, let alone thinking he has the capacity to slow down Adebayo or Giannis lmfao. Good grief. Ya’ll are crazy.