I didn’t care for the trade at first, but I’m pretty bought in for the change

I’ve been on the “current PG isn’t as good as JB but he’s a better fit” train since the day of the trade, and it’s nice to feel vindicated so far. He just does so many little complementary things well that JB didn’t provide. Just hope he can finally stay relatively healthy over the course of a full season.

I thought he would be more of a off ball scorer with the Celtics but he’s looking good iso. It’s been his bread and butter so as long as it works!

Yep said that since the start, great fit, got 2 picks, better cap flexibility move, Brad Stevens knows what he is doing. If he was the Kings GM, I’d be like wait hold on maybe I am missing something, but this is a good trade

Get your lamb chops and gravy ready

double circled in my calendar

Must watch game

No one on here actually watches basketball.

If they can continue to get him to largely shoot off the catch or a dribble or 2 he’s probably going to be great. Maybe not 54m great, but still pretty great.

The issue for a few years now has been that he likes to get into his bag and he just doesn’t have the burst to do that anymore

maybe his co-star can help in that department

Tbf like us with JB, y’all would’ve been saying that about him last season lol.

But no Sixers fan was upset with his play at the time of the trade..the contract wasn’t good but he was out most consistent player when he was on the court

The fit was always gonna be great if PG can play minutes. So far so good.

Thought that PG is a great fit for the Celtics system as he’s basically a Tatum with worse playmaking and slightly worse rebounding traded for better defense. Now that sounds exactly like Jaylen but 3 inches of height + significantly better defensive IQ goes a long way. Still a long way to go of not shitting the bed against actually good teams for everyone but it’s nice to see them putting away teams that have no business with them.

I saw it coming and was downvoted and called an idiot by teenagers just spamming “washed” all offseason because people on this sub don’t wash basketball.

I’m a PG truther and can’t stand Boston. I picked Boston to win the east before the season because of how perfect PG’s game is going to their system. Just stay healthy buddy, some of us always believed

I don’t like the Celtics so I am not a homer, but I saw it, been talking about how good this trade is since day 1. 2 picks, cap flexibility, better fit, better chemistry, much better advanced metrics, better off ball defense and offense. The injury concerns are why you got 2 picks

There was a contingent of Sixers fans who would get downvoted to hell for suggesting PG was still really good and on the level of the Jays over the last 2 yrs.

More like saved Mazzulla from his embarrassing decision of starting ancient Mike Conley which was the reason why the Celtics were down big in the first place

Jayson “Cedric Diggory” Tatum

Tune in Tuesday night against the Sixers then lol

They got two 1sts for him? Wtf

Yes, and both 1sts have the chance to be extremely good. Next year’s Clippers pick is basically guaranteed to be a lotto pick, and Sixers 31 could be great too considering how old that team is.

PG makes $3M less than JB. He has one less year on his deal and, of course the whole financial concern centers around a JB extension. But for the purposes of your point, they make the same amount.

The picks were always pretty good, just not considered sufficient for JB. If PG lasts a whole season without injury it’s a very solid trade for Boston.

Tatum was great. 21/4/6 in 29 minutes and he was ⁵⁄₁₁ from 3. He missed some layups and midrange shots. Doesn’t deflate him from great to fine.

but what hapoens when team says no more threes.

That never happens, because then Jayson Tatum gets 50 if the defense is not collapsing on him lol

Everytime we lose in the playoffs it’s because teams pack the paint to take away our drive and kick game and we just miss a bunch of open pull up 3s.

Then Tatum drives all day? You absolutely cannot stop Jayson Tatum without collapsing on him, that’s how they get so many threes.

Pistons was the first game of the season and Houston we had no George and couldn’t buy a bucket. White and Pritchard both 0-5 from three