It's not the Celtics who beat the East, it's the big guy

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2024-05-26 20:59Posted in Liaoning Sports Creators

The Pacers, who are out of Haliburton, have a back-to-back game at home, and they can force the Celtics to scramble to the ground, but unfortunately it is useless to get one back. Even with an 18-point lead at most, the Celtics were able to break through and get away. It was Holiday who made a big contribution, and his key 2+1 and key defensive steals were like two sharp knives, and the knives were inserted into the main artery of the Pacers. At the end of the day, he used two more free throws to seal the victory.

The spectators sighed and sighed, sighing because the pacers were obviously working hard, and G1&G3 was always a hundred times worse than a hate; sighed because the Celtics probably didn't have time to show their hole cards, and just relied on a flat A to kill the Pacers. Of course, in the previous series, they just crushed through like this, and stood out with ease.

For Eastern teams, the Celtics lineup is too overrun, even in the league, the Celtics are among the top in terms of offense and defense. Where did the full configuration and the lineup with the dog crown come from? Falling from the sky?

Turn back the clock by three years.

On June 2, 2021, Brad Stevens stepped down as head coach and was promoted to president of basketball operations, leaving the vacated position to rookie Udoka. At that time, a large number of Celtics fans expressed regret about this, after all, Stevens led the team to a good record, winning 354 of 636 regular season games, and successfully achieved the revival of the Celtics by adjusting the double tanhua. As for clearing the east or something...... It all takes a process, right?

It needs to be stated in advance that although the Green Shirts under Stevens have advanced to the Eastern Conference finals three times, they have never been able to be at the top of the mountain, and even if the old man has finished eight years of compulsory education to pursue his dream of Los Angeles, the Celtics are still continuously blocked from the road to the Finals. Lost to the Bucks in 19, lost to the Heat in 20, and was beaten by the Nets in the first round in 21. At that time, the Celtic lineup was:

Backcourt: Kemba Walker, Smart, Pritchard, Longford, Carson Edwards, Waters

Frontcourt: Tatum, Brown, Fournier, Nesmith, Grant Williams, Ogelle, Jabari Parker

Centres: Robert Williams, Tristan Thompson, Cornet, Tucker Farr

To be honest, after Stevens was promoted, I couldn't see how strong the Celtics were, Shuangtanhua + Smart was the main backbone, and some of the rest of the players were young, some had a false name, and some didn't even have a false name, as if these players could still be lucky enough to meet Guangdong famous Waters. Therefore, the first thing Stevens did when he took office was to make a drastic change to the team.

In the '21 offseason, Stevens cleaned up the chicken bits and pieces led by Kemba Walker, moved Horford, Richardson and others, and picked up the leaks to sign Schroder, and salvaged Hauser on a two-way contract. A series of dazzling operations only consumed one first-round and several second-rounds, and the team's book strength increased significantly. In the middle of the regular season, Stevens traded for Theis from the Rockets non-stop, and then got Derrick White at a price that was close to robbery.

White Jianghu is known as the White Emperor, and Murray and Murray are both treasures dug up by the villagers at the end of the first round. Among them, Murray is good at attacking, White is good at defending, and each has its own strengths and complements each other. However, the Spurs' willingness to rebuild has been decided, and even the baby can only go their separate ways. Compared to Dejounte Murray's three first-round swaps for the Hawks, the price for the Celtics to get White is really not big, Langford + Josh Richardson + 22 first-round pick (ended up with the 25th pick) + 28 first-round swap (champion protection). Given that the Spurs already have Wembanyama in their hands, the 28-year swap may not be able to materialize as expected.

A few months before and after, Stevens completed the initial shuffling of the Celtics lineup, and Udoka was very competitive to lead the Celtics through the Kanto finals to the finals. Although the Finals loss to the Warriors was enough to prove that Stevens was effective in transforming the team. Going one step further, Stevens continued to work hard in the '22 offseason.

The big move in the '22 offseason was to trade five players including Nesmith and Theis with the '23 first-round pick (the final 29th pick) for Brogdon from the Pacers. The trade not only greatly improved the Celtics' backcourt, but also added a reliable secondary attacker to the team.

Originally, I expected Udoka to lead the strengthened lineup to star in Revenge.,I didn't think Udoka would be the leading actor first.,Came to the Ministry of Husband の目の前で criminal。 The East Window incident is no problem, only political correctness is greater than everything, and Mazzulla has picked up a big bargain. As a rookie coach, Mazzulla is inferior to Udoka in terms of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, beauty and labor, although he entered the Eastern Conference finals with a near-full-level lineup, he was still ruthlessly killed by the Heat. That being the case, Stevens made the following choice:

Keep adding weight.

The 2023 offseason is the time for Stevens to really show off high-end operations. In a three-way trade, the Celtics sent Smart, Gallinari and Muscala in exchange for Porzingis and a 2024 first-round pick (from the Warriors). Then send Gwee to the Mavericks in a three-way trade in exchange for two second-rounders. By the way, the second round is harvested through various small trades.

I thought that getting Porzingis to strengthen the inside line could be called a day, but the Bucks cut off Hu and the Heat played a big deal. Seeing that Portland was at a loss for what to do, the old-fashioned Stevens immediately thought about what others thought and was anxious about what others were anxious about, and finalized the deal for Holiday in a very short time. The chips paid are Brogdon + Robert Williams + '24 first-round pick (from the Warriors) + '29 first-round pick (unprotected).

At this point, Stevens has finally built a lineup that took a long time to theoretically sweep the East.

Backfield: Holiday, White, Pritchard, Springer, Mikhailiuk

Frontcourt: Tatum, Brown, Hauser, Brisset, Welsh

Inside: Porzingis, Horford, Tillman, Cueta

Compared to the lineup when Stevens took over, is there a significant increase that is visible to the naked eye? What's even more commendable is that Stevens hasn't overdrawn the future by building such a lineup. This year, the Celtics have one first-round pick and two second-round picks available. The first round pick in '25, '26, '27 and '30 was in his own hands, and he was swapped with the Spurs in '28, and only the first round was given to the Trail Blazers in '29. As for the second round, the Celtics had second rounds in '25, '26, '27 and '30.

Stud? If it doesn't exist, the trickle can still continue to toss, and there is still ample possibility to further optimize the roster in the offseason. So when we looked back, we realized that Stevens was not only brilliant when he was a coach, but also outstanding in terms of operation skills.

Soldiers, temples also, more calculations will win, less calculations will win less, not to mention the exhaustive strategy?

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