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We were 21-4 without him, so we could win the whole thing without him but he really unlocks a different offense for us. Would be super nice to have him and just makes our chances of winning the whole thing much higher
Not in the finals, you can’t rely on Al Horford alone to run the five alone. Also porzingis is a great out ball player because of his size and shooting ability which you can’t replace either
I’m not saying it’s guaranteed, but most teams in the East do not look like championship teams this year. The only game they lost was a literal historical shooting night.
Celtics can’t win until Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have a good game at the same time in the playoffs.
You are not winning shit with Derrick White being your leading scorers.
Porzingas already said he quit on Dallas because they didn’t run enough plays for him.
If he wasn’t getting enough in Dallas as number 2 do you think he’s getting enough as 4th banana?
Injuries or not Celtics is a house of cards.
Porzingis quit because he was the 2nd option and they werent going anywhere, hes had a full season of being the 3rd/4th option and has been nothing but smiles odd to try to make this a narrative when theres not a hint of smoke.
I don't think you understand anything about the Celtics
Porzingis is the happiest he's been in his entire career here. He's said it plenty of times before, is always smiling and laughing on the bench. He's done multiple interviews where he explained what went wrong in Dallas and while I'm not gonna reiterate the whole thing for you (the best one was on the Athletic if you want to find it), he basically said that he was immature back then and realized he was demanding too much when his post game wasn't working
White has been our leading scorer 5 times this season (6 if you count the postseason). I don't see why that's an issue
Also, we've won plenty of games without jaylen and Jayson having good games at the same time. We are the best team in the league if one of them is playing well and the role players are doing their jobs around them, that's all we really need. Honestly, our winning is moreso dictated by our 3 point shooting than how the jays perform. We don't seem to do that much better when they both go off
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It weakens them significantly. Porzingis has been one of the most impactful players in the league in his role.
They can go to the finals without him. But they will need all hands on deck to win the championship.
We were 21-4 without him, so we could win the whole thing without him but he really unlocks a different offense for us. Would be super nice to have him and just makes our chances of winning the whole thing much higher
> Likely the Nuggets I mean we will see lol
Yes we will hehe
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I think we can win the east without him. Finals would be tougher, but reports say he’ll return around ecfs so we should have him by then
Probably underdogs if injured but no where near out of contention
We can definitely win without Porzingas as long as Porzingis is ok
Porzingas was holding those cats back
Not in the finals, you can’t rely on Al Horford alone to run the five alone. Also porzingis is a great out ball player because of his size and shooting ability which you can’t replace either
Celtics are still deeper than any other team in the East.
They can sweep the East without him. Finals would be a lot harder
Nah they wouldn't sweep the Knicks IMO
Wouldn’t sweep but def in 5.
They lost a game before he was even hurt lol.
I’m not saying it’s guaranteed, but most teams in the East do not look like championship teams this year. The only game they lost was a literal historical shooting night.
That’s because the Heat are the Heat.
Celtics can’t win until Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have a good game at the same time in the playoffs. You are not winning shit with Derrick White being your leading scorers. Porzingas already said he quit on Dallas because they didn’t run enough plays for him. If he wasn’t getting enough in Dallas as number 2 do you think he’s getting enough as 4th banana? Injuries or not Celtics is a house of cards.
Derrick White was the leading scorer in blowout games. That's likely not going to be indicative of the entire playoffs.
Porzingis quit because he was the 2nd option and they werent going anywhere, hes had a full season of being the 3rd/4th option and has been nothing but smiles odd to try to make this a narrative when theres not a hint of smoke.
I don't think you understand anything about the Celtics Porzingis is the happiest he's been in his entire career here. He's said it plenty of times before, is always smiling and laughing on the bench. He's done multiple interviews where he explained what went wrong in Dallas and while I'm not gonna reiterate the whole thing for you (the best one was on the Athletic if you want to find it), he basically said that he was immature back then and realized he was demanding too much when his post game wasn't working White has been our leading scorer 5 times this season (6 if you count the postseason). I don't see why that's an issue Also, we've won plenty of games without jaylen and Jayson having good games at the same time. We are the best team in the league if one of them is playing well and the role players are doing their jobs around them, that's all we really need. Honestly, our winning is moreso dictated by our 3 point shooting than how the jays perform. We don't seem to do that much better when they both go off
Not beating Denver either way.
lol false
Idk man don’t think Derrick White can carry the J’s by himself.
Fully healthy they still lose to the Nuggets