A message from a 3 year Australian Celtics fan to a Boston native who is skeptical of Joe Mazulla and our direction.

“Just finished rewatching the game and thinking back to an ime x mazulla conversation I had with a mate about why I prefer mazulla ball. Caution this is also a Derrick White fan post.

I have a unique perspective because my Celtic fandom spawned around the time The Buffalo became a Celtic. All I saw was this team who should’ve won the chip twice but missed their opportunities against both GSW and the Heat.

An an outside observer whose first thought about Derrick was what most people’s would’ve been which was around dudes hairline. However I watched those series’s and observed our flaws from fresh eyes and realised what most analytics also realised which was the more the buffalo roamed the better the team was. Dude rarely ever makes mistakes and as a ball handler he was what the system of the Jays, Horford, and rob needed with smart maybe as the two. He never really got that opportunity in those series’s he’s always been the underdog

Today the buffalo was out of sync and put up one of his worst games which is understandable if you’ve just had a kid. If you watch the first half the only reason NYKs had a chance is because Derrick white wasn’t hitting his shots.

The fact that the whole first half really centred around the ball being in Derrick whites hands is why I prefer Mazulla ball. We need a competent floor general and guard defender that doesn’t look for his shot but can get it when he wants (hence D white floater game besides from today when does he miss) and can alley or pick and roll with Al, Kornet or KP, can create his own shot and most importantly can play if you’ve been tracking stats the best and most efficient pick and roll with our #1 guy Jayson Tatum. Derrick fucking white is that guy.

The reason I like Mazulla over Ime is because he has more belief in #9s ability to roam. I have always seen that Derrick was much better on the court than either smart or brogdan. This is time and time backed up by the numbers. Even now in terms of efficiency Mr white is above Jrue.

You can’t tell me that the combination of white, holiday and Pritchard doesn’t shit on smart, brogdan and then last but not least Luh Buffalo.

Derrick white, tingus pingus and jrue holiday as secondary options to the Jays literally shits on every single front court and back court in the NBA. Brad stevens is a fucking genius and I will happily debate any take you have that any other team in the NBA has improved near the amount we have with changing our starting lineup to Luhbuffalo, Jrue, JB, JT and tingus pingus.

Nostalgia is real and I gotta be honest with that lineup and Al, hauser, new and improved PP coming of the bench + whatever other magic Brad gives us for the picks we have. How is this team not better than the 08’ Celtics and who give me the name of the team that can stop us if we’re healthy.”