On offense:

- Don’t think it’s easy to just cut Juju (who just signed a deal last offseason) or Parker (who has been extended). But if you can find a trade partner for one or both, you do it, even not knowing what kind of player Bourne will be coming off ACL surgery.
- Similarly, I’m not cutting Thornton or just trading him for peanuts. You at least give him training camp next year and see what he looks like with a different coaching staff. (I am assuming Troy Brown is gone.)
- Agree with those who are realistic about Trent Brown. For all his flaws, this is a league with a dearth of tackle talent and it’s hard to find even mediocre players at that position.
- I’m not over-extending to re-sign Onwenu, sorry. I hope he comes back on a reasonable contract, but I’m not convinced he’s the long-term answer at right tackle, and you have to be judicious with what you pay a guard.
- I would absolutely shell our for Kirk Cousins if the opportunity presents itself, regardless of draft position. If you get even a good-but-not-great starting QB and you’ve got the cap space, you do it.

On defense:

- I’m not particularly excited about bringing back JC Jackson. You’ve got a tall, physically dominant, shutdown corner on one side in Gonzalez. You don’t need a player like Jackson, who has those physical traits but costs you in terms of team culture. The Patriots are going to need a lot of character guys in the locker room next year to right this ship and moving on from both Jackson and Jack Jones is probably a step in the right direction.
- I have few worries about the rest of the defense. Front 7 is stacked with talent, especially considering Judon coming back and what we appear to have in both Barmore and White (who I think is going to be a monster). The team can handle the departure of Dugger if he asks for the moon in free agency, given what they’ve got in Phillips and Peppers.

The coach likes math. Math tells you that even if he misses this shot, the Celtics still get a few seconds’ worth of another possession to win the game at the end. Unless it’s a *horrible* shot, going for a 2–for-1 makes sense regardless of what quarter it is.

You’re not mad because of the shot selection. You’re mad because three things in a row didn’t go our way: 1) Jaylen missing, 2) Miles Bridges hitting, and 3) Tatum missing that 3rd FT (the latter possession was only possible because of the quick shot by Jaylen). It’s ok, it’s a long regular season and you’re supposed to lose a few like this.

Celtics played a back-to-back to finish off a 4-game road trip. Memphis played them really well and the Celtics won a close one. Then they were down White and Horford on the 2nd night of the back-to-back with LaMelo playing his best ball of the season, and lost in OT.

Looking at it that way, how on earth can anyone be upset with this team?

Propane tank underneath actually filled with Sixers fans’ frustration and disappointment, a powerful and abundant energy source.

How on earth do they still have assets to trade for another superstar?

Couple of things to add here (thanks everyone for responding):

- Bucks record is fine, but they have a -2.4 point differential. They are not playing well.
- It’s early (I said that in the post), but little guards *do* sometimes fall off fast. We’ve seen it twice just in the past five years in Boston. Not saying that’s what’s happening here, but it’s a possibility we’re starting to see the decline.
- There’s a chance the Bucks figure it out, but there’s an equal chance that Adrian Griffin (whom I lived as a player in green) is fired during the regular season if they flounder, in my opinion.

Step 1: Team that has won five straight loses two in a row, one in OT and the other by 3 points. Step 2: We conclude there must be some deep flaw in the team.

Maybe they just lost to two good teams on the road playing really good ball (including stifling defense).

Mazzula right now is in early season experimentation mode. He’s throwing a bunch of guys out there and hoping to establish who he trusts. You won’t know for a while. The key 7th man by year end could be Lamar Stevens.

Porzingis’s defense has been superb. There’s a reason these teams can’t score around the rim when he’s out there.

This is a weird post but I will say, Welker at his peak was absolutely filthy and was the Patriots best slot receiver ever. And I absolutely loved Troy Brown and Edelman. I think fans, especially younger ones, are too quick to forget what he did for the franchise.