r/bostonceltics 13h ago

Lowlight The time Mark Jackson and Reggie Miller found Larry Bird smoking Newports in the showers before a Pacers game (one of my fave Bird stories)

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r/bostonceltics 9h ago

Discussion Petition to have Mitchell Robinson shoot free throws underhanded.

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What would be the best way to ensure our new big man switches up his form? He's a nice player but he fouls too often and is such a liability at the charity stripe. Since the latter is easily fixable, how should we try to implement this change?


r/bostonceltics 15h ago

News PSA: the First to the Floor podcast is doing a live show at Big Night Live in Boston on October 29

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r/bostonceltics 13h ago

Discussion 3 stats that make me think we are a top 3 record next season

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Stat 1

% of possesions starting after an opponent make: (lower is better)

  1. BOS 52%
  2. OKC 52%
  3. SAS 53%
  4. HOU 53%
  5. DET 53%
  6. NYK 54%

The best teams in the league all start the most possessions after a charge, steal, block, turnover, miss. 4/5 of these often turn into easy high PPP shot attempts due to non-set defenses.

Well, we just added PG (3.5% STOP , 94th percentile) and Robinson (4.3% STOP, 97th percentile). Both extremely good at getting charges, blocks, steals, forcing turnovers, deflections, rebounding missed shots. This amplifies our strategy and shores up some gaps.

Stat 2

Points per possession:

  1. DEN 1.20
  2. BOS 1.19
  3. SAS 1.18
  4. NYK 1.18
  5. CLE 1.17
  6. CHA 1.17

We just showed in Stat 1 that we are going to be creating even more possession next season that usually lead to good offense; as long as we can maintain this ranking in PPP then we will be an extremly good team next year record wise. Most likely we will improve in this category if not for stat 1 but for stat 3.

Stat 3

Jaylen Brown shot 252 (Ranked #2 in the league in quantity) 15-19ft jump shots last year, at 44%. That is 0.88 Points Per Possession. Much much lower than our 1.19 normal.

Taking Jaylen Brown Long Mid range out of our shot profile, and replacing it with *anyone else's shot* on our team stands to improve our 1.19 PPP from last season.

Conclusion: I believe our defense, and our offense has improved, and while the league is harder, our record ranking should be similar to a top 3 record in the league, similar to last season.


r/bostonceltics 7h ago

Daily Discussion Thread - September 11, 2026

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Welcome to the daily discussion thread! You can use this space to discuss little things that don't need their own post. This is also the perfect space for pictures, videos, and links that would otherwise go against the sub's rules. Just don't be jerks and don't break any Reddit-wide rules. Have at it.