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Can Celtics STILL score WITHOUT Tatum? | Who is the center of the FUTURE? - Mailbag Monday
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CELTICS' OFFENSIVE EVOLUTION: Can Boston thrive without Tatum? In a new Mailbag Monday episode, John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal breaks down the Boston Celtics' potential scoring strategies in Jayson Tatum's absence. The discussion covers the team's need for increased pace, the impact of Anfernee Simons on lineups, and speculation about future center options. Karalis also shares his favorite non-Celtics NBA moments, including iconic plays by Dr. J and Shawn Kemp. The episode wraps up with a lighthearted debate on the ideal fictional bar for watching Celtics games. Tune in for expert analysis on how the Celtics might reshape their offense and adapt to new roster dynamics in the upcoming season.
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We'Re opening up the mailbag to see if Boston's points per game can stay the same. How does Anthony Simons impact Joe Missoula's lineups and the Celtics center of the future? How do they find him? It's all right now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast huh? Yep. Be town be ever ready. It's the scene. Who else could it be? What they gonna say now screaming like J.T. corralis recap the madness every game, every practice, prime time. Jeff and D White on the sideline. Rennie J's how we started raising banners. How we finished locked on Celtics pot. Home of the winners baby. And there. Welcome back to the Lockdown Celtics Podcast right here on the Lockdown Podcast Network. Where does your team every day your team is the Boston Celtics and I cover them every Monday through Friday. So make sure you're subscribed to this podcast. It's free, it's available Everywhere. It's on YouTube. Watch it there. Leave a comment Share your thoughts with me. I'm John Corrales, beat writer for Boston Sports Journal. I've been doing this job a version of it for about 20 years now. I've written a couple of books about the team as well, so I would love to see you become an everyday or join me Monday through Friday. The show is also available. It's going to be post game on the weekends so if if you're watching me on YouTube. You see, I'm in a different background. I'm in New York City for a quick trip, a work related trip that I hope to be able to tell you about in the coming days. It's nothing spectacular. I'm not like building anything up. But hopefully we got something, something cool to talk about. And uh, later on this week, Bill Chisholm is actually going to talk to the media. So I will have that. So again, make sure you're subscribed. You're going to hear from the new Celtics owner. I will play you the things that he says. I will react to the things that he says. That is coming up later this week. So make sure you're subscribed when that happens. You'll have it here and plenty of reaction. But what we're doing today is a mailbag and mailbag questions can come in@john corrales.com mailbag that's John corrales.com mailbag. You can do what Bill did to submit a question. He asks, is it possible that the Celtics per game scoring might not go down without Tatum because they actually play faster without him. I love him, but he does like to walk it up and everyone defers to him doing that. So I, I love this question because I do think this, this does speak to the Celtics offense and what it's going to be moving forward this season, at least without Tatum and I think importantly, potentially with Tatum moving forward after that. Right? Like, yes, the Celtics need to play faster and so their pace is not going to be in the mid-90s. Hopefully it gets up to 100 and something over a hundred, which is, you know, possessions per, basically possessions per game per 48 minutes. So if you can get up over 100 possessions, those extra four, five, six possessions, you score on two, three of those and now maybe your percentages go down a little bit. But also, look, the Celtics can make that up. And if, if the Celtics offense is proven to be effective without Tatum walking the ball up. If, if Tatum sits most or all of this year and the offense runs really well or somewhat well without him, then I think there is a discussion to be had. Like, obviously Jason Tatum is the Celtics kind of MVP candidate. Obviously the Celtics are better with him. But if the Celtics can average a hundred and you know, somewhere in the teens per game, points per game, 100, 14, 15, 16, something in that range without Tatum, then Tatum can sit back and be like, okay, look, they don't need me to score. And I think he knows that. But I think coming into the Season without, you know, Porzingis, without Drew Holiday, without, you know, as much firepower. I think the Celtics, you know, there's a thing that. That Tatum can, like, hang his hat on. Like, hey, look, these guys, it's going to be a struggle to score without me. I know they got jb, they got some good players, but this offense isn't going to be what it can be with me. And if it can be good without him, then he can say, okay, look, I need to be a little bit more. I need to adjust my game a little bit more. And. And I think that can help the Celtics in a big way, because you don't want to just be the slowdown, everybody follow Tatum's lead kind of offense. I like the fact that they're going to be playing faster. So, yes, the Celtics are going to be forcing more turnovers. They hope this year that's going to be a big emphasis for them, forcing more turnovers. Can they start the. The offense sooner in, you know, earlier in the shot clock, 17, 16, not, you know, starting at 12, 13, like, those extra few seconds, run a few actions. If they can cut more, if they can do all of that stuff and run a fairly effective offense, and if the Celtics are mediocre, it's because their defense has suffered, then Tatum can come back and say, okay, look, I got to be more of a. I. I can adjust my. My game to be a little bit more uptempo. I can play faster, right? And I don't think it was just Tatum. Like, Tatum is a culprit for sure, but I don't think it was just Tatum. I like to walk things up and be slow. I think the. The makeup of the team. You have Porzingis, you had Holiday, you had, like, you have all of these guys on the team that you don't need to cut and move and all that stuff that the Celtics are going to need to do this year. You didn't need to do that. All you had to do and why they slow things down and surveyed the floor was, okay, where's the mismatch? Tatum has the ball. He's walking it up. Who has the mismatch? All right, is it. Is it kp? Is it. Is it Jalen? Is it Derek? Is it me? Or who has the guy that I want to pick on? And you scan the floor. So there's a lot of that going on. Or there has been a lot of that going on with the Celtics, their. Their best offense, especially come playoff time. You say, all right, because everything in the offense or in the playoffs, it's tougher. So you just say, that's our pigeon right there, where I'm going to call him into the action. Who has them, how are we going to do this? And now with a less talented team, it's you. You can't just walk it up and pick out your pigeons. You have to be able to move and cut and create your advantages because you don't have the same number of mismatches. So I think even with Tatum, there would have to be a little bit of an adjustment with how they play. So I, I, I agree with this concept. I do think the Celtics can run an efficient offense by cutting and playing more uptempo and getting the pace number higher, enforcing more turnovers and getting those possessions up. I think they can certainly do that, and I think that'll be a great thing to see for us and for Tatum and for everybody. But I do want to add that, I think, add a little bit of perspective that I think it was just because this team had so much talent that it wasn't just Tatum, but it looked like it was just Tatum because he had the ball in his hands most of the time and you have to play faster when he's out. So, yeah, this is gonna be an interesting season when it comes to that. Matt asks, given Anthony Simon's weakness on defense and the likelihood of him sticking around at least through the trade deadline, do you think it will have an impact on the way Joe makes his lineups, or will he simply expect Simons to step up defensively? Well, I think it's a little bit of both there. He's going to expect Simons to step up defensively, but Simons, who is probably well aware of how he's perceived and understands that new team, new situation, new expectations, he is going to have to step up defensively. What that means, I don't know. I don't know what Anthony Simon stepping up defensively means. What it looks like, is he going to be passable? Is he going to be adequate? Is he going to be good? I don't know. I can't imagine that he's going to be great because he has shown for seven, six years, whatever it is, that he's not great and, but we'll have to see anyway, regardless of how good he is, I don't think he's going to be like an elite defender, obviously. I think he's going to be, like, decent at best. And so that is going to impact the lineups. I think the first few months of the season are going to be a lot of mixing and matching. You know, so much is theoretical coming into the season where Joe and I, I and you all have our ideas of how things are going to work. We have these thoughts in our heads about these players, and we can say, this guy should work with this guy. And sometimes that works, and sometimes it's a disaster. And so I think this preseason is going to be super, super important. Training camp, the weeks of getting together and even what's happening right now, because these guys are at the facility, what's happening right now is important. So they are figuring out lineups. Like today, as we speak, preseason training camp's gonna come in. That's gonna ramp up the games. The preseason games is going to ramp up regular season games. End of October, beginning of November. Those are all going to be meaningful. And then Joe is going to have to say, oh, I need. I. I just cannot have. Let's say Nimius Keda has to be on the floor with Anthony Simons at all times because he's going to be the guy that blocks the shots. He has to be the rim defender for Simons, and we can figure out the rest with other guys. Like, that could be a decision that gets made. And that means either Simons is a starter with Neemi or Neemi goes to the bench with Simons. You know, like, that can. That can impact all of those decisions. So, yes, there's gonna be, like, Joe has to make his lineups based on, like, there were certain guys that play certain certain combinations. Like, Luke Cornett was always playing with Jason Tatum. Right? Always playing with Jason Tatum. There's a reason for that. So these guys, they're. They're gonna have to figure that kind of stuff out. So even though Simons is going to have to step up defensively, they will have lineup decisions to make. All right, we're going to come back, we'll talk about whether there's a new story arc here. Are we starting, like, a new story arc? And the Celtics center of the future, that's all coming up next. Today's show is brought to you by five Hour Energy. I'm. I'm a guy that travels a lot. Here I am in New York City. So very simple. It's. 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Well, I just hit the wrong button so thank you for making Lockdown Celtics your first listen every day. Check out Lockdown NBA I'm starting a new schedule this week. I will be on Wednesdays with Jake Madison Unlocked NBA Game Night when the season starts and preseason is here. Game night covers all the games so Jake and I will be covering all of the games the Tuesday night slates. So we'll be there to cover everything. Put everything in perspective for you. Then Lockdown NBA the afternoon show gets you all caught up on the big big stories. So two podcasts in the same feed. So go check that out. Wherever you found this podcast. Everything is free. So go check that out. All right, let's get back to the mailbag again. Mailbag questions come in@john corrales.com mailbag Feel free to submit. You can send more. Submit more than one question. Make it a, you know, a a fun one too. In the third segment I get into like funny, goofier personal type stuff. So if you have that kind of question too, by all means fire away. Adam says. I've been a fan since the middle of Brad Stevens first season. In the start of the rebuild have we completed a full story arc from then until now? Rebuild to championship. Is this the start of a new Celtics story arc? Okay, so that's an interesting concept here. If. If you count the. The. So rebuild to championship or failed championship, like, rebuild to rebuild is. Is your story arc, right? You starting at the beginning, it's like. It's like a lifespan. The rebuild is the birth. You have to learn how to walk, then you learn how to run, then you grow up, and then you achieve something. And then after that, when the team gets torn down, that team dies and you have a new. You get reborn, and you start a new basketball life. I don't think if we're looking at it that way. I don't think we're at that point yet. I think what this is. This is. I'm gonna use my own personal. My own personal. Yeah, I'm gonna make a personal comparison here. I'm 52. I'd put on a little bit of weight. This is. This is the Celtics trying to get back into shape, right? I'm back in the gym. I'm feeling good. I'm getting back into it, right? This is. This is the. The. Oh, my God. You know, you look at some pictures of yourself, and you're like, oh, that. That. That was not an attractive photo of me. So that's where the Celtics are. Second apron, financial picture. You look at it and you go, oh, that financial picture is not flattering at all. And so they get back into the gym. This is them figuring things out. This is going to be the growing pains, the. The, you know, lactic acid buildup and all of that stuff. But you still have the same players, right? This is why I'm saying this is still part of the same story. This is kind of like the. You've hit your high, and then afterwards, you kind of crash a little bit, and then you kind of want to have one more go at it, one more, you know, go for glory. So it's not. The Celtics haven't closed the door on their championship aspirations yet. It's coming to the end. There's going to be a point where, you know, you. They get to, like, I don't know, my version of that story would be, like, 65, 70 years old, and you're like, all right, that's it. I've. I've done what I've got to do. This is it. I'm. I'm. I'm not working on it anymore. I'm just. Whatever I am, I am. And, you know, the next, however, whatever I Got left is just going to be, you know, it was me on the beach and I don't care anymore. That's, that's the end of the story. So I think the Celtics are, are trying to get from the 50s to the 70s before it all goes away and they have to rebuild. That is a morbid way to look at this. I don't know if that made sense or if, if I depressed people or if I made people laughed. I have no idea. But I don't think this is the season that starts the new story arc. I think you have to have Jalen and Jason or Jason. Jalen or Jason, one of those two. The move away from that core one way or the other is the start of a new story. So as long as these guys are here, that's that. I think we're still at the, you know, still telling the same story. I don't know, man. My brain, it's. Listen, man, it's mine. And I think that was a little bit of an insight into, you know, what's going on up here. It's, it's. It can be a weird place sometimes. Hey, let's get to Leo. Who asks who's the Celtic center of the future that can help them win? Banner 19. Walker Kessler, Nick Claxton, who might they be able to get? So this is. I don't know that it's one of those guys. I don't even know that if it's a name that we're looking at or that's already in the, the league or big name in the league. I know the Celtics just spent big money on Porzingis and they put, they spent money on Al Horford, but I don't think the Celtics are spending big money on a center. Now that said, you look around and you know, maybe, maybe like a Jared Allen becomes too expensive for the, the Cavs and there's a, you know, a trade to be made where the, you know, the Celtics just kind of re. Shift their, their roster and, and that could be a way they go. I think that the, the, the way the Celtics have been historically, I think they probably go for maybe a, a more mid tier center that, and I don't know who that is, but a mid tier center that ends up being like maybe a casualty in a, on an expensive team. So like, you know, they're looking at Luca Garza for, for example. It's not Luca Garza, I don't think, but that type of guy where somehow he's available or somehow he has to be thrown into A trade for somebody else because Team X wants this player and the Celtics get involved in like they get that third guy. I don't know who it's going to be, but I don't think it's a Walker, Walker Kessler or Nick Claxton. Look at the teams that are expensive and maybe trying to move a big, you know, look at maybe look at Dallas. You know, there could be a team, there could be an availability from, you know, one of those types of teams. So don't think big, think I think mid tier and then we'll go from there. So I don't have any specific name, but I think that's, that's where we should be thinking. All right, one more question here before, Let me, let me just sneak this one in from Brian. Did Al Horford retire, speaking of centers? No, Al Horford did not retire. He's going to sign with the Golden State warriors for the taxpayer mid level $5 million. So expect once the Jonathan Kaminga stuff is done, we'll hear that Al Horford is signing with the Warriors. We'll come back with a question about Baylor Scheireman and my favorite non Celtics NBA moment ever. That's coming up next. Today's show is brought to you by Monarch Money. Do you know all of your financial accounts? Do you know what they're worth? Most people don't. You don't know what's in your 401k or how much your property is worth or your investments. There's a lot of uncertainty and people just don't have the wherewithal to keep track. It's always, it's always, you know, difficult. Monarch Money makes it easier because it's an all in one personal finance tool that brings your financial life together in one clean, easy to use interface on your laptop or on your phone. It's built for you. You have a busy life. You probably are like me. You put off organizing your finances. You'll deal with it at some point, right? Monarch is for you because it does the heavy lifting for you. 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Thank you for making Lockdown Celtics your first listen every day. If you've missed our NBA 100 Top 100 players, you need to go check that out. I had a reaction show a couple weeks ago on Monday, but it's on lockdown Sports today lockdown NBA top 100 players. It's an interesting list. Like I said, my reaction show. If you want to scroll back through the feeds, check that out because I did not like where the Celtics were ranked. Let's get back to the questions here and a question about Baylor Schierman from Wyatt who says he's a big Con Creighton fan. I think this might have come in after I before I started talking about Shireman because he says you haven't been talking about him, for example, players that can make a big leap. Do you think he'll be much of an asset to this team? I was thinking six or seventh man, so it's not six or seventh man because there are there are two potential starting lineups, right? So I think this the top seven guys are set. So we know Derek and Jalen, Anthony Simons, Peyton Pritchard, Sam Houser, Namish Kaeda, Chris Boucher. Seven players there. That's going to be so eighth is where I would put potentially Baylor, Scheireman and I I've been saying that Charman has the potential to be the biggest leap this year, partly because where he was last year, like you have to be a little bit behind everybody to make that big leap forward. I think he has a chance to make the big leap. I. I do like Baylor Scheireman. I talked about him a bunch. If you listen to the Chris Forsberg podcast on NBC Sports Boston, I was on his show recently talking about Baylor. So I. I think Baylor is. Is gonna be like a decent player. I think he's gonna be part of the rotation, and I think I like, I think he has a chance to make a big leap. So if you haven't heard me talk about Baylor Charman, trust me, I think Charman is good, and I think that he's going to be your, you know, in the rotation. He's probably going to get 20, 25 minutes a game this year. He just needs that shot to fall a little bit more consistently at the NBA level. But I think he has a real opportunity. Okay, let's have some fun here. My guy quopped asks, this is from my back. Back in my reds army days. But he's asked favorite non celtics NBA moment ever. Mine would be MJ's ridiculous baseline dunk over the Knicks in 1991. Awesome one, right? That's an awesome one. If we're going dunks, I'm going. Baron Davis had a. Who. Who's that dunk on? Was it on Houston? Baron Davis had a big dunk where he pulled up his jersey. You could see, like the Ace bandage there. That's not my favorite NBA moment of all time. I think my favorite non celtics NBA moment ever is Dr. J's big looping underneath the, you know, behind the basket, palming the ball, going way around the basket and flipping it up on the other side. That's. That's one also tied there, Sean Kemp's dunk on Alton Lister, which is maybe my favorite in game dunk of all time. Sean Kemp. If you don't know this, if you're too young, Sean Kemp's dunk on Alton Lister comes down the lane, brings it, like, out to the side, dunks on Lister. Lister goes flying to the baseline, and Sean Kemp gives him, like, that double point, like, bang, bang. I got you. That was unbelievable. So, Dr. J, for that, like, crazy scoop thing, that. That's one of the most amazing moves I've ever seen in my life. Like, how do you even think to do that if we want to throw another one in there? Another Dr. J moment. Who he. When he dunks on. Who did he dunk on with? The Lakers? God. I want to say it was like AC Green or something. He comes down. I forget who it was. Man. Where he goes up and someone, whoever it was, jumps, and then in midair, like, decides, like, oh, nope, I'm just gonna cover my head. That was an amazing moment, too. As I'm talking these through, there's so many. Sean Kemp stunk. And Alton Listener, though. Holy crap. That was incredible. Matt asks, this is a fun, personal one. Have you had any experience calling a game live? If so, did you enjoy it? And is that something you'd have an aspiration to do more of? I did actually do that once. It was a long time ago. I was working for WMUR in Manchester, New Hampshire, and I. For. I forget the two teams. It was like a Division 3, Division 2 basketball game, and I got to do color commentary for it. I don't think it was very good because at that point, I was. I mean, it was. It was like 1997, 1998. So at that point, I was still young, didn't know what I was doing. I think I would do a better job of it now, and I would love to. If anybody is listening out there, if. If Brian Scalabrini has, like, food poisoning from his pregame meal and they need somebody to jump in, I'd be happy to hop into that. But I love. Listen, I love. I love what I do. I love. I love doing tv. You know, whatever TV it is, I've done plenty of it, from hosting things to being a commentator to all. All different roles. Anything. Anything to do with basketball. Put me on TV to talk basketball. I'd be happy to do it. I would. But I would love, love, love to do a game live. So that would be awesome. All right, we're gonna wrap it up here. This is another fun question here again. Third. These third segment questions get to be a little bit fun. Mike asks, you're heading out with your buddies to watch a Celtics game. Food, ambiance, and other patrons are all factors. Where are you going and why? And the list is, these are all TV bars. Poor Richards cheers the Drunken Clam, Moe's and Flaming Mose. So first of all, love the distinction between Moe's and Flaming Mo's. All right? Just masterful work, Mike. Poor Richards is from the office. I'm. I'm throwing that out right away. That's. That's not even an option for me. Scranton, Pennsylvania. I'm not going to bar in Scranton, Pennsylvania. I'm throwing out the Drunken Clam because I just. The not. I'm not a big Family Guy guy. It's not my favorite show in the world, so I don't Think I want to go hang out with those guys now? Moe's and Flaming Moe's. Flaming Moses. Too crowded and I'm too old is. Funny thing happens when you get to be my age, when you reverse the numbers. When you're 25, you go to a bar and you're like, ugh, this bar is empty. It sucks. But when you're 52, you go to a bar, you're like, oh, thank God this bar is empty. And you go in because no one's gonna bother you. You get to sit at the bar. You get to watch your tv. You get to have, like, a waiter or a bartender pay attention to you, and it's great. So just if you're in your 20s and you're, like, watching or listening, just know that this is going to happen to you. Like, right now, you go to a bar and you're like, oh, it's empty. And you go to a place that's packed and you love it. Totally get it. I used to do the same thing. Just know that at some point, that goes away, and you're going to be an old person like me, and you're going to be like, ugh, people. I don't want to be around people. Okay, so flaming Moses out. Because it's just too. Too much of a scene. So that leaves me with Cheers and Mo's. It's a tough decision. I feel like if I go to Moe's, I'll get into a fight with Barney over the best British prime minister. I'm a pit the Elder guy, and I know he's a Lauren Pomelson guy, and I don't want to get into a fight, so I'm going to avoid Moe's. Also, big rap problem. Always a rat problem with Moe's. And I don't think there's a lot of food at Moe's other than whatever's in those little bowls. I so love Moe's. I've actually been to Moe's at the Universal Studios in Orlando. I've been to Moe's. I've. And I have eaten there, too, which was fun, but it was a long time ago, but it was fun. So that leaves me with Cheers. And of course, Cheers is, like, my favorite show of all time. And I. I mean, I love that show to death. So that's. That's always going to be my obvious choice. But I had to eliminate the competition, too. This is very much like who Wants to Be a Millionaire? I knew the answer, but I have to talk through all the reasons why these Other answers aren't the answer. Cheers is awesome. And they got Melville's upstairs, so it could always go up for food or go up and grab it and bring it down. But always fun conversation there. You have, you know, Cliff and Norm just chatting away in the corner. It's not obnoxious. They're always, they're always fun. Sammy doing his thing. You have a sports superstar, you know, Sammy, the big former Red Sox reliever Sam Mayday Malone, you know, Carla, you know, with her quips, you coach. You can't go wrong with coach or Woody. I loved the coach episodes myself, so. And obviously Boston Sports Bar. So they would be all into it with us. You know, if the Celtics game would be on, I would walk in and they would be watching. So. And of course, you had classic Celtics moments on cheers with Kevin McHale there counting the, the bolts in the floor. Awesome episode. The, the fake injury where one of the best lines ever for me in, in television history, you have to just from a personal level, from a Celtics level, where Gary's Old Town Tavern makes, it makes Sam and Cheers think that, that they, that Kevin McHale got really, really hurt in their pickup game because he went down with like a little sprained ankle and he brought in and an X ray and it made it look like his foot was broken. They were all crazy. Then Kevin McHale walks in, he looks at the X ray and he says that says adult male gorilla. Maybe it's Bill Lambert. I mean, just killer delivery, killer line. Awesome. One of my favorite lines in television history when he looked at adult male gorilla and said, oh, maybe that's Bill Lambert. So of course I'm going to Cheers. Of course I'm going to Cheers. All right. Thanks for the mailbag questions. I love these. I love having fun at the end. I do appreciate those types of questions. John corralis.com mailbag to submit your questions. I do appreciate everybody doing so. Thank you so much. The Everydayers with me Monday through Friday. You guys are awesome. New listeners, new viewers. Thank you so much for sampling and trying. If you're here at this point, hopefully that means you're going to subscribe. The season is almost here, friends. It's almost here, which means we're going to be talking a lot of serious basketball. So plenty. And again, remember, at the end of this week, Bill Chisholm, Celtics owner, I will have sound from him. I will react to. He's meeting the media finally this week. So that's coming up later this week. Make sure you're subscribed and then I would love it if you shared the podcast. 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It'S the Smuckers Uncrustables podcast with your host, Uncrustables. Okay, today's guest is rough around the edges. Please welcome crust. Thanks for having me. Today's topic, he's round with soft pillowy bread. Hey. Filled with delicious PB and J. Are you talking about yourself? And you can take them anywhere. Why'd you invite and we are out of time. Are you really cutting me off?
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