Game Thread: Boston Celtics vs. San Antonio Spurs Utah Summer League (6:00 pm CST)

#	Player	POS	Height	Weight	From
60	Buckner, Eric	F-C	6-10	220	Georgia State/USA
49	Fair, C.J.	F	6-8	215	Syracuse/USA
68	Holmes, Jonathan	F	6-8	240	Texas/USA
28	Hunter, R.J.	G	6-6	190	Georgia State/USA
63	Iverson, Colton	C	7-0	255	Colorado State/USA
55	Mickey, Jordan	F	6-8	235	Louisiana State/USA
48	Miller, Malcolm	F	6-7	210	Holy Cross/USA
47	O'Neale, Royce	F	6-6	215	Baylor/USA
26	Pressey, Phil	G	5-11	175	Missouri/USA
12	Rozier, Terry	G	6-1	190	Louisville/USA
70	Sampson III, Ralph	C	6-11	244	Minnesota/USA
36	Smart, Marcus	G	6-4	220	Oklahoma State/USA
27	Thornton, Marcus	G	6-4	190	William & Mary/USA
46	Walden, Corey	G	6-2	189	Eastern Kentucky/USA
13	Young, James	G-F	6-6	215	Kentucky/USA

Did I just enter the matrix?

lol it's not letting me put the stats. ill just keep it simple

Let's get this thing bumpin. Can't wait to see RJ Hunter

:D

:ihit The Slugging Spurs gonna whoop the Fightin' Irish!

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here we go!

niceshot cady

good d

Fuck Marcus Smart

I'm on NBA TV and they don't have the game on yet. :depressed

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I'm on NBA TV and they don't have the game on yet. :depressed

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I'm wathing it on NBA TV, game had already begun a cuple minutes before

Wtf...missed like the first three and a half minutes.

Gosh, Livio has horrible footwork....

Now they put the game on. Only missed a few minutes

i dont like Cady on the roll

Bertans to LJC

Great start. Nice play there with Bertans to LJC for the flush.

:cry I missed the first run. Have to scrap all my blogs now.

Bertans is a nice player. He'll likely get a job somewhere.

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Originally Posted by benefactor

Wtf...missed like the first three and a half minutes.

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The game in Orlando that they had on lasted longer than 2 hours

Dead air

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Originally Posted by benefactor

Bertans is a nice player. He'll likely get a job somewhere.

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I agree. Can shoot, can pass, and he's got a kind of fearlessness attacking the rim. He got blocked like 3 times doing so last game but still.

my feed is frozen tf

Hopefully Livio and Cady stay out of foul trouble.

good start

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Originally Posted by raybies

Hopefully Livio and Cady stay out of foul trouble.

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shouldn't be a problem. They each get 10 fouls in summer league

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Originally Posted by TXstbobcat

shouldn't be a problem. They each get 10 fouls in summer league

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yeah i know, just would like to see some improvement.

Blackshear3333333333

not bad

kickin dat green azz

I want to see Graham get more touches.

..and ware sux

I would like to see Livio roll instead. I'm not liking the pop. Very ineffective.

nice pass, megamind

Now that McCallum signed not likely anyone on this roster will get a roster spot unless they want to roll with cady. Jarell Eddie should be interesting with the Vegas league.

Kyle drawing the kobeish type of foul....

he needs to post hunter up

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Kyle drawing the kobeish type of foul....

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:lol

that's a phantom call if i ever saw one

I like Graham. He is raw, but he looks like he would be a good system player.

Slomo!!!!!

nice take kyle

Rozier is a good matchup for Bertans

I hope Anderson is this good against better competition.

alrightcady

blackshear lookin better

Blackshear hitting some tough shots tonight...

Blackshear has been impressive today.

Nate Duncan ‏@NateDuncanNBA 2m2 minutes ago
Anderson being defended successfully if you just stay solid. Reaching/jumping to block his shot are when he kills you.

My nigga wayne doing work. Just needed to get some minutes :flag:

livio shot on the way down that time eesh

It's too bad for Anderson that not all games are back-to-back.

Kinda wish Jonathan Holmes was playing on our SL team.

Well at least Kyle rebounds consistently if anything

Livio with 5 fouls already

Charles is getting worse

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Livio with 5 fouls already

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You were right. He might foul out. :lmao

Anderson has a knack for getting steals, Livio is getting worse.

Celtics have some great young players to build around.

So far the best thing Anderson does is rebound well....Man Livio has bad hands i don't know if he will be even close to ready next year.

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Originally Posted by TXstbobcat

Celtics have some great young players to build around.

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Yeah with no star. If one becomes available, they are a likely destination.

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So far the best thing Anderson does is rebound well....Man Livio has bad hands i don't know if he will be even close to ready next year.

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He's not coming next year
It's been announced he'll play at France in 15/16

Boston Celtics @celtics
James Young (left hip bruise) will not return to tonight's game.

Livio is a long term project, still 2-3 yrs away from being a regular rotational player in my opnion.

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Livio is a long term project, still 2-3 yrs away from being a regular rotational player in my opnion.

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Sigh... lots of athleticism but he doesn't get development over at ASVEL. He's been there 2 years already and there's just no progress.

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Sigh... lots of athleticism but he doesn't get development over at ASVEL. He's been there 2 years already and there's just no progress.

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I think the ACL tear hindered his development but damn his shot looks terrible.

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Sigh... lots of athleticism but he doesn't get development over at ASVEL. He's been there 2 years already and there's just no progress.

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The kid missed almost an entire season cause of a major knee injury..No reason to rush this kid with the spurs competing for championships in the near future

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Now that McCallum signed not likely anyone on this roster will get a roster spot unless they want to roll with cady. Jarell Eddie should be interesting with the Vegas league.

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Dairis Bertans or Cady Lalanne seem the only possibles still.

Although it's possible a guy like Blackshear or Graham gets hot and garners a camp invite.

Bertrans3333333333333

Lalanne is a definite choice for camp and Bertans is 50/50 in my opinion..

Nice 3 from Dairis

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Originally Posted by yavozerb

Lalanne is a definite choice for camp and Bertans is 50/50 in my opinion..

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Actually I think Bertans is more likely to head to camp than Lalanne. In order to attend camp they will have to sign the player to a contract. If the player doesn't make it out of camp then they'll have to be waived...along with their rights. Unless they feel confident that Lalanne can and will win a roster spot I doubt they put themselves in a position where they might have to waive him. I think it's more likely they just let him sign in Europe and skip camp if they're unsure on the outcome. Thats been their modus operandi at least over the years...

Bertans on the other hand...they don't own his rights at all. Hes literally just a street free agent. So waiving him out of camp doesn't have any adverse effect.

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Livio is a long term project, still 2-3 yrs away from being a regular rotational player in my opnion.

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"two years away from being 2 years away."

Nice dribble penetration and assist from Bertans. And then another nice pass the next play.

Hes definitely got some decent vision out of the 2 guard. He could probably play some spot minutes next to Patty if Manu was out or resting on a given night.

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Originally Posted by Darkwaters

Actually I think Bertans is more likely to head to camp than Lalanne. In order to attend camp they will have to sign the player to a contract. If the player doesn't make it out of camp then they'll have to be waived...along with their rights. Unless they feel confident that Lalanne can and will win a roster spot I doubt they put themselves in a position where they might have to waive him. I think it's more likely they just let him sign in Europe and skip camp if they're unsure on the outcome. Thats been their modus operandi at least over the years...

Bertans on the other hand...they don't own his rights at all. Hes literally just a street free agent. So waiving him out of camp doesn't have any adverse effect.

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gotcha, makes sense...thx

And 1..

Casper saying hey to contract... in Europe

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Yea, good move by Ware.

Slomo!!!!!!!!

Nice steal KA:tu

Good steal by Anderson.

He hasn't looked good at all tonight though. More sloppy ball handling, lazy passes and just sloppy turnovers. Glad hes rebounding well at least.

Wow...that was a messy sequence. I think basically every player on the court hit the deck.

I think Kyle's problem is that he gets too relaxed. I mean he plays that way, but I would like to see him play with some more urgency. More effort or something.

Also, i think posting up on smaller players might be one of his calling cards if he wants to make it in this league.

Hes 2-10 on FG. 6 TO to 3 AST.

-17

Not good.

But hey, Cady Lalanne only has 3 fouls!

Funny he could make the next few shots in a row and turn it all around, and then we would say he had a good game. Either way, the game against Utah was just a good shooting night.

So far 2.25 games on I think Bertans has the best shot
Both literally and figuratively

Bertans is a high IQ player with some skills.

I don't get all the love for an average player like bertans.

Jean-Charles smh

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I don't get all the love for an average player like bertans.

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When your surrounded with less than average players you tend to stick out...

Scott Layden interview...complete opposite of D the one-liner Pop :D

Nice drive by Bertans. Hes been able to make that play with decent regularity throughout SL

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Bertans is a high IQ player with some skills.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsiiIa6bs9I

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I don't get all the love for an average player like bertans.

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I don't get all the love for Kyle Anderson.

Shall we just split the difference?

Anderson's jump shot is not good. no Rythm

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I don't get all the love for an average player like bertans.

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Well, to be fair, saying he may make training camp isn't exactly a LOT of love. He has made some nice plays that show some seasoning. And, he can shoot. They'll probably want someone bigger for a Belly replacement? And signing Ray, today, sort of takes him out of the running for being a third combo guard backing up the PG position for those that feel he could play a few minutes, there, a la a shitty PG Gary Neal did for us during emergency injury situations.

I thought maybe as a combo guard, maybe, but not after today's signing.