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"I take an inhaler before the game since I’ve tested positive,” Tatum said. "This has kind of helped with that and opened up my lungs and, you know, I never took an inhaler before. So that’s something different. I for sure feel better now than I did a month ago.”

Tatum said Celtics trainers have not indicated when he can stop using the inhaler.

Tatum also said he is "very close" to 100 percent after contracting COVID-19 back in January. Tatum missed nearly three weeks.

In early March, Tatum told reporters he still didn’t feel 100 percent nearly two full months after he was first diagnosed.

"I’ve talked to guys that said it took months for them to kind of catch their breath, and get their wind back. And I think I’m kind of on the same track with that,” Tatum said. "I for sure feel better. I don’t feel necessarily the same before I got it when I was playing. I definitely know there’s a difference. But I feel pretty good.”

 

I wonder how Curry is feeling these days. Hes still not close to how he looked starting the season. I legitimately thought he might make the all star team till he got covid. 

5 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

 

I wonder how Curry is feeling these days. Hes still not close to how he looked starting the season. I legitimately thought he might make the all star team till he got covid. 

They interviewed him on 97.5 a couple weeks ago and he said something along the lines of he was around 90% back at that time.

9 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

 

I wonder how Curry is feeling these days. Hes still not close to how he looked starting the season. I legitimately thought he might make the all star team till he got covid. 

They need to read this, clearly. 

21 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Durant is out tonight too.  This should be an easy win.

I had a feeling the nets wouldn’t play anyone. It feels like any time they have a big time game they are actively trying not to play their best guys. I listened to Kevin O’Connor talk about he thinks it is part resting but also a ploy so teams don’t see them as much to have a solid game plan when the playoffs start. 

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I had a feeling the nets wouldn’t play anyone. It feels like any time they have a big time game they are actively trying not to play their best guys. I listened to Kevin O’Connor talk about he thinks it is part resting but also a ploy so teams don’t see them as much to have a solid game plan when the playoffs start. 

That can work against them too.  If they don't play us or the Bucks at full strength, they won't know how they match up or what adjustments they will need.  Obviously they can adjust after a game or 2 in the playoffs but they could lose a game or 2 trying out different options.

9 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

That can work against them too.  If they don't play us or the Bucks at full strength, they won't know how they match up or what adjustments they will need.  Obviously they can adjust after a game or 2 in the playoffs but they could lose a game or 2 trying out different options.

Again i don’t think the nets are really afraid of anyone or care who they play. I also don’t think they play defense all that much. So it’s harder for you to try to figure out how to defend and matchup with them then the nets caring about defense 

3 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Again i don’t think the nets are really afraid of anyone or care who they play. I also don’t think they play defense all that much. So it’s harder for you to try to figure out how to defend and matchup with them then the nets caring about defense 

They better care about stepping up their defense for the playoffs.  The first round will be a cake walk for them.  The second round will be a little harder but if they want to make the finals, they will need at least average defense.  There are gonna be nights where one of the big 3 is off and other nights where one of them is injured or Kyrie is out for personal reasons (flat earth party).

15 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

That can work against them too.  If they don't play us or the Bucks at full strength, they won't know how they match up or what adjustments they will need.  Obviously they can adjust after a game or 2 in the playoffs but they could lose a game or 2 trying out different options.

I dont think they care much about matching up. I think theire entire philosophy is to outscore the other team, and their scorers can pretty much do that regardless of matchup.

It will be interesting if we can outphysical them like we did to other recent nets teams and maybe throw them off their game. But you know how the refs love to put Harden at the FT line, so thatll be tough to do without it hurting us at the same time.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

I dont think they care much about matching up. I think theire entire philosophy is to outscore the other team, and their scorers can pretty much do that regardless of matchup.

I am happy that is their philosophy then.

7 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

They better care about stepping up their defense for the playoffs.  The first round will be a cake walk for them.  The second round will be a little harder but if they want to make the finals, they will need at least average defense.  There are gonna be nights where one of the big 3 is off and other nights where one of them is injured or Kyrie is out for personal reasons (flat earth party).

They are going to try to outscored you. That’s what their end game is. It likely is enough against a lot of teams cause they have harden, kyrie and KD when all are healthy. Then add harris and their role players. No one on that team is an elite defender. KD was a good defender. Not sure what he is on that end anymore cause he hasn’t played enough after his Achilles. Their identity is just make it so you have to outscored them them. Whether that works is unknown. Even if one is off two on along with joe harris is good enough to make up for it. If they didn’t lose dinwiddie it would be really ridiculous.  

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

They are going to try to outscored you. That’s what their end game is. It likely is enough against a lot of teams cause they have harden, kyrie and KD when all are healthy. Then add harris and their role players. No one on that team is an elite defender. KD was a good defender. Not sure what he is on that end anymore cause he hasn’t played enough after his Achilles. Their identity is just make it so you have to outscored them them. Whether that works is unknown. Even if one is off two on along with joe harris is good enough to make up for it. If they didn’t lose dinwiddie it would be really ridiculous.  

It is to be determined how far they will go with this philosophy but I can't see a team winning a championship without playing average defense.  It will catch up with them eventually.  

1 minute ago, Khani1 said:

It is to be determined how far they will go with this philosophy but I can't see a team winning a championship without playing average defense.  It will catch up with them eventually.  

I really think it depends on who they face tbh. The bucks to me are a flawed team. They always appear to be solid defensively but in the playoffs when they face good offensive teams they tend to fold. I think the bucks would lose that series in 5/6. The sixers are interesting cause i wouldn’t be shocked if 2-3 games they make it a slugfest defensive game where it’s in the low 100s. However the sixers have to have enough consistent scoring. With how bad the Nets defense is Simmons should be scoring 20 points per game in that series. And harris has play like he is now not up and down like the last two years in the postseason. The lakers and sixers are unique cause when healthy they have great defense. Clips to me is if mentally they show up. Also a tougher matchup for the nets.

2 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Simmons should be scoring 20 points per game in that series.

Ben couldn't average 20 ppg against a high school team.

44 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Ben couldn't average 20 ppg against a high school team.

Lol. I agree but the nets defense is atrocious. Theres no reason he shouldn’t if he just drove to the basket and were aggressive. He won’t. Which is the exact reason why i don’t think they’ll get enough offense to win that series. 

 

 

1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said:

They need to read this, clearly. 

I had covid and read this book 😂

7 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Lol. I agree but the nets defense is atrocious. Theres no reason he shouldn’t if he just drove to the basket and were aggressive. He won’t. Which is the exact reason why i don’t think they’ll get enough offense to win that series. 

If we are counting on any major offensive contribution from Ben for the post-season, we are dead already.  I bet he averages 10-12 points.  Against a weaker team in round one he might get 25 or so one or two games.  But he better damn well play nearly perfect defense and keep his turnovers down.  He also has to be much better at the free throw line.  Our offense will come Joel, Tobi, Shake, Furkan, Curry, and Hill.  Maybe Danny gets hot from 3 certain nights.  I don't expect ish from Simmons on offense and I don't think Doc does either.

20 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

If we are counting on any major offensive contribution from Ben for the post-season, we are dead already.  I bet he averages 10-12 points.  Against a weaker team in round one he might get 25 or so one or two games.  But he better damn well play nearly perfect defense and keep his turnovers down.  He also has to be much better at the free throw line.  Our offense will come Joel, Tobi, Shake, Furkan, Curry, and Hill.  Maybe Danny gets hot from 3 certain nights.  I don't expect ish from Simmons on offense and I don't think Doc does either.

You are gonna need him to score in that series. We can say whatever we want about we play defense with the nets but they can score even if you play great defense they have elite level offensive scorers where for 22 seconds you are great and they kill you on the 23rd. If we are just relying on shake, furkan, curry, green to carry us (outside of embiid and harris) we are in trouble. all are inconsistent game to game. Add on Simmons is inconsistent. As much as harris has been awesome this year, he’s also been inconsistent in his career in the playoffs. It’s why you need Simmons and harris to play up to their talent and make it less of a burden on your secondary guys otherwise you are also likely in trouble. That’s a series where your top 3 need to play like your top three. 

26 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

You are gonna need him to score in that series. We can say whatever we want about we play defense with the nets but they can score even if you play great defense they have elite level offensive scorers where for 22 seconds you are great and they kill you on the 23rd. If we are just relying on shake, furkan, curry, green to carry us (outside of embiid and harris) we are in trouble. all are inconsistent game to game. Add on Simmons is inconsistent. As much as harris has been awesome this year, he’s also been inconsistent in his career in the playoffs. It’s why you need Simmons and harris to play up to their talent and make it less of a burden on your secondary guys otherwise you are also likely in trouble. That’s a series where your top 3 need to play like your top three. 

I'll save you the trouble of being let down.  Ben is not scoring more than 10-12 ppg against the Nets.  I still think we can beat them without him scoring provided he plays elite defense, gets rebounds, does not turn it over like a machine and is around 67-70% from the free throw line.  Ben can't average 16 ppg a game in the regular season.  He surely won't be able do that against the Nets.  I actually trust Harris to play like he has this year.  He is more consistent.  I expect a lot out of George Hill too.  That guy can score and he is an elite 3 point shooter.

28 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

I'll save you the trouble of being let down.  Ben is not scoring more than 10-12 ppg against the Nets.  I still think we can beat them without him scoring provided he plays elite defense, gets rebounds, does not turn it over like a machine and is around 67-70% from the free throw line.  Ben can't average 16 ppg a game in the regular season.  He surely won't be able do that against the Nets.  I actually trust Harris to play like he has this year.  He is more consistent.  I expect a lot out of George Hill too.  That guy can score and he is an elite 3 point shooter.

I don’t know what hill is going to be in when he returns this late in the season and just thrusted into the rotation. how long it takes for him to get back to where he was prior to the injury. That’s another factor with hill. Maybe hill struggles or maybe doesnt. That’s a factor no one knows. However i wouldn’t be surprised if you dont get the best out of George hill until next year with the sixers when he gets more acclimated and more run with the guys.

Just cause hill was that doesn’t mean he hits the ground running nor has the same chemistry in a short period of time with the sixers nor having other players adjust to him being inserted. Add on it changes your rotation and maybe some other players don’t react so well. There’s a lot of factors. 

I need harris to do it in the playoffs consistently before just assuming it’s a given. Do i have more confidence he can based off how he’s played with Doc as coach? Yeah but he has to still prove that in the playoffs and i can’t just bank on it cause his past has shown otherwise. Very up and down in the playoffs. I put it this way I KNOW KD, harden and kyrie (if healthy) are going to consistently put the ball in the basket 

Imo you need Ben to be scoring at least 15 in that series. I don’t think you win that series Ben averaging 10-11 points. 

7 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I don’t know what hill is going to be in when he returns this late in the season and just thrusted into the rotation. how long it takes for him to get back to where he was prior to the injury. That’s another factor with hill. Maybe hill struggles or maybe doesnt. That’s a factor no one knows. However i wouldn’t be surprised if you dont get the best out of George hill until next year with the sixers when he gets more acclimated and more run with the guys.

Just cause hill was that doesn’t mean he hits the ground running nor has the same chemistry in a short period of time with the sixers nor having other players adjust to him being inserted. Add on it changes your rotation and maybe some other players don’t react so well. There’s a lot of factors. 

I need harris to do it in the playoffs consistently before just assuming it’s a given. Do i have more confidence he can based off how he’s played with Doc as coach? Yeah but he has to still prove that in the playoffs and i can’t just bank on it cause his past has shown otherwise. I put it this way I KNOW KD, harden and kyrie (if healthy) are going to consistently put the ball in the basket 

Imo you need Ben to be scoring at least 15 in that series. I don’t think you win that series Ben averaging 10-11 points. 

Yeah Hill will be rusty for sure and the chemistry issues are a concern but I still think he will be able to shoot well (assuming he comes back with 10 or more games in the season as they are saying).  I think we can beat the Nets with Ben average 10 ppg.  Put it this way, I feel much more confident that George Hill (as rusty as he will be) will be a much greater threat/producer on offense than Simmons.  What has Simmons done that has shown he can average even 15ppg?  When the playoffs roll around and the game tightens up and slows down, he will be nearly a waste on offense, at least against better teams in rounds 2 and 3.

You're not going to beat the Nets with defense alone.  Even elite defense.  You're going to have to score a lot of points too.  A lot of points.  Offensive liabilities, even one, might be too much to overcome.

2 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Yeah Hill will be rusty for sure and the chemistry issues are a concern but I still think he will be able to shoot well (assuming he comes back with 10 or more games in the season as they are saying).  I think we can beat the Nets with Ben average 10 ppg.  Put it this way, I feel much more confident that George Hill (as rusty as he will be) will be a much greater threat/producer on offense than Simmons.  What has Simmons done that has shown he can average even 15ppg?  When the playoffs roll around and the game tightens up and slows down, he will be nearly a waste on offense, at least against better teams in rounds 2 and 3.

He hasn’t shown that. Frankly i don’t know if he can unless he goes super aggressive and begins hitting free throws.

However that is different than i think the sixers NEED him to average that or more in that particularly series to win it. 

We got Anthony Tolliver, the secret weapon to beat the Nets!

3 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I really think it depends on who they face tbh. The bucks to me are a flawed team. They always appear to be solid defensively but in the playoffs when they face good offensive teams they tend to fold. I think the bucks would lose that series in 5/6. The sixers are interesting cause i wouldn’t be shocked if 2-3 games they make it a slugfest defensive game where it’s in the low 100s. However the sixers have to have enough consistent scoring. With how bad the Nets defense is Simmons should be scoring 20 points per game in that series. And harris has play like he is now not up and down like the last two years in the postseason. The lakers and sixers are unique cause when healthy they have great defense. Clips to me is if mentally they show up. Also a tougher matchup for the nets.

Bucks with Holiday changes how could they are on defense tremendously. Holiday is one of the best defenders in the league and he doesn't get enough credit for it. 

1 hour ago, Khani1 said:

We got Anthony Tolliver, the secret weapon to beat the Nets!

Nets are over hyped. Omg they gonna score all over us 🙄. They lose to trash teams that play good defense on them. They need to play defense like you said, you live by the 3 you die by the 3 and play zero defense and get murdered in the playoffs. Steve Nash and Mike D'Antoni should know they choked away how many great teams teaching and playing with that philosophy.