Boston Celtics Doc Rivers Needs A Scorer Inside
Last night’s 89-80 loss to the Bulls was a small microcosm of the Celtics offensive struggles this year. The Celtics defense was more than good enough to beat the conference leading Chicago Bulls. However, the offense was just not even close to solid as they struggled to even get to 80 points. The issues are just glaring as Boston lacks a consistent scorer inside the paint.
Michael Jordan said it best that championships are won from the inside to the outside. Jordan knew how to both get in the paint and he had a great post up game. When one looks at other title teams the inside scorers are firmly in place. The Lakers had Gasol, Bynum, and Kobe, the Spurs had Tim Duncan, and even the 08 Celtics had both Pierce getting into the paint and KG in the post. A championship offense has guys that they can dish to for easy offense to take the burden off the shooters on the team. Doc Rivers knows this and that is why Rajon Rondo is all of a sudden posting up.
The 2012 Celtics do not have that guy. Pierce has become more of a jump shooter at his age. KG is no longer a dominant post player night in and night out. Rajon Rondo is not consistent enough yet to be that scorer.
The Boston Celtics are a jump shooting team. The problem with being a jump shooting team is that any jump shooter in the NBA is going to be streaky. Sometimes the shots are falling and sometimes they are not. This was on full display last night in Chicago. At times during the Bulls game last night the Celtics could not miss. The team looked great as they had an early eight point lead. Other times the Celtics could not buy a basket. The result was the team fell behind by double digits more then a few times. However, the shots would start falling and the Celtics would crawl back every time to put a scare into the Bulls.
The problem was Chicago had inside scorers. Guys like Carlos Boozer, Taj Gibson, and Joakim Noah ate the Celtics alive inside. They got easy baskets in the paint and their offense did not have to work nearly as hard as Boston did to generate offense. This is why the Bulls were able to pull away.
The bottom line is the Celtics are just not going anywhere this year. They are a nice team and they match up well enough to upset a team and scare a good one. However, this offense just cannot get it done. They have to work too hard to get lower percentage jump shots off. They have no guy that can really create easy offense in the paint. This is Danny Ainge’s top offseason goal should be to get an inside scorer. If not, this team will be waiting a long time for Banner 18. Remember Go Green Or Go Home!!!!!!
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