How The Celtics Offense Is Humiliating The NBA
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The Celtics offense has had a lot of success in their pick & roll game utilizing clever concepts. In particular, in this video I breakdown the effect of Kemba Walker, and the screening of Daniel Theis. I also highlight the genius of Brad Stevens. NBA. Kyrie Irving. Jayson Tatum.
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Kemba looks so much better in this offense compared to kyrie, mr iso no ball movement. Great to see the offense work so seamlessly.
He fits the offense better. He and kyrie have a similar skill set but entirely different playstyles. Kyrie wants and tries to dominate the game while Kemba can take over if necessary but often plays a more team oriented game. Basketball is one of the few sports that having a team stacked with talent can be a times detrimental because no matter how good your scheme is if you don't have players who games compliment each other they usually end up not producing what they should be capable of
@ it's because of a lot of the most talented players don't learn to play a team or effectively without the ball in their hands. That usually stems from a players unwillingness to adjust their game to complement their teammates , teams collecting talent instead of building a cohesive core or sometimes some player's skillset just doesn't translate into a team. Even the most elite players are only accounting for 25-30% of their teams offense and if that's to the detriment of their teammates effectiveness it will show
A C ikr
@@raymondjohnson2744 i blame AAU culture for the importance of individual play over team based offense and defense in the upcoming nba players
@@wargiam I blame the entire pre college structure because like you most aau teams acts as a showcase for the teams top 2 or 3 players on each team and unless the player's from an area with an abundance of talent or a basketball prep school talented have the ball thrust in their hands and told to just win the game instead of either organization focusing on truly developing and teaching them to play a team game. It's why young European players while not always better or more talented tend to be more polished when they make it to the league and talented high school stars who probably never played the position they would at higher levels get lost in the shuffle
It looks so easy and effortless. Great, disciplined team. I like how the video shows the value of theis, great timing and execution. If only the time lord could get to this level
Imagine jokic doing that. Considering his basketball iq and the attention he commands, the offense would get so many easy shots
@@gntov989 mr Malone, are you reading along?
I think Time Lord has a chance; Theis came over in his mid-20s already and Time Lord was what, 19 last year? He's got the athleticism and has shown flashes, just needs to learn more and become consistent.
@@stevesmithwick7901 and show up to work on time
He will... To me hes already improved. He's got plenty of time to develop
A. this is why Theis plays a lot more minutes than Williams,
B. luckily, they never call Theis for all of his moving screens!
But they call him for everything else on defense
Uriel Ramos perfectly balanced, as all things should be
Sealing someone in the post in different than a moving screen and you can see some people dont know the rules like Holmes when he tackles thies
Peter Houle Williams is injures
Sealing isn’t a screen
When brown and Tatum hit their prime it’s gonna be scary
Z Productions Not scary, but they will be very good if they have a similar team to what they currently have.
@@henry7486 It will be scary if they are both still on the Celtics. Boston are already finals contenders... give it 3-4 years and oh boy they're gonna be good
@ted smith They played defense 2 years ago in the playoffs...Took them to game 7 of the conference finals.
@ted smith Upvote for the laugh. Happy holidays.
Hopefully Boston can keep them both. They both have a great attitude and plenty of talent.
Seeing Kemba instantly respond to the Williams blown high screen with the quick between the leg dribble and cross over was something. It totally dismantled the defense.
The screen to get a free layup, when the bigs drops, is so clever
Just like golden state used to do
I play as a center on the Celtics in my 2k career. They run this play all the time, and I am the second screener, and I had been running it wrong the whole time. Since I started rolling rather than setting, I am up 10ppg.
@@rupertmurdoch4750 Tell Mr williams.
Rupert Murdoch what play is it in 2k
@@justintheballer3733 idk I never call em, I just set play call to auto. Celtics call it all the time, look through their playbook.
Thank you for highlighting Theis' value to this team. So cool to see his development.
Brad Stevens has been getting snubbed for coach of the year every season.
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Brad Stevens is a great coach. I'll be very happy for him when his team gets a title & ring. He made Butler into an NCAA nationally ranked team. He is bringing the "game" back in Boston.
if he didnt win it when they lost Hayward and Kyrie to injury while being 2 games back from the 1 seed he never will.. how The raptors coach got that award i will never understand.. they only won 2 more games then the injuried celtics, he was being praised for finally changing the raptors offense but it was Nick Nurse who implemented that change and dwayne casey walked away with brad stevens COTY award because of it.
didnt he already win it a few years ago?
Chriiis no. He was at butler a few years ago, he went from a college coach to ours
Love this video. When you're watching your favorite team play, you THINK you're seeing everything they're doing on O and D. A closer look without your fan goggles on, and you start to see all the nuance and subtleties in their sets. Thanks, Coach. You got another sub.
Oh. So that's why Theiss is more effective than Williams(and Kanter). Great review. I love the Celtics.
That's what I was thinking too; I'm one of the ones that would love to see Williams get a bit more run, but it's also evident that he doesn't have the polish and basketball IQ yet to match the spacing Theis creates with his cuts, screens and timing.
Cubby Dog Williams still young, but Theiss got experience and good Iq. Kanter lowkey liability on D
I swear it feels like every year you make a video of how much you like watching the Celtics, multiple times a season. This goes to show how good the coaching staff and management is in Boston.
Love good coaching! That's why I make so many Warriors, Celtics, Raptors videos
@@coachdaniel8163 me too! Thats why I love your channel! Keep it up, you're awesome!
@@coachdaniel8163 Give us a Heat video :( Our coach is legit too I swear lol. Dallas as well.
@@JM-gg8ct facts, Erik n Rick are good as well.
Yep! That's part of the reason why they have 17 championships.
Theis seems like a really intelligent player
Steve Nash used to run the interior seal with phoenix all the time. They used to call it "snake Screen'. Need a smart player running the pick and roll to be able to seal the man.
The double screen play with Kemba and Tacko should be unstoppable.
Kemba makes it look so smooth and he fits this offense like a glove. More of a true point gaurd than a score first type like Kyrie was. There is no doubt Brad Stevens is an elite coach and if they can get completely healthy and add 1 more good player they can win the Eastern conference.
Actually Kemba is also a score first type. He is certainly not an elite passing point guard. But he fits into this team much better because he's willing to play within the team concept. Kyrie is much more talented, but he liked to do things his own way. He would probably look at clever plays like this as beneath him since he could create shots and openings with his insane ball handling skills. But that style does tend to leave the other 4 guys standing flat footed and watching, with less team cohesion.
@@Ironfangzu exactly
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I’m a Celtics fan because for the basketball IQ of Brad Stevens, the deep spirit of the organization with Ainge, and smart players.
With Kemba as better actor for PG (in Stevens play style), Hayward back for real (he’ll be back soon and stronger), Tatum and Brown growing very well in the system, Marcus Smart is a beast defensive leader, Boston will be a great team.
It needs only a good big man to be contender...
Trouble with Hayward, he is injured all the time, and Smart is doing something wrong, pink eye maybe.
It’s also a kinda big free agent attraction. So maybe they can get a few decent players to add to their roster in the upcoming off season
Thorfinn986_doesn't_do_average no problems with Hayward, he already showed us he’s back, this little injury will not stop him, and he fits the Stevens system too.
About Smart, what can i say? He’s a defensive leader, everything else he does at the other end of the court is a plus for me...
So a big man is all what we need!
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@@jacoponotarberardino755 Hayward is out with an ankle injury now, one problem after another with him it seems.
Chubby_ Bunny i hope, but trust in Danny “the trader” Ainge!!😂
I’ll dream on Rudy Gobert, even K.A.Towns (Post-Soft🤣) would be good if only he stop to act like a talented kid and start to improve himself in the gym and in his head...
Best fucking channel on UA-cam holy shit. Somebody knows how to do their research, isn’t annoying or arrogant, is thoughtful as shit.. wow.
Seriously fucking great dude. I’m a tough critic and I seriously like your fucking video here
your channel is my favorite on UA-cam. You've helped me up my game as a basketball coach. I can watch your videos all day, over and over. Thx Coach Daniel!
I appreciate that!
Brad Stevens’s is the COTY
Coach daniel, can you do a video on the heat's motion offense, some of their actions and what not?
I'll look into it. I may not right away though because my last 2 videos have been about offense's.
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Great video! I wonder if you could do a follow up on how teams defend this offense? That would be interesting.
I haven’t seen them run this since this video came out. Brad Stevens is one of us.
6:04 Great shot at the basket and Tatum misses the wide-open layup lol
adfadsfas he’s been missing a lot of layups
i mean that wouldnt be that high percentage for anyone, kind of a fade layup
Joshua Collins no but he has missed a lot of layups I feel he’s expecting contact so he’s trying to brace and get extra level to have strength to lay it in
He's so frustrating to watch. All the talent in the world but he blows fundamental stuff like open lay ups regularly.
Cito 100 something wrong with the great talent, he is mentally not right
always appreciate the vids. esp the celtic ones
This video shows that Theis is a nice role playing big man
He's a good roll player
Great analysis
Been watching games in slow motion to really see every little detail .. one of the things I’m noticing is how much of the “chance” bounce of the ball off the rim and crazy rebounds can change the game and how much it would help a team if the players always went into best possible positions every time they shoot the ball to get the best chance at a rebound:
Example- when a guy shoots a three to win the game with 5 seconds left and misses it and the ball bounces out to an open space that if he had a habit of always going to best spot on floor he would of got the offensive rebound instead of just standing in the corner watching his shot miss and bounce around the rim .
What if a team had some philosophy of using “random bounce theories “ to calculate the best spot to get to on each type of shot to increase odds of an offensive rebound instead of just standing there watching
Kemba is just a perfect point guard for this scheme, he is just so fast and explosive
these videos have a way of expanding my consciousness. I feel like I wasnt even playing basketball before.
Is anyone *surprised?*
It's the *CELTICS* we're talking about!
No not at all.
Celtic Pride Baby.
You need to do a video on how he uses the rub screens for facilitators like Gordon Hayward where they can choose to invite a secondary screen or they can attack the hoop based on their matchup off the screen. The playsets they use for Hayward is a lot different than the ones they use for Kemba and I think even though he were doesn't score as much, or smart, they do a lot more damage opening the offense off those screens then the primary scoring guard like Walker
Wow! Nc Analysis Bro! Keep it up!
They are really pushing the positionless play now. When Gordon is back they will have 4 guys that can ball handle, pass, and shoot. Pretty amazing. Now they have Kanter that can gather offensive boards so easily which makes things just unfair for them.
First video of yours I’ve seen and subbed. Love the detail and way you break things down. Keep it up!
"Humiliating the NBA" is hilarious but Stevens is a great coach and their execution and unselfishness might be unrivaled in the league right now
They are humiliating the NBA, they’re on pace to win 62 games
@@aubreygraham5821 they're the 14th best offense in the league 17th in efficiency so... they're record is what it is because they're #1 defensively
@@stevenmorehart2806 yeah our bench are frustrating to watch esp wanamaker and grant. smart and kanter are the only one worthy to play over 15 mins.
We need a video of Jokic 🤩🤩
He's so slow this season.
5:44
Do an analysis of the Sixers offense. Oh, wait, they don’t have one.
Regrettably I wanted to come back with a smarta$$ comment, but their offense does suck... big time!
What a waste of the rest of Al Horford's best years. Happy for him getting that paycheck, but he was a much better fit in Boston.
@@chrisholmes4037 the problem (at least how i see it) is that embiid and simmons duo/combo doesnt work and will never work. their styles of play dont mesh. their coach is trying to do something in between to help them both ending up hurting the team and these two, especially this year they both play like ass.
David DiStefano facts and they added al horford. You can do so many things with al in your offense. PnR, 5 out, pick and fade. Get him in a post up, their wasting his talent.
reignmans Ben Simmons just need a jumpshot. Literally don't know why he ain't attempting any. You do not know if you can't shoot unless you try🤷♀️
So, all Kemba needs to be one of the best players in the NBA is Theis and Coach Stevens.
Damn, it sounds easy when I put it like that lol
Considering the Mavericks is the number 1 scoring team and has highest efficiency as a team plus after beating the Bucks they now have the best scoring bench. Could do a video on how they rotation is. And yes only very teams have kept them below their avg. But look who they beaten at their own gm. Rockets bucks lakers suns
I feel like a proud mother watching a teacher say good things about my kid
This is what good coaching looks like. Go Celtics.
Great breakdown. You could add some of the defensive options as well and maybe add % on what defense is gambling with.
Jayson Tatum reminds me of Paul Pierce but a taller and bit more athletic but the similarities are there. He plays at a slower pace allowing the plays to develop. Jaylen Brown's game almost mimics Jayson Tatum's game but super athletic allowing him to get layups and open looks at the basket. JT, JB and Kemba walker form a three headed monster making it difficult the defend all three. Spacing in the offense is what makes the offense potent and allows all three to create off the dribble and all three have great handles. If Boston would've added Andre Drummond from the Pistons they would've been a favorite to win the NBA title.
Celtics offense is not humiliating anyone right now thanks to the Miami Heat.
i really think a trade for nerlens noel would take this offense to the next level. Hes an elite finisher and has amazing awareness in the pick and roll. Not to mention his defense is still there. Hes cheap enough where you dont need to give up any key pieces in a playoff run.
This was quite entertaining
Thank you!
Imagine AD running with this offense 🤯
Or kat
These Celtics players is the most annoying that they had nice plays but cant hit easy layups or wide open 3's
Loved it I've always wondered how to use dbl drag
Great video, as always!
Kyrie basically destroyed this team.
And now Kyrie is getting destroyed by them 😂
How when this teams ceiling isn't any higher than last years team as dysfunctional as it was. Still a 2nd round exit at best. This is called a honeymoon phase. Same thing happened with kyrie in his first season. Wait til this team gets into the playoffs vs the Sixers and bucks. Until they get back to the ecf again, none of this matters.
@@whysoserious6899 yet the Cs didn't make it to the ecf with Kyrie they got backdoor swept in the 2nd round against the Bucks. Kyrie had all the pieces around him to make it to the finals but failed miserably. Take the L and keep it movin
why so serious
, I mean... I'd be happy to make the playoff bro. If you care about seeding and positioning, every win matters.
@@whysoserious6899 ur funny
Great analysis, thanks! Really underscores the unisted stats that a good big man must provide.
Great breakdown! Thanks!
On the third example is not the screen setter who whiffed. It is Kenna that doesn’t direct his man into the screen
3:52 actually it would be Bam Adebayo he would slide over but it still works so Kemba passes it to Jaylen Brown for the three. I just outsmarted you
Very nice analysis. Celtics fan here.
Great video! Man, imagine if the C’s had a better big man than Theis. Then Theis could help anchor that 2nd unit and keep the offense humming
Love Theis for his unnoticed effort. Really team player. No wonder he's our center 😘
This is why Robert Williams don’t get minutes. He needs to learn play calls
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1:20 Jaylen Brown _did not_ 'WHIFF on his screen'. it is the ball handlers job to pass shoulder to shoulder with the screen setter. this pinches off the defender. Kemba whiffed on using the screen.
Beautiful breakdown , Celtics offense is poetry in motion when ran right ! ☘️
Nice video, great breakdown 👍
And this is why Theis is nice. Such an underrated player for us.
Great use of Dunn to explain how valuable Kemba is!
You would never see these kind of videos about the Celtics when Irving was there
Great breakdown man.
Very nice review, thanks!
Really good and informative. Thanks!
Beautiful! This is art. I don't think any AI system will ever generate plays like this. They can only analyze them.
Bruh. I love learning from you
That's why Theis is starting.
What do you think about Poirier? He was nuts last year playing for my team in the Euroleague, do you think he will get the opportunity to be big in the NBA?
Great breakdown TY for the knowledge
Great analysis!
i love this video so much, thhanks for making this
Great video. Broke it down very well.
Looking back on this video, I can say that there offense is exactly that, genius when the players can hit there semi contested shots. But what I’ve learned since this video came out is that when they can’t shoot well that game, jump shot wise, it’s an automatic loss for us since we never drive as much as other teams
And yes the seal is great and all, but teams study that before they play us now, so we can’t use it as much anymore and that’s really all we have
Great breakdown! subbed
Some NBA coaches (*cough* Doc Rivers *cough*) pretty much just roll the ball out onto the floor and say "go get em boys!", while other coaches, like Brad Stevens, is a teacher and a master tactician. I feel that under his watch, the Celts have one of the most disciplined and well-designed attacks in the NBA. They know their X's and O's. Because Stevens followed Rivers as a coach, it was very easy to see the contrast in the two coaches. This is probably why Stevens is such a great coach for the Celtics team this year, with young players ready learn and with veterans like Hayward and Walker who are driven by wins, not ego. Last year, Kyrie was a more talented player than anyone on this year's team, but I bet he liked to play with his own style and preferred to create shots for himself with his extreme talent instead of relying on team play and good passing.
I’ve always wondered why Tatum gets such good looks when he keeps the defender on his back he fire he drives. Now I know it’s what the big man does
great video - I am going to use it with my players
That was very good. Thank u bro.
Theis is a beast!
Daniel Theis is the definition of a great role player. Unselfish player, and always does his job well.
When Tacko Fall eventually develops, imagine him in Theis' role. The Celtics will be unstoppable.
Marvin M the roaring 20s are coming
I don't see Fall being able to get to the rim as well as Theis does.
@@mikeflash1973 He's not there yet, but he'll get the ball everytime on the roll
even if the defense is on drop coverage. All the ball handler has to do is pass it up high.
@@marvinm8343 might work if he could roll to the rim as easy as Theis. I don't see Fall having that ability. Too slow, will take too much time. The play would have to start much closer to the rim, which would throw off the whole offense.
Coach, you should do one on how celts run the horn set with hayward too
Make that 22-7 with growing confidence. I've been a Celtics fan for a long time. The last time I saw this team clicking like this was 2008. Yeah, thet good.
And mind you, this is a team that’s main criticism has been its lack of a big man. The Celtics are making the most of what they have and clicking on all cylinders. Might need a few years to be championship ready, but these young guys have a very well-rounded team.
Imagine prime Blake griffin I’m these offense 😮
That first play was perfect, pass it to theis or Tatum for 3
“He now doesn’t have to worry about tackling Theis.” 😂😂
Wow this was really great video
Why isn't the seal considered a moving/illegal screen? Is it because it doesn't involve the on ball defender?
mattia saffi the seal is/could be considered two players positioning themselves for a rebound or offensive post positioning, and yes the ball handler isn’t involved (at least Initially) by the time he is, the sealer is no longer moving unless he is getting pushed, but... players have the right to defend their space(hence the defensive foul on the floor call) just like it is for the rule of verticality,
@@saltyoldman654 well said, Theis is ostensibly looking to post up even though everyone knows he's not posting up lol
Great breakdown.
Thank you coach.
I hear the announcers talk about these concepts in games now. They for sure seen this video.
This is a very good breakdown coach. And I can see the Kemba just fits well with the Boston Offense. Hope they will reach the Finals this year. Classic Celtics Lakers matchup. Just wishful thinking.
Tatum gotta make those shots
Great video!
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