Boston Celtics: The Rebuild (2k15 PS4)

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Re: Boston Celtics: The Rebuild (2k15 PS4)

Boston Celtics Depth Chart - 2016
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Marcus Smart	Dion Waiters	Kirk Hinrich
SG	Randolph Boone	James Young	Brett Hamilton
SF	Shabazz Muhammand	Danny Granger
PF	Jared Sullinger	Kelly Olynyk	Justin Turner
C	Jusuf Nurkic	Tyson Chandler	Zaza Pachulia

BREAKING NEWS: OCTOBER 25, 2016

• Celtics trade Mike Muscala to 76ers for Brett Hamilton, '17 2nd Round pick via PHI
• Celtics re-sign Kelly Olynyk for 3 years/$21.00m

Ainge: We would like to thank Mike Muscala for his time here in Boston, and wish him the best of luck in his future. We just had too many big men to keep them all happy, so we decided to go another direction. Brett Hamilton will be a developmental player for now, we will see what his future holds.

We are excited to be bringing back Kelly for another 3 years. He has been a great player off the bench for use, who can score great and step up big time when needed.

OCTOBER RECAP:
Boston goes 3-0 in the month of October to begin the new season, bringing their record to 3-0. Boston is 1st in the Atlantic Division, T-1st in the Eastern Conference, and 3rd in the Power Rankings. Through 3 games, Boston is averaging 107.3 PGG, and giving up 98.7 PPG.

Forsberg: Awesome for Boston to start out 3-0, that's exactly what this young team needed. Not much to say yet because this is such a small sample size. However, I think the playoffs is a realistic goal for this team this year. We'll see, but after October, I'm excited to see what the rest of the season has in store!

• October 26th - Boston 121, Washington 101
• October 29th - Boston 104, Orlando 99
• October 30th - Boston 97, Charlotte 96

OCTOBER LEAGUE NEWS:

• Brandon Knight (Brooklyn) has elbow tendonitis and is out 8-10 weeks
• Anthony Bennett re-signs with Minnesota for 2 years/$16.38m
• Victor Oladipo re-signs with Orlando for 3 years/$33.10m
• Pau Gasol re-signs with Chicago for 1 year/$2.43m
• Chandler Parsons re-signs with Dallas for 3 years/$26.92m
• Michael Carter-Williams re-signs with Philadelphia for 3 years/$26.09m

That's all for the month of October. Next up is the November recap.

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NOVEMBER RECAP:
Boston goes 10-6 in the month of November, bringing their record to 13-6. Boston is 1st in the Atlantic Division, 3rd in the Eastern Conference, and 2rd in the Power Rankings. Through 19 games, Boston is averaging 105.4 PGG, and giving up 96.6 PPG.

Forsberg: November was a good month for Boston. This young team is starting to come together. It seems like the past season’s experience, plus the addition of veteran Tyson Chandler is really helping this team start off strong. The team has shown flashes of greatness, but also some flashes of last season’s play. Hopefully Boston can be consistent going forward, but that playoffs goal Danny Ainge set during the offseason seems like a pretty good possibility right now. All of this play came with Dion Waiters missing 1 game and being limited in about 7 games with back spasms, so some bench production was lost. Of course, time will tell, but I’m really liking the play I’m seeing from Boston so far this year.

• November 1st – Boston 120, Utah 103
• November 2nd – Boston 90, New York 97
• November 4th – Boston 127, Miami 107
• November 6th – Boston 108, Toronto 96
• November 8th – Boston 89, Orlando 107
• November 10th – Boston 105, Chicago 110
• November 12th – Boston 111, Denver 81
• November 16th – Boston 110, Houston 86
• November 18th – Boston 89, Indiana 100
• November 19th – Boston 94, Detroit 93
• November 21st – Boston 106, Sacramento 100
• November 23rd – Boston 120, Washington 84
• November 25th – Boston 105, New Orleans 100
• November 27th – Boston 101, Phoenix 104
• November 29th – Boston 88, LAL 106
• November 30th – Boston 118, Denver 65

Boston Celtics (12-6) at Denver Nuggets (2-16)
Nov 30, 2016 1 2 3 4 Final Boston 33 32 27 26 118 Denver 10 14 16 25 65 Top Performers Boston Celtics Randolph Boone - 16 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST Jared Sullinger - 16 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST Denver Nuggets Anthony Morrow - 10 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST Kenneth Woods - 10 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST	Team Stats Comparison BOS DEN FG Made-Att 48-88 27-76 3PT Made-Att 11-22 3-21 FT Made-Att 11-14 8-8 Rebounds 55 38 Assists 31 38 Turnovers 8 16 Steals 10 6 Blocks 2 3
Boston Celtics STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Marcus Smart 21 5-10 0-2 1-1 2 8 2 0 1 11 Randolph Boone 22 6-9 4-6 0-0 3 1 0 1 0 16 Shabazz Muhammad 28 5-8 2-2 0-0 2 4 1 0 1 12 Jared Sullinger 13 7-11 2-2 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 16 Jusuf Nurkic 22 5-6 0-0 3-3 11 2 1 0 1 13 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Kirk Hinrich 26 1-5 0-1 0-0 4 9 1 0 3 2 James Young 17 4-12 2-6 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 10 Kelly Olynyk 21 4-5 0-0 2-2 9 2 0 0 0 10 Tyson Chandler 13 1-4 0-0 2-2 6 0 1 1 0 4 Justin Turner 18 6-9 0-0 1-3 2 1 2 0 2 13 Brett Hamilton 12 2-3 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 5 Danny Granger 13 0-1 0-1 2-2 3 1 0 0 0 2 Zaza Pachulia 13 2-6 0-0 0-1 3 0 1 0 0 4 Dion Waiters -- DID NOT PLAY --
Denver Nuggets STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Erick Green 27 3-7 1-3 0-0 1 5 0 1 5 7 Gary Harris 20 3-10 0-4 2-2 0 3 0 0 1 8 Danilo Gallinari 17 3-10 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 6 Kenneth Faried 31 3-3 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 1 0 6 Tyler zeller 29 1-2 0-0 0-0 8 1 1 1 0 2 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Vlado Lukovski 21 1-12 0-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 6 3 Anthony Morrow 21 3-7 2-3 2-2 1 2 1 0 1 10 Kenneth Woods 10 3-5 0-2 4-4 2 0 1 0 0 10 Gerardo Garcia 25 2-10 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 0 3 4 Alonzo Atkins 8 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 J.J. Hickson 15 1-1 0-0 0-0 6 0 1 0 0 2 JaVale McGee 16 3-5 0-0 0-0 10 0 1 0 0 6 Ty Lawson -- DID NOT PLAY --

Forsberg: Wow, this was a fantastic game. Boston dominated on both offense and defense from the beginning. It was a wire-to-wire win for Boston, and it was a great way to end the month of November. Boston really took advantage of Ty Lawson being out, and without him, Denver’s offense was just flat and stagnant. I guess you could also blame the game on poor shooting by Denver, but I’m looking at the positives for Boston! The score probably could have been even worse, but the reserves, yes the reserves not the bench, played the whole 4th quarter. And the reserves STILL outscored Denver 26-25 in that quarter. The stats that really stand out to me are: 55% FG, 50% 3PT, 55 REB, 31 AST, and only 8 turnovers. Once again, that’s a winning stat line if I’ve ever seen one. Boston dominated the glass, and more than half of the baskets scored came off of assists. This was a great way to end the month of November, and it should really help the team make a solid transition into December.

Now, for some unrelated news. Rumors have it that Ainge is openly shopping Shabazz Muhammad heading into the middle of the season. He really hasn’t been producing as much as Ainge would like, and he’s on an expiring contract. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ainge trade him if the right offer comes across his desk. It looks like Muhammad’s inglorious run with the Celtics is coming to an end. If Ainge can’t get another viable SF in a potential trade, look for Boone to move down to SF and Waiters to take the starting SG position. That way, Ainge can replace Muhammad with a PG/SG bench player, and free up extra minutes for James Young.

One last note: with Brad Stevens now being fired from Denver and Boston, it looks like Danny Ainge made the right call in going with Tom Thibodeau. You can’t help but wonder how much of a future Stevens has left in the NBA.

NOVEMBER LEAGUE NEWS:

• Phoenix trades Wilson Chandler, ’17 2nd Round pick via PHE to LAC for Khris Middleton
• Denver fires former Celtics head coach Brad Stevens, hires Liam Howard
• Brandon Knight (Brooklyn) still has elbow tendonitis and is out 2-4 weeks
• Elfrid Payton (Orlando) tore his MCL and is out 6-8 weeks
• Ty Lawson (Denver) broke his leg and is out 4-6 weeks.
• Derrick Favors (Utah) tore his MCL and is out 4-6 weeks
• Deron Williams broke his leg and is out 4-6 weeks
• Larry Sanders (Milwaukee) is day-to-day with a thigh bruise
• Lance Stephenson re-signs with Charlotte for 3 years/$35.42m
• Deron Williams re-signs with Brooklyn for 2 years/$6.59m
• Mason Plumlee re-signs with Brooklyn for 3 years/$36.37m
• Ty Lawson re-signs with Denver for 3 years/$33.82m
• Russell Westbrook re-signs with Oklahoma City for 3 years/$59.49m
• Stephen Curry re-signs with Golden State for 3 years/$60.25m
• Tyreke Evans re-signs with New Orleans for 3 years/$30.48m
• Derrick Rose re-signs with Chicago for 3 years/$51.74m

That's all for the month of November. Next up is the December recap. I’ll be out of town for a few days, so December will be posted sometime next week.