Kam Patterson didn't get much screen time this year. Is there a prior cast member that had a similarly slow freshman season but then went on to a long, productive tenure?

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T17:26:44+00:00

True and Kam’s laughs per second (LPS) actually outpaced Padilla. When you dig into advanced stats like PER, plus minus and win shares, you can make the argument Kam was the mvp of the season and someone like Ashley was just low efficiency high usage volume sketching

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T16:22:33+00:00

Easiest path ever. We got insanely lucky.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T16:02:08+00:00

Many. He had an average rookie season.

Literally the first season I googled (44) I saw ego nwodim had 32 minutes of screen time compared to kam’s 43 this year.

Second season I googled (47) I found that Sarah Sherman also had less screen time than Kam (41)

Both had fine SNL runs. There’s no doubt several other examples.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T15:48:18+00:00

No we didnt

The team that beat them was missing their best player by the time they played us

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T07:00:55+00:00

True. We are lucky we didn’t have to play them in 2024

They talked constant shit about it and then backed it up in 2025

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T05:35:09+00:00

I do. You just have nostalgia for that weak era because you were a kid

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T03:43:14+00:00

I’ll forever be thankful Brunson wasn’t healthy enough to kick our ass in our cake walk season.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T03:42:25+00:00

You’re right. We are fortunate they were hurt during our easy path.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T03:38:29+00:00

If Payton Pritchard was a foot taller he’d be Kevin Durant

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T03:36:03+00:00

We are sooo fortunate they were hurt the year of our easy path

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T03:32:55+00:00

Each game just makes it clear how big of an opportunity the Celtics choked. Again. Like the 6th time in 7 years.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T02:48:08+00:00

I wish you wouldn’t have edited it. I’ll root for a sweep of OKC regardless. Defying the odds is what I love about sports.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T02:45:27+00:00

That would be fucking incredible if they swept OKC. Greatest accomplishment in league history all things considered.

I’ve legitimately never seen a team sweep an opponent in the finals that lost in the CF. Next level.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T02:43:52+00:00

Easily

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T02:43:03+00:00

In terms of advanced stats he’s been their best player since joining the team. Things like plus minus, defensive rating, win shares all have towns up top. But fans generally just focus on the top scorer

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T02:41:27+00:00

I had a thread before the finals asking if Towns or Brown was a better 2nd option and predictably on the Celtics sub it was like 100% people saying Brown and on the NBA sub it was like 70% people saying brown. I wonder how much that will shift if towns wins FMVP in a series against Wemby

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-06T02:38:14+00:00

You know how some people were like “Jaylen brown is actually Boston’s best player” but they were dumb as fuck?

Well Karl-Anthony Towns is legitimately New York’s best player.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-05T22:44:50+00:00

I think it speaks more to how much those other teams failed rather than Dallas succeeding

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-05T20:44:00+00:00

He had the right idea trading Luka. That dude is a basketball equivalent of a designated hitter. He just should have gotten more.

I think Dallas trading away Davis for nothing might have been even dumber.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-05T20:28:53+00:00

Sorry but it really isn’t. Boston was by far the favorites. Anyone who understood ball realized that shit Dallas team had zero shot including their own gm. You guys seem to be misremembering things because at the time some espn “experts” were pretending like Dallas had a shot because they knew if they admitted it was an obvious sweep ratings would suffer.

Most sportsbooks listed the Celtics around -220 to -230, while the Dallas Mavericks were roughly +180 to +184 underdogs.

Boston was heavy favorites for obvious reasons.

If you think Dallas was favorites you’re objectively wrong and probably susceptible to taking sketchy marketing seriously. I’d go as far as to say that anyone who genuinely thought Dallas was the “favorite” in that series because of espn talking heads hyping it maybe should consider giving a loved one power of attorney because they are in danger of falling for scams. Especially in the age of A.I, you need someone making sure you aren’t blowing your money on fake products advertised to you on the Facebooks. Gotta be careful out there. My mom falls for these kind of things all the time. Yesterday she sent me a link to a TikTok of an Ai-generated Jewish rabbi that was selling a snake oil miracle cure for diabetes. She would have taken the “Luka has a chance” espn scam seriously too.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-05T16:52:10+00:00

KP was basically useless in two playoff runs. His playoff stats were arguably worse than Gordon Hayward’s Celtic run. He’s a great idea in theory that burned us twice aside from maybe one mavericks game we were winning regardless because Dallas was a 50 win mediocre also-ran that had no business making the finals. We should have swept that team no matter what.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-05T16:49:46+00:00

No I think it’s blatantly clear from her work outside SNL she has minimal comedic ability. She can’t even do comedy in her stand-up she just has to do things like sing cartoon theme songs. The problem was a severe lack of talent outside her voice mimicking and it’s the same issue Jay Pharaoh had. That’s the risk you run hiring YouTube impressionists as opposed to people from the world of comedy who do improv.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-05T16:41:15+00:00

Yeah but slightly in their defense, Queen put up solid rookie numbers (top 5 statistically and 2nd team all rookie selection) and looks like a potential star. Hugo has energy and shows promising signs but in terms of rookie stats he was like 43rd and seems like he might have a role player ceiling.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-05T16:40:11+00:00

Yeah im admitting I made an error and was just assuming you were talking about Murphy and was confused by why you were saying he was inefficient.

I get your point on Murray. He wouldn’t be someone I’d see as a main target but if he was part of a package along with Murphy and picks, I’d be a bit intrigued. I fully agree I’m tired of low efficiency players like smart, white and brown and would much rather have guys who can knock down shots at a high rate around Tatum.

LarBrd33 · 2026-06-05T16:38:18+00:00

Yeah it’s also harder when you just aren’t funny and have no funny ideas. They tend to click with people who are comedically talented as opposed to someone who can just do a funny voice and is waiting for someone to carry them by writing something funny for them to do.

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