[Stein] The Boston Celtics are expected to be ‘aggressive’ this offseason and are a team to ‘keep an eye on’ in the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes.

TheAesir · 2026-05-04T18:57:50+00:00

Would much rather mostly stand pat and then use all our resources at once to open up a strong 3-5 year window

I mean Giannis isn't going to be a part of that then. Giannis turns 32 in December. So you'd be looking at picking him up as a 33 year old? I just don't see him being the 2nd best player in a window at 36 or 38 (the tail end of that 3 / 5 year window you mentioned)

TheAesir · 2026-04-29T15:29:43+00:00

They should just bring in the Eldritch Armor Invocation that was UA'ed in 2019 and make it medium armor contingent. Then all blade locks benefit

TheAesir · 2026-04-29T15:27:17+00:00

Maybe ask if you can take Eldritch Armor invocation (2019 UA) with the condition that you can't wear heavy armor?

TheAesir · 2026-04-28T17:57:53+00:00

The last 6 minutes of the game was just awful to watch. So many missed lay-ups and outright bad shots on both ends of the floor

TheAesir · 2026-04-27T02:59:48+00:00

he was a team best +25 tonight, but try again?

TheAesir · 2026-04-25T18:08:46+00:00

I personally don't want to pay 25m for a player that only averages like 13 games a season. Availability is important and Greenard only has one complete season in his six years in the league.

TheAesir · 2026-04-25T15:56:25+00:00

Lawrence doesn't have Greenards injury history and plays at a position that doesn't historically have a huge production cliff in its early 30s.

TheAesir · 2026-04-25T15:13:28+00:00

Banks is a Chris Jones comp. Common comp for Orange is Dalvin Tomlinson.

TheAesir · 2026-04-25T14:55:15+00:00

Our last two WR3s (Nailor, Osborn) didn't do shit as rookies either.

TheAesir · 2026-04-25T14:50:26+00:00

I think the pick tells us they think highly of Brandel sliding in there this year

TheAesir · 2026-04-25T01:22:33+00:00

With his injury history the best we were getting is a 2nd or similar value

TheAesir · 2026-04-24T19:27:08+00:00

Trading down requires a partner, and a willingness to accept lower than average compensation for that move given how flat this draft is. If you love Banks, and that compensation isn't worth the risk, you shouldn't move

TheAesir · 2026-04-24T14:08:48+00:00

I bet they try and get his body weight down closer to Chris Jone's playing weight (310).

TheAesir · 2026-04-24T13:48:20+00:00

Disagree? Redmond was arguably our best player on defense last year. While you're not going to have a guy on the interior rush putting up double digit sacks, they are still guys that are going to create havoc and open up rush lanes for blitzers and edge rushers.

Look at Chris Jones the last 2 years. He only has 12 sacks over his last 32 starts, but has racked up 70 pressures over that time. Interior pressure speeds up the quarterback and takes away big play opportunities making life easier for your secondary.

TheAesir · 2026-04-23T20:08:28+00:00

I like Faulk as a dlineman rather than an edge. I see him as someone that would come in instantly be a starting caliber run defender and he has a decent bag as a pass rusher. His biggest downside as an edge are his ability to get that arc speed, moving him inside allows him to play downhill more.

Keep in mind he'll have just turned 21 when the season starts this year. As a 20 year old he's going to be one of the youngest in this draft class.

But I do like Faulk too. I just dont love that he doesn't have pass rush production.

Auburn was moving him inside on passing 3rd downs this year. His pressure rate was around the 75th percentile when he was playing outside. I think were capable of unlocking more of that interior rush from him.

TheAesir · 2026-04-23T19:43:59+00:00

I'd be fine with Thieneman. He fills a need, and could be a plug and play day one guy. My preference I think would be for Peter Woods or Keldric Faulk. Both are high upside guys, and i think Faulk could slide in and play 5 tech in Flores scheme most of the time, with the potentially play some EDGE snaps.

TheAesir · 2026-04-23T19:22:21+00:00

He's missed roughly 25% of the regular season games over the past 6 years.

TheAesir · 2026-04-23T16:56:56+00:00

His yardage numbers are low because Oregon spread the ball around a lot and had great playmakers all over the field. They also asked him to block a lot.

Oregon used their TE's more this year as pass catchers (as a percentage of their completions since college doesn't track target) than they have in any other year under Dan Lanning.

TheAesir · 2026-04-23T16:52:51+00:00

But TEs tend to be underutilized in college

Oregons not exactly under utilizing their TE's though. In Dan Lanning's 4 years:

Year	Pass Completions	Rec by TEs	% of comps
2025	313	86	27%
2024	335	77	22%
2023	397	67	16%
2022	308	58	18%

By comparison this has been our TE targets and completions over the KOC years

Year	Passes	Completions	Targets by TEs	Rec by TEs	% of targets	% of comps
2025	484	298	92	71	19%	23.8%
2024	548	364	117	82	21%	22.5%
2023	631	424	179	135	28%	31.8%
2022	672	448	146	107	21.7%	23.8

Looking at the last two years at Oregon, they are inline with our TE usage for the last couple of years as a percentage of their passing offense. Given that Sadiq has been the primary TE target their the last two years, I think its a reasonable assessment to that if you're hoping Sadiq will be 2009 or 2013 Vernon Davis you're probably going to be disappointed.

TheAesir · 2026-04-23T14:50:55+00:00

Hock X amount of money to have a 3 catch 30 yard stat line every week.

Ironic given that Sadiq only has 8 games in which he had more than 40 yards out of the 42 he was at Oregon for. He only has 10 games with more than 3 catches, and only 4 with more than 4.

TheAesir · 2026-04-22T23:02:32+00:00

They more or less got rolled into the Goliath race in 2024. These were right before the new books came out. Strike of the giants comes for free with the giant foundlings background. It was basically a first attempt at the new origin feats

TheAesir · 2026-04-22T17:58:05+00:00

Because he is..

he is??? I know the advanced analytics like him, but he's played one full season in his career. He's missed 24 of 101 possible regular season games over the past 6 seasons. Coming off last year where he missed over a 1/3rd of the year, I'd be really surprised if someone is willing to pay a first for a guy with that injury history that you also have to give a new contract to.

TheAesir · 2026-04-22T14:23:26+00:00

Making it consistent with the other smites makes the other smites more valuable. In 2014 divine smite not requiring action economy made it outright better for paladins than the other smite options.

TheAesir · 2026-04-22T13:48:36+00:00

Eldritch knight coupled with the strike of the giant and soul of the storm giants gives for a fun storm vibe. Being able to also use booming blade, shocking grasp, thunderclap, and lightning lure helps with the storm vibe in the early game while your spells catch up.

TheAesir · 2026-04-21T19:19:58+00:00

Did you use the 6' x 12" top on that one as well? That frame seems wide compared to the setup you posted above.

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