Game Thread Nov 03, 2025 05:30PM MT: Utah Jazz @ Boston Celtics
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So Sensabaugh hasn't checked-in tonight. Hmm.
Harkless subs out after just a 4-minute stint so Svi can come back in. Svi's been key to our success after all.
Keyonte's FTAs have more than doubled from 4.3 last season to 9.0 this season.
Celtics announcers just said he’s first player to average 7 assists and 7 free throws since Trae Young did it
HadAnEffectHere
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Relative to how good he is as a player, probably up there with Austin Reaves and Kevin Martin as the best pound for pound flopper of all time.
Anfernee Simons is playing on a 4-yr. / $100M contract. Keyonte could conceivably get something similar if his consistency improves. He's got to make his shots though.
Keyonte's 2FG% is okay so far, but he's shooting 25% 3FG%.
Keyonte's 2FG% is okay so far, but he's shooting 25% 3FG%.
HadAnEffectHere
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Simons got that contract before Jrue and SGA convinced the NBA that non-defending guards are garbage though. Simons will probably have to settle for between the league minimum and the MLE next summer.
I have no idea what Keyonte's next contract looks like. The NBA hates small guards that can get switch hunted, but if you cross a threshold of offensive quality, you can get a max as that archetype. While Kessler is pretty locked between 25m a year to 35m a year and Brice is locked to the league minimum and Taylor is probably getting the league minimum, Keyonte's range is like literally the league minimum to 40m a year.
Reggie Jackson got money from Detroit. Spencer Dinwiddie got money from Brooklyn. If Keyonte gets to free agency, I think someone will give him $80M+. It might not be a great value contact for the team, but if he can convince someone he's a starting-level guard, he'll get some money.
D'Angelo Russell still gets $18M/year.
HadAnEffectHere
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D'lo got 2/13 this offseason. Those deals you're talking about were all signed before Boston and OKC convinced teams that you can't have a single exploitable defender to win playoff games. I really could see any contract between a near max and the league minimum.
That's right, Dlo's Lakers extension expired.
Hendricks isn't as quick and bouncy. Could be the injury, could be the extra weight, could be both.
HadAnEffectHere
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It's very strange how the team developed him. I don't understand the point of any of this weight when he doesn't have the handle to use any of it. He has a body that is now much better for offense than defense, but without any offensive skillset. I don't know.
He was never quick or bouncy
SGA is jealous of Keyinte's whistle
