REVEALED: The REAL REASON Why Boston Celtics Are STRUGGLING 

What up Team!! I’m really sorry for leaving you hanging. The past month has been crazy, and although I’m extremely grateful and happy about the growth of the channel in such short period of time, it took a lot of all nighters, and a few days in a row with 3-4 hours of sleep. I basically operated on adrenaline. And obviously the crash is pretty bad. I was physically and mentally drained. This past week, there were days where I couldn’t do/didn’t feel like doing anything besides laying in bed or watching youtube. I needed some time off. But I should handle it way better and I am aware of that. Once again I apologize. I am working on creating a sustainable plan for creating a backlog of videos-so that you guys have your content without me having to go to bed at 9am :) Thanks for your constant support. It really means more than you think. Talk to you in the next one, Peace out!!!

I know youtubers who will make 15 minutes video from this. Thanks for appreciating our time

3 minutes analysis, and spot on in every second. This is a real talent, and the world need thing like this. Great job!

Why bother listening for hours on end to the pundits when Stefan breaks it all down in less than 4 minutes? Thanks man!

Good analysis. This video hurts me a bit because I'n a Celtics fan and was so ready for us to dominate this season now that everyone is healthy. Instead we got this. But at least I still have Heat Check.

You should do some trade videos. Like if you were GM/Head Coach of a team, who would you trade for who.

dude u should have ur own show

I just started watching this guy and I already love him no homo, he makes a 20 min video in 3 min💯

Short and sweet. There is no need for a 10 to 1t minutes for this. Thanks!

I was actually wondering the problems Celtics we're facing. So, it was a great short and deep analysis. Take care of ur health, bro

One more problem is being over confident and not being in the moment They should play one game at the time and remove the mindset that they’re a contender but rather focus on winning one game at a time

Last time i was this early Larry Bird was knocking down threes

Great content as always but please take care of yourself, you don't have to rush to give us more videos. Quality is better than quantity.

If tomas satoransky ever retired from the NBA, I can still sleep at night knowing we have you.

I swear you look really cool with the lighting😂

Been a while White Kyrie

Heat Check always has the real answers.

Never clicked away from another Heat Check vid to a newer one so fast :D

Glad youre back. Waiting for your videos man. Havent watch the videos yet but good to know your okay now.

Love the format of yur content brotha keep it up 💯

Amazing content man!

This guy is de real MVP really appreciate your hard work to get these clips

I'm grateful for this channel because you can tell dude actually watches the game.

You fit so much cool info into a 3 minute video but you don’t speak fast and it’s easy to understand

Nice vid. I only like to add that they are one of the team with the least points in paint per game which leads them to be one of the bottom teams with least free throw attempts per game. They settle on more threes and midrange shots. I just hope they fix it soon.

Man you make really good analysis videos and i don't mind waiting for the next one!

Yeah as a Celtics fan it hurts a lot to see the team struggling like this. Brad Stevens should make some changes, give a shake to the roster, idk. By the way, awesome video, very quick and effective!

I really thought you'd go more x's and o's instead of this. This could also be a big factor Celtics FG% on "wide open" looks 2018 Mook: 54% Kyrie: 51% Horford: 38% Tatum: 37% Brown: 17% Hayward: 36% Rozier: 37% Smart: 41% Celtics FG% on "wide open" looks 2017 Mook: 37% Kyrie: 43% Horford: 44% Tatum: 48% Brown: 43% Hayward: N/A Rozier: 38% Smart: 29%

I’m always excited about ur videos bro . Ur nice wit it

Been waiting for this video. I agree with all of those. Everyone in the celtics wanna be the shot creator. No one wants to play catch thats why all shot are contested and only irving has the ability to make those.

Great to see you posting again!

Your videos are amazing!

Short and sweet. Keep it that way.

I subscribed because in the intro you didn’t ask me to subscribe thanks for not shoving your channel down my throat like most of RU-vid does

yeah, I totally agree with you, as a Celtics fan I was said this before in many comments section regarding the Celtics offensive problem. They are just playing too many iso ball and one on one type of offense, our players just simply need the ball on almost every occasion, none of them were role player at the moment. They didn't know what to do if they don't have the ball in their own hands, you'll see that very often in our games, especially when we're not leading.

Finally an in-depth analysis of Celtics' struggles this season. Thank you. God bless sir.

Dude you're my favourite basketball channel. Always precise and informative. Keep up the great work!

Keep it man , iam a Celtics fan myself and u nailed the analysis

SportsCenter needs you

Great video! Earned a sub

Finally a person who realizes that this teams struggles is all young core egos after that playoff run last year ! It tainted this team and everyone blames Kyrie smh. heat check you earned a sub and notigang from me!

YES YOU ARE BACK!! aww man i missed your vids

i was waiting for this. amazing video as always

Hi Stephen please which editing app do you use for your videos and together with the circling options please I am a RU-vidr and would like to use this for lessons videos please

Heat Check with another Banger!!!!

Watching this Heat Check video from 3 months later and sadly many of the same things being discussed here are still going on even from last nights loss to the Blazers. Ball movement last year was just beautiful between the young players at the end of the season and into the playoffs. It feels right now like contested hero ball - with flashes of great ball movement. Sad to see such a promising squad continue to struggle so badly with chemistry issues. Almost like Hayward and Irving don't fit with this team anymore which is a silly thing to say I know.

Honestly even though Hayward isn't his old self, he has probably played his role the best, other than Morris and Horford. He was willing to come off the bench knowing that he hasn't been playing as well as he could and gets my respect for that.

Very good analysis..i really hope Celts would dominate this season because of the confidence given to their rookies..but instead its hunting them now..the ball movement is nearly gone..almost the same as my Spurs are doing now.

As a Celtics fan for me it feels so sad to watch the team lose like this after having an amazing playoff run,I hope they fix the problem u mentioned in ur video and get back to winning so they could have a good record going into the playoffs.

More than the NFL or MLB, the NBA is all about getting better as a team during the regular season and peaking at the post season. I am a Warriors fan and I like the prospect of the Celtics coming out of the eastern conference this year despite the struggles they are having offensively so far. It’s still early.

Hey, you seem quite professional in examining games and distinguishing pros and cons.

Another banger video keep up the work!

superb analysis as usual!!! Kepp it up!

Nice white kyrie! 👍👍👍👍👍

Good job man! Subbed

Lowkey one of the best NBA channel's

Lol Kyrie talking about they need a 15 year old Vet to help them grind through the regular season! Fuck did you leave Bron for in the first place then.

miss your vids bro I already send a message in your last video

Totally agree with the whole team chemistry issue. Celtics have too many talents gathered in one area, making them more competitive within themselves, sometimes they don't pass, sometimes they try too hard to make shots. Hopefully, their chemistry will grow really soon, would definitely enjoy seeing more solid assists, alley-oops and more. Everyone so afraid of being the 'robin' to the 'batman', but honestly, there wouldn't be even a batman if the team won't play well. There are still instances in which Hayward hesitates, which is totally understandable, it's gonna take time for his unconscious mind to let him play freely again.

Those are normal FG and 3PT% for Smart. Now he's a little better with 37.5% from the field and 30.6% from 3. His new contract hasn't affected him negatively, he's taking half amount of the shots he took his first 4 seasons and he's in great shape, pretty slim.

Great video! Maybe it was because he wasn't fully healthy, but there was a big difference in how Irving played last year, as he was more of a "quiet playmaker", at least by his standards. This year, it seems like he is trying to do more of his trademark fancy dribbling highlight plays that fans love, but it seems like that style is actually less effective in Steven's system and feels like it's turning into a competition to see who is the best iso scoring alpha dog. There's almost nobody I'd rather give the ball to in the final seconds of crunch time when you need a bucket, but I just don't think that style of play is sustainable for the whole game compared to smart ball movement and balanced scoring. Not every play can be a highlight, you need easy buckets too.

Great video as always man! Good thing theres a lot of time to turn things around in Boston. I still believe they can beat any team in the east in a 7 game series.

Perfect explanation, that was on point chemistry is huge and the isolation basketball kills everything they don’t know how to play as a team and take too many threes when they are a fast break inside team

Lol! Going to kobe bryant, as a 19 year old, was a horrible move. Kobe is and was one of the most selfish players EVER! He ONLY cared about scoring. Him leading teams had them missing playoffs, IN HIS PRIME! Because he was so selfish and a ball hog, he needed a system and all stars to reel him and his ego in. If you follow the kobe method, your team's will definetly lose. Kyrie followed the kobe methods before lebron and the cavs were in the lottery 4 years straight. Tatum needs to stay within brad Stevens system, and cut that hero ball out. Hell, so does terry rozier

Bro your basketball IQ is out of this world.

nice analysis. they should be playing better probably after the all star break, but they might be pretty low in the eastern conference standings by then..

WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!!!! LET'S GO BABYYYYT

Boston stuck with Hayward's contract for now.. And his value doesn't look great

I’ve been waiting for you video bro

Right now this is not a very well coached team. For a team with all that talent they have no reason to be a 500 team 20 games into the season. This one is on Brad, with his best roster yet he has failed to show why most people considered him a top 3 coach in the NBA the last few years. He needs to figure this out otherwise he'll find out that people will forget what you've done with just one bad season.

Excellent analysis bro!

Always bringing out the heatt

We've been waiting, man! :)

Great video my friend

As a lifelong Laker fan I hate the Celtics, but I can see they have a really deep team. This seems to suck right now, but come playoff time, it should prove to be a big advantage as their second team should be able to to outgun other teams second groups in the East.

Good analysis, can you do a video for the Warriors recent four game losing streak, and show the spacing issues and lack of shooting around kd and klay. Thanks for the content

I’m a Celtics fan, and it’s frustrating to see our team play like this. But I know we’ll bounce back ☘️

It’s all attitude: you got the guys who stepped up as starters when Heyward/Irving came off the bench pouting. Irving and Heyward never had time to mesh and are post injury. Ainge should’ve pulled the trigger giving the Spurs what they wanted for Kawit

Bro, I missed u

Finally bro we been missing you!!

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Another Great Analysis of a Team that was expected to be on the Top of the East

Amazing Video!!!

Great vid! also I would like to add another reason why they are struggling. Their switch everything defense is killing them. We saw that against the knicks and jazz few days ago. On paper it looks great but on the court, there are mismatches every time.

They had a bad offense last year before kyrie got hurt, they always struggled but it got a but better towards the end of the year when there defense picked up. They were young and quick. But with kyrie and gordon in the line up its messed everything up.

When u say "Whatup everybody my name is Stephen and this is Heatcheck" I don't know why but I feel safe and relaxed BTW what you think about Advanced stats like %TS, BPM and VORP?

Totally right. The biggest problems in this team are Tatum and Brown who have big ego's and think they are the shit after one good season. All they do is play iso. They don't pass the ball. They only care for their own stats and not for winning games. They need team players.

Gordon Hayward isn't our problem, its our effort and our guards (besides Marcus Smart and at times Kyrie) not being able to guard anyone and letting them blow by. I think we have to make a quantity for quality trade and shed some of our greedy young players to get a leader.

Great to see you back!

What up everybody, my name Stephen and this is Heat Check

Finally, you uploaded another amazing analysis. Please do an analysis of the lakers play style next time bro. They are winning lately.

Great analysis!

The king is back \o/

Been a while since last upload missing heat check

I believe you're wrong, mate. Why? A very good example to compare is Raptors. Here, Last season when Kyrie was injured, those players went out and did very well. Forcing a game 7. Now, Kyrie is back, those same players aren't performing well not because they are NOT good but because they depend too much on their superstar which is the same with the Raptors. When Kawhi is on the floor, the team is good but lower scores and barely winning and losing but they've been improving. However, when he's not on the floor and Raptors lost it was huge against the Bucks and same when they win, its huge. Both teams need to learn how to adjust and when their superstars are on the floor. Make does decisions you will make when your superstar isn't on the floor. Kyrie has played if I'm not mistaken every game. If you rest him, I bet the team will win huge.

As a Clippers fan I love how were playing but we need to embrace the youth. Lou is great but he is the exact player the Celtics need. An experienced guy who can just score. And if Boston wants to deal Jaylen brown, I think jerry west would love to have him. So a trade like Lou and sindarius thornwell in exchange for Brown, Yabusele, and the clippers first round pick. Is it fair? Would this work? What's everyone's opinion?

I hate having teammates like this. You're open for the ball but no one makes a pass. You waited and waited then when you get a ball and it's not on rhythm and miss the shot you get blame heavily.

Talk about the Jazz next, Rubio problem/impact, and if they are still a playoff team.

Man I can't believe Hayward was actually offered and eventually given a max..

I needed a video like this as a Celtics fan its so frustrating. If Marcus Morris pulls one more three Im gonna cry.