Robert Williams is a defensive freak with some of the best passing I’ve seen for a rim protector. Great player.

These enhanced podcasts are incredibly insightful and I’m guessing it would be easier for Ben to post more which is a win for him and for us as viewers

Incredibly underrated player by the general NBA fanbase, his defence on Jokic a few weeks ago surprised me

A very underrated aspect nearly noone talks about. This team is extremely young. Outside the 2 veteran bigs, every player is either just starting their prime, or isnt even there yet. I think they have at least a 3-4 year window to find the right pieces to get this team to the next level. And the next Level is Championship for me!

i see rob williams in the thumbnail, i had to click. i love rob williams game, he is underrated player the media don't talk about

RWIII is a stud. Dude is a great passer too, doesn’t get enough credit for that

The "peel" double switch is really the future of the league as the way to handle the spread pick and roll without giving up mismatches all over the floor.

We were very fortunate to get Rob. He was projected as a lottery pick but due to injury concerns he fell all the way to 27. I remember watching him catch a lob, and I said to myself no way this guy fails in the NBA. Offensively his passing is pretty good for a big and he’s obviously a really good roller. Next for him is to start shooting pick and pops, his shot needs work but isn’t bad

I love this episode. What an interesting way to maximize timelord's strengths and minimize his weaknesses

They Just signed this dude to 54m/4y contract, incredible bargain

He now has sway with refs also. No more whistles as he jumps. His recovery defense is definitely on that All NBA level. Another great Trader Dan middle to late pick find.

I do like these videos, but I always feel with the "enhanced podcast" series that we are just missing out on what could be an even better video if it was like the other style. But of course it's easier to put together, so I'm still very happy and grateful 👌

It's been a while since I saw a celtics video. They've gone downhill since Tatum/Brown's first 2-3 years, and many teams now got ahead of them. So it's nice to hear them again

I think people are finally starting to realize the ceiling this man has. And in my opinion, that’s the second best player on a championship team. Thank you for this video.

The block on Hunter at 1:30 is so wild, he was in the air when Hunter went up for the shot, landed and bounced right back up to swat it away. Man is a human pogo stick

These are these exact reason why I think the Celtics would be a nightmare matchup for the Sixers in the Playoffs. They can do so much on the Defensive end and the Sixers typically don't have more than one of their scorers acting as reliable bucket getters at the same time. Harden makes a difference the Celtics acquiring Derrick White gives them another option to guard him.

This made me go re-watch the Nuggets v. Celtics highlights to see if it fit what you were talking about. That's actually the only Nuggets loss in their last 9 games so it shows how effective the Celtics have been. Williams was often on one of the J. Greens, both of whom had a pretty bad games. When Jokic drew Williams, Jokic was comfortable decoding the switches and finding the open players (he had a triple double by the third quarter), but the Celtics had a couple good runs against Denver's second unit to come away with the win. Notable how tight the Celtics rotation is. In that game they only played 8 players, with 4 starters logging 37+ minutes. Look at any recent close Celtics game and you see this pattern. I think this speaks to how important familiarity and communication is in order to play defense on this level. It does mean that this run of form could be easily derailed by an injury or two, though.

Boston since January ELITE DEFENSE & Dark horse in the East

Thanks for the vid

This was really insightful, I love these vids that point out the small things underrated players add to their team. I’m a big bucks fan, have you thought about doing a vid on how Giannis’s shooting out of post ups has improved ?

It also helps that they traded away no defense Freedom.

Let me tell me people..Nobody in league can get higher than my TimeLord!! His wingspan is incredible and he is a great athlete..He was a risky pick because of maturity problems but I'm glad he wears green

this is incredible content

Another great vid

The Celtics are a team none of the top 4 seeds want to see in the first round. Them and Toronto would make that first round series so hard that they’ll either win or exhaust the other team so much that they underperform in the second round.

Addition of Derrick white is huge he’s a top 5 guard defender in the nba

Who knew Ben had such bodacious flow

Rob Williams is only 24 as a Celtics fan I think we found our 3rd star to go with the Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

The timelord is insane ⏰

I hope our defense holds up the rest of the season & into the playoffs, any team in the East will have trouble dealing with us if it does & the Jays keep the ball movement up

the timelord content we needed.

Watching this after Marcus Smart won DPOTY is weird. Makes you think how 1 guy gets the award, since we talking about a collective elite defense

RWIII is such a favorite under the radar player of mine, besides him and her jones, it’s who I wish to be as a basketball player.

Good stuff

your analysis and narratives are waaay better than what sports channels like espn can come up.

don't forget that Derrick white is a good weakside defender as well. He's a good blocker for a Guard.

When I read "time Lord" on the title I was thinking it was because the Celtics putting a 40 tears old Iso Joe in the court.

Top 10 Center in my mind

besides Chris Paul, Jayson Tatum is my favorite player in the league in there lack of finals appearance with there ultra talented teams has been down right depressing. I always thought it was a matter of time until the get to the championship.

Jaylen Brown next video Thinking Basketball 🙏🙏🙏

Kinda makes me think of what Josh Smith maybe should have been on that end of the floor (he was a great defensive player when he tried).

He's so important to the defensive chemistry on the team. Just pray he can stay healthy for a long time

I remember him saying he didn't like the Time Lord nickname but I think he's embraced it . I hear his teammates using it.

Sensational content as always. Off topic question, would you consider covering the NBA 75 draft at all in some light? Your input/take on this would hold more weight than a computer scoring system. Would love to see it!

Uncle Ben we need a hair tutorial

Great defensive Asset. People didnt understand the big extension, but IF he can stay healthy, this contract will even be big positive.

The coach is bringing out the best in each player. Tatum, Smart, Williams, Pritchard, Horford, are playing their best ball ever. Brown has a chip on his shoulder and since he is the best overall athlete of them all, he will make everyone pay for his AllStar Diss by winning championship MVP. WatchIt!

Rob and smart should both make an all defense team this year

This video should give insight as to why certain tall 'wing' teams aren't really suffering from the lack of a traditional tall center as a rim protector. Because they got guys who make it difficult attacking the perimeter. If you invite the switch, as was noted on the video they will have other tall wings who will make the weakside play at the rim or use their length to challenge the ball handler as they try get at the basket. In case with the C's their communication is very good which makes use of their length and athleticism to track those shots at the rim. For the C's this as sustainable for the regular season as well in the playoffs until they meet certain teams who can break through and force them to adapt.

Time lord has arrived 😤

Hey Dude! I need someone to make a video on Ja Morant and how he’s averaging the most points in the paint this season! Cant wrap my head around it !

Great stuff. It's impossible for me to be any kind of objective as a Celtics' fan. I was taking their recent performance with a massive grain of salt because of the competition, but after watching 80% of their starters (no Jaylen) absolutely smother a very good Grizzlies team I got curious. I had a quick look into the starting 5's net rating and defensive rating since they've been on a roll since getting healthy, and it's pretty nuts. They've played 324 minutes together as of 3/4/22 and have a +27 net rating and a 88.8 defensive rating per NBA.com. I scrolled through some other years to see how many teams in the pace and space era matched those numbers in significant playing time (I used 200 minutes as the cutoff). There are no other 5 man lineups that put up those numbers. I couldn't find another sub 90 defensive rating or over +25 net rating example that played over 200 minutes together going back to 2016/17. Their 2022 numbers are even crazier- 11.7 point differential, and a +29.2 net rating and a 88.5 defensive rating for the starters. I won't be surprised when the Celtics fail to maintain those numbers as their schedule gets tougher, but their starters have been pretty impressive.

Can you please do a Video on Moses Malone?

Babe wake up Thinking Basketball been thinking

I would love if you made a video on Giannis' defense and offense. You havent covered him for a year and he is the best player in the NBA.

This seems like a great way for you to be able to put out a little more content, but not break what sort of has become your brand, or your style of content creation, of quality over quantity. I’m sure the full breakdowns take a ridiculous amount of time and work, and it shows. They’re UNREAL. Hard to pump out a bunch of those. But this way you can put out a little more and promote your podcast. I hope people who see this sub to his pod. It’s one of the best basketball podcasts out there, period. Obviously that’s subjective, but I literally am subscribed to 30+ bball pods lol. So I have a pretty good gauge. My two favorites are his and Dunc’d On. Which I hope he makes another appearance on soon! Btw ppl, the podcast has the same name as the YT channel. Just search for it in Apple Podcasts or whatever you use to get pods. I use Pocket Casts it’s cool. I’m in no way affiliated with Ben. Don’t know him, never talked to him, he has no idea who I am etc. I just hope some of his YT subs see this and check his pod out bc he’s fantastic.

Seems like RWIII and Matisse are very similar defenders in, crucially, different-sized bodies.

Much better than those so called *"analysts"* on ESPN

Last I checked he was leading both offensive and defensive rating :O

TIME LAWD

Been saying it since last year: he deserves way more minutes. His advanced stats were too promising to give him that little amount of minutes. I know not everyone fucks with advanced stats but his are and were damn good last season too

Not to mention that Theiss is back.

FUTURE DPOY

Timelord is easily the best current nickname in the NBA.

I am once again asking what hair products you use

Not last night we got blitzed. Only way to really beat us is to shoot lights out from 3 or knock down tough mid range shots that’s why I’m not worried about most teams in the east if teams have to be historic from 3 to beat us I’ll live with it. But we got to hit our shots also so there’s that

can u make an analysis on Luka Doncic and Mavs offense?

The future defensive player of the year

his defense reminds me of prime dwight

Video on Bam

Been seeing a lot of these kinds of defensive schemes with how opponents play the Timberwolves. Often they'll have a 4 guarding Towns out on the perimeter and keep their center low for rim protection.

Coming out of a&m people were worried about offense, and while he definitely improve there, to me that's not who he is as a player.

Before the season started based off personnel alone I thought Boston should have a stifling défense and win games off that alone

RJ Barrett Potential video?

It took some time to unlock Time Lord...

☘️🔥

Hope blazers can get him healthy

Love this guy, why do they call him the timelord though?

Seven guys who can defend

Kuminga + RwIII = the Kumlord

If u ask me Brian Scalabrine is the real Time Lord. Why is he so worried abt ppl being late?

Most of these missed shots are pretty good , just bad bad offense rather than an exemplary defense. example 5:19

I thought Rob was called "The Time Lord" because he covers so much ground in such little time.

They also got rid of Schroeder

The B's are all over the place this season. I think that there defense will be inefficient.

Deadass just thought timelord was a meme based off his nickname. I gotta put some respect now

Timelord? I don't get it.

Even back in 2018, I said that Robert Williams III should've been a late lottery pick. I'm glad that the Celtics are finally utilizing him more this season.

Is Timelord the worst nickname in NBA history?

I can’t stand the fact that Cs play 2 centres

Dont disrespect Deandre Hunter like that. He’s a great player

Jarret Vanderbilt is better

Not to mention that Theiss is back.