{"id":103675,"date":"2024-03-12T17:06:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/2024\/3\/12\/24097442\/luke-kornet-keeps-proving-hes-a-good-player-in-celtics-role-boston-nba-horford-porzingis-kristaps"},"modified":"2024-03-12T17:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:06:47","slug":"luke-kornet-continues-to-deliver-as-celtics-role-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/12\/luke-kornet-continues-to-deliver-as-celtics-role-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Kornet continues to deliver as Celtics role player"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<figure>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Boston Celtics v Cleveland Cavaliers\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/cPOGWZrOnwGzaJWVAVrVpfzJWfU=\/0x0:8256x5504\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/73201560\/2061932812.0.jpg\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Jason Miller\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Boston big man achieved another <em>best performance<\/em> from his Celtics career in a season filled with them. Yet the focus remains on what he\u2019s not, even as he expands his impact and reliability.<\/p>\n<p id=\"oXaHJ9\">Luke Kornet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonsportsjournal.com\/2023\/01\/07\/nba-notebook-how-luke-kornet-saved-his-nba-career-with-the-celtics\">says his career changed when he stopped placing expectations on himself and learned to enjoy the collective success of his team over his own<\/a>. It happened during the 2021-22 season, when he mostly played in Maine, and took pressure off himself to perform. He developed a complementary role, a bizarre-looking defensive strategy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/2024\/3\/7\/24089736\/what-happened-to-luke-kornets-3-point-shot-boston-celtics\">stopped shooting threes<\/a> after his string of injuries in Chicago. It all led to his best play last year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RkuOkK\">This season, that freedom showed in Saturday\u2019s win where he tapped his head after a put-back and playfully waved his finger after a successful Kornet Kontest. In Chicago last month, he dabbed up the floor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"qpUZto\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wsq3YnZV8LU?rel=0\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"KOdE2o\">So when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/\">Celtics<\/a> added another center to the mix by trading for Xavier Tillman Sr. at the trade deadline, Kornet didn\u2019t blink. A move that could\u2019ve signaled a desire by Boston to upgrade over him, hedge against some of his deficiencies and give the team another option, instead struck Kornet as a positive. They sat together at dinner in Chicago, Kornet getting to know his potential competitor and welcoming the addition. In the weeks since, he has topped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VmLEcoZrS30&amp;t=100s&amp;pp=ygUQY2xuc21lZGlhIGtvcm5ldA%3D%3D\">each ensuing best performance of his career<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Ac4u5I\">\u201cI\u2019m not really concerned about that at all,\u201d Kornet told <em>CLNS Media\/CelticsBlog <\/em>in Chicago when asked about Tillman potentially cutting into his role. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to have Xavier here, and I think he adds a piece that\u2019s great for us, especially having versatility in the playoffs. That\u2019s really important. We\u2019re happy to have him and excited to have him as a teammate. I like the element that he brings for our team, so I think it just makes our team better, makes us stronger and I\u2019m happy to welcome him &#8230;  and have a better chance of winning &#8230; he\u2019s gonna fit right in with us and the type of group that we have.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"9VDg60\">After scoring 10 points that night in Chicago after the All-Star break and 14 more against Phoenix, Kornet is averaging career highs in rebounds (3.9), blocks (1.0) and efficiency (69.8% FG) while logging only 14.7 minutes per game and occasional DNP-CDs. That amounts to 12.3 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.4 blocks per 36 minutes, and while many have appreciated that small role he\u2019s filled on the best team in the NBA without wanting to see more of him, Boston improved to 14-3 with Kristaps Porzingis out in Phoenix. Al Horford and Kornet maintained the standard Porzingis set inside their owns ways. <\/p>\n<p id=\"2pGKXk\">For Kornet, that meant excelling at screening, knowing the exact angle to set it at against different coverages and playing behind the advantage out of handoffs as a roller. Years removed from improving his finishing at the rim, he\u2019s now focusing on improving his offensive rebounding for a team that\u2019s increasingly focused on creating those extra possessions. Despite it not being his strength, Kornet\u2019s 13.8 OREB% this season would rank second in the league if he played often enough to qualify. Kornet also excels as a positional defender, filling space in the lane, tracking pick-and-rolls and doing a better job defending in space. He just plays a different style, visually, compared to most seven-footers. <\/p>\n<div id=\"0ENYpD\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z0pXBST_FUI?rel=0\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"5177fn\">\u201cHe\u2019s one of the best at our defensive system,\u201d Joe Mazzulla said on Thursday. \u201cHe has an innate ability to communicate matchups, change matchups and change his coverage. There was one possession in the first half where he was in touch, but it was an empty side (pick-and-roll), and he made a great decision to blitz it, then Jrue (Holiday) came over and blocked his shot. So he just has an innate ability to communicate our defensive system, but also make the right read defensively. It\u2019s an under-appreciated skill that Luke has to be able to do that. That\u2019s why we trust him.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"Wg7763\">Kornet won\u2019t play in the playoffs when Porzingis and Horford are available. His success and increased versatility this year have at least compelled Mazzulla to find out how he could fit into larger bench units for small rotations. They haven\u2019t fared great. Horford and Kornet playing together early in the fourth stalled Boston\u2019s offense on what became a 22-point Cavaliers comeback win in the final frame on Tuesday to fall to a +0.6 on the season. <\/p>\n<p id=\"91UnnI\">Horford and Tillman\u2019s partnership performed worse against the Nuggets two nights later (-75.2 in 10 minutes), speaking more to double-big bench combinations struggling for the Celtics in general. It\u2019s more likely Kornet would stagger one rotation behind minutes that Horford and Porzingis (+13.8 in 463 minutes) play together if, as Mazzulla has mentioned, Boston wants to maintain some double-big looks as part of the team\u2019s identity. <\/p>\n<div id=\"uW1u0v\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gvufwBMhKC0?rel=0\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"xlCKSv\">The team wouldn\u2019t be able to court them without Kornet\u2019s success, and as it expands, a nightmare scenario where Porzingis or Horford miss minor time doesn\u2019t sound as scary as it did in training camp. Yes, the playoffs are different, Kornet\u2019s impact is matchup-dependent, the Kornet Kontest won\u2019t work on starting wings on good teams that will methodically put him in actions. <\/p>\n<p id=\"HosMFk\">All that\u2019s true to some degree in the regular season too, yet opponents have shot 44.9% against Kornet, comparable to Horford (45.1%). Most importantly, Kornet produces the kind of shots Boston wants to \u2014 2.2% fewer shots at the rim compared to when he\u2019s off the floor (82nd percentile) and 0.2% more mid-range shots \u2014 though 2.0% more threes this year is a worry. If concerns pan out, Kornet will sit and Tillman could emerge. If the Celtics never get injured, they\u2019ll almost entirely lean on their six-man rotation. <\/p>\n<p id=\"ipn7Th\">The fact alone that Kornet gave Boston a quality regular season for $2.4 million is still a major development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonsportsjournal.com\/2024\/03\/09\/nba-notebook-76ers-rookie-ricky-council-iv-talks-former-teammates-jordan-walsh-and-jaden-springer\">one these expensive Celtics will have to repeat going forward to sustain success. <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"i0ij5V\">\u201cI love Luke,\u201d Jayson Tatum said last month. \u201cHe\u2019s the ultimate teammate, ultimate professional. He never knows exactly when his time is gonna come or his minutes, but he\u2019s always prepared, he always knows the the game plan, he\u2019s gonna set screens, DHOs, help get second or third chance opportunities. He might be the funniest guy on the team, so he keeps everybody\u2019s spirits high. 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