I would love to see Tillman or Horford set a hard pick on Luka dropping him to the ground. And while he's on the ground they pull out a cheeseburger from their shorts and put it on his chest lol.
I love the longest yard!!!
Maybe it’s our fault that we’re that much better than anyone else.
We also lost KP in a huge chunk of the Playoffs - and everybody could easily see his impact on the court and on our rotation when he played.
You mean Udonis Haslem? The guy that will go down as the highest paid cheerleader in franchise history of the Miami Heat, if not the entire NBA?!? Oh let’s hear more from the cheer squad!
It’s crazy they don’t think the team is battled tested considering this eight year run. We’ve already beaten all those top players at some point of this era. Only one this version of the Celtics didnt beat was Lebron before he went to the west.
We seen some generational hatin' from the media.
We 'bout to see some generational bandwagoning from these clowns.
100% guarantee Kendrick Perkins saying something along the lines of "I only said what i said to motivate my guys, i know they watching".
Me too. I was defending him the other day because folks on NBA reddits (probably because the skew younger) don't remember he was *top 3 in the league* for several seasons in the early 2000s, behind Duncan and Shaq. This isn't my Cs bias, I staned for him before he was even on the team.
I don't think thats what peirce was doing. To me it sounded like he was trying to say "yea these guys aren't the biggest names, but they are pros and it doesn't matter. A win is a win nothing can take that away" and KG jumped in to finish the point Paul started
Yea they were the second best offense in NBA history last year. But they couldn't play d. The Celtics were the best offense ever, and what 2nd or 3rd in d in the same season? That's not normal.
All these people nationwide were picking the fucking Mavericks. And then they call us annoying. I am positive that today fLFelger will say " and they almost choked it away". Our own sports media makes fun of us for being fans.
This Celtics team is built to win 3 straight championships. And they played hard in the regular season...even though everyone thinks it doesn't really matter. Only team ever to have 8 guys hit 100+ 3s. And they did two years in a row under Joe. They smoked teams consistently throughout the season. All but one.
I don't understand why people are invested more in two years ago than today. But that was the narrative.
I've heard things like "if were LeBron and not Tatum this team would win 7 championships" but this is the first year of this team. LeBron barely won 2 with a great team.
Our own media hates us, some of our most die hard fans talk the most shit ever, and nationally they think we are losers. But here we are nonetheless.
Indiana's squad reminded me of Rookie Jay C's teams, their team is young, talented, and they will begin to put the pieces together with time and experience.
I mean, do you blame him? We love the hell out of KG, but the Wolves were his team before he came here. If not for a POS owner he'd be far more involved with the Wolves.
We were so lucky to get him for a few years
Explain to me how the Celtics are not battle tested with the best regular season record and if we win game 4 the second ever best post season record in NBA history. Celtics had the second best defence and best offence in the regular season. If it was an easy road to the finals it certainly looked like it, maybe because the Celtics earned these accolades. If we sweep the Mavs easily it was because we made it look easy. Minnesota this, Denver Nuggets that, pick a narrative and live by it or die on the sword you chose.
There is only one narrative and the Celtics are close to finishing the book. It’s based on what actually happened. No fucking what if’s and buts. Real shit that actually happened.
A lot of this bullshit comes from the fact that neutral fans are disappointed in this post season as a whole. It's like KG said, people want drama, they want a big spectacle. They'd much rather see the Celtics face a healthy Heat, healthy Cavs (or perhaps Knicks), preferably healthy Bucks in the ECF and then the Nuggets in the finals. If that was Boston's path then perhaps they'd be satisfied.
Well tough shit, cause that's not what happened. Players got injured, Denver shat the bed, Dallas overachieved and here we are, 1 Celtics win away from a historic championship run.
It might feel underwhelming to some people now (media sure seems legit depressed over this). Maybe these weren't the most thrilling playoffs of all time. But it won't matter after it's all done, champions will be champions.
We probably overachieved when this core faced GSW in the finals last time but they were finals veterans on the tail end of their finals window. But it turned out to be a a blessing and gave this core valuable experience.
To say this team is not battle tested would just be disingenuous. Think of the path it's taken the Jays to get here and the shit this team has been thru the past 3 or so years. Not a team in the league today that's more battle tested, battle hardened, sharpened keen, triple barrel aged than Thee Fucking Boston Celtics.
Exactly. These people wanted the Celtics to lose so they could on about how they’ve failed a bunch and need to be split up. The Celtics winning is what they didn’t want.
From a neutral fan perspective it is disappointing if all 3 of the Finals and Conference Finals go 5 games or less. That said fuck a neutral fan I wanna see banner 18
Because people are just grasping for a narrative to discount Boston. They can't use injuries because KP is banged up, they can't use the refs because we're getting 20-30% fewer free throws than any prospective champ in recent history, they can't use the East vs West shit because we destroyed the West all season and have wrecked the "best backcourt of all time" while making Luka look completely overmatched on defense.
It's wrapped. It's over. Now all they can do is whine and try to act like there should be asterisks. Forget em.
i mean, Jayson and Jaylen pretty much made the playoffs every year since their rookie years I think. So I think they're battle tested enough, at least compared to the rest.
Battle tested is bullshit for basketball. If you can ball then you can ball. This ain’t football where you can be surprised and get punched in the mouth in the playoffs by a more physical team.
I mean, Luka and Embiid continue to get surprised when refs swallow their whistles and their flopping doesn't turn into 12+ FTAs a game. So you definitely can still be surprised by a ramp up in intensity and physicality.
Wouldn’t it be 3rd best? 2001 Lakers and 2017 Warriors both did better, or does that mean they’re tied for 1st. Not sure what teams in the past have won like this too
There are three teams that have won the finals only losing one game (Warriors, Lakers, Sixers in the 80s when there were only 3 rounds), there are 5 others that won with only losing two games. I don't know how many have won the finals without losing on the road, but it's probably a small group (if anyone's ever done it).
I think people say 2nd best because we'd be 16-2 if they win game 4, because the first round is now best of 7, the 00/01 Lakers went 15-1 because first round was only best of 5.
Ok hear me out: Jin China put up a poor defense and has issues with the plague; the Naimans were put out by their self-inflicted wound of trying to convert Muslims to Buddhism which Genghis used to his advantage; the Khwarazmin Empire retreated to citadel towns and let Genghis run amok in the outer regions.
All Genghis' victories were against inferior teams. He was not battle-tested and ready for the championship. If they met Atilla the Hun, or if the Roman army was still at its height - game over.
/s
Just ask em who would've actually beaten the Celtics in a series in the west. Literally anybody. Denver that got bodied at home and coughed up a 20 point lead in a deciding game? Minny that got swept? Dallas that we are currently scraping off the bottom of our shoe? You think we seriously would've lost to the Knicks or Bucks?
Look at this team. It's not "oh you just beat whoever is in front of you, that's what matters!" There is literally no team you could put in front of them right now they wouldn't put in the dirt.
Pacers went 2-0 against the Mavs this season. Both blowouts.
I don't think the Mavs could handle Indy's pace. Luka would get worn out in a 7-game series.
He's already gassed after 3.
The Pacers would be a top 4 team in the west easily. The Celtics would've destroyed any team in the west in the finals the way they're playing right now. Denver was maybe better than them on paper but the Celtics are clearly, clearly, clearly a better team right now than they were in any of the previous rounds and Dallas can't handle it. I don't even think Dallas is playing that badly, the Celtics are just putting them in the blender.
Bro, he sounded genuinely angry. He barely acknowledged anything good the Celtics did for most of the podcast. Mo, admits to having some Celtics hate in his blood because he used to be a Lakers fan growing up, gives the Celtics more kudos in that podcast. And he keeps going “and look, let’s give the Celtics credit-“ after most of Zach’s bullshit.
Said something like the 4th quarter was a stain on this run or that we’ll never forget blah blah man, we’re 3-0 without our starting center. I don’t give a fuck if they only won by 1 point each game. Wins a win and Celtics only need one more to get that 18th banner!
It's like collectively the nba media forgot that it's the fucking nba finals, there's no more series after this. Like this is it man what you see is what you get. An ugly win doesn't matter, it's a win. There's no such thing as optimistic losses in the finals like there are throughout the season. An optimistic loss just means you need to play even more perfectly the rest of the series. Literally doesn't matter how it's done as long as it's done, and that's the entire mentality of this team starting with Joe talking about continuing to fight for everything. There's adjustments throughout the series but the margin of error for teams in the finals is so small. Sure during the regular season it's easy to say "oh they keep blowing 20 point leads this could come back to bite them, maybe they aren't as good as they seem" but the statement doesn't fuckin matter if theres no more games left to play. It's like people are forgetting that this Celtics team right now is going against the best teams in the league at their most desperate. Dallas in the 4th locked the fuck up on defense, back against the wall, nothing to lose, home court crowd behind them, played physical as hell, made some big shots, and then still came up short. Like straight up Dallas has a 20-2 run, at home in the 4th quarter, back against the wall, while we're missing a 7 foot beast who averages 20/7 with 3 blocks, and still lost. Like I'm sorry but that's just not a knock on the Celtics, all it shows is when other teams punch the Celtics in the mouth they still respond with enough to win it. Pacers shot nearly 70% in a half, were up by 18 in the second half, at home, back against the wall, with one of the most efficient offenses in nba postseason history, and still lost. The heat had a historical franchise best shooting night against us while the Celtics played poorly, and we were within two posessions of them with 4 minutes left. The whole reason you get a 20 point lead is so you can lose the rest of the game by 19 and still win. It's not the all star game where winning the quarter matters. It's the finals where the only thing that will actually be remembered is if there's 4 W's next to your teams name and a trophy in your hands.
People are probably disappointed because they gaslit themselves into thinking West is so strong and that Celtics had a really easy path and aren't that good when in reality Celtics are truly the best team in the league by quite a margin.
I would agree with this except the literal constant takes from ESPN about how good the west is, how much they'll test the celtics, how historically good Luka is. They had the narratives gift wrapped and are genuinely shocked their preconceptions about this team were literally all wrong.
Zach Lowe? Of course the Lakers fan is going to hate on the Celtics lol. His Power Rankings over the last 5-6 years has always been disrespectful to us. He'll never give the C's any credit.
“They handling business.” Should be the name of the Championship dvd for this team. This perfectly sums up the team in this playoffs. We should be in awe of how good this team is.
Need to put KG on Zach Lowe. He’s really lost any critical thinking he had last podcast
KG would straighten that idiot out in a sec back into Celticsblog sanity
I’m just enjoying the long required teardown of Luka - he’s basically fatter Harden with worse defence. I hope it spurs him to greater heights
KG and PP did the whole “life after basketball” thing right. They both obviously still love the game and the Celtics and they found a way to just say whatever they want and get paid for it. KG is still loved and respected everywhere and The Truth is treated like a king in Boston.
They just hangout (maybe get high) and talk ball. I fucking love it.
No doubt Pierce will be on a duck boat but I hope KG comes too. And Rondo for that matter.
Maybe get high? At this point, I assume Pierce is on a constant buzz like Snoop Dogg. I don’t remember the last time I saw him NOT blazed out of his mind. 😂
the media take is a bullshit take and it's a tourist's take. Poor journalistic integrity. Jaylen, Jayson, Horford, Brad Stevens these dudes have been tested for years, the drama spanned for years, heartbreak after heartbreak after every post season... to say the road was easy is such a rat move it disregards the pain, motivation, the adversities, and all the effort they had to go through year after year. This is the culmination of it all. Jayson and Jaylen kept improving year after year, while Father Al did what real dads do, come back after getting some cigarettes and milk in Philly.
I think KG needs to tells how he really feels. Don't hold it in it's not good for you. /s PR department, hire this guy immediately. Haters always going to hate. Like KG said, they're playing like a #1 seed so, STFU. 🧹🍀🧹🍀
All this stuff goes back to jealousy about the Patriots. Seriously. That's still with us. People automatically look for reasons to hate Boston teams. Even great, completely likeable teams like this one.
Ah, thank you for the clarification. I can’t say I’m surprised dude’s been a big hater since we beat the heat in the playoffs in 2010+. I remember on a podcast after Russell’s passing I thought he was very disingenuous saying something along the lines of respecting Bill, but saying how much he hates the Celtics and their fans at the same time.
KG reminds me of Peyton Manning in the sense he didn't play for the Celtics the longest like manning didn't play for the broncos the longest but they are all in on their team in retirement
Idk how you can say this isn’t legit. They are 3 games up on the team that came out of the west which everyone said was loaded. They were like 12 games ahead of everyone in the east. Its one thing if they got embarrassed in the finals but they didn’t. They clearly are the best team in the nba
An absolute FUCK YOU to Haslem lmao. Didn’t that dude said the Celtics weren’t battle tested for the finals? Man fuck that dude
Haslem always been a bitch
Yeah he's a first ballot hall of famer for being a deep bench bitch
Hahaha, I am dead. Thank you
Now I can’t stop thinking of Terry crews repeating deep bench bitch like on longest yard saying baby back bitch haha
I would love to see Tillman or Horford set a hard pick on Luka dropping him to the ground. And while he's on the ground they pull out a cheeseburger from their shorts and put it on his chest lol. I love the longest yard!!!
IT AIN'T EASY BEING CHEESY!!
A bum ass bitch.
Bench bitch
Dude is "peaked in highschool" if they were an nba player
One time somebody called him a “Cheerleading Bum” and that always makes me laugh
Maybe it’s our fault that we’re that much better than anyone else. We also lost KP in a huge chunk of the Playoffs - and everybody could easily see his impact on the court and on our rotation when he played.
Udonis Haslem is the NBA version of that little Remora fish who LITERALLY rides the shark's dick while feeding off his scraps
Haslems a dickriding baby fish
He basically called his own team trash
You mean Udonis Haslem? The guy that will go down as the highest paid cheerleader in franchise history of the Miami Heat, if not the entire NBA?!? Oh let’s hear more from the cheer squad!
It’s crazy they don’t think the team is battled tested considering this eight year run. We’ve already beaten all those top players at some point of this era. Only one this version of the Celtics didnt beat was Lebron before he went to the west.
Thankfully we have KG and Truth defending our guys
We seen some generational hatin' from the media. We 'bout to see some generational bandwagoning from these clowns. 100% guarantee Kendrick Perkins saying something along the lines of "I only said what i said to motivate my guys, i know they watching".
Perk ia a whole hoe! Stay on that other side Perk!
KG played on a lot of other teams, he has true basketball IQ to go with his passion
>KG played on a lot of other teams All 2 other teams?
He was with the Wolves from 95-07, I would consider that span a few different iterations of teams
Ah, that's fair. I was interpreting your statement a bit too literally I guess.
Man I love KG so much. Defending the Celtics even in retirement, truly a DPOY.
Pierce is a vocal defender, but even he knew it was time to let KG cook
Me too. I was defending him the other day because folks on NBA reddits (probably because the skew younger) don't remember he was *top 3 in the league* for several seasons in the early 2000s, behind Duncan and Shaq. This isn't my Cs bias, I staned for him before he was even on the team.
Can we vote as Celtics fans to have KG be our official representative?
Seconded! The man bleeds green!
He even shut down Paul Pierce for excusing Indiana’s roster 😂
I don't think thats what peirce was doing. To me it sounded like he was trying to say "yea these guys aren't the biggest names, but they are pros and it doesn't matter. A win is a win nothing can take that away" and KG jumped in to finish the point Paul started
Indiana is a damn good team. I reminded me of seeing the early bulls teams before they got it all together.
Yea they were the second best offense in NBA history last year. But they couldn't play d. The Celtics were the best offense ever, and what 2nd or 3rd in d in the same season? That's not normal. All these people nationwide were picking the fucking Mavericks. And then they call us annoying. I am positive that today fLFelger will say " and they almost choked it away". Our own sports media makes fun of us for being fans. This Celtics team is built to win 3 straight championships. And they played hard in the regular season...even though everyone thinks it doesn't really matter. Only team ever to have 8 guys hit 100+ 3s. And they did two years in a row under Joe. They smoked teams consistently throughout the season. All but one. I don't understand why people are invested more in two years ago than today. But that was the narrative. I've heard things like "if were LeBron and not Tatum this team would win 7 championships" but this is the first year of this team. LeBron barely won 2 with a great team. Our own media hates us, some of our most die hard fans talk the most shit ever, and nationally they think we are losers. But here we are nonetheless.
Nembhard>kyrie
Indiana's squad reminded me of Rookie Jay C's teams, their team is young, talented, and they will begin to put the pieces together with time and experience.
Indiana is gonna be a problem if they can add another piece or 2. That pace is fucking brutal.
They had Mathurian on ice who I think is really promising. Will be fun to see what they do going forward.
Didn’t he hedge that he was fine either way if Celtics and Wolves were in the final?
I mean, do you blame him? We love the hell out of KG, but the Wolves were his team before he came here. If not for a POS owner he'd be far more involved with the Wolves. We were so lucky to get him for a few years
I mean he's already our unofficial representative Though I think he'd never be official because it means he can't support the Twolves
And would have to watch his language more…which I wouldn’t prefer lol
If I didn’t know who he was, I would assume he’s some kind of hype man for a mediocre DJ set
Explain to me how the Celtics are not battle tested with the best regular season record and if we win game 4 the second ever best post season record in NBA history. Celtics had the second best defence and best offence in the regular season. If it was an easy road to the finals it certainly looked like it, maybe because the Celtics earned these accolades. If we sweep the Mavs easily it was because we made it look easy. Minnesota this, Denver Nuggets that, pick a narrative and live by it or die on the sword you chose. There is only one narrative and the Celtics are close to finishing the book. It’s based on what actually happened. No fucking what if’s and buts. Real shit that actually happened.
A lot of this bullshit comes from the fact that neutral fans are disappointed in this post season as a whole. It's like KG said, people want drama, they want a big spectacle. They'd much rather see the Celtics face a healthy Heat, healthy Cavs (or perhaps Knicks), preferably healthy Bucks in the ECF and then the Nuggets in the finals. If that was Boston's path then perhaps they'd be satisfied. Well tough shit, cause that's not what happened. Players got injured, Denver shat the bed, Dallas overachieved and here we are, 1 Celtics win away from a historic championship run. It might feel underwhelming to some people now (media sure seems legit depressed over this). Maybe these weren't the most thrilling playoffs of all time. But it won't matter after it's all done, champions will be champions.
We probably overachieved when this core faced GSW in the finals last time but they were finals veterans on the tail end of their finals window. But it turned out to be a a blessing and gave this core valuable experience.
To say this team is not battle tested would just be disingenuous. Think of the path it's taken the Jays to get here and the shit this team has been thru the past 3 or so years. Not a team in the league today that's more battle tested, battle hardened, sharpened keen, triple barrel aged than Thee Fucking Boston Celtics.
Exactly. These people wanted the Celtics to lose so they could on about how they’ve failed a bunch and need to be split up. The Celtics winning is what they didn’t want.
Happy cake day to you bud. Hopefully you get to celebrate your day with Championship 18.
From a neutral fan perspective it is disappointing if all 3 of the Finals and Conference Finals go 5 games or less. That said fuck a neutral fan I wanna see banner 18
Because people are just grasping for a narrative to discount Boston. They can't use injuries because KP is banged up, they can't use the refs because we're getting 20-30% fewer free throws than any prospective champ in recent history, they can't use the East vs West shit because we destroyed the West all season and have wrecked the "best backcourt of all time" while making Luka look completely overmatched on defense. It's wrapped. It's over. Now all they can do is whine and try to act like there should be asterisks. Forget em.
NBA teams in the ~~finals~~ playoffs, up 3 games to nil, are 156-0.
The NBA finals haven't been around for 156 years my brother
I think this is all playoffs, not just the finals
Big facts
i mean, Jayson and Jaylen pretty much made the playoffs every year since their rookie years I think. So I think they're battle tested enough, at least compared to the rest.
Battle tested is bullshit for basketball. If you can ball then you can ball. This ain’t football where you can be surprised and get punched in the mouth in the playoffs by a more physical team.
I mean, Luka and Embiid continue to get surprised when refs swallow their whistles and their flopping doesn't turn into 12+ FTAs a game. So you definitely can still be surprised by a ramp up in intensity and physicality.
Wouldn’t it be 3rd best? 2001 Lakers and 2017 Warriors both did better, or does that mean they’re tied for 1st. Not sure what teams in the past have won like this too
There are three teams that have won the finals only losing one game (Warriors, Lakers, Sixers in the 80s when there were only 3 rounds), there are 5 others that won with only losing two games. I don't know how many have won the finals without losing on the road, but it's probably a small group (if anyone's ever done it). I think people say 2nd best because we'd be 16-2 if they win game 4, because the first round is now best of 7, the 00/01 Lakers went 15-1 because first round was only best of 5.
Didn’t the Lakers go perfect on the road in 2001? Pretty sure the 1 game they lost was in LA, when AI went crazy?
And I read recently no team has ever swept the ECF and the Finals
Like are we sure the Pacers wouldn’t beat Dallas? The disrespect for other teams was out of control
At this rate, the Pacers and Heat put up a better fight
Exactly. People really were like “but cleveland doesn’t have jarret Allen!” I still can’t get over that one lol
The only thing everyone is parroting these days is “Celtics had a cakewalk”. Fuck em, rings talk
Ah the tomato can complaint - the sure mark of a loser It’s not that the Cs are good, it’s that the entire rest of the league is bad! 🤡
Nobody blamed Genghis Khan for wrecking the world, he did what he did cause he could
Ok hear me out: Jin China put up a poor defense and has issues with the plague; the Naimans were put out by their self-inflicted wound of trying to convert Muslims to Buddhism which Genghis used to his advantage; the Khwarazmin Empire retreated to citadel towns and let Genghis run amok in the outer regions. All Genghis' victories were against inferior teams. He was not battle-tested and ready for the championship. If they met Atilla the Hun, or if the Roman army was still at its height - game over. /s
But what if China was like modern China and had a wall and turret guns, then for sure they’d win /s
Just ask em who would've actually beaten the Celtics in a series in the west. Literally anybody. Denver that got bodied at home and coughed up a 20 point lead in a deciding game? Minny that got swept? Dallas that we are currently scraping off the bottom of our shoe? You think we seriously would've lost to the Knicks or Bucks? Look at this team. It's not "oh you just beat whoever is in front of you, that's what matters!" There is literally no team you could put in front of them right now they wouldn't put in the dirt.
Credit to Minny, they won a game
Even the Cavs put up a fight
And the Cavs! The Cavs were tough until Mitchell got hurt and I believe they were our toughest series.
They definitely got disrespected by people. They had the best offense in the entire league for a reason
They shot like 60% most of the series. Pretty bad I guess
Yeah I mean like, Luka is a bad defender. Therefore, if you're a good team, you should be shooting over 80%.
Pacers-Dallas would have been a hell of a series. Not sure who Indy would throw on LD lol
Neismith, for sure
he'd score on Nesmith every single time, just doesn't have the core strength. would prob be Siakam
Oh I was thinking cause of Neismith’s wild defensive style
Pacers went 2-0 against the Mavs this season. Both blowouts. I don't think the Mavs could handle Indy's pace. Luka would get worn out in a 7-game series. He's already gassed after 3.
Yeah zero chance. Plus the same issue, indy is all 5 out shooting. So dallas big men would be on skates
The Pacers would be a top 4 team in the west easily. The Celtics would've destroyed any team in the west in the finals the way they're playing right now. Denver was maybe better than them on paper but the Celtics are clearly, clearly, clearly a better team right now than they were in any of the previous rounds and Dallas can't handle it. I don't even think Dallas is playing that badly, the Celtics are just putting them in the blender.
exactly. just feels so good we're proving that point.
Give Haliburton a healthy season and the pacers probably would’ve been 2nd in the East. Tho a healthy Knicks probably would’ve been up there too
I think the pacers would beat Dallas. All you have to do is play D on two guys and you win.
And make them also play d
I think the championship was in reverse. We beat the HEAT for the chip, and everything else is exhibition games.
haha yeah I was not in a good spot after that game two. seems like years ago
I'm listening to Zach Lowe and you'd think we were down 3-0. Lowe seems genuinely upset that we won.
Fuck em!
Bro, he sounded genuinely angry. He barely acknowledged anything good the Celtics did for most of the podcast. Mo, admits to having some Celtics hate in his blood because he used to be a Lakers fan growing up, gives the Celtics more kudos in that podcast. And he keeps going “and look, let’s give the Celtics credit-“ after most of Zach’s bullshit. Said something like the 4th quarter was a stain on this run or that we’ll never forget blah blah man, we’re 3-0 without our starting center. I don’t give a fuck if they only won by 1 point each game. Wins a win and Celtics only need one more to get that 18th banner!
It's like collectively the nba media forgot that it's the fucking nba finals, there's no more series after this. Like this is it man what you see is what you get. An ugly win doesn't matter, it's a win. There's no such thing as optimistic losses in the finals like there are throughout the season. An optimistic loss just means you need to play even more perfectly the rest of the series. Literally doesn't matter how it's done as long as it's done, and that's the entire mentality of this team starting with Joe talking about continuing to fight for everything. There's adjustments throughout the series but the margin of error for teams in the finals is so small. Sure during the regular season it's easy to say "oh they keep blowing 20 point leads this could come back to bite them, maybe they aren't as good as they seem" but the statement doesn't fuckin matter if theres no more games left to play. It's like people are forgetting that this Celtics team right now is going against the best teams in the league at their most desperate. Dallas in the 4th locked the fuck up on defense, back against the wall, nothing to lose, home court crowd behind them, played physical as hell, made some big shots, and then still came up short. Like straight up Dallas has a 20-2 run, at home in the 4th quarter, back against the wall, while we're missing a 7 foot beast who averages 20/7 with 3 blocks, and still lost. Like I'm sorry but that's just not a knock on the Celtics, all it shows is when other teams punch the Celtics in the mouth they still respond with enough to win it. Pacers shot nearly 70% in a half, were up by 18 in the second half, at home, back against the wall, with one of the most efficient offenses in nba postseason history, and still lost. The heat had a historical franchise best shooting night against us while the Celtics played poorly, and we were within two posessions of them with 4 minutes left. The whole reason you get a 20 point lead is so you can lose the rest of the game by 19 and still win. It's not the all star game where winning the quarter matters. It's the finals where the only thing that will actually be remembered is if there's 4 W's next to your teams name and a trophy in your hands.
He just wanted a series
I understand this from neutrals and it applies to me when I am one. When it’s my team though….I want them to win. End.
You can’t blame people for wanting an entertaining series. If I was a bystander to this series I would be seriously disappointed.
People are probably disappointed because they gaslit themselves into thinking West is so strong and that Celtics had a really easy path and aren't that good when in reality Celtics are truly the best team in the league by quite a margin.
I would agree with this except the literal constant takes from ESPN about how good the west is, how much they'll test the celtics, how historically good Luka is. They had the narratives gift wrapped and are genuinely shocked their preconceptions about this team were literally all wrong.
Zach Lowe? Of course the Lakers fan is going to hate on the Celtics lol. His Power Rankings over the last 5-6 years has always been disrespectful to us. He'll never give the C's any credit.
Lol he definitely grew up a Cs fan.
Nesmith is from Kumbaya
I lost it at that part
I love listening to KG, he just most entertaining personality. But man imagine being his podcast partner.
It helps that Paul is probably high for most of it anyways and gives no fucks
Probably??
Bro is permastoned since retiring. I love the dynamic between them.
It’d be easy, just let him cook
Fuck them and their stupid narratives! We are one game to close that shit and only this we must care of.
Miss KG!! He is my kind of guy!
His trash talk was legendary
Absolutely the best ever with it, and could also back it up and embarrass you!! lol
I still can’t forget him bringing Lala Anthony into the mix 😂😂😂
“They handling business.” Should be the name of the Championship dvd for this team. This perfectly sums up the team in this playoffs. We should be in awe of how good this team is.
Fuck yeah!!!
If it's not "C Us Rise" then I want nothing to do with it
BIG TICKET - ANYTHING IS POSSIBLEEE
I just wanna see KG and Truth drunk AS FUCK on the duck boats with the team
How we feeling about Ray Allen these days?
I think they buried the hatchet with him?
Like they're cool or they killed and buried him with the murder weapon?
Eh, this ain’t Aaron Hernandez era
Whatever, he wants to come too. Come on. I feel like he wouldn’t want to do that but I have no problem with it
KG is a interesting personality he’ll be a perfect fit on the Celtics coaching staff
Imagine him as the strength and conditioning coach
Just on all fours, barking at a terrified Sam Hauser as he's benching.
I read this as "Sam Hauser \*that\* he's benching" and I can just imagine KG benching Sam Hauser while yelling shit (at him, or maybe everyone).
Both those mental images are hilariously terrifying, which is KG’s vibe thru and thru
Need to put KG on Zach Lowe. He’s really lost any critical thinking he had last podcast KG would straighten that idiot out in a sec back into Celticsblog sanity I’m just enjoying the long required teardown of Luka - he’s basically fatter Harden with worse defence. I hope it spurs him to greater heights
Fatter Harden, shorter Embiid
KG and PP did the whole “life after basketball” thing right. They both obviously still love the game and the Celtics and they found a way to just say whatever they want and get paid for it. KG is still loved and respected everywhere and The Truth is treated like a king in Boston. They just hangout (maybe get high) and talk ball. I fucking love it. No doubt Pierce will be on a duck boat but I hope KG comes too. And Rondo for that matter.
Maybe get high? At this point, I assume Pierce is on a constant buzz like Snoop Dogg. I don’t remember the last time I saw him NOT blazed out of his mind. 😂
>”battle tested” every other team gets “battle tested” by the Celtics lmaooo
the media take is a bullshit take and it's a tourist's take. Poor journalistic integrity. Jaylen, Jayson, Horford, Brad Stevens these dudes have been tested for years, the drama spanned for years, heartbreak after heartbreak after every post season... to say the road was easy is such a rat move it disregards the pain, motivation, the adversities, and all the effort they had to go through year after year. This is the culmination of it all. Jayson and Jaylen kept improving year after year, while Father Al did what real dads do, come back after getting some cigarettes and milk in Philly.
I think KG needs to tells how he really feels. Don't hold it in it's not good for you. /s PR department, hire this guy immediately. Haters always going to hate. Like KG said, they're playing like a #1 seed so, STFU. 🧹🍀🧹🍀
Imagine his voiceover on the fire edits Celtics media team has been dropping
Perkins could've taken this route but he chose to sellout to espn for a couple bucks. Shame!
He’s a fraud
God I love KG. Such a beast
Just an absolute dawg. Imagine him with the Jays on a team
KG always ready to flip tables man I love it.
KG is hilarious man
Just gotta let him cook!
Does … does KG think Kumbaya is a place? 😂🤣😂 oh, shit, this is the back and forth RITTER I NEED!
Him casually dropping Kumbaya as a place was where I lost it
Literal tears of a laughter came out my eyes. 😂🤣😂
Common W for Ticket
Perkins can learn a thing or two from KG after his recent tweets
Perk is the biggest hater for someone who was a Celtic. Even Ray Allen doesn’t talk shit
That's what money does to a man, Perk you ungrateful bitch
THESE ARE NBA PLAYERS!
For once I am glad I don't have to have a heart attack for my team to win a chip. Feels good.
Always the realest, KG
It's good to know that KG keeps it so real that he would never be allowed to be a talking head giving hot takes.
I’m dying, KG’s passionate rant and the pierce just saying “so yeah, shout out the C’s”
“These are NBA Players!! These aren’t G league players” -The Big Ticket speaking facts about Bostons competition before the finals.
Man i fucking love KG.
If we’re supposed to steamroll what the fuck do you call being 15-2 in the playoffs 😂
You right, 15-2. I forgot about the Cavs game
and undefeated on the road.
I know he's looking at Adonis Haslem while saying that!
KG is a dawg
This is exactly what I expected.
Plus who tf is haslem? He is the epitome of doing nothing on the class project and getting an A.
KG just made my day lol
Uncut Gems sequel
KG saying the C’s boned a lot of NBA players asses to get where they are. Preach
All this stuff goes back to jealousy about the Patriots. Seriously. That's still with us. People automatically look for reasons to hate Boston teams. Even great, completely likeable teams like this one.
They hate us cause they ain’t us
PP wearing an Omar shirt. Man after my own heart.
If this Dallas team is the best the West had to offer, all 3 of the teams we faced on our way here could beat them.
Need a duckboat with 08 squad
That was just outstanding. Love me some KG!
The Truth & The Big Truth!
That just shows you where the media is at right now if KG is spitting the realest, most level headed nba discourse
Big chain 💪🏽
I need to find this Kumbaya League KG is talking about
“Just once, I’m gonna find a planet of people worse than me at everything”
Haslem drew a player’s salary as a glorified equipment manager for half a decade.
This made my day. I cannot express how much I love having KG in our corner.
Did Haslem say something? Fucking love KG man dude always cracks me up.
He said something about the Celtics not being battle tested
Ah, thank you for the clarification. I can’t say I’m surprised dude’s been a big hater since we beat the heat in the playoffs in 2010+. I remember on a podcast after Russell’s passing I thought he was very disingenuous saying something along the lines of respecting Bill, but saying how much he hates the Celtics and their fans at the same time.
He’s had some fun little nicknames in this thread 😂😂😂
KG is not articulate. He is straight forward and wants the smoke. He is one of us!
Agreed on the rest, but Big Ticket is pretty articulate. I think he just enjoys throwing curse words in there
They've never wanted to admit to Celtic greatness.
The narrative is gonna change real quick, in 10 years people will talk about this as one of the most dominant playoff runs ever
That’s why I love Big Ticket. He’s gonna keep it real with you.
KG reminds me of Peyton Manning in the sense he didn't play for the Celtics the longest like manning didn't play for the broncos the longest but they are all in on their team in retirement
I fucking love KG with all my heart and miss him being a Celtic
#KUMBAYA
Idk how you can say this isn’t legit. They are 3 games up on the team that came out of the west which everyone said was loaded. They were like 12 games ahead of everyone in the east. Its one thing if they got embarrassed in the finals but they didn’t. They clearly are the best team in the nba
Can only face the team in front of you.
Man, I need KG involved with the team somehow, I dunno if something front office or coaching/development, just something
Casually dropping the N~bomb in between all the F-bombs.
It’s cause he’s valid
This is just their angle on this show. KG always sticks up for the young Cs and Pierce always takes a skeptic approach
Did Paul break his finger or something
I just found their show, and it's great. Does anyone know where they post new episodes? Is it on youtube? The most recent one isn't this one.
Cannot find the source vid in KG's YT. Link anyone?