Boston Celtics’ Top 100 NBA Players: Who Made the Cut?
Boston Celtics Shine in ESPN’s Top 100 NBA Players List
Did you know that six Boston Celtics players have made it to ESPN’s top 100 NBA players list? With Jayson Tatum at #5, Jaylen Brown at #14, and five Celtics in the top 50, the Celtics look pretty good.
John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal explores the significance of these rankings and what they mean for the team’s future. The episode also highlights Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla’s underappreciated success compared to other coaches like Erik Spoelstra. Discover insights into Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck’s comments on the team’s financial independence and Jaylen Brown’s impactful community work, including his recent $1 million grants to minority-owned businesses in Boston.
Join the conversation and gain unique insights into the Boston Celtics’ strategies and community influence. Listen now for an engaging discussion on the Celtics’ path to success.
2:00 Boston Celtics Player Rankings
6:55 Debate Over NBA Coaches
14:37 The Nuance of In-Game Adjustments
16:08 Wyc Grossbeck’s Financial Strategy for the Celtics
21:12 Jaylen Brown’s Hot Ones Interview and his community service
25:24 John’s cameos in Celtics documentaries
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24 Comments
D White finally gets his due respect. Nice.
It’s so close I can almost taste it…
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Loving that our starting 5 are all in the top 50! 🍀🍀🍀 not to mention old man Horford still getting up there in the top 100 even though he is nearing 40.
Big Al is the 7th oldest player in the NBA right now! very nice seeing him making the top 100!
The ranking this year is pretty much what I thought it should have been last year.
Our 5 starters occupy 10% of the top 50 spots. But since there are 30 teams, this reminds everyone how stacked Boston is as the C's are disproportionately represented in the Top Tier. 💚
I was critical of Joe myself in the past but I am not sure how the other coaches receive a pass. The Celtics are an amazing team but so were the Warriors, Nuggets, Heat, etc. Most of these supposed “great” coaches actually had great teams. So if they are ranked high, so should he.
Joe has taught the Celtics to close games and he is a genius at turning the bench into pure gold. Our whole bench definitely owe their success to Joe. He was good at that right off the bat which is what made me confident in the bench although everyone was saying that the bench was weak.
I just think it's funny that KP is 11 behind Rudy Gobert (who went WAY up the list this year. For what?). Ask Brad Stevens if he agrees.
And I love Wemby, think he's great and will be the best player in the league in 2, 3 or 4 years, but Jesus, Joseph and Mary, the impetuous, unadulterated FAWNING over him in this list (and subsequent columns) is nausea-inducing. ESPN makes the list, puts him #11 (higher than AD and Jaylen. Really?) and THEN proceeds to have several of its columnists opine he's probably "too low." While endlessly citing his POTENTIAL. Um, sorry, what happened to it being about where they are NOW? Soon, there will be full service sites that simply mock ESPN as their central purpose. And they should. In another 3 years, 93% of all ESPN content will be gambling, fantasy, idiotic polls, and the lion's share of the world's dumbest hot takes. Actual sports? Somewhere… maybe. If you live in Europe and follow cricket.
John: an idea before the season starts: in-depth on the C's player development. How they mined and manufactured a quality bench, largely in-house, and what they may be doing better/differently than other teams.
Fun watch
Joe took a team that hadn’t gotten over the hurdle of being champions and had a historically good season and cruised to the championship. The team never let down. Not in the regular season or playoffs. The end was never in doubt. That’s coachjng coaching.
The players play for him.
They showed up hungry.
The Jays are the opposite of complacent they look ready to bury teams.
The first second and third string play during preseason.
It’s obvious he makes a difference.
Could he make a mediocre team good ? Idk 🤷♂️ maybe but who cares.
He’s perfect for these folks. 🍀🍀🏀🏀🍀🍀
And the players and Joe are a group of decent folks that are fun to cheer on. It’s refreshing.
JT shud be ahead of Luka and SGA can argue the same for JB over those dudes as well🤷♀️🍀🏀💪😤
Sounds like excuses being made for spo he def isn’t the best coach in the league he def shouldn’t be in front of someone who just beat him on its way to winning a finals and he gets no luv? It is wut it is
Tatum had to rack up an impressive resume to finally crack top 5 (in the media) but SGA is in after a couple deep playoffs runs 😐. They’re the same age btw
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Our dream here has to be to see Prichard and sam dig into top 100. With 1 of our back up bigs. Then we lose AL Porzing.. white.. somehow get under the cap with holiday brown Tatum. I know we promised holiday we would not trade him late in his career and stay loyal for his kids. Go under that cap for 1 year then pay Prichard sam and 1 center well bring in another top 50 go over cap for Tatum and browns 2nd run at a tittle. Or they end up trading 1 or both for a full rebuild well see
I bond with my cat while watching your pod, John! lol ❤🔒☘
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I don’t get the SGA thing. The whole narrative is that he carried a bad team, but that team is not bad. They have some incredible players. So I think that’s pretty disrespectful to the rest of the thunder. He is a great player, but is he really better than Tatum? Luca Jalen just aggravates me after seeing Jaylin Expose him in the finals, but whatever. Points supersede overall play on both sides of the court.
Mazzulla not being on the radar is for the same reason Spo wasn't until he won a championship–as I remember, in his 4th season. NO ONE gets into the club by season 2; not universally. If they win again this year, you'll see that change in next year's polls–the rest of the nation's press will start falling in love with his quirks the way they did with Joe Maddon in baseball.
I can never take someone’s take seriously when they are promoting make enhancements. Ya weird!
ESPN top 100 is always questionable at best. But I won’t quibble about where the C’s are. Except JB. He should be top 10 for sure. Also, I’ve been saying Mazulla is one of the best coaches in the league. He has a chance to be one of the greats if they continue to win. I hate when people say Celtics would be better with Ime. He had his chance. Joe got it done.
The only reason why KP isn't top 30 is injuries.