The Pathetic History Of the Boston Celtics

The Pathetic History Of the Boston Celtics

2K releases video one ring in 30 years how did the Celtics won no titles after the big three let’s get into it shout out to D for the video [Applause] Man the following is meant to be a comprehensive account of how the Boston Celtics have won no Championship since 2008 I made this video because it is the most common criticism of the fr frch they’ve got the most titles in NBA history you hear a lot of talk from the

Big three team yet a majority of their banners seem closer to the start of human life on Earth than recent times so today I explore how that happened despite being so close and only spending one year truly rebuilding since that Celtics team you’ll have to forgive me I

Lived every single moment of this in detail so the video came out a little longer than I expected therefore if you enjoy it please leave a like the fully expected 2008 title came on the heels of the biggest regular season turnaround ever 24 and 58 and 07 to 66

And6 in the ring year phase one to the Revival of the dynasty was complete as the formula had now been proven you could in fact immediately trade SL sign your way to a championship which is a feat that you’ve surprisingly rarely seen since in any case you know what’s

Crazy I genuinely think at this point Man I’m The Curse I’m the I’m the curse and Beantown um because for those who don’t know I immigrated to America in 2009 all right so literally the year before I came to the states the Celtics won ever since my first year of watching NBA

Basketball for real was 200920 Celtics made it to the finals cool but they lost in seven and ever since then they have not won H interesting yeah it’s me it’s me I’m I’m it I’m it y’all no you know you know be crazy bandwagon you know noan I have this

Theory I think 95% of NBA fans are bandwagons no cap and they just they they might have just stuck with that one scene throughout the the rest of their life but I think I think a majority of fans are bandwagon but you know what would be crazy if like

If I moved out of state and the Celtics won the year after I moved out of out of the state like that’d be crazy that would actually be insane as coach Doc Rivers would later remark to truly be one of these special Boston teams in history you needed to

Win two at least which shouldn’t have been a problem by the way however to say these signs weren’t there early would be false the signs that despite the talent this unit needed everything working in its favor when twit came to shove which would become a frustrating theme

Throughout the next 14 years in so if you couldn’t pick the C’s what team would you root for listen man the only reason I’m picking Boston is because I moved to Boston but I’m a Filipino at heart and I understand the Steph Curry age brought in this this new wave of

Warriors Filipino fans but real Filipino are Lakers fans like I’m I’m I’m going keep it a stack I’mma keep it a stack real Filipinos are Lakers fans all right these new agage Bay Area Filipinos got me [ __ ] up man no no man stop it oh wait two unnecessary 7 game series

Against inferior rosters then a final Series against the Lakers team missing Andrew bham by far the most Troublesome of the three being their battle with LeBron’s Cavs who were fresh off a finals run that deemed them one of the worst Finals rosters ever Boston was pushed to the brink of elimination by

The squad a what if I mull over to this day those type of struggles seem to suggest if the Celtics suffered just one major injury or even faced better healthier competition perhaps there’d be problems or maybe there wouldn’t as the years piled up and the Corp became more

And more familiar with each other after all it been the first go at it between a trio of stars who’d been first options the majority of the careers maybe this was the only year anyone would have a shot at beating them not a far-fetched Theory as the 2009 season rang and the

Green team was off to a 27-2 start by Christmas just for reference the 73 and9 warriors were 28 27-2 is crazy that is the Detroit Pistons record backwards plus two wins like now that’s dick Su yeah this dick suck my bad Jo and won by their Christmas Day game in 15 ironically the

Second lost was imprinted by the Los Angeles Lakers who were bloodthirsty after the pounding they’ taken in game six of the previous season’s finals the matchup displayed what everybody had been thinking this was the NBA finals for at least a couple of more years Celtics Lakers was going nowhere anytime

Soon well except for literally this exact season in late February reigning Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Garnett would go down with a non-con knee injury just a few months before turning 32 years old I bring up age only because it was probably worst possible time a player with Garnett circumstances

Could have had the injury a big man who at the point in time was only a few years away from the start of his decline anyways the injury would only Pro to accelerate that timeline in the long term while in the short almost completely cooking the Celtics front

Line and one Fell Swoop Sans Garnett their consistently useful big bodies were down to Kendrick Perkins and Glenn Davis Leon po would go on to te’s ACL in game two of the first round Thriller against Chicago meanwhile they’d already lost their dep in the summer of’ 08 so

About those warning signs from earlier with no kg the young seven seated bulls with zero expectations despite the injury came within a hair of unseating the reigning Champions providing what could still be referred to as the greatest playoff series of all time in reality a first round classic against a

Halfway decent unit shed all further hopes of a repeat down the semi-finals would present a better equipped upcoming Orlando Magic team headed by Dwight Howard who’d send them packing in seven I’m not going to lie I like Dwight Howard well before the recent allegations came around I like Dwight

Howard but boo Dwight Howard dog Boo Dwight Howard for multiple reasons we could have got two classic scenarios in NBA history if and only if the magic just did not make the finals that year man number one would have been a Trilogy between the Celtics and Lakers

For three years and number two would have at the very least been Colby versus LeBron we missed out on those two scenarios just for Dwight Howard to make it to the finals and lose in five this is insane bro this is insane not for the barely remembered

Glen Davis gamewinner in game four I doubt the series even gets that far even with the disappointing exit the two best teams left in the East were this young magic team nobody fully believed yet and LeBron’s Cavs who still had not acquired a legitimate Duo partner for him alas

Boston would reenter the mix immediately so long his free agency was successful and Garnett came back healthy Crossing one of those items off the list Rasheed Wallace and marus Daniels would join the fold in the summer bolstering some of the size and DEP they sorely lacked in the front Court unfortunately the big

Ticket that rejoined was a far cry from the player that signed in8 still good still an All-Star yet he moved gingerly the ability to dominate offensively on a whim was gone he wore this giant sleeve on his leg that looked as if he just left the hospital long story short he

Could be good for an entire season and playoff run but probably not great and if the last two years had shown anything he needed to be great his help going forward being one concern Paul Pierce would randomly undergo arthoscopic surgery in December to alleviate a random knee infection which didn’t end

Up being deal although it was scary with the team already operating on pins and needles when it was said and done Boston managed only 50 wins compared to their last two 60 win Seasons a beautiful example in numbers of the trend line happening with this squad I I need y’all

To understand by the 2010 season because of these injuries and I swear to God someone better better not [ __ ] lie to me the Celtics were viewed as an old team I’ve seen some people try to pull this revisionist history that the Celtics were not considered an old team

In 2010 when on God I was hearing commentary back then that they were being called an old ass team it was too late which is crazy cuz it was only their third year together but yo stop it stop it with that revisionist history man much of the campaign they appeared

Old slow and tired contrasted by the Cavs who were flying up and down the court in the midst of another LeBron MVP year and the magic whose roster looked even better than the one that just granted them an NBA Finals birth with the 50 wins earning the Celtics a fourth

Spot in the East media and fans Al light gave up on them opting for a second straight season of LeBron and Kobe matchup dreams of course the plot got flipped on its head when Boston enter the playoffs and became very difficult to deal with for multiple games in a row

Sure Garnett and the vets were aging but Rajon Rondo had entered the stage as a premier name uping the anti from his days as a tag name to the big three caring both Orlando and Cleveland fell in six clearing the path to another Celtics Lakers finals as expected in

2009 n you know I I I know I know Dom 2K is trying to past this video properly so I get it but I I think people have legitimately forgotten how good Rondo was in his prime but I need to remind y’all why exactly Rondo became my

Favorite player ever um number one he’s one of the first players I’ve ever seen that I’ve just hey there’s other players in the past the past that have probably done it but for me the first player i’ I’ve ever seen that was able to control a game because of his passing and maybe

It was just my young eyes not really knowing what the [ __ ] I was watching but I swear to God Rondo used to dominate games just with his passing um like let me let me show y’all some of these series and the numbers Rondo is putting

Up cuz Ron Rondo was on some [ __ ] this this playoff run first first um Whatchamacallit first series 156 and 10 2.4 steals 4250 83 [ __ ] that doesn’t really pop off your screen that’s fine that’s fine that’s still a good series though this one against the Cavs 21 points six rebounds 12 assists

Two steals 54 33 66% from the field those are those are insane numbers and I think there’s one of these games where Rondo had like a 202020 game bro was it game four yeah it was probably game four 29 Points 18 rebounds 13 assists two steals just hey no just flat out out

Played LeBron like I don’t like not too much on Rondo now and then I think against the magic start had another great series okay never mind he he was not as great as I remembered him I just remember he had this one moment where him and um him

And Jason Williams were uh diving for a loose ball Rondo Dives catches it between Jason will uh Jason Williams’s legs picks it up cross over Banks it in and the crowd goes crazy but it’s cool man it’s cool man apparently I don’t watch basketball though it’s it’s cool man it’s cool 2010

Finals became one of the fiercest of all time and a very worthy entury into the yet reality has in with the that’s offensively running out of gas to Y yo the D black Renegade that that weekend yeah not too much on that move now not too much on that move cuz you

You wouldn’t get the setup you don’t you don’t get the setup you don’t get the setup the setup would be a pick and pop with kg all right the the first play Down Rondo pick and pop and the way he would pass it would be the behind the

Back Rondo goes over the screen B kg hits that midi right the counter is all right let’s run to play again I’m feeling out the defense they on my hip fake that’s a layup that’s a layup yeah that’s real ball talk right there man yeah with the end then Garnett being

Left out the drive between LA’s towering bigs when Kendrick Perkins went down with an ACL tear it worked I didn’t hate on it I just it wasn’t meant to be Kobe Bryant would get this round marking sweet sweet revenge in summer 2007 at the introductory press conference it

Would not have been unrealistic to expect a three repeat by the year 2010 with at least two championships being the bar headed into season 4 One title had been produced with an increasingly small window for another out of this core Rondo was entering the absolute peak of his game although it remained

Unclear how effective he’d be once the big three were in rocking chairs desperate times calling for desperate measures the Celtics would sign Shaquille O’Neal who was fresh off of being paired with LeBron in an attempt to stop them while it was clear he was no longer and Main option on the title

Team he could certainly be useful to a deep one Jermain O’Neal came along with deante West to join the frey and the retooling reached his conclusion possibly the best I personally never got the hype with this with this squad specifically to me this is like this is the Lakers retooling in 2021

This is this is the Lakers retooling in 2021 except the Celtics didn’t even win the the year prior you know what I’m saying like the way the the Lakers retooled after winning a championship was so whack to me and going into this year I was like okay Germaine O’Neal is

Cool um Shaquille O’Neal is cool but none of the the pieces that we brought in really is so supposed to like take us to a whole another level you know like it was just we were just yeah we we were just signing big names we were just

Signing big names trying to make a make a veteran Squad go bigger go home type [ __ ] kind of like the what what the Brooklyn Nets would do a couple years later but none of this really added a a level of Dynamics to the team that I was afraid of Shaq was always injured

Germaine O’Neal was always injured um and we didn’t really have I think Eddie house was um was already out of this team by this point Avery Bradley this might have been like his rookie year but yeah I just I I just didn’t like how we constructed this team in 2011 best

Starting five in the league size Wing depth guard depth star power this team would want for nothing ever again the front office saw to it that a scoreless stretch such as the one responsible for losing them game seven would be highly unlike every action has a reaction though and

With two finals appearances in three seasons proving the formula had something to it P Riley assembled a younger better version of what these Celtics had done with the specific intent of replacing them Miami was unable to replicate the depth in the first season however and opening night

Confirmed what many believe to be true the original more season Squad would be standing in the end the original more season Squad would not be standing in the in while all on the floor together the product was as magical as it appeared on pi who could have predicted that this would

Rarely ever be the case sha who was unironically a GameChanger when playing was also quite literally on his last leg only surviving for 37 outings before officially getting injured into retirement in the playoffs while garet made it to 71 games a December knee injury in Detroit served as a reminder

His best days were behind him and Celtic fans would forever be holding their breaths about his status and ability come playoff time Dante West snapped his rist limiting him to 24 games while Jermain O’Neal’s knee swelling held him to the same amount so not only were Kendrick Perkins placeholders not really

Placeholders at all Danny A’s traded him midseason on the faith a hamper Shaquille O’Neal would be ready by playoff time Shaq later revealed he told Danny not to do this the idea was clearly twofold win a championship with the remaining bigs and newly acquired NAD christic holding down the five come

Playoff time whilst getting younger at the wing with Jeff Green holding on to the possibility of and R bringing in the era of Celtic basketball once time was up with this group yo I do remember that what were we thinking bro oh my God in hindsight building around Jeff Green in in hindsight is crazy during that time I kind of saw the vision kind of I think they were trying to pull what the Rockets did with James Harden before that you know know what I’m saying it was just je Jeff Green peaked at like Andrew Wiggins level you

Know that’s that’s what Jeff Green was and maybe that’s really what rubbed me the wrong way about Andrew Wiggins in hindsight it was the trauma of Jeff Green coming to the Celtics thinking he’d be a star and that never patting out I’m I’m really I’m really discovering some things here y’all and

Then every time I saw [ __ ] Andrew Wiggins I just saw Celtics Jeff Green now is that nasty yes probably but it is what it is was a somewhat brilliant idea back in the real world damn near everyone was hurt by the time their second round battle with the

Heat hit the calendar including Rondo who suffered a gruesome elbow dislocation in the middle of the series a new era had dawned upon the east as the heat went on to figure out quite with a much younger and fire big three how could the Celtics respond in

Fin get that second title um they couldn’t to be brief well but yeah actually they could have there were two trades Danny a came within a hair of making for the lockout shorten season one came later on where a swap including Ray Allen and OJ mayo would have

Occurred Game Changer unlikely it was just Ray was aging his contract expiring and the title window was very likely closed or slightly cracked open at best the transaction would have granted more youth potentially more onb creation whilst putting him on the opposite wing of

Je more on him in a second by the way it wasn’t the first time Allan had been dangled his trade bait which was only part of the growing what y’ know about Von Wafer hold on hold on let me let me let me see who’s back here second by the way

It wasn’t the first time Allan had what what y know about Von Wafer Luke hering go and Maris Daniels bro y don’t listen man y’all don’t really know ball for real man it’s cool had been dangled as straight bait which was only part of the growing it was actually in addition to his

Alleged role in the potential Chris Paul trade before the 2012 season began the infamous Lakers veto was not the only deal in the works as a CP3 Rondo swap was very much in play which does in fact raise to the level of game-changing deals it’s great now that deal right

There I forgot what souls and stage video we were watching it might have been a Dom 2K video I forgot why we didn’t do the swap but I think it was on some petty [ __ ] the Celtics got Chris Paul oh my God dur during that time oh my God as Rondo was

He couldn’t carry an offense defenses were very obliged to let his shooting go uncontested and it very much felt as if the end of The Big Three Arrow would that that was back then I’m not listen I loved Rondo I loved Rondo back then I was actually team keep Ronda though over trade for Chris Paul because I was just so hey I I was traditional back then I was on some man Rondo’s a guy he’s a winner what has Chris Paul done Chris Paul has all the

Stats but if you want to win in the playoffs you keep Rondo and that is why and now I’m really unpacking the trauma y’all and that is why last season I was so mad at Celtics fans for wanting to keep Jaylen Brown when Kevin Durant is available it’s because these new AG

Celtics fan do not learn from history and history tends to repeat itself it is the exact same situation in a different era you want to hold on to Jaylen Brown so bad because he’s the home grown guy we went to the finals with these with this dude etc etc when a clearly better

Player is on the market we can win a championship with this other player but you want to keep Jaylen Brown so bad because he’s the Homegrown Talent first of all he’s not even from here and second of all we we probably would have had a [ __ ] ring if we got KD

Man God the trauma the trauma also expose him going forward apparently Ray Allen agreed with Kendrick Perkins reporting around a year ago Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett were a no-o on the deal wanting to keep Rondo around while Ray approved and pushed for it the deal fell apart due to Paul’s

Unwillingness to commit to the Celtics long term but Ray Allen claims in his book that Doc Rivers Nicks the deal because he did not want to do it to Monty Williams as in he didn’t want to ruin his career by making him deal with rashan Rondo Rondo’s that was the petty

[ __ ] oh my God bro oh my God Doc Rivers is a terrorist bro oh my God oh my God oh mind you mind you this is the same dude who the only reason kg Dam near went to the Celtics was because Kevin mccale did his franchise a favor oh my God

Bro lore with Boston and Ray goes extremely deep so much so that it doesn’t deserves another video on top of the one made many years ago for the purposes of this flick he’s reported to having a terrible teammate claimed he carried the to title in 2008 and very

Much soured on the island after they were nearly both dealt to the sons for Mar around 2009 or 10 the two were said to have used boxing gloves to Hash things out of Point reported by Kendrick Perkins recently also the relationship was so unsalvageable in fact it seems to

Account for more than half the reason Allan left for Miami the following summer ah yes let’s address how it got there by the way no Chris Paul trade wasn’t the worst of it for the 2011 off season not only had the Jeff Green trade failed to yield a title in the short

Term he now required heart surgery that would hold him out of the entire season wor at just age 25 he wondered if he’d ever be able to touch the court again so if you’re keeping which all all troll aside all troll aside I am very happy

For Jeff Green that he was able to make a recovery and be a very very pivotal part to last year’s champ I that’s hey shout out shout out to Jeff Green shout out shout out to Jeff Green for that and and he’s providing some some really good um veteran presence on

The Houston Rockets as well so track at home Ray kg and Paul were now 3435 and 36 years old Allan had been part of multiple trade rumors including one Rondo thought he was being blamed for which torpedoed their relations the front office’s efforts to win while getting younger wif green had just lost

A year of testing at minimum and their new supporting cast wasn’t anywhere near enough to account for at all thus the 2012 season went about as mediocre as anyone could have expected heing out 39 wins in a 66 Game season for reference every contending team that year either

Won 50 games or were much closer to it knowing this the era of expectation for Boston’s big three was all but over as even if they found man what y’all know about prime prime Avery Bradley man listen there there was um was it the Jeff Teague podcast there

Was talking about yo Drew holiday right now or Avery Bradley and right now it sounds like a yo what what is this conversation but you just had to be there dog Avery Bradley Avery Bradley was viewed as the goto guard stopper in the [ __ ] League dog it was actually

Insane and I seen that [ __ ] firstand what he did to Kyrie in some of those games could have SC could have scor for [ __ ] is crazy ay Bradley could score not too much but the way he would clamp up Kyrie in some of those games the way he

Would clamp up uh clamp up John Wall in some of those games not too much on AB now not too much on AB some way to deal with Chicago’s new found contention led by D Rose they clearly stood no chance against to play Enter plot armor for one

Of the rare times in recent memory they’d ever get it during round one rose would tear his ACL immediately removing the Bulls from any serious playoff basketball round two would bring an abdominal injury to Chris Bosch holding him out for the foreseeable future and leaving way and James to compete with

The roster that was built to support three stars not two thus round three featured a battered but seasoned Celtics score against 2/3 of Miami’s yes we did party attende resulting in a seven game series nobody saw coming despite the best possible efforts from what was left of the their soldiers LeBron would once

Again topple his arch nemesis sending them to yet another offseason full of mostly unanswerable questions the first of which being what were they yo Dom Dom’s funny Dom’s funny cuz again I understand it listen listen listen I understand it it’s a Celtics video he’s he’s trying to properly Pace the video

But the way he just flashed over this series like he doesn’t know what the [ __ ] happened in this series is funny as [ __ ] no no reference to game six Braun no reference to to Paul Pierce gamewinner over over LeBron in game five no reference to the beat down we got in

Game seven in Miami yeah that’s funny as [ __ ] that’s funny as with their disgruntled aging shooting guard was currently the greatest shooter of all time sure he was no longer what they ordered in the ‘ 08 the party was clearly over without him however that much was clear after many attempts to

Trade him Rondo reportedly telling him he only had 11 games left as his teammate on the plane when Ray tried to patch things up and the staff relegating him to the bench and building the offense around Rondo which he saw as rewarding bad behavior the decision

Really was not a hard one that decision got even easier once Danny signed Jason Terry while simultaneously offering him less money than he asked for the party was in fact over after 5 years two finals and one title the Sharpshooter would spurn Boston for the team that

Just beaten them twice in a row tile Rivals if you will if for some reason they did have a great summer and retool the roster successfully there was now a below zero chance they’d ever touch the heat in any case they did not have a great summer and Jeff Green

Returned as a mere promising role player who delusional fans held out hope could be the number two Toronto in the coming years replacing Paul Pierce perhaps there was some hope a combo of Jason Terry and Avery Bradley could replace an older rais production well enough for

Them to get their foot in the door for contention once again come April that hope died when Jason Terry got dunked on oh wait no sorry that hope died when Rondo suffered a torn ACL at the end of January which would not only thoroughly cook their 2013 hopes but potentially

Bleed into the start of the 2014 campaign fully accepting these circumstances once New York dashed their comeback hopes in the first round rebuild time had finally arrived the era would officially end with a single title to show for which was a disappointment by virtually any standard set that day

In The Land Before Time in late June of 13 a officially hit the button he’d been rumored to have been considering for some time now the question had always been when and not if pieces or all of the core would be traded it was a technic group loyalty just did not

Supersede the future in his eyes so wheeling and dealing Boston would receive a hall of inconsequential players in the present along with unprotected first rounders for a 2014 16 and 18 in exchange for Pierce kg and Jason Terry Brooklyn would be able to contend immediately Leah’s new ownership

Was keen on making this day was a sad day in Boston man this this day was a sad day in Boston and also because of the fact that again I was 13 at this time and I obviously I’m going keep it a be I was watching basketball but I

Wasn’t as knowled as knowledgeable as I am right now excuse me I looked at the return I’m like yo these are our guys and we only got MarShon Brooks back we only got MarShon Brooks Chris humph bra what is Danny AES doing didn’t see the value in those Brooklyn picks

Now I do obviously but I’m like I had had that 2K mindset man we’re about to get a 80 overall in the draft like what the [ __ ] Splash wildy Celtics would get time to see what they had with Rondo and Jeff Green while also having picks and

Space as insurance if it went nowhere it went nowhere ran Rondo without attack dogs on the roster wasn’t terrible he still got off a near double double average after returning in January he also wasn’t a piece I I don’t did it save our franchise I personally don’t think it it

Didn’t save the franchise it really just what it did was it accelerated the rebuild process very very fast very very fast um cuz what year is this now 2013 we’re going into 20134 let’s get it shout to Kingdom stuns for the sub appreciate you appreciate you uh so this is

20134 this is our first ass year if we didn’t get those picks we probably wouldn’t have pushed as hard as we did in 2016 and 17 um we probably would have tanked a couple more years or just been naturally ass a couple more years um because I

Think what the what the Nets pick allowed us to do was be very aggressive with with just trying to set a winning culture because of the fact that okay even though that uh Whatchamacallit even though um we’re not going to win anything with this core that we have if we just set a

Culture um and get get on top of the winning we’re going to bring rookies into some great these these High Caliber top three caliber rookies into great situations that they can learn from and I think ultimately it worked out it hasn’t worked out to the level of

Winning a championship but you can only control what you can control so he’s strong enough to Warrant waiting to build around rather than cashing him out for other pieces outright 82 games of First Option Jeff Green revealed he was not a first option he acknowledged as

Much at the end of the season telling reporters he quote couldn’t do it alone and that he didn’t know how to handle being the go-to guy specifically ciding preferring jumpers as opposed to trying to get to the rim due to the level of defensive attention he was now receiving

If you knew anything of what Boston fans expected from Green the day he arrived in 2011 11 eventual Rim pressure and on ball Creation with the help of his athleticism was absolutely the dream years down the road he shown flashes of it in OKC yet between his heart surgery

And the now live samples it was clear this was as good as it was going to get with only one pick in the 2013 draft a would trade up to Dallas acquiring kyol lenic in case you’re wondering where some of our heads were at during the summer there was

A why he couldn’t become the next DK comparison the legend himself few okay so 2014 sucked as expected however as a Celtics fan I can say I feel as if it’s the only reild season I’ve ever oh my God I forgot his name obviously his name

Is Presley that guy used to throw dots that guy used to throw [ __ ] dots Bro [ __ ] I’m forgetting his first name shout out to Presley he used to be one of my favorite backup point guards in the league live through lowkey it very much phy I think name every single season

Since and for good reason too with pick six in the 2014 Draft Boston would select Marcus Smart who wasn’t that far removed from pushing a fan in the stands which I thought would end up being a far bigger deal I’ll go on in hindsight to say it displayed his passion after 22

Games averaging eight points on 40% Rondo and Dwight Pow by the way were shipped to Dallas for jir Nelson Jay Crowder Brandon Wright a 2015 first and a 2016 second Pig this ran the total up to 8 draft picks over the next four years parting ways with a supposed top

PG and the final remaining piece of the 2008 title team the rebuild was officially in Full Throttle not before getting rid of Jeff Green of course both sides knowing he’d never be what they hoped the front office cashed him out for a draft pick as well while obtaining

Taon Prince and Austin Rivers in return both of whom they quickly swap away for players and a second round quite say for sure when being toown would be relevant yo Jared singer was the first prosp uh first player in the league that I legitimately saw had weight

Issues like I never I never thought NBA players would have weight issues because they’re professional [ __ ] athletes until I saw Jared singer not too much on Jared singer because I love Jared singer but man some of those Jared singer was looking big as [ __ ] man again except for

The loudest smallest person in the room in the final minutes of the 2015 trade deadline a finessed to deal with the Suns acquiring offensive mini guard isah Thomas for Marcus thordon in a 2016 first it had been managing 15 points a game on a team also employing Goron jit

And Eric bledo one of the weirdest semis successful units I can remember joining a conate of decent players Boston would scr together a near 500 record to sneak back into the playoffs for a first round bout with once again LeBron James only back with Cleveland now a quick and

Predictable sweep ensued yet there was something to be said about a squad that took only one year of downtime to amass both and a roster talented enough to avoid tanking even for a small time clearly something special was looming 2016 was a fairly unremarkable season in

The story outside of let me let me see some notable this is Cody Zeller this is David Lee y’all don’t y’all don’t remember Celtics David Lee notables y’all don’t remember Celtics David Lee this this might just be I think this just a practice dude I ain’t going to

Lie at P 16 would luck into T rir who would matter much sooner than later then despite the roster not changing a bunch these Celtics would amass aord that was tied for third best in the East behind a much improved year under Isaiah Thomas who become a first time Allstar

Averaging 20 yeah that’s that’s Jay Sully right there that’s Amir Johnson yeah two points and six ass I can’t say for sure whether anyone ever had a 59 guard down for Allstar and best player on a team throughout the future so the yeah we’ve been cooking deep book we’ve

Been cooking deep book and this is probably the game he dropped 71 points but who cares we got the D fact that it was happening was amazing because the best hadn’t even come yet ousted by the Hawks in the first round it’d be the this is a funny [Laughter]

Picture little does he know this will actually be his favorite place to play in last time they weren’t a major figure in the East for years to come once again only two seasons after roting themselves of Pearce and Garnett by the way the chickens from that trade had officially

Come on Ro as with the third overall pick in the 2016 draft Jaylen Brown was chosen to Dawn the green one of eight players they selected that year not only J dylen Brown’s career is so interesting because we have gotten to a point where you can make a case that he is

Underachieving what in all actuality compared to where he was going into his draft Jaylen Brown had exceeded all all all expectations anyone has ever had for him I’m not going to lie cuz if y’all went into that draft looking back you can even make the case that it’s a it’s a

Fourman draft at the top between Jaylen Brown Brandon Ingram um Jamal Murray and well Ben well essentially going into that draft it was Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram yeah P PK I didn’t want to say it P want to say but going into that draft the the draft board was Ben

Simmons at one Brandon Ingram at two and everyone else is a crapshoot the fact that jayen brown has turned into a even all-nba caliber player a perennial Allstar player is actually a crazy overachievement because back then yo we we dead ass didn’t know who we wanted Jaylen brown or Chris Dunn

Everyone was saying Chris Dunn was the the next Chris Paul Chris Paul John Wall hybrid they were saying that Dragon Bender had a chance to be um the next christops porzingis you know um buddy heeld had a crazy season out of Oklahoma I I was personally a really big

Buddy heeld fan going into that draft CU I saw what he did in Oklahoma Josh Jackson’s the year after Josh Jackson’s the year after um but Jaylen Brown he was supposed to be in the late 10 but he the fact that when when he was drafted

Uh number three I was like yo whoa whoa number three is kind of crazy but did he add more Wing depth with his draft position the obvious Hope was for him to become the official shooting guard of the future as while Avery Bradley had done well in his ears there he was no

Franchise piece speaking of one of those the it story was encouraging was HE capable of being being the element to restore a franchise to Glory though small defensive liability probably a cap on how well he could do offensively in the coming years there needed to be more

Right so just like everyone else that summer Boston threw their caps into the Kevin Durant sweep Stakes even after having acquired Al Horford entry Agency for the time being two Allstars decorated the roster along with decent role players and recent picks with potential to become stars or dangerous

Pieces throwing Durant into this mix would officially bring back Championship expectations likely stop yo I’ve never kept up with Twitter rumors as much as this off season bro cuz the fact that we were yo when Wes tweeted out the names Kevin Durant was meeting with and the Celtics were on

That list bro oh my God I was ready I was so and here we go unpacking the trauma again I really think one of the reasons why KD I could be a bigger fan of KD is because there’s been two opportunities for this man really three opportunities for this man to possibly

Be a guy in green but it never [ __ ] happened never happened yo I was ready for Kevin Durant and Isaiah Thomas to beat the breaks out the Warriors dog I was so [ __ ] ready for it man God making it one of the shortest re leag I amately by signing with the Golden State

Warriors the 73 and9 team now for the time being almost regardless of what these Celtics or anyone else did winning a title was out of the question for how many gifted to continue the league after the Pod I yo I after the Pod we’re going to do

Playback and I need to wake up at 8 we’re going to be driving at 8 so I need my rest I I ain’t going to lie I ain’t going to lie there’s nothing that’s going to be um there’s nothing that’s going to force me to continue the the league today man

My bad Persian my bad for as long as he wore that Jersey of course this did not stop business as usual or future aspirations the mark would move to 53 wins and Isaiah Thomas was now putting up nearly 30 points game on good efficiency while having his name mentioned in MVP conversations

Regardless of if anyone had ever seen an Allstar there’s no one who was claiming future MVP mentions Marcus smarts rolled grown with the overall team production suggesting they moved into the one piece away territory that theory was seriously battle tested in the first round when they were so very clearly about to loose

To the Bulls led by Rondo Wade and Jimmy Butler in one more plot armor twist Rondo would go down with injury and they’d complete the reverse sweep after having lost both home games which had been a huge disappoint regardless they survive a thriller against the Wizards

If there if there’s one thing you can do to trigger Celtics fans um remind them about the first two games of this series cuz Ron yo yo again when I tell you Rondo has this weird characteristic about him to control a game through his passing and just dissecting your defense

Watch the first two games of both Celtics 2017 Rondo was picking us apart Rondo was picking us apart holy [ __ ] which became Kelly o L’s greatest moment as a Celtic in game seven then predictably be Stamped Out by the Cavs in the Conference Finals adding another

LeBron loss to the total the loss itself was not the important part surprisingly it was well known that if you weren’t the Cavs Warriors or Rondo figured us out have like if y’all have ever seen those stories about LeBron calling out plays and against the Raptors and making

Them feel like literally there’s nothing they can do to stop him that’s that’s what it felt like watching Rondo play against us it’s like yo okay he’s just he’s just he is just blowing up everything like holy [ __ ] or Spurs you could pretty much forget realistically emerging from your conference several

Way definitely forget winning a title as an Easter team if you did somehow defeat de everyone involved was it hip injury which caused him to miss the rest of the series after game two what appeared to just be a bump that caused swelling and irritating was later found to be an

Event which essentially ruined his career in a season where he made the contractual expectations clear by stating the front office would quote have to back up the brink truck seriously could not have been worth timing and Isaiah L Celtics team however would set them back years given he was

Statistically the best scoring punch they’d had since Prime Paul Pierce still tying up future altering money and a small guard who now sustained a potentially significant injury would have been a uh decision telling him he was okay to play despite the growing concerns over his hip was also a

Decision one Thomas still blames to this day for how his career turned out in any case as mentioned earlier loyalty was never to come before the future under Danny a meaning the first chance he got he found an upgrade Kyrie Irving somehow during an era where it seemed he LeBron

And love could get to the finals in the east at will he was now asking for a trade presenting the perfect opportunity for Boston to strike shortly after selecting Jason Tatum with another third overall pick then signing Allstar Gordon Hayward through for agency they’d send Thomas Jay Crowder a zizic and

Brooklyn’s 2018 first-rounder to Cleveland in exchange for Kyrie Irving I could not believe this trade actually happened I I never thought this was going to work I ain’t going to lie cuz I think looking back too like Hayward really wanted to play with Isaiah Thomas specifically and this was never this was

Not the duo That was supposed to gel and work together to be honest with you also that that Hayward injury [ __ ] [ __ ] up a lot of things um that Isaiah Thomas injury [ __ ] up a lot of things but also in hindsight not to say it was a blessing

Not cuz that’s that’s definitely the the wrong word to say but I think the injuries that happened to Kyrie number one Kyrie Isaiah Thomas and Gordon Hayward in retrospect allowed room for Tatum and brown to become the players that they are right now I don’t think those two become the players that they

Are right now if it wasn’t for the space that those injuries allowed for them to grow specifically in 2018 um so it’s it’s a catch22 situation so and yes this will be on YouTube this will be to All in One Summer a roster that could conceivably contend morphed

Into a potential clear favorite in the conference to reach the finals even if beating golden state was still out of the question regardless 2018 would be the first season including any real expectations since around 2011 or 12 which counted as a fantastically quick turnaround considering they only missed

One season of competitive basketball at all now a God damn disaster the Celtics under Kyrie would go on a long winning streak nobody remembers as both jayen Brown and Jason Tatum stepped right into the leftover shots Heyward would have consumed Tor Rosier was all too excited to take whatever leftovers he could find

For himself and the depth was evident good thing too because in what would become a theme throughout his career Irving would randomly disappear this time through knee troubles that required surgery late enough to scratch him from that year’s playoffs it had to be over now right both star Acquisitions done

For the season mostly young pieces left over this was a first round out at best except the 55 wins they managed even with all the issues should have signaled what was coming the J there were so many opportunities to for us to [ __ ] win a championship during the last couple of

Years man I I swear to God I swear to God man no cap number one is obviously 2022 it was up to when it was right there it was tangible number two 2018 I don’t I don’t I don’t think we beat the Warriors I do think we make

The finals if Kyrie was healthy 2019 2019 19 bro I was convinced Kyrie was trying to get ad to come over to the Celtics and apparently the only thing that was holding ad from wanting to go to the Celtics was how the Celtics treated Isaiah Thomas I swear to God

That was the only thing holding us back and I’mma keep it a stack and this is going to sound crazy but in hindsight even if it costed us Jason Tatum I would have traded that for ad in hindsight yes yes because in 2019 bro imagine that Squad with Anthony

2019 Anthony Davis again I I y’all need to remember who Anthony Davis was in TW y’all know bubble ad but there’s a reason why there was a lot of hype when LeBron and AD came together is because of how dominant ad was in 2018 2019 and in hindsight if those injuries still

Happen to Golden State with KD with Clay that’s a ring that’s a ring and the same way the Lakers do not give a [ __ ] about how Brandon Ingram Julius Randall and them developed because they got their ring in 2020 that would have been Us in

2019 that would have been Us in 2019 I don’t give a [ __ ] how good Jason Tatum gets we got our ring with ad and Kyrie I don’t give a f same thing with dearin uh the dearin Tyrie situation with Sacramento if if the Kings I don’t think

It’s going to happen but if the Kings get a ring with dear and sabonis you think they care how good Tyrese is going to be no absolutely not so with the Celtics it would have been the same thing and and uh W Tundra said 2019 ad sat out the

Season he only sat out the season because of the fact that um he wanted to force out of trade and I think in 2019 the Celtics had all the [ __ ] Assets in the world to get whoever they want but the Celtics were playing too scary they were playing

Too scary and also hey the the the trade chip the asset that was going to take them over the hump just didn’t want to go to to to Boston so that’s tough that’s tough man these both averaged 17 a game through the remainder of the campaign without Irving and entered the

Playoffs situated at the second SE surviving a seven game series with Giannis who was seen as the air parent in the east then absolutely blasting the Sixers in round two who were also thought to be furiously ringing in a new era Boston was poised for their first

Finals appearance since the start of the decade only needing to get through LeBron to do it only it seemed simple enough given the 2018 Cavs turned out to be a train wreck with James now Manning his worst roster since 07 it was not simple although it been a well never I

Never underestimated LeBron Never After listen after before 2012 I was on some hater [ __ ] with LeBron after 2012 I had to like even as a Celtics hater back uh even as a LeBron hater back then I had to respect LeBron in how good he was after

2016 that is when I personally became a LeBron fan after 2016 that’s when I personally as a Celtics fan became a LeBron fan 2018 the way LeBron was playing those first two rounds even as a Celtics fan I don’t give a [ __ ] what is going on I’ve

Seen what LeBron has done to the Celtics before I’m seeing what he’s doing right now there is no reason I should not respect LeBron going into this series never thought it was going to be a cakewalk never thought it was going to be a cakewalk and everything he did in

This series proved exactly why understood a healthy Celtics team was likely to make quick work of Cleveland LeBron put up one of his best performances ever lace with championship experience to this this this matchup right here is like facing the heat now I don’t I don’t give a [ __ ] if the heat or

A playing team if the Celtics and Heat play in the playoffs it’s going to be a war that’s that’s me if we if we somehow hey the Warriors make a Cinderella run to the to the uh finals went to seven games every single round and then the Celtics swept every single round leading

Up to the finals oh Steph Curry’s on the other side of the court I listen listen listen I got too much respect for Steph Curry I don’t give a [ __ ] how good my team is playing I got too much respect for the Warriors to say that this is just going to be a

Cakewalk M no sir no sir overcome an O2 deficit and win game seven on their home floor the fifth time he’d eliminate them since being thed on his way to the finals in 2010 there didn’t feel like a ton to do in the 2019 off season but pre

Given the state of the roster over the recent years drafting had gone great signing had gone great onc Court development was where it needed to be what was left besides just being there to play ball well for one maybe there just wouldn’t be enough of them Brown Tatum and Rosier all became accustomed

To their roles in 18 which brought 2019 was up until today just from from a talent perspective I think that’s the deepest team I’ve ever seen I’ve ever seen there’s probably deeper teams in history shout to Chris for the one away from the subo yeah but that that’s

Probably the deepest team I’ve ever seen in ter from a talent perspective like none like it didn’t work because of the fit and everything that went along with that season but yo we had a lot of good talent and I think we were like 10 Deep

That year uh to put it into 2K perspective 80 overalls I might need to look back but yeah th this season that’s a deep ass team them to the doorstep of an NBA Finals birth quite far ahead of schedule initially the prospect of throwing Irving and

Hayward back onto a roster with so much success seemed fail prooof rather it turned out being most of the problem nothing but smiles filled the garden to begin with Kyrie set mid Court Serena the crowd with reassurance of his imminent resigning plans after all the Thomas tra seemed like when the risk was

The asso it’s going to make me cry man Shout Out The Purge for the Gifted Man big p with the gifted and we got the eight man and we got the eight this this this [ __ ] right here man and this is what’s crazy about Boston media they they Twisted this to saying

Kyrie lied even if we go verbatim Kyrie specifically said if y’all would have me I would love to to resign by the end of the season news flash Boston hated Kyrie so so if y’all have ever quoted the if then statement the first if statement failed so why the [ __ ] would I

Stay y’all don’t even want me here y’all don’t even want me here so what are we doing what what are we doing with it if nothing significant transpired in 2 years they could lose Irving with zero return at at the time of the signing this was the Doomsday

Scenario with nobody knowing what Tatum and brown could become doomsday approached quickly with their first sub 50 win season since 2016 via a roster that was thought to have 60- win potential 2019 for the Celtics was a season plague by bad losses terrifyingly non-committal comments by Kyrie Irving

Waiting and hoping for Hayward to regain star form waiting and hoping for the Celtics to reach theirs none of the above would ever materialize culminating in a rematch with the now contending bucks where you could just see Kyrie waiting for the clock to hit zero with his departure in mind anyone who

Couldn’t see he was gone after the All-Star tunnel video with Kevin Durant was simply in denial too many coincidences had piled on by that point if one good thing at all had come from this year it was the random drafting of Robert Williams at P 27 before the

Season they were going to need him after World be flat predictably did the dash a scenario that once seemed dire turned out did they call him World be flat ha wait wait let me before the season they were going to need him after World be flat predictably

Did the dash a scenario that once seen D turned out in his place their second tiny point guard in 3 years acquiring Kimble walker and a deal involving Terry Rosier rush off of a 25 Point per game season perhaps his play style and personality could be less invasive than what Irving

Brought to the table with similar scoring perhaps he would also start dealing with consistent knee troubles for the first time in his career in a complete shock move which ended up making little since Al Horford would opt out of his contract to sign a four-year deal with Philly leaving Center minutes

Mostly split between Daniel Ty and inis caner fortunately the wing du were continuing to take strides while Hayward recovered to an acceptable level Marcus Smart by this time Hayward was actually playing really well this season let me let me look back let me look back cuz I

I was of the belief that like Hayward Brown and Tatum making it work just wouldn’t be a thing but in 2020 um yeah Hayward was putting up 18 points four assists seven rebounds close to 5040 90 splits I remember this season yeah the 20 most I think most underrated

Team post it era or it ER and on that 2020 team was fun as [ __ ] to watch there were there were so many great teams in that 2020 season that I feel like just kind of got forgotten because of everything that happened that year but the 2020 Celtics were a very very fun

Scene to watch um even in the bubble that seven game series we had against the Raptors was crazy that was a crazy ass series dog and then we went to yeah we went to seven against Miami too I think right or do we lose in

Six let me let me double check in 2020 I’m pretty sure we went to seven with Miami no no no okay okay Miami Miami beat us in six but I remember that band block on Jason Tatum that was insane um Kemba Kemba was Kemba was

Decent this year too it was just I don’t I think yeah Hayward Hayward got injured at some point Hayward got injured at some point Tatum he should have stepped it up I ain’t going to lie cuz Jaylen Brown was actually pulling his weight um kampa could have played a little

Better um Marcus Smart was these are Marcus Smart Ass numbers but yeah Hayward Hayward went down um our dep didn’t was what was this a fiveman like that death was really bad for us Grant Williams was not who Grant Williams was a couple years ago so yeah this this

Team was this series was fun though this series was fun as [ __ ] to watch um but yeah th this team the way the way specifically The Way Hayward Kemba Brown Tatum and smart jeld was actually fun as [ __ ] to watch had claimed his title as hard and

Soul of the team meanwhile another draft blessing was realized through Grant Williams at pick 22 the 2020 Celtics were back to the halfway point of contention despite the summer 2017 plot having failed maybe the roster was good enough to get to the finals now though

It was probably still a piece or two and some core development away from really being expected it was it was a weird mix of Kemba and Hayward it it was a weird mix of a team that was able to make the finals Loki from a talent perspective had Championship

Aspirations but if you match them up against the Lakers I think the Lakers beat us in five and also Tatum and brown were just too young to put that much on ha him and brown and I think that’s that’s the bad I think that’s the worst part about how the Celtics rebuild

Was they put themselves in the position to have Championship um to have Championship aspirations to have Championship expectations being led by players that just aren’t ready to do just that you know what I’m saying like typically what happens is like a typical career cycle a typical career cycle and

Again there’s eight typical um examples Magic Johnson being one of them uh Larry Bird being one of them but the typical cycle is this a player gets drafted to a ass team they rebuild um around that player right for the first six to seven years of that of

Of a player’s career that player’s job is to develop that player’s job is to grow so that by year six and seven that team has surrounded that player with pieces and by year six and seven we can now compete when that player is ready for when that player is ready to lead

The team to a title right that is the typical cycle but what happened with the Celtics was Tatum was asked to do that by year three you know what I’m saying cuz cuz 2020 was year three Tatum was asked to do that by year three because there was

A lot of Talent on this team that wanted to win a championship that came here to win they are here to win now Tatum was asked to do that in 2022 when he’s 24 when when Brown is 25 you know what I’m saying typically those expectations

Even when it comes to a Michael Jordan you don’t you don’t have those expectations until year eight until year nine but with these guys it just came too fast pause you know but it is what it is man we’re making it work we’re making it work season shutdown right in

The thick of things didn’t necessarily help as Co stopped all plans in their tracks returning months later en still draws the 43 wins to 21 losses at the shutdown suggest another 50 win season was on it way poten becoming the third in 5 years regardless Disney basketball gave the

Vibe that anything could happen so rolling the ball out to settle matters was necessary smacking the benim and list Sixers was no problem once again the reigning Champion Raptors lost their bite without Kawai yet it still took a ridiculous game seven to get the job done Landing the Celtics in their third

Conference Finals in four you know you know what the heat are I’m going keep it up being the heat the heat are the modern day late 2000 is magic man that’s what they are just just sparing us from great finals matchups it’s cool though it’s it’s cool

They beat us fair and square I’m not going to act like you know but let me not get my by finals birth that’s the point where it feels the questions about Celtic success began to arise when exactly were they going back to the finals when exactly were they

Going to win another one the big three delivered their only title since the 80s which wound up feeling underwhelming and the rebuild from that core was currently 12 years removed with not a single finals appearance to show for after three third round appearances I think the problem was 2017 and 2018 were runs

That happened a good bit before anyone actually expected anything from them seeing how one roster wasn’t respected and the other was injured regardless slander territory had been entered and Kevin Durant’s Warriors disappeared Into Thin Air so any contending roster was no longer receiving Grace for their lack of

Banners 2021 proved to be an even weirder year than the previous no fans in the original stadiums pumped In Crowd sounds all types of covid replacement players for uncomfortably long stretches beginning in December as bubble basketball tat Tatum don’t even be Sid stepping like that man y’all remember

Sidestep Tatum 2020 2021 just spamming that [ __ ] I I miss that Tatum I ain’t going to lie he doesn’t you know what I’m saying doesn’t size def yo I seen someone on the timeline said yo Jason Tatum needs to move on from Drew Handlin cuz Drew hanlin is [ __ ] up Jason Tatum’s

Game oh my God bro oh my God imagine you didn’t play that nobody really knows wait imagine you didn’t play that nobody really knows about to take down Latina supposed to win championships in the last four years what what that’s why you don’t say that with

The mic what are you talking about what wrapped up in October each organization just had to Thug it out the last man standing in July would be Crown Champion despite Tatum and brown both taking leaps officially becoming all stars together for the first time kima’s knee issues would worsen jerking him in and

Out of the lineup while mostly rendering him useless and unavailable for the playoffs refusing to stop there Jaylen Brown p a ligament in his wrist snatching him from the rest of the season and playoffs Gordon hayward’s sufficient 18 points a game via recovery lost to the Hornets in free agency with

No actual replacement long story short Boston employed a total of 21 players throughout the injury riddled 72 Game season rolling into the playoffs on two and a half wheels to face Brooklyn’s newly minted big three atomic bomb versus coughing baby would be an accurate description being quickly and predictably disposed of Boston had

Suffered its first early playoff exit since 2016 where to now in a surpr move Brad Stevens would supplant Danny a as executive H I’ve never seen Boston I was I was at that game dog I was at this specific game I’ve never ah yeah that really pissed Boston off

Dog that really pissed the [ __ ] out of Boston oh my goodness [ __ ] was crazy what’s the plant Danny a as executive hiring eme udoka to replace him as coach his first move in the front office writing a wrong by sending the declining kimal Walker to OKC to bring back Al

Horford who’d mostly just been lost in Randomness since leaving in 2019 the wings had progressed enough to cover the onall creation mostly the paint however had been sweet basically for the past two seasons with him and recent draft pick Robert Williams taking over these Celtics were on to something special in

The near future a few more details needed to be sorted details such as what to do about the 500 start they were off to by January using any measure the situation was looking dire Brown and Tatum were in year four of their partnership and fresh off of an injury

Riddled first round exent presently appearing to be a bottom I’m I’m going be honest I did not see 2022 being the year we made the finals I I did not see that we started off the season slow as [ __ ] too and I was listen I was ready for this

Conversation this conversation being had on the screen I was ready to have this conversation I was ready to have the yo who is really better between Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown conversations I was really ready to have those conversations dog but um by the end of the season [ __ ] got

Fleshed out sh [ __ ] got fleshed out and the advanced analytics were really pointing towards Boston making to the finals man like sh this was a fun year man 20 2022 even though we lost bro 2022 2022 has to be like a top five year in the last six years man no cap man

2022 was fun man that was the for me and maybe I’m tripping that was the first year like the pandemic really felt over for me um and that’s just me you know everyone else has different experiences and then just from a basketball perspective fun ass basketball being played fun ass basketball being played

And as a Celtics fan it was fun as [ __ ] for me and I think that was the year that was also the year that was also the year um let’s keeper the buck blew up you know what I’m saying and this is probably just a personal thing let keeper the buck blew

Up that year um souls and Sage really took off that year too I love 2022 man 2022 is a special year for me oh 20 2022 was also um my first year being full-time as a content creator so that’s that’s some big [ __ ] right there I got my first

Apartment man I love 2022 man love 2022 I’m feeding yeast team how much time was left after coming so close so many times had they peaked too early would Stevens be forced to trade Jaylen Brown sooner than later as a massive extension loomed with a record of 26 and 25 on January

31st Brown tweeted quote the energy is about to shift the energy did indeed shift an eight game win streak would follow along with a trade bringing in Derek white for Josh Richardson Romeo lford a 2022 first round pick and a 2028 first round pick game was set Brad

Stevens had finally completed the secret formula two All-Star Wings a defensive Min and Marcus Smart another ball handling defensive peskin Derek white a defensive big man combo allowing Rob Williams to roam off non-shooters as Horford held down the paint and a couple of more bench pieces of course following

Typical Celtic luck through the recent years will would require knee surgery he’d be permitted for a return in the playoffs yet as a big man relying almost exclusively on his athleticism the flag was extremely red in any case 51-31 became the finishing record losing merely five games after Brown sent his

Tweet in January Marcus Smart took home Defensive Player of the Year with Williams also qualifying as a candidate they were so back Brooklyn super team scheme had fallen apart leading them to be swept in the open round Chris Middleton began his journey of injuries missing the second just barely cracking

The door enough for Boston to advance to yet another playoff bout with the heat through a very weird seven game series they’ emerg Victorious after narly avoiding the craziest last minute meltdown in history the Jimmy Butler attempt still evokes nightmares today thus Boston had done the deed 14

Years 12 years remove from the last know really speak years since fans began to bring back expectations a single finals birth had been granted unfortunately despite having lost KD Golden State had gone nowhere with 2022 being their first season of Health since the 2019 finals picking up where they left off the

Entire core was out with something to prove but especially Steph who’ constantly been having the validity of his three rings question the Celtics would feel the full force of this despite having a golden man man man God oh 2022 was also the first time I I went

To a a Finals game like that was shout out 2022 man God God and I’m in hindsight I’m glad I did bro I’m glad I did I’m glad I did go to that game even though we lost bro that’s something I can always tell someone I

Was there during uh a part of Steph Curry’s fourth ring I was able I was able to see Steph Curry still in his prime that’s a generational once in a generation type of player I was able to see the Celtics in their first Finals appearance since ‘ 08 like and we won

Two so that day specifically was good so opportunity to take a 3-1 lead on the home turf they should have taking a 3-1 lead on the home turf there was simply no real answer to defending curry with either of their big men on the court Jason Tatum put up a full-on

Stinker whilst being clamped down by Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green would later go on to reveal that a whole game plan involved sending Jaylen Brown left the second best player on a championship hopeful team being challenged by a grade school rule despite the improbable mid-season turnaround preparation had

Failed to meet the situation as Golden State celebrated a title on their home floor after six one championship in 36 years no Championship since 2008 and that was a super team three Conference Finals and an NBA Finals since 2017 when were they going to win one good news was

It at least seemed close the roster was clearly adequate em udoka had worked miracles time in maturation seemed to be what was left on the checklist after the many meltdown occurrences eeme udoka suspended yeah he violated multiple team policies on top of the cardinal sin stepping out on the along regardless of

How he could have just left his penis alone man God man we’ve had so many blown opportunities in The Last 5 Years bro I’m I’m not going to lie bro we we have made a finals appearance but even that we missed that opportunity there were so many opportunities for us just to make

It there just to make it to the dance there’s an alternate universe where the Celtics make the finals like four times in the last five years bro some crazy [ __ ] man [ __ ] [ __ ] what happened or why Boston’s Championship level coach was exiled after just one season leaving players

And the fan base like totally excited it was the very last situation this specific unit needed in his place Joe moula an existing part of the coaching not technically as terrible Joe is growing on me though like as a person he’s growing on me but his coaching

Philosophy still scares the [ __ ] out of me man it could have been still an unwelcome disruption with the time potentially ticking on a title window alleviating those Warriors was a midsummer trade sending five players in a pick to Indiana for Malcolm Brogden the ball handling concern simply had to

Be addressed with a steady hand serving as a very welcome sight there wasn’t a single element missing from the team outside of composure and maybe possibly sort of kind of udoka they would finish with nearly 60 wins luckily somehow only netting them the second seat in the East

Tatum had become a Flatout Superstar averaging 30 points a game with Jaylen Brown not far behind at 26 Robert Williams check engine light remained flashing however appearing in only 35 total games lack of shooting on his part was limiting enough only sparingly being able to provide his defensive role was

Sure to be a death sentence for the Big’s tenure in Boston at some point Atlanta taking this team six was the first warning sign in no way were they a terrible team there was also just no reason for the seventh games this this should have been a sweep but as soon as

Trey young hit that man that game three Trey young game man scared to nearly materialize Boston avoided it then Philly was on the schedule once again who at this point just had no I yo I ain’t going to lie bro 2023 was the most Str the the 2023 playoffs the most

Stressful Celtics run I’ve ever been a part of the mo so number one again that first series should have never went to six there should have been a sweep that’s number one number two that Philly series went to seven Tatum was stinking It Up game six I’ve never been so frustrated with this

[ __ ] team Jason Tatum was playing like [ __ ] and then somehow he is three straight threes to extend the season and then game Seven’s game seven that’s going to be a stressful scenario regardless of what the [ __ ] happens but he drops 50 so I Get Hype as [ __ ] and I it up on stream

If you know you know and then we go to the Eastern Conference Finals and somehow even though the heat were a playing team and managed to be on the other side of the bracket three rounds later we still somehow [ __ ] met up with them which I

Know going back a little bit I was already stressed watching the heat cuz I didn’t want to play them in the first round and then the match up we got actually pushed us to six so then we go to the Eastern Conference Finals and then we end up still facing

The Heat and then we go down three [ __ ] o and then for the next four games we have elimination games we win three of the next three games and then game seven is again game seven bro I have never been so stressed in my life as a Celtics fan bro I have

Never I have I’m not going to lie that whole playoff run was more stressful than the year prior when we actually made it to the finals and had a chance bro like those three rounds I I lo I lost years I swear to God I lost years

Mental Edge and what was supposed to be a rivalry after three meetings in recent years years to be fair it was very nearly lights out after seven grueling matches including game one where James Harden willed the squad to an improbable win without embiid it was the second warning sign their Spirit was very

Clearly broken after game six though as embiid once said quote they always kick our ass Jason Tatum’s heroics in game six and S suggested a corner may have been turned finally which provided much momentum headed into their third Conference finals against Miami in 4 years well that was the thought process

Reality brought forth the nastiest most disrespectful three-oh lead against a contending team maybe ever yet another meltdown this time to a seven seed fans had no faith in a little over a month ago in short hindsight I do believe had they gone on to be swept we’d not be

Looking at the same Celtic team today being their fifth Deep Run with no cigar was one thing getting brutally swept by a rival you’ve beaten one time since 2010 the front office would just have to have some pride most likely not only would there be no sweep though Boston

Recovered to very nearly pull off the greatest comeback ever Graphics were being made Celtics fans were nearly celebrating regardless of the game six alone I forgot about game six in yo game six alone chat oh my God the Derek white putback for the win chat yo yo this

Yo oh my God result Derek White’s game winner will live on in history I don’t believe I’ll see a better overall game anytime soon despite the Valiant effort the tatman brown LED Celtics again so much so many expectations yet only one NBA Finals appearance to show for perception of the group became so

Embarrassing in fact the league watched on in laughter as Brad Stevens was forced to Fork over $300 million to Brown a star who seemed to exhibit similar limitations as the year before Tatum’s extension will arrive this summer locking in a small fortune between the two whilst rendering the future Supporting Cast questionable

Speaking of which recently Stevens decided to toss the kitchen sink at it Marcus Smart could have conceivably been a Celtic lifer how could you possibly justify running it all the way back though his value to the team also converted to value on the market enabling a deal to bring in christop

Porzingis quietly emerging from one of his top seasons in the association Rob will had an incredible role in these contending units minutes I’m I’m honestly surprised we were able to pull off Drew and christops CU going into the Jaylen Brown extension talks there was a lot of

Talk about yo if Jaylen Brown signs with the Celtics the Celtics from a salary cap perspective is going to get locked up like there is going to be zero depth on this team outside of Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown and I believe and it was because of the the luxury tax rule or

Whatever like they were they were going to pay out the wazu um um with the tax and you know what the Celtics said hey we standing on business [ __ ] man hey we got bags over here y’all we got we got bags over here if if

The rest of the league is going to play scary we’re not and honestly it can it can go down really bad but I [ __ ] with that though I really do I I [ __ ] with that mindset I [ __ ] with that mindset restrictions and long stretches out of the lineup had also clearly

Contributed to their last few eliminations Steven sent him along with an unhappy Malcolm Brogden to the gag for Drew holiday who’ recently been abandoned by the team he’d literally just expressed the intent to play with forever and so there are your 2024 Boston Celtics 15 years removed from

2008 and many many many eons removed from the Dynasty before that the big three Celtics have marked themselves possibly the most offputting title team ever to fans all yeah listen special to me which is fine but from the outside looking in I have never

Seen a team hang on to one ring as much as the 2008 Celtics you don’t hear the 04 Pistons talking like this you don’t hear even the 2019 Raptors you’ve never heard the 2019 Raptors talk like this you’ve never heard you don’t even hear the 2016 Cavs talk

Like this you know what I’m saying 2019 Raptors are close dud the 2019 Raptors talk crazy though I don’t think they talk crazy like this to be honest with you maybe the fans do but the players speaking on it the way that they do is kind of crazy I swe

You think they want like dead ass like even as a Celtics fan they talk like they’ve legitimately like three peated bro like it’s insane it’s absolutely insane I think you’d have to go all the way back to like I don’t even know I don’t even know of another team that really brags about

A championship like this maybe the 2011 Mavs but the the play like I’ve never heard Dirk just just [ __ ] y’all man I’m a I’m a finals MVP I’ve never heard Jason kid or Tyson Chandler go out like that you know what I’m saying yeah this this has to be the most insufferable

Championship team of all time bro continues to hate on LeBron openly in media their long-standing treatment of Ray Allen endear the group to nobody outside of Boston kg isn’t even that far removed from claiming the squad broke LeBron and a new quote about their ring seems to hit the web every year the

Reaction this evokes is predictable fans feel the super team’s ring is being milked then it draws a spotlight over their recent history sure you’ve got the most titles of any franchise ever but boy there sure is a lack of anything recent given how much hype they’re constantly receiving then a conversation

Happens about all the banners the franchise has and when they were won in short wrinkly ass banners no I get it cuz that ass look at these banners look look look this looks like it hasn’t been washed in 30 years y’all like come on come on bro and even

As a Celtics fan like I truly don’t have any pride in the Larry Bird Celtics era or the Bill Russell Celtics era bro like I am a oh8 fan and on I’m a I’m a oh8 fan and on anything prior to that you can call a shitty you we can have these

Alltime conversations you can [ __ ] on us all time all you want cuz I truly think the Lakers are a better franchise all time anyways I’m just a always Celtics fan and not that’s that’s it that’s it to me as simp they are a lightning rod at the time of this recording Boston

Dawns a 16 and5 record once again regularly being referred to as the best team in the league by opponents expectations check check Talent check only time will tell if it all comes together but for the purposes of this video in a nutshell this has been how the Boston Celtics have won exactly one

Title since Larry Bird Celtics and no titles despite the hoop loss since the master plan on a sunny day in the mid 2000s yeah I think um I think what the Celtics have been doing is being being too optimized I think that’s that’s um that’s what’s been their

Downfall they have been too optimizing their moves you know um they’ve been playing they they’ve been first of all shout out to Don 2K for the video fantastic video but but up until this year the Celtics have just been moving way too scary they they’ve been they’ve been moving way too scary

Um they haven’t decided a direction that they want to go in and as much criticism as the duo of Tatum and brown have been getting um I really like the fact that they just decided to okay this this is our core all right we we we’ve spent years trying

To is it Kyrie and Al Horford is it Kemba and Hayward is it Kemba and Tatum no all right let’s if if the if the question is about the the totem pole and the fact that there hasn’t been any Clarity with that let’s set the clarity right now Jason

Tatum and Jaylen brown right there all right the these are the dudes we are building around um I like the fact that they’re going all in with the Chris stops straight I like the fact that they they signed Drew holiday um will it pining out we will see we will [ __ ] see

Um but yeah I just I don’t know man I don’t know I I think really what they [ __ ] up up is just putting Tatum and brown in in really high expectation situations as a 26 year old and as a 27y old like those expectations should only

Start at this point but it feels like they’ve been having these expectations for three three to five years now which I think is unfair to them but it is what it is it is what it is a lot of players would would die to be in the situations

That they have been in and they got to show up you know they they they have to they have to show out and the excuses are getting Slimmer and Slimmer as they age you know that that that lack of experience excuse gets cornier gets gets less valid as they grow older you know

So we’ll see I’m excited for this year I personally think this is our best chance of winning the title um would it be yeah I I think I think this is going to be our best team best chance to win the title um I’m looking at the Bucks and the the

Bucks are solid but I still think they’re beatable out in the west I don’t think there’s a juggernaut out in the west that really scares me even as much as the 2022 Warriors um and I would even argue the 2023 nuggets I don’t even see a 2023

Nuggets type of Team out in the west right now um Miami obviously scares me that’s that’s listen that that what I don’t need to say that obviously we beat if we Face Miami I’m if we Face Miami I am onome I need to see it to believe it

That we sweep them type [ __ ] every single game I’m listen let’s let’s play ball roll out that ball and let’s not play like this is just going to be given to us yeah Miami is literally just PTSD at this point that that is literally it

That is lit literally it um but yeah I think compared to the competition in the rest of the league in my opinion this is our best chance to not only make the finals but win a championship um and I’m excited I’m excited if we go to the finals my

Mistake last year was I I ain’t going to lie I was a little bit too confident I didn’t go to any playoff games because of the fact that I thought that the Celtics were going to make it to the finals and then that I ended the season

Not going to any playoff Celtics games so um I’m definitely going to go to more Celtics games this year um I’ve already gone to one but again shout out to D 2K for the video um and shout out to D 2K for being a father once again that’s that’s

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