Are you afraid of the Celtics seeing Denver in the Finals? #celtics #nba #denvernuggets

Are you afraid of the Celtics seeing Denver in the Finals? #celtics #nba #denvernuggets

Are you afraid of the Nuggets Meo after what went down last night and Tatum pooped his pants again not just in the fourth quarter this was a horrendous showing from T last night game long pooping it was I mean he missed a wide open shot in the corner with 45 seconds

Left and he didn’t have to take the shot I’m happy he took the shot he’s wide open but the Celtics have numbers they were in transition they were on the break white kicks it out to him he’s wide open and he bricks a shot he missed

A free throw prior to that in the final two minutes that didn’t help because maybe you don’t need to chase a three at the end of the game uh if you knock down a free throw maybe it changes the whole outlook of the game uh Celtics missed a

Million free throws last night he had five of their 12 turnovers uh what are your thoughts on Tatum how do you feel about the Nuggets I’ve been afraid of the Nuggets I really have I think maybe last night it was eye openening for some people but to me it just made me double

Down on you have to have some respect for the West when you’re looking at the Celtics chances in the finals nobody out there can guard yic nobody on your team could handle yic porzingis certainly couldn’t uh the Celtic got uh they outshot Denver from the three-point line

People will say like well the Celtics didn’t shoot their best from the three-point line uh Denver shot 19% from the three-point line and they’re not usually a dismal three-point shooting team Tatum can’t figure out how to step up to these big boys and to me he looked

Like Tatum from the 22 finals he really did and I don’t think in a seven game series that’s who Tatum’s going to be but I remain afraid of Denver I’ve been afraid of them all year last night was a good reminder maybe to the Celtics that

There’s still a lot of work left okay so I just want to push back on something you said I do respect the Nuggets I said that earlier this week I don’t but I’m afraid of them yeah but I don’t have to respect the West you said respect the

West I don’t have to respect the West out there that can hang with you if not outright beat you but I said I respect the Nuggets I never I never had the Nuggets off my list this isn’t completely about you there’s this narrative across the city of nobody can

Beat the Celtics the Celtics are the team of Destiny the Celtics have to win now there are serious teams out west there a serious team and it’s the team you saw last night and I respect them I don’t respect the Thunder I don’t respect the them no I’m not afraid of

The Nuggets I’m not the Celtics have shown they can hang with them now look they could definitely lose to that team and I respect Denver yeah they have this entire season Denver has Championship pedigree they’ve won and so you can’t keep crapping your pants in clutch and

Late but I do feel like last night was more about the Celtics again and not to you know completely ignore the nuggets and their championship and everything else but the 12 turnovers tum was horr horrendously bad last night 2022 2022 all over again these are the same issues the only difference to

Meing and you have drew holiday out there who actually look good in the fourth like those are the guys on the team that look good in the fourth everybody else is the same to me Jaylen like I I’m I kind of love jayen these days because Jaylen is you love at the

Free throw line so good so physical has entered this era this chapter of his career care where he has his money and he kind of like doesn’t give an f about anybody but is so sloppy so I feel like I just had to accept that he’s not

Afraid of these other teams and he’s going to run with a headful of steam but you can’t depend on him to make free throws yeah so again to answer the question no I’m not afraid of the Nuggets I’m not the Nuggets could beat them I’m not saying they can’t I’m

Picking the Celtics to win I’m not backing away from that the Celtics are the best team in the league you didn’t you didn’t learn anything about last night you don’t feel any different about the C no I learned they still sucking clutch and late and they’ve done that

All year done that for like three or four years they have to get that cleaned up if they don’t they won’t win but that’s about them that’s not about who they’re playing to me how about Tatum do you still feel like Tatum’s going to be a top three finisher in the

MVP race so he will not win the MVP I don’t know if he’s going to finish top three he’s not winning the MVP well I think we had both agreed on that what we had set a bet on was the top three yeah well he’s not winning the MVP that’s

Clear could he finish the top three the top three yeah I’m not I don’t know what do you want say down from that at all no I’m not I’m not what you want me to concede the bet no I’m not saying concede the bet I’m asking where you’re

At today I don’t know why you’re like dancing around it to finish in the MVP race are you not listening I just said yes I think he can finish in the top three he won’t win the MVP he lost the MVP these last two games so just listen

Aran are you picking the Nuggets yes or no or are you afraid of the Nuggets rather um I’m afraid of the Nuggets but I’m really afraid of the Celtics is what it is and I think the nuggets are one of the teams that can take advantage of the

Celtics when they come up small at the end of the games there’s a bunch of teams out there that the Celtics I think in a in a back and forth game like that could still overcome even with Tatum having a bad game they could still beat you know a bad example but like

Milwaukee or Cleveland or the Knicks or one of these other teams in the Eastern Conference there’s a couple of teams that I think if the Celtics are hurting themselves the way they did in that game last night and the way they did against Cleveland too that they can take

Advantage of it in a Series and win that series I think Denver’s one of those teams for sure they have the experience they have an Unstoppable Force there uh who you just I mean you just can’t guard him no matter what you do uh nobody

Could guard him last night in yic and I just think that you know there’s uh there’s something to be said for the consistency of what that team does and what joic does and what Tatum doesn’t necessarily do in big spots and that’s I mean that’s just becoming harder and

Harder to ignore and it wasn’t always like this for Tatum I think he’s getting worse I think he’s getting worse in these situations we told you uh over the last however many years yesterday we were reading all the Tim bont’s numbers I know that Meo has some updated numbers

As well but he’s been horrible so to me that’s not about the Nuggets he was horrible against Cleveland that’s about Tatum and the Celtics and if they don’t figure that out they’re screwed uh here’s Tatum about matching up on the big stage trying to match up with the

Yices of the world the other Premier players of the world MVP candidates uh here’s what he said last night how do you come away when you don’t have maybe your best game yeah you know not trying to make it about myself or necessarily individual matchup right

That’s not the way our team is is set up you know sometimes it just the flow of the game it is your night you you are getting more shots or whatever uh but we just got such a well balanced team that it might not necessarily be your your

Night other guys may have it going and you have to you know you have to respect it I say all the time we we talk about respecting each other’s face um and understanding the the flow of the game so um it’s not it’s not up on me to like

Hijack the game and you know try to make it about me and it’s a national TV game other guys had it going so if I had to be in the corner if I had to you know be a facilitator at times uh you know so be it K I don’t like that

Answer from Tatum like no you need to take over the game at times you’re you’re supposed to be an MVP candidate you think you’re the best player in the league you need to take the game over at points and last night he struggled the turnovers were brutal never mind the

Wideopen shot in the fourth quarter uh so again are you afraid are you afraid of the Nuggets 617 779 7 uh 937 uh right now 61% say yes hiding in the corner afraid of the Denver Nuggets uh to me it’s about the Celtics if they if they

Thank you if they don’t get it figured out in the clutch they’re screwed and they’ll be screwed against Miami or other teams uh so Tatum needs to get that right uh you don’t think he’s a top three guy in the MVP candidacy uh Mega I

Hav’t all year no I don’t think this is his year um it’s not like based on performances like last night although when you look at voters and their big stages like that I do think that matters um but overall like Tatum this is not his MVP year and what you just played I

Think annoys me about that is that it’s Tatum trying to bring up the lamies again he’s trying to act like he’s sacrificing last night for the rest of the team and being differential when really it’s like he wasn’t hitting the shots and the opportunities that he had him he was

Shooting poorly last night and then at other points he disappeared and he turned the ball over that’s not sacrific to me so it’s one thing to say like everybody was saying last week and the week before well Jason Tatum should get more notice for just being growing into

A leader and being this great team player that he is yeah but on the other side it’s just okay to sit there and go he had a crap night last night it it was not because he was sacrificing and letting other guys have the ball he was

Playing poorly last night and he needs he wasn’t up to the task last night K’s not good he needs he needs a moment uh at the end of one of these games even against a crappy team he needs it absolutely needs it uh so who’s the top

Three then in the MVP if it’s not Tatum in there who is it well we got to take him beat out cuz he’s not even qualified so I would go joic Absol say he’s in there s which you probably hate and then three it maybe Giannis um I think

Giannis so Luca has the third best odds is what Ryan’s saying I think Yannis he also had an amazing comeback against the Heat the game before National TV so that’s going to help too yeah I’m just and Tatum beat him I got to say I’m pretty anti-ca just because that team

Doesn’t go anywhere and so it irritates me that he’s in the conversation every year I’m going to say Yannis jannis okay uh 617 7797 937 did he lose it last night the MVP that I think he can still sneak in the top three like I think my

BET’s still in play but he ain’t winning the bet I made two months ago when he was plus 5,000 for MVP that thing’s down the toilet

Jones and Mego discuss the fear of facing Denver in the finals!