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General Celtics thread: 24-25 edition
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This is true, although @RSN Diaspora having a 10-game playoff win streak is legendary, on par with whoever-it-was who had the final streak for the 2004 Red Sox. I think his handle was Cabrera Era, although it's likely changed since then.
(@CaptainLaddie also acquits himself very well at the start of that Game 4 thread, while I'm digging through archives)
This will come a lot closer to tip of I make it. Good either way there. Work until 6:30ish today.
"I proved myself bad at analyzing basketball at every turn, repeatedly expressing extreme overconfidence in opinions that turned out very wrong.
But it's time to turn the page. Here are my new predictions!"
Zach Lowe also predicted a repeat.
View: https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/1848695631952384216
HAPPY NBA OPENING NIGHT!!!!! Only prediction I'll share here: Celtics over Thunder in the 2025 NBA Finals, Boston breaks the NBA's no-repeat streak. I'll be watching, talking to/meeting with people around the league, traveling a bit to games -- the usual. Enjoy the games!
View: https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/1848695631952384216
HAPPY NBA OPENING NIGHT!!!!! Only prediction I'll share here: Celtics over Thunder in the 2025 NBA Finals, Boston breaks the NBA's no-repeat streak. I'll be watching, talking to/meeting with people around the league, traveling a bit to games -- the usual. Enjoy the games!
That sounds like he may indeed be lining something up for this year, which would be great for NBA fans!
I'll give him partial credit for trying a mea culpa, most aren't even doing that. Still isn't getting to the root of the problem - KOC (like so many) penalized the Jays for winning at a young age. Tatum couldn't win a title as the best player at age 23 (something that only Tim Duncan has done in the last 40 years), so obviously it's never happening. That was the logic. Everyone knows the best players peak in their late 20s or early 30s, except for Tatum and Brown because of reasons.
On a related note, it's pretty clear SGA and the Thunder will never win a title. 8 months away from the finals and SGA is already older than Tatum was when the latter won his title, plus SGA has achieved levels of failure that Tatum could only dream of (losing a playoff series as a 1 seed). Only slightly more ridiculous than saying Tatum and Brown at 25 and 27 were never winning a title because they had come close too many times before.
He’s officially covered his ass for another season of all his weird criticisms of the Celtics being dominant yet somehow underwhelming.
I wonder whether he has a non-compete, but it doesn't apply if he doesn't monetize. Will be interesting to follow.
It's such a bizarre standard to which no other team or players are held, including many that haven't come close to winning titles.
I am a huge Lowe fan, but the disconnect between his Tatum commentary and his praising of Embiid is simply inexplicable. Like, 19 year old Jayson Tatum proved more as an NBA playoff player his rookie year than Embiid has his entire career, yet people somehow are more critical of Tatum's playoffs....
It's so weird because, like a lot of smart media members, Zach Lowe is really good at analyzing non-star players through the lens of whether and to what extent that player impacts winning. That includes the obvious things like scoring efficiency and defense, but also gravity and spacing, play off the ball including screening, cutting, etc., decision making, passing.....
Those things all matter for the stars, too! But it's like the model breaks for some of these people when someone comes along who can average 30 and make it look easy.
And that's not to disparage Embiid, specifically. I think it's his health and the roster around him have been the biggest reasons he hasn't had more playoff success, but availability and conditioning matter.
(It is intended to specifically disparage Luka Doncic, though. In the past 25 years, has anyone won a title when their clear best player tilts so far in terms of value towards scoring [not even offense, necessarily, though he is a good passer] at the expense of defense?)
Those things all matter for the stars, too! But it's like the model breaks for some of these people when someone comes along who can average 30 and make it look easy.
And that's not to disparage Embiid, specifically. I think it's his health and the roster around him have been the biggest reasons he hasn't had more playoff success, but availability and conditioning matter.
(It is intended to specifically disparage Luka Doncic, though. In the past 25 years, has anyone won a title when their clear best player tilts so far in terms of value towards scoring [not even offense, necessarily, though he is a good passer] at the expense of defense?)
That's a good answer, but I think even 2022 Steph was a better defensive player than Luka. People can certainly disagree.
The best answer is probably the 2011 Mavericks.
Yes, finally. Though even in those he was STILL saying "there will be a playoff where Embiid takes over"
And yet at the same time he was saying there was no way Tatum could be considered top 5 because there was a top 5 set in stone (and apparently that top 5 still includes Embiid). Lowe definitely mastered the art of talking out of both sides of his mouth.
I’m pumped.
Also: I get if the Cs need to trim payroll over the next few years. But they need to lock the social media team up for a decade.
I didn't think I'd care, but man it brings a smile to my face seeing Ray standing next to Pierce and Garnett again.
I remember these pods pretty vividly.
He said that Embiid was definitely a top 5 player. The next pod he said that he got pushback from people in and around the league that Embiid was definitely a top 5 player because “availability is the best ability”.
Not sure where Lowe himself actually landed (and yes, Lowe has always been very strange about his Celtic coverage….especially during the Finals where he was acting like the series was still close when it was 3-0 and clearly over)
Gotta stay healthy, but as this season goes on they may enter the conversation as the greatest Boston team ever in any sport.
Offense feels like a power play right now. I have heard the older heads talk about that from '86. Pretty fun to see it! (I was 4 in '86.)
It sort of reads to me like he's getting severance money contingent on not reporting on basketball.
Yup, looks a lot like that.
Based on his tweeting last night, he seems to think that he might have a loophole, which is that he can talk about basketball as long as he's not getting paid.
Bob Cousy played against Neal Walk who played with Lonnie Shelton who played against Michael Jordan who played against Vince Carter who played against Jayson Tatum
Barkley is the only guy who could get away with saying "Don't make Shaq read on TV".
Opening night last night. Raise banner #18. Destroy the top contender in the East. Tatum goes OFF.
Not a peep on my ESPN page right now.
Not a headline. Not a side column story. Nothing on the front page at all. For the defending NBA champs. LOL
Not a peep on my ESPN page right now.
Not a headline. Not a side column story. Nothing on the front page at all. For the defending NBA champs. LOL
I'll put this here just for posterity's sake: C's miss 13 3Ps in a row. Although there were a good six that were basically uncontested.
View: https://youtu.be/lQoi2TxN13E?si=R2y0oSR_oMtiQmP2
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IDK where to post this. I hope we're till doing real Celtics tactics.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buNGRj9gl9c
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buNGRj9gl9c
Good, well-produced video. Who here doesn't love Cs video breakdowns? I wish I knew what all those play terms he was using meant, but I suppose that's on me.
Giannis picking up where Jason Kidd left off: Celtics' Jaylen Brown Receives Surprising Label From NBA Superstar
“I feel like the best player is the guy that wins a championship, wins it all, and is the best player for his team. So the best player in the NBA, probably I would say is Jaylen Brown,” Antetokounmpo recently told Complex Sports.