Celtics 2024-2025 Discussion

[ViperGTS]

It'll be like this the rest of the way. Just need to overcome it.

And they aren't/didn't do a good job at it.

 

[Brick27]

Stick a fork in them, not getting anywhere this year

 

[Brick27]

Celtics should take notes from the Knicks regarding taking what is there and driving to the basket when need be vs. living and dying by the 3 and this silly iso ****. Knicks clearly the better team this year. Mazzulla has been horrendous with the deck he has to work with

 

[ErniesPinkStripes]

Now Tatum hurt.. Season over

**** the Knicks.

 

[ErniesPinkStripes]

Achilles?

 

[Brick27]

Joe Mazzulla will need to pray harder. Absolutely pathetic with the roster he has to work with

 

[aluminum seats]

Joe Mazzulla will need to pray harder. Absolutely pathetic with the roster he has to work with

Well, what exactly is that roster? Porziņģis doesn’t remotely resemble who he was. Horford and Holiday have aged. So you have Tatum and brown, and obviously white, and you have to love Pritchard off the bench. But let’s not act like this is some All-Star roster, because it isn’t. And obviously Tatum‘s out now

 

[ViperGTS]

This will be known as the "what if" part of the Celtics lore. Also, this is what happens when you don't get that generational guy in the draft. LeBron, KD, Duncan etc. The Celtics need a generational guy and they need to do whatever they need to get there. Trade Brown, Tatum, etc etc picks I don't really care.

 

[aluminum seats]

This will be known as the "what if" part of the Celtics lore. Also, this is what happens when you don't get that generational guy in the draft. LeBron, KD, Duncan etc. The Celtics need a generational guy and they need to do whatever they need to get there. Trade Brown, Tatum, etc etc picks I don't really care.

“Generational guy?“ I’m not sure what you’re talking about. I’d rather have Tatum than Kevin Durant

 

[aluminum seats]

Tatum out with an Achilles, the way that it looks, really ****ing sucks. Would love the Celtics to take out the Knicks anyway, because man I hate that city and franchise, but that’s a pretty tall order

 

[Tunescribe]

I let myself get sucked back in after Saturday. Now I feel like a sucker.

 

[Brick27]

Well, what exactly is that roster? Porziņģis doesn’t remotely resemble who he was. Horford and Holiday have aged. So you have Tatum and brown, and obviously white, and you have to love Pritchard off the bench. But let’s not act like this is some All-Star roster, because it isn’t. And obviously Tatum‘s out now

You’re really going to take the stance that everything just fall off a cliff over one season after being dominant NBA Champions? Did you have this stance all season then after they won the title last year and that this year is house money with all these flaws?

How many teams have two All-NBA guys, a guy like Olympic gold medalist White who could be an All-Star elsewhere on a team that makes him a top guy, and a guy off the bench in Pritchard who would start for 75% of the teams in the league? Is that not enough to work off of? Tatum injury makes no difference, this game was over. Feel free to argue they’d rally back though if he was playing and overcome a 3-1 deficit.

 

[raduray]

Looks like Wyc Grousbeck times the sale perfectly.

 

[aluminum seats]

You’re really going to take the stance that everything just fall off a cliff over one season after being dominant NBA Champions? Did you have this stance all season then after they won the title last year and that this year is house money with all these flaws?

How many teams have two All-NBA guys, a guy like Olympic gold medalist White who could be an All-Star elsewhere on a team that makes him a top guy, and a guy off the bench in Pritchard who would start for 75% of the teams in the league? Is that not enough to work off of? Tatum injury makes no difference, this game was over. Feel free to argue they’d rally back though if he was playing and overcome a 3-1 deficit.

Nope, I never said house money. And Mazzulla definitely has his flaws, and the Celtics were awful in the fourth quarter in game one and two and blew it again this game. The issue last year was not whether or not they could win, but whether or not they could win it if it was close at the end and they still haven’t proven they could.

I also think it’s true that Porziņģis has been basically worthless in these playoffs, Hauser’s out, and Horford and Holiday have looked like old men. Multiple things can be true at once.

 

[bakes781]

They can't be giving up offensive rebounds time and again. Perhaps they will be better off without Tatum for a game as they'll actually have to scheme up a play on offense for once.

 

[Lansdowne]

I feel dead inside. More than anything though I feel bad for Tatum. If it's an Achilles like feared then he's looking at a long road to recovery. It's really remarkable how easy last year's team made it look because as we can see, it is very, very difficult to win an NBA championship. Most playoff wins, by far, of any NBA franchise in the last two decades but with just two NBA titles to show for it. I was in preschool when the Bird era Celtics won their last NBA title. When I finally starting following the Celtics, Reggie Lewis collapsed and then died. Watching that 90's dark period I couldn't imagine seeing them win a championship, so I'm lucky to have seen two. I'm that much more grateful for the Brady era Pats because Brady became my generation's Bird. But man... it's a cruel way to see this version of the Celtics come to an end. Sports gives and sports takes away. I'll always be a Celtics fan, if that ****ty 90's era didn't stop me then only death will. But what an awful feeling it is right now. I'm just sick.

 

[aluminum seats]

, it is very, very difficult to win an NBA championship

You said it right here for sure. This team has been in it year after year and it’s just a long grind and a lot of things have to go right. There’s plenty to critique right now (and the season isn’t actually over, but I know it feels that way) but the bottom line is it’s tough to win.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

You said it right here for sure. This team has been in it year after year and it’s just a long grind and a lot of things have to go right. There’s plenty to critique right now (and the season isn’t actually over, but I know it feels that way) but the bottom line is it’s tough to win.

As BB said, it's hard to win a championship even when everything goes right.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Serious question: did JB just buy his ticket out of town?

 

[Patriot Missile]

Losses like these don’t even sting half as much as they used to. The 3 point play went from one of the most exciting plays to the bane of basketball existence. I’m just not a die hard any more I guess. Really does give a player an out if he’s looking to stray away from banging down low.