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Ben Grunert

2 months

I asked Caitlin Clark about the long-term impact she wants to leave on the game of basketball: “I feel like I’m just a kid that plays basketball and has a lot of fun. Coming into these arenas and these environments, I look around and it’s incredible … It makes me really happy.”

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Ben Grunert

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3 months

Watching NBA Twitter realize how unguardable Tatum is when he’s not getting swarmed with double/triple teams all game in real time is gonna be hilarious

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

3 months

Steve Kerr has been starting Devin Booker over Jayson Tatum at small forward. Book and KD got swept in the playoffs and Tatum went 16-3 while leading in pts/rebs/assists for the Celtics. Booker lost 4 straight games to start the playoffs, Tatum lost 3 games the entire playoffs.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

Done being angry about Tatum not playing any minutes today. All I can say is worse players who are less accomplished have been given much more priority on this team and it just doesn’t really add up to me at all

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

This is what you get Steve Kerr. You’re playing a team full of nasty shooters surrounding Joker and you just don’t put in your most versatile defender to guard on the perimeter at all. I don’t care how poorly Jayson Tatum has shot in the Olympics, this is absurd

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

A fired up Caitlin Clark darts a nasty cross-court assist and brings State Farm Arena to its feet. You can feel the impact she’s having on the game of basketball through the atmosphere in this building.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

Jayson Tatum really averaged 30/10/6 last series and it’s sort of barely been talked about lol

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@TrolledByHarden @LegionHoops @dpshow Just cuz this opinion is unpopular doesn’t mean it’s a good one

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

Jayson Tatum had his two highest usage rates of the playoffs in the last two Celtics wins: 40.0% and 35.2%. Across those two games, Brown scored 55 points on 22/32 shooting. This is not a coincidence.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

Jayson Tatum posted this on his Instagram story 👀 🍿

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

Tatum has more First Team All-NBA selections than all of the other players here combined by the way

Josh Eberley 🇨🇦

@JoshEberley

2 months

Carmelo Anthony, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Paul Pierce, and Jayson Tatum. You have to win a championship this season, all five are at their peak (or the peak we’ve seen thus far), who is the best player here? (Rank them for clarity.)

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@MarcoSweeten @TheNBACentral @IAMATHLETEpod You did not just sneak dame in there hahaha

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

Tatum had a 40.0% usage rate tonight after barely cracking 27% through his first seven games of the playoffs. Huge for Boston’s title chances if this continues moving forward

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

7 months

Asked Celtics rookie Jordan Walsh how being “the guy” in Maine has helped his development after his 22-point G League outing last night: “Where I want to be at with Boston, I’m not gonna be “the guy.” I want to be more of a 3-and-D player, which is kind of what I want to be

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

Caitlin Clark was asked about visiting Atlanta again and had good things to say about the city’s basketball fans. “I felt like the last time we were here, there were a lot of just basketball fans. A lot of people that really appreciate the game and understand the game.”

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@_Krishiv @gReenbean_26 @ToasterKlay Dawg come on now 🤦‍♂️

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

7 months

Deep breaths Celtics fans.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

27 days

He just can’t wait to psychoanalyze Tatum’s game during a five-game shooting slump in February

Jason Timpf

@_JasonLT

27 days

Are the 2024 Boston Celtics an “All-Time-Great” team? Or are they a really good team that had a “lucky” path to the trophy? Who knows 🤷‍♂️ We were never going to be able to answer that question in one season anyway… So let’s check the ball and find out.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

3 months

Apparently people don’t get that Tatum’s benching was wild not because his team won the ring but because he was the offensive engine of that title team! He’s one of the most versatile players in the league, has a perfect all-around skill set for FIBA, and fits into any lineup

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

@CGBBURNER @KevC918 He’s done no such thing man, the discourse on this app is so cooked sometimes 😂

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

@AlexBaldwi81685 @JrueUTD That’s not gonna happen lol

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

4 months

@EdeyMuse Jayson Tatum is 13-0 against the Grizzlies in his career 😂

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@TheHoopCentral Bro this is next level cringe by Lebron lol

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@TheHoopCentral I believe MJ is the best to ever do it but Lebron is incredible in his own right

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

@whoisthis141 I don’t even know how you say this stuff after what Tatum did to your team in 2022 😂 you can’t act like he’s worse than all of the players or even most of the players that received minutes today lol

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

3 months

@Rodolphe22 Just say you don’t like him but you never watch him play

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

3 months

@SoloYoungBuck “I doubt Tatum even sees double teams” man what are we doing here 😂

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@HoopsEmpire_ As a C’s fan, I’ve concluded there are only two ways this postseason can end for me: pure ecstasy or complete and utter heartbreak. It’s theirs to lose.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are getting this kind of reception on the road… The Fever win 84-79 behind Clark’s 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

@ernnytheman You didn’t watch the game did you

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

Jayson Tatum discourse is laughable nowadays. Truly putrid stuff from basically all of the national NBA media

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

Jaylen Brown is one of ten players in the NBA averaging 25+ points per game on at least 50% shooting. 25.6 ppg on 50/35/82 splits. Needs to be talked about way more.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

9 months

@StrictlyCeltics @C0urtneyDanvers There’s no way this is a real stat lol

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

7 months

Derrick White and Sam Hauser are in the building, along with Xavier Tillman, Svi Mykhailiuk, and Oshae Brissett. The Maine Celtics getting some support from the big dogs at College Park tonight

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@balon6ed @alpacinogrunt Tatum’s played over 1000 more min than anyone else in the league since he’s gotten drafted wtf r u talking about brotha

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

7 months

Neemias Queta getting it done on both ends for Maine. The G League Celts lead 58-41 in the second quarter.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

1 year

@celticslife Cleveland GM would be sent to Russia for war crimes if he even considered doing that

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

4 months

Nobody ever talking about Tatum just clamping up KD for an entire series is so absurd. Like yeah the Celtics team defense was great but it was all there for everyone to see with their own eyes. Tatum put the clamps on one of the best scorers ever

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

3 months

@eaglesfan321123 Just have to watch the Celtics for one game to know that’s not true lol

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

Clarification: 22 of 32 shooting from the field, not 22% and 32% shooting splits 😂

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

@lapieuvre4_ So false it hurts. Game-sealing three up 1 in overtime Game 1 with 10 pts in OT alone including an 8-0 run by himself

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@LegionHoops Good :)

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

7 months

Maine Celtics head coach Blaine Mueller on the development of Boston rookies like Jordan Walsh and Drew Peterson in the G League: “Collectively as a group, there’s been a tremendous amount of development across the board … they get more opportunities out here because there

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@KiLBJJ @kylekuzma Tell us ur a bandwagon lakers fan without telling us ur a bandwagon lakers fan

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

Best two-way forward in the league, needs MUCH more recognition for it.

NBA University

@NBA_University

5 months

Jayson Tatum’s defense is legit—particularly as a #1 offensive option Excellent strength & K.B.I.F. (Keep ball in front) ability. Tasked with guarding/switching from centers to star guards. BOS’ scheme trusts him—offering VERY little help. And he’s a beast on the D-glass. 2-way!

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

1 year

@MikeAdxx Only guy I’ll accept over Tatum is Steph. JT dominated KD in a first round sweep two years ago then he gave Embiid a mf 50 piece in a game 7 🤦‍♂️ Ppl hold him to the weirdest standard of all time bro I stg it’s cuz he’s a Celtic

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

3 months

Derrick White was a game changer in this Team USA exhibition game for one simple reason: He actually moved the ball.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

1 year

@JaredZero_NBA He’s so dialed in it’s not even funny. 40 bomb book it

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@MichaelWelchAct @TheHoopCentral

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

6 months

@DubSuns I’d worry about your own team bro 😂

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

6 months

@ChiefOttoSosa @lookatmymood It’s a nationwide obsession

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

@TheRealzJZ It’s about the usage not necessarily just the shot attempts. Teams have to play through their best player to win the title, it’s as simple as that. The usage obviously doesn’t need to be as high as 40% every game either

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

1 year

@LegionHoops @FTFonFS1 He’s also been the best player in the series and has averaged 32 a game on 51% shooting while his second team All NBA running mate has put up 19 a game on 38% shooting

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

7 months

Neemias Queta ends this Maine Celtics possession with another dunk. Queta is up to six points now.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

10 months

@ThePrblmSlvr You watch the game bro? 😂 Tatum guarded SGA the whole fourth and Shai missed all his shot attempts in that quarter. Tatum and Shai both had great games and the thunder shot 45% from three as a team. Don’t make a reg szn game something it ain’t esp when ur analysis lazy anyways

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

10 months

@StoolGreenie If healthy and moving the ball, nobody beats the Celtics

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

8 months

Trent Forrest after last night’s @CPSkyhawks win: “I feel like I’m an NBA player, so I’m just continuing to try to showcase that in the best way … taking advantage of this opportunity.” Teammate Mouhamed Gueye’s response: “You don’t feel it, you know you’re an NBA player.”

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

6 months

@WheelerJaylen @TheDunkCentral 2 players voted for him bro 😂 1 voted for Jimmy

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@jordanrawa @tristan35717881 @KendrickPerkins He shoots 15 times a game and is on pace for the first 60-40 szn ever while putting up a 25-pt triple double on the BEST true shooting in the league at 70%. He’s doing historical stuff, why do we gotta tear one guy down when we boost another

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

@AlecFall0n They won in spite of the player they would not have won the title without? Never seen a guy who averaged 30 ppg two szns prior get talked about so irresponsibly among the masses.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

10 months

@GSWarriorsHouse @LegionHoops He’s got more 50 pt games in the playoffs than bron Kareem Kobe combined

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

4 months

@TatumMuse The splits on the left are not true. He shoots 43.4% from the field and 32% from 3

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Ben Grunert

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6 months

@BenAxelrod @jasonrmcintyre

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@EmbiidsEra

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

@MazzullaMauler True Celtics fans remember and appreciate what he did for us in those 2018 playoffs (he was our best player!!) enough to not complain about the guy having a mini shooting slump when we still won and he had the best plus-minus on the team 😂

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

@KeithGrant09 Not personally but all reports and film point to good signs for his return.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

1 year

@thebradyeighth @NElGHT_ As much as I’ve had gripes with brown and his play style… r u even a Celtics fan dawg? Like come on man

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@ernnytheman

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@ChampionBron @LegionHoops @Marc_DAmico He did. And he dropped 44 on him in a win 😂

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

4 months

Could not be happier for him man

Noa Dalzell 🏀

@NoaDalzell

4 months

Jayson Tatum is on top of the world

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

8 months

Doc Rivers gonna sub the starters back in so Jaylen Brown doesn’t steal Dame Lillard’s MVP trophy 😂

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

4 months

@kyriemavs Saying he wasn’t purposely double teamed in this game is absurdity hahahha

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

At this point, it actually feels like most people do not watch Jayson Tatum play basketball and/or do not pay attention to his numbers whatsoever (it’s often both)

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@alpacinogrunt I mean he’s the best guy you could ask for as your “worst starter.” Dude is an absolute baller

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@ElDunerino @KDTrey5 KD never joined the defending champs 😂

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

3 months

@GiannisWorld @big_business_ You guys can’t actually take yourselves seriously can you? He dropped 46 on y’all on your home floor the last time y’all made it out of the first round! Like how do y’all even type things like that and expect anything but getting clowned lol

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

10 months

@Jonnyla_77 @GSWarriorsHouse @LegionHoops Lebron and Kobe also had bad finals before, Tatum has an all time great trajectory right now, third most playoff pts by age 25 in nba history but twitter trolls and haters like urself don’t know that. NBA discourse on Twitter cooked anyways tho, nothing new

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

29 days

@AdamSchefter Cam Akers this weekend

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

Tatum’s rebounding ability is never talked about. Feel like if any other star (that isn’t a big man) was putting up his rebounding numbers it would be talked about a lot more

Jake Issenberg

@jakeissenberg

5 months

The Celtics are leading the playoffs in overall rebounding % and defensive rebounding %. Tatum is leading the team with 10.4 rebounds (9.8 defensive rebounds per game). That's more defensive rebounds than: Josh Hart, Gobert, Embiid, Bam, Towns, Mobley, Luka, Chet, Paolo, KD.

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

1 year

@njokicfanclub @NPC_Slayer_ How can u put anthony edwards in this “rarified air” and not Tatum? Come on bro be serious lol

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

4 months

@PresidentEmbiid

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

@JT774555 None

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

1 year

Tatum and Butler have the same amount of 4th quarter points this series too but that doesn’t fit the media’s narrative to shit on Tatum lol

Mike

@MikeAdxx

1 year

Tatum has literally had a better series than Jimmy but Caleb Martin & Gabe Vincent out playing roles guys tricking the masses

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

16 days

@TheHoopCentral Dyson Daniels for Atlanta

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 years

@LegionHoops As a Celts fan, we prob shouldn’t be #1 we’ve struggled a bit without Marcus

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

3 months

Team USA head coach doesn’t even realize how good Jayson Tatum is 🤦‍♂️ what beef does Kerr have with JT? Even if Tatum is struggling with his shot, he’s someone who can impact the game at such a high level still (literally saw it in the playoffs 2 months ago)

NBACentral

@TheDunkCentral

3 months

Steve Kerr has yet to play Jayson Tatum…

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

6 months

@WillyAdamesMVP @D0z_M4n_D4rk Dude you cannot be a Bucks fan who watched that 46-piece by Tatum in Game 6 two years ago against your squad and truly believe what you just said. You’re lying through your teeth, he’s a superstar get over it

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

4 months

Broke down the Neemias Queta signing for @HoudiniCeltics - An incredible start to the offseason for the Boston Celtics front office as they bring back both Queta and Kornet on cheap deals, including two (!!) years for the younger talent in Queta 🔥

Full new contract terms for Neemias Queta's return to Boston Celtics revealed

One hour into free agency, the Boston Celtics locked in their second signing of the offseason. The NBA champs officially resigned Neemias Queta on a multi-year

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

22 days

One day non-Celtics fans will understand what really makes Tatum so important to the Celtics lol

Richard Jefferson

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22 days

This is not a knock on JT,.. I believe there are 5-6 PLAYERS ON this level. Ant, Shai, Donovan, Luka. I believe if you put these top 10 players on the Celtics they would still be dominant. This is a 1. Donavon is on that level and 2. Celtics are that loaded.

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Ben Grunert

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1 year

@bobsheets16 @SeaBreezeCity @MikeAdxx These are fourth quarter points in the playoffs, you said he goes missing in the 4th. Don’t be stubborn brotha

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Ben Grunert

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3 months

It’s so clear Team USA would be better off starting Tatum, Edwards, Haliburton, and AD

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

@ManiHousePTY @FTFonFS1 @getnickwright Good god man he just won a championship what’s up with you bro 😂 also has an ELITE elimination game resume. Wtf dude 😂

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

2 months

Any other player posts this and this tweet wouldn’t exist. Face-of-the-league levels of hate come this guy’s way. Tatum’s 2024-25 season is gonna be special

Mike Vigil

@protectedpick

2 months

This man won a gold medal and a championship and he’s still a miserable loser somehow.

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Ben Grunert

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2 years

@bombogoon Saying this after a lost game on the road against a top 6 seed while missing JB Smart Horford Brogdon is nuts bro

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

4 months

As a Celtics fan, this is unfortunate to see because this is one of the most likable groups I’ve ever watched top-to-bottom throughout the roster. But the long history of predictable Boston sports hate still prevails :(

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4 months

Most media members and fans dislike the Celtics and have therefore strongly downplayed what has been a historical season for them. I think this may actually benefit the Celtics in a way as it could give them a chip on their shoulder they haven’t even earned 😂 #underdogceltics

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@FrankBurner2 @Joe75532804 Brother ur franchise guy was in up 40 tonight just stop being a hater dawg

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

8 months

@CashTooBurn @therechigoes U say this while Tatum has had one bad playoff series his whole career and it’s all NBA twitter seems to ever talk about. They’ve erased his 3 50-pt playoff games and a 46-piece in a road Game 6 from memory. So much that they argue Butler>Tatum in the offs LOL

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

7 months

Celtics two-way stud Neemias Queta throws down a vicious dunk courtesy of yet another Drew Peterson dime

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

5 months

The way Jayson Tatum is being talked about as he heads into his second NBA Finals in three years is baffling. And as the betting favorite for Finals MVP too 🤣

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Ben Grunert

@BenGrunertBball

1 year

@thebradyeighth @NElGHT_ Nothing special? You just said he’s a top 30 player in the league. I just don’t get such hater energy toward a guy your team employs. I admit it, he lost us the series. I was pissed about it and still am. But feels extra to talk ab a guy on ur own team like that lol

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