Chaim Bloom inherited 27 year old Mookie, 27 YO Bogaerts, 25 YO Benintendi, and 23 YO Devers and so far has turned them into:
Alex Verdugo
Jeter Downs
Connor Wong
Franchy Cordero
Josh Winckowski
Grant Gambrell
Luis De La Rosa
Freddy Valdez
Devers still here, but not extended
One of the craziest things about the Celtics being THIS dominant is that with KP out almost the entire playoffs this is last years team subtracting all of Smart, Brogdon, Rob, and Grant and adding only Holiday. So much of this is internal growth.
When Steph was Tatum’s age he hadn’t made the playoffs yet. Lil something to keep in mind as some people try and bury JT for one crap series in the literal NBA Finals after he averaged 26/6/6 on the way there
The Celtics just put two all-time greats in a blender defensively and they’re about to replace a solid Daniel Theis with the best defensive center in the league.
Shaughnessy turns off the TV, the excitement of the crowd disgusts him as the Sox improve to 76-34
"How can they cheer for a team when it's not a 100% guarantee that they'll win in October?"
The Windows 95 screen illuminates the room..it's time to copy and paste an old article
If you're a Celtics fan who isn't rooting for Isaiah Thomas, you're not actually a Celtics fan. You're just an angry person who sometimes watches the Celtics play, probably while kicking your dog
Jimmy Butler is in the perfect superstar spot. Given massive, fawning coverage when he plays amazing, but somehow getting nearly a complete pass for no-showing Finals games. Tatum was 9 years younger than Jimmy this time last year and was being ripped apart
The Red Sox have successfully convinced approximately half their fan base that trading the 2nd best player in baseball for a few middling-to-decent assets is the "only move". They've won and feel like they can trade him now to save money. What a colossal, colossal failure.
Tom Brady has 132 TD and 27 INT since the Chiefs MNF "The Patriots are not good anymore game". 47-10 record (7-1 playoffs), 2 rings. From age 37-40. Stupid
@realDonaldTrump
hey man puerto rico said they'll stand for the anthem AND build some confederate statues if you just fucking help them out immediately
Players who have played 12+ seasons with the Celtics (the number Smart's extension takes him through)
John Havlicek*+
Paul Pierce*+
Robert Parish*+
Larry Bird *+
Bob Cousy*+
Kevin McHale*+
Bill Russell*+
Tom Sanders*+
Sam Jones*+
* = Hall of Famer
+ = Won a ring in Boston
Celtics scored TEN points in the last 27 seconds.
Kyrie 3
Smart floater
Kyrie 3
Rozier game winning dunk
That's how you come back from 5 down real quick
Celts just beat a desperate, fully healthy team with two all-stars without their:
#1
guy (Kyrie)
#2
guy (Hayward)
#4
guy (Brown)
#6
guy (Smart)
Another rotation guy (Theis)
Put this one on the Stevens COY reel
Folks the Boston Celtics have an incredible amount to offer Kyrie, both financially and in terms of winning. But he ain't signing before next summer. So we either go insane for 380 days or we chill and go try and win a title
That Jaylen shot is on the very short list, maybe
#1
of the most clutch Celtics shots of this entire era. The Celtics needed a close, clutch home win so fucking bad. 7 more..somehow
The Celtics don't have their two best players. One of them snapped in half 5 minutes into the season. Two other bench guys are gone. Marcus Smart has a splint on his thumb. Jaylen Brown played a series limping. But please, tell me more about tired LeBron & how Steph is banged up
Dan Shaughnessy won Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year for the 12th time. Going to go out on a limb and say that no one who's actually from Massachusetts had a vote
40-year-old Tom Brady
231-341 (67.7%)
2,807 yards
19 TD
2 INT
111 rating
Greatest there's ever been and he's still without question the greatest there is right now
The gap between the Celtics and the rest of the East next season is hysterical. Don't bring KP back until Christmas and have him play 35 games. Send JT and JB each on 10 day caribbean vacations mid-season. Have one game that's only Pritchard half court shots
There is a legit chance that both the Celtics and Bruins are playing for a championship in June after the Sox and Pats won it all. 4 for 4 is a longshot but it’s in play and it’s fucking crazy
The Celtics are 25-11 in their last 36 games and yet have had 3 meltdowns in that stretch
8-0 stretch
0-3 stretch (led to team meeting)
7-2
0-3 (Kyrie calling teammates out, Jaylen/Morris push each other)
10-1
0-2 (two huge blown leads, "this hasn't been fun for awhile")
Red Sox about to be:
8-5 vs the Yankees
4-3 vs the Mariners
2-1 vs the Braves
2-2 vs the Astros
2-2 vs the Indians
2-2 vs the Phillies
2-4 vs the Athletics
That's 22-19 against very good to great teams.
Oh, and an extremely dumb 68-20 vs everyone else.
The idea that the Pats were cheating against the 1-11 Bengals team with a doc crew doesn’t really make sense, but holyyy shit how do you send a videographer and have them shoot the sideline for EIGHT MINUTES. You deserve the criticism when you allow something that dumb to happen
@Titleixbaby
100%. If you were only going to add one guy, he may have been the best player in the entire league in terms of fit, style of play, leadership
The Yankees and Astros went 0-5 AT HOME after the New York New York boombox + Bregman instagram video. The lesson: if you piss off the Red Sox, they won't just beat you, they'll rip your throat out in front of your friends and family
I fucking love that there are Lakers fans who really think LeBron James is looking at their dumpster fire organization and wants to spend the end of his prime dealing with Lavar Ball
Re-sign Marcus Smart. I know his shooting percentage sucks. I know sometimes he makes me want to die. I know he has massive flaws. I. Do. Not. Care. Marcus forever
Joe West so far this series
- Took a fastball to the shoulder without moving or reacting
- Called a *flawless* game behind the plate last night
- Absolutely nailed one of the most difficult calls you'll ever see from 200+ feet away.
Cowboy Joe stock at an all-time high
There were real life people, lots of them, that didn't want JD Martinez. It's insane. Those people should be forced to go live in a cave for a year where no one can hear their sports takes
Said it before but Al Horford is the true Boston sports litmus test. You either understand his value or you have some synapses that don't fire correctly
Ainge went
Olynyk at
#13
Smart at
#6
Rozier at
#16
Jaylen at
#3
Tatum at
#3
Rob Williams at
#27
Nesmith at
#14
, Pritchard at
#26
In a 7 year span. For a guy who gets ripped as a drafter that's...pretty damn good. A few misses (RJ Hunter, James Young, maybe Romeo?). Not bad tho
Step 1: Bledsoe on the jumbotron as we close out the Bucks
Step 2: Bledsoe in the crowd as we close out the Sixers
Step 3: Bledsoe off the bench as we close out the Cavs
Step 4: Bledsoe NBA Finals MVP as we close out the Warriors
The anger I will display on this website if the Red Sox, with their $800 bajillion valuation, allow a homegrown mega-superstar to walk at age 28 (or trade him at 27), will be the likes of which few have ever seen.
John Henry isn't a very cool/engaging guy, but he catches a whole bunch of shit for a dude who bought the Sox 83 years into a title drought, and has now won 4 in his 17 seasons while constantly spending a ton of money and completely remaking Fenway & the surrounding neighborhood