CELTICS 2010

nice

The Red Sox are all wearing Celtics jerseys on the flight to Chicago. I support this. Austin Davis had the full uniform, shorts and all.

— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) May 22, 2022

Marcus Smart & Rob Williams prayer circle to play:

🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
Marcus & rob
🕯 Please play 🕯

🕯 🕯
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— Kenny☘️ (@CELTICSvsEvery1) May 23, 2022

i'm stealing this from somewhere else but had to share--tatum is in all likelihood going to end up playing the most minutes of anyone this season, potentially by a lot:

Tatum is second in total regular season + playoff minutes (3,334) behind Mikal Bridges (3,354).

Remaining teams' leaders:

DAL: Dorian Finney-Smith (3,254)
GSW: Andrew Wiggins (2,790)
MIA: Tyler Herro (2,525)

Remaining teams' stars:

DAL: Luka Doncic (2,776)
GSW: Stephen Curry (2,682)
MIA: Jimmy Butler (2,426)

thats a lot of minutes got to find a way to get him more rest next year

awww congrats to derrick. i have no idea where the hendrix trend is coming from but happy for all the new babies.

― call all destroyer, Thursday, May 19, 2022 11:15 PM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink

said during the game last night that they had the name picked out before he was traded, it was written

Robert Williams on when Derrick White told him he was also naming his son Hendrix: ‘That’s the first thing he told me’ https://t.co/8RhjRPtaCW

— Souichi Terada | 寺田惣一 (@SouichiTerada) May 24, 2022

https://bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/3KBpy-QlkJfmeVya37G8R2zDS1k=/1280x0/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/bostonglobe/PWTVRCFB2JOMO44C7BRHUOXHK4.jpg

lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIIWSofTsDo

Yes!!! pic.twitter.com/uW96N1EEqg

— Nia Long (@NiaLong) May 30, 2022

same, nia

crazy

New: "Isn't it just the craziest story?"

Rose Mary Johnson & Celtics legend JoJo White were inseparable as kids growing up on the same St. Louis street.

Johnson never knew she'd one day have a grandson, Jayson Tatum, who'd become the next great Celtic.https://t.co/2xKCQ6fG2N

— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) May 31, 2022

wow small world!

So wait, Jaylen's new agent is... Kanye?

guess hell finally get a new sneaker deal

Adam Sandler - “The Celtics are fucking tough!” pic.twitter.com/BJwAYmcIuE

— Scott Maxwell (@SilvahHammah) June 5, 2022

Jaylen Brown went from being a fan with dreams of being in the league to playing in his own NBA Finals 🔥pic.twitter.com/Uz4h2xtu2b

— Celtics Nation (@CelticsNationCP) June 5, 2022

lol

Rob Williams on how angry Ime Udoka was when Klay Thompson hit a three late in the third quarter: "(laughs) You seen it. He was...yeah...you seen it. He was like 'Get up!' and I was like 'I thought I was up!' But yeah, he was mad."

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) June 9, 2022

love how many straight shooters this team has

wait. pic.twitter.com/JFZnTs3zAc

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) June 9, 2022

lol whats going on here

Is Ime Udoka actually Gordon Bombay? Are the Celtics actually the Mighty Ducks? They’ve basically transformed from District Five. Also, they’re doing this at practice. Seems pretty Ducks ish. pic.twitter.com/BGbnS5VKpZ

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) June 9, 2022

gotta make sure you have that one down

Ime Udoka may have saved the Celtics with a key question during a timeout after his team had committed some bad turnovers. According to a source, Udoka stepped into the huddle and said, "Will you guys stop playing like assholes?"

Aaaaaand we have our coaching moment of the year.

— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) June 9, 2022

"I don't know if y'all see it, but he cusses us out a lot. I guess it's warranted during the games.”

Jayson Tatum on Celtics coach Ime Udoka 😂 pic.twitter.com/OOsMBrOV7o

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) June 9, 2022

pop coaching tree

https://i.imgur.com/xxuPSKL.jpg

🚀

Al Horford's family discussed his tenure in Philly during a new interview Friday, claiming Horford was "homesick" for Boston and that, "we continued to root for Boston, because they're not dickheads" https://t.co/Q04oqlqsHB

— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) June 10, 2022

lmaooo

i love how al is this super square religious guy and his siblings are all completely unfiltered.

1.) coach Ime Udoka didn’t trust his bench; 2.) the Celtics had issues running a cohesive offense against an elite defense; and 3.) Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum handled the ball far too much and hence made turnovers trying to create their own shot.

in particular

It may be time to lighten the responsibility from Marcus Smart, sign a quality backup point guard that could shift Smart to shooting guard in a small lineup and jumpstart the offense in the fourth quarter. The Celtics offense was stagnant all season late in games and that has to be addressed because that stagnation likely cost them a championship.

but what of derrick white?

The hope for the Celtics is White improves over the summer and is benefited by a full training camp. But his struggles punctuate the Celtics’ need for a knockdown shooter off the bench. Stevens filled the roster with defenders, turning the Celtics into the league’s No. 1 defense.

But what happens when those defenders can’t score? That was their primary issue.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/19/sports/after-falling-just-short-celtics-face-critical-offseason-chase-franchises-18th-championship/

It wasn't that Ime didn't trust his bench, he just had no options and versatility there. Practically ever player in uniform for GS was in the rotation at some point during the season. Cs were all in on their 8.5 man rotation but when Grant lost the magic and White got cold he had no other options. Feel like he gave Pritchard and Theis the exact right minutes but those should've been the 4th and 5th or even 6th guys off the bench, not the 3rd and 4th.

yeah not really a trust thing, grant and theis just didn't fit the matchup. white played plenty of minutes but wasn't good

zero jumpers in the highlight reel guess theyre figuring theyll try to fix that, beautiful hair tho, nice handle moves well they say hes an elite athlete but its not exactly jumping out of those clips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIf53FnxNrw

some jumpers in here doesnt look bad, 72%ft not great but not awful 30%3pt very bad, 57% from two is nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THnjYbe9Gsg

ehh late 2nd round pick, not really expecting an nba player

listen we have to do our due diligence here

The place I've always dreamed ☘️🏀#Celtics #Boston #NBA pic.twitter.com/IhFhIwFRkh

— DANILO GALLINARI (@gallinari8888) July 12, 2022

beautiful white gazelle in boston baby

concrete jungle where dreams are made of

i sometimes forget which nicknames are ilh-specific, and let me tell you, google has some interesting autocompletes for "beautiful white g"

if this guy can learn to shoot hes an nba player

JD DAVIDSON WAS ON FIRE FOR THE ☘ IN THE FIRST-HALF

🔥 @jddavison10: 19 PTS (5/6 FGM), 3 AST, 3 3PM 🔥 pic.twitter.com/nkr4mCc8hV

— NBA (@NBA) July 14, 2022

five star recruit super athletic gets to the rim good playmaker wonderful hair great on the break, just cant shoot

if this guy can learn to shoot hes an nba player

evergreen

yeah i mean its basically the definition of a second rounder but at least its not if this guy can learn to move his feet faster

speaking of learning to shoot is there any hope for nesmith

yeah i think there is, seems like he just never found his rhythm, but if he does he could be a pretty ideal 3 and d guy

nesmith knocked em down in warmups and was a jumpy mess every time he got in a game. he should benefit from reps in a lower-pressure setting.

infos re jaylens contract situation, basically says itd be best for him to wait until next summer to do an extension https://www.spotrac.com/research/nba/next-contract-series-jaylen-brown-1572/

Jaylen Brown been on his underwater grind 💪 @FCHWPO (via lucapadua/IG) pic.twitter.com/VtQRADbw0q

— Overtime (@overtime) August 20, 2022