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In 61 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:58.560 the NHL, the Florida Panthers are heading back to the 62 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:01.800 Stanley Cup Final for the third straight season. The Panthers 63 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:04.479 eliminated the Hurricanes tonight, five to three in Game five 64 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:07.080 of that series, and the Red Sox lost to the 65 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.800 Brewers six to five in ten innings. Today, sixty degrees 66 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:12.879 in Boston at eleven oh eight. Let's get back to 67 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:15.120 night's side. Gary Tangley is in for Dan on Dan 68 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:17.560 Watkins WBZ, Boston's news radio. 69 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:23.599 It's night time with Dan Ray. I'm ez Boston's news Radio. 70 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:28.479 Daylon brown Back had lost to Paul Annoby all by himself, 71 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:32.919 brows it down and Tittum is heart. Tartum is down. 72 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:37.319 He wants a time out. Tatum is so much pain. 73 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:42.360 I'm a Celtics pull time out, grabbing that right ankle 74 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:50.159 and that's the final time out. Well the Boston Celtics, 75 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:54.599 but more importantly, Tatum really shake it up. 76 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:58.159 And that is the season for Jason Tatum, and was 77 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:00.520 the season for the Boston Celtics. And cheer is going 78 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.400 to be eh. Jackson tellivers with. 79 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:07.319 Us, Well, first of all, you you never told me 80 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:09.120 you were going to play that, Gary, so now I'm 81 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:11.800 already emotionally triggered off off the top. 82 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:15.719 No, you're emotionally triggered, period. You don't need that. You're 83 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:19.680 a little off. That's why I like you well. When 84 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:21.480 but I want to I want to start at the 85 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:25.199 beginning of the series before we but before we get 86 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:27.920 to that, the first two games, when the Celtics were 87 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:29.839 playing the Knicks and they had leads of twenty points 88 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:32.560 and they blew them both. What was going through your 89 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:33.079 mind then? 90 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:36.759 The first time, I said, there's no way this is 91 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:39.680 going to be happening, and then it happened. And then 92 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:41.279 the second time, I said, there's no way this is 93 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:45.360 going to happen again, and then it happened again. I 94 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:48.560 just was so angry at so many different things because 95 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:51.279 it was a classic case of the Celtics beating themselves, 96 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:54.720 which we've seen this so many times throughout the Tatum 97 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:57.959 and Brown era, right in that Miami series when they 98 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:00.160 went down three a couple of years ago of the 99 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:03.720 Eastern Conference files when they had Kyrie Irving. E've been 100 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:06.040 dating back to those days right where they just shot 101 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:08.399 they just put themselves in these holes, and they dug 102 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:10.480 themselves in these holes and made it difficult for them. 103 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:13.680 And that's exactly what was going on here. Right you're 104 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:17.199 screaming at Azoula first, because he's a coach, right, can 105 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:20.639 we be adjusting something here? Clearly something isn't working. And 106 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:23.120 of course, more than anything else, you're screaming at a 107 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.759 three point shot because that's what they rely on and 108 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:29.319 that and in that game one especially, they just go 109 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:31.600 back to what they're used to, which is the isole ball, 110 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:35.279 and they go up the court so slow and Tatum 111 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:38.279 just you know, Jack's up a three and when he 112 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:41.120 has it going, it's great. But like, they don't need 113 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:43.480 threes at that moment. They need buckets, right, All they 114 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:46.519 need is just simple scores. Uh. And And that's the 115 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:50.040 most infuriating part is that, like I that that series 116 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:52.439 to me was lost in the first two games. Whether 117 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:54.680 or not Tatum goes down in that game, for they 118 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:56.399 were gonna lose that game, right, So then you're down 119 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:58.800 three to one. Uh And I don't know if that's 120 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:01.120 something that they can come back from those those first 121 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:03.519 two games. Is settling for those three pointers. I didn't 122 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:05.839 like the shot selection at all. I think that's where 123 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:06.279 it was lost. 124 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:09.120 Quite frankly, I agree one hundred percent. And I think 125 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:13.120 that led us into the world of Joe Mizula a 126 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:16.160 little bit, because up until that point, I had been Okay, 127 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:18.120 he's doing a good job, and it seems like he's 128 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:22.879 Tatum's guy. So they won a championship. Fine, But when 129 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:24.439 he came out and said that's what we do, We 130 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:29.600 shoot threes, I just went idiot, moron, wrong answer, wrong answer, 131 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:32.279 because you're a different team, and the key to being 132 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:35.160 a good coach is adjusting. Now, Holiday was not the 133 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:39.720 same guy, obviously, Porzingis obviously was not the same guy. 134 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:45.439 So you can't win tossing up prayers when White's not 135 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:51.360 making threes and Holiday and Perzingis are ineffective. You can't. 136 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.720 Yeah, Porzingis was in a coma or something. 137 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:58.199 Going on with the breathing. 138 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:00.879 You know, yes, he has some some type of illness. 139 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:04.199 But I mean we should also mention, you know, congrats 140 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:06.399 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. They just advanced their first 141 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:09.240 NBA Finals with twenty twelve. The Celtics aren't going to 142 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:11.800 beat that Thunder team with you know, the way they 143 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:15.079 were playing in that in that Knick series, So you know, 144 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:17.240 you're totally right with the way that Porzingis was playing 145 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:20.120 and the way that Drew was playing, they weren't gonna 146 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:22.000 get by the Thunder. I don't know if they'd get 147 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.920 by the Pacers, to be honest with you, and I 148 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.879 think the Thunder are going to be clearly, clearly on 149 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:31.120 their way to the twenty twenty five NBA Championship, winning 150 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:32.879 in five. I think the Celtics was the only team 151 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:34.879 that really could have stopped them. But you're right, Porzingis 152 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:37.879 and Holiday just didn't look like themselves. You had streaky 153 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:41.040 Knights from White. It just it was just a disaster. 154 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:42.959 And in that Game four, I mean, Tatum was having 155 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:44.800 one of the best games of his life and nobody 156 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:46.600 else could give him a helping hand, nobody could do 157 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:49.279 anything for him, and they just totally crumbled at the end. 158 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:52.000 Tatum's my favorite player in the NBA, and I'll tell 159 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.360 you why. Number One, I love his attitude. Number two. 160 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.480 Last year when they won the NBA Championship, he couldn't 161 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:00.000 shoot to save his life, and he got rich. 162 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:00.480 He bounds. 163 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:03.199 This year, he comes back, he carries him, he puts 164 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:05.240 him on his back. He's got forty two points. That goes. 165 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:08.480 He's my favorite player in the NBA. I love the guy. 166 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:10.920 You know, you can have everybody else. I don't care. 167 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:14.600 I can't say any anything bad about him. Honestly, I mean, 168 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:16.519 he's not only on the court, but off the court. 169 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:19.839 He's a great role model, he's a he's a great father. 170 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.279 It seems like, right, he has no problems. You have 171 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:24.000 all these guys that are you know, prima donnas, and 172 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:26.120 they getting all these trouble, you know, problems off the court. 173 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:29.600 But Tatum isn't. Isn't that guy and his play on 174 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:32.679 the court is so remarkable. He's easily played himself into 175 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:35.000 that top five level. Now all we can do is 176 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:36.279 hope that he can get back to that when he 177 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:37.159 comes off his injury. 178 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:41.000 Now Brown, I think what has been underplayed is Brown 179 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:45.840 was playing on one leg, right, Yeah, that was it 180 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:49.720 was a factor. That was a factor, you know. And 181 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:54.840 and the other thing I'm down on Missoula. Man, I 182 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.039 don't know if he's a guy going forward when he 183 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:59.600 just came out and he just said that's what we 184 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:03.879 do is two threes, unlike really, I mean, and I 185 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:05.600 know Brad backed them up, but. 186 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:11.159 Yeah, I've never been the biggest Maszula guy. When they 187 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.200 went down on three against Miami, I was I was 188 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:17.159 spreaing from to be fired. Obviously, last year they had 189 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:19.679 their crazy run and he redeem himself. 190 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:19.840 Right. 191 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:21.120 You're not going to call for a coach to be 192 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:23.320 fired after he goes sixteen to three in the playoffs 193 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:26.720 and win the championship, Right, But then you have to think, like, Okay, 194 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:29.639 the roster that he had, the starting five, one of 195 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:31.759 the best starting fives ever assembled in the history of 196 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:36.679 the league. Right, So who wouldn't win with that roster? Right? 197 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:39.960 And then you come out in these playoffs and it's, 198 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:42.519 like we said a few minutes ago, there's just no adjustments. 199 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:45.360 There's that is what he struggles with the most as 200 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.639 a coach, making adjustments on the fly, calling timeouts. The 201 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:51.000 timeout thing still blows my mind. How is he not 202 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:54.919 learned that, like when to call timeouts when the appropriate 203 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:57.720 time is to do so, and he just doesn't do it. 204 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:00.879 And the adjustment thing is is is the biggest thing. 205 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:04.080 It's like, you're up twenty points. You don't need to 206 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:06.559 be jacking up threes. There's just no reason for it. Right. 207 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:08.600 I understand that you sow into the math and the 208 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:11.559 analytics and if we shoot x amount of threes and 209 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:14.000 make x percent, we're going to win the game. Okay, 210 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:17.120 if you're up by twenty and you keep scoring twos 211 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:19.000 or free throws, you're gonna win the game. If you 212 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:21.960 keep missing threes, you're giving the Knicks an opportunity to 213 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.080 come back in the game when they have Jaylen Brunson. 214 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:27.159 He's the clutch player of the year on the court. 215 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:29.440 So I totally agree with you. But then you got 216 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:31.320 to think who are the better options out there? I mean, 217 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:33.879 you have Michael Malone who just got fired from Denver. 218 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:36.919 I don't know. It's like when you're hiring a new 219 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:39.559 coach in the NBA these days, you're kind of looking 220 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:42.159 at used goods, right, because these guys have been fired 221 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.200 and they've already been in situations that haven't worked out 222 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:50.000 unless you want to go for an assistant. But that like, 223 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:52.639 the Celtics have a win now roster. You know, if 224 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:56.600 you fast forward through next year, so why you do that? 225 00:10:56.679 --> 00:11:00.480 Then you're kind of starting starting off fresh, right, So 226 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:02.600 I don't know. I agree with you, but I don't 227 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:03.440 know if there's a better option. 228 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:06.279 This is gonna sound crazy, and it just popped into 229 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:09.000 my head and it's late at night. I think Doc 230 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:10.960 Rivers would be the perfect coach. It's not gonna happen. 231 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:12.519 No, no, no, no, no, it's not gonna happen. 232 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:14.600 You don't think I think he'd work well. You don't 233 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:16.360 think he'd work well with these kids? 234 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:19.960 Now, I was I was reading yesterday that Doc Rivers 235 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.519 is one of the reasons why the Bucks feel confident 236 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:25.399 Yoannest will stay. Apparently they have a really good relationship. 237 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:27.159 Well, then he's not going to get anywhere. But I'm serious. 238 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:29.440 Think about Okay, been with me for a minute, think 239 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:32.559 about this. Okay, okay, Doc, when these guys are twenty 240 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:38.320 two to twenty three, not happening. Doc, Now, I tell you, 241 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:41.159 I think he'd be a great fit with them. It's 242 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:45.039 not gonna happen because I think because I think that 243 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:49.279 when players are mature. I mean you're talking about Jalen. 244 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.799 I think Jalen and Doc would be great at twenty 245 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:54.840 eight years old. I think they would connect. And I 246 00:11:54.840 --> 00:12:01.080 think and I also think Doc. I also think what 247 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.919 people didn't see with Doc is he also knew when 248 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:06.360 to kick some ass. I don't think Joe can do that. 249 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.840 I still think Joe, I don't. I don't think he can. 250 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:13.919 You know, I think Joe is he was Tatum's pick, 251 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:17.879 and I think he's one of the guys. I think 252 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:21.879 he's one of the guys. And I think Doc Doc 253 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:23.879 could do it. It's not going to happen. I'm just 254 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:27.120 talking on him, and you know what, but I you know, 255 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:31.600 if you could find maybe a Van Gundy, I don't know, 256 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.919 I think an older coach right now, because these guys 257 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:39.080 would listen, I think that could work. I don't know 258 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:42.879 who knows, I don't know. Maybe I don't know. Like 259 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:45.840 I think Rick Carlisle with this team would be great. 260 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:49.480 Yeah, I mean he's going to be What what Rick 261 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:51.159 Carlo is doing with the Pacers right now is making 262 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:53.360 him the most highly coded coach in the NBA besides 263 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:56.559 Daniel Wo's going to the finals right now. So yeah, 264 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.320 I mean he I totally agree with you. Doctors has 265 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:02.000 lost way too many Game seven's in recent years and 266 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:07.200 going with me, and he's done it with just about 267 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:10.039 every team that he's been on, but except this Bucks team. 268 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:13.000 But I think the idea, Look, I'm not sold on 269 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:15.360 Missoula right now, quite honestly, and next year is a 270 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:17.799 lame duck year, but I think the idea of a 271 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:21.320 veteran coach coming in with some pedigree, with these guys 272 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:23.919 is not crazy. Anyways, We're gonna take a break, We're 273 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:25.360 gonna talk. I want to talk about the Nicks and 274 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:27.480 the Patriots. Plus we still get Patriots to go to 275 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:32.759 and the sale of the Celtics with Jackson Tolliver next 276 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:33.840 on WBZ. 277 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:40.039 Nightie with Dan Ray on WBZ Boston's news Radio. 278 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:43.799 Uh, did you hear about Jackson Telliver with us talking 279 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:45.639 about the sets? Did you hear about the holiday thing 280 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:47.320 in Dallas? 281 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:50.320 Which one the one for PJ. Washington and Daniel Gafford? 282 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:53.639 Yeah, so yeah, I'm not concerned about what's coming back. 283 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.120 But do you think that it's because they're going to 284 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.480 get the kid from Duke, the kid from Maine with 285 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:00.559 the number one pick? Do you do you think it's 286 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:02.519 a wise move for them to bring in Holiday as 287 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:03.000 a veteran. 288 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:07.519 Oh? Totally yeah. I mean, so the roster would then 289 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:12.000 be you have either Kyrie or Drew running point, assuming 290 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:13.679 that Kyrie can come back reight because he towards a 291 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:18.399 cl and march I believe so, Uh, that should put 292 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:20.759 him on target to be back for a playoff run. Right, 293 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:24.720 But let's say let's let's do that without Kyrie's lineup 294 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:29.879 first you have Drew. You have a d obviously, and 295 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:32.799 then you have Flag and then whatever other pieces sort 296 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:36.720 of stick around after Uh, they do that Drew Holiday 297 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:38.879 piece right because they'd have to send something back to Boston. 298 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:40.799 But that's three right there. And then you throw Kyrie 299 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:44.519 in right before the playoffs. Uh, that's a pretty dangerous team. 300 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.120 And Dallas is so lucky to be in that position, man. 301 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:50.399 I mean, you've got a feel for teams like Utah 302 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.360 and Washington who were just so so bad all year, 303 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.879 and the one light at the end of the tunnel 304 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:57.559 is we have a chance to get this Cooper Flag 305 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:59.679 kid who's going to be you know, the next space 306 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:03.519 of the or whatever. And Tallas just you know, whether 307 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:05.960 or not you think it was rigged by the NBA, 308 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:10.919 Dallas has got gifted a perennial franchise guy. At least 309 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:12.679 it appears that way right now. So yeah, I think 310 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:14.159 that'd be a wise move for them, for sure. 311 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:18.080 Yeah, I mean I think I don't buy into the 312 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:19.919 rigged thing. I know everybody goes back to like the 313 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:22.799 NIXT getting Patrick Ewing and all that. I do not 314 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:24.960 think it was rigged. And I think if Cooper Flag 315 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:27.799 went to Washington, they'd screw it up because that team 316 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:30.320 should just be put out of business. I met the Wizards, 317 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:33.320 give me a break. I mean, they can't get anything right, 318 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:37.200 they really can't. They had general there, Gilbert Arenas. You know, 319 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:40.799 they had Porzingis, and Porzingis sucked there. The Wizards suck. 320 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:44.600 It's a terrible organization. They don't deserve Cooper flag. I'm 321 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:47.639 telling you that right now. But Okay, I do think 322 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:50.039 it's I think Holidays. I think it is time to 323 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:52.360 move holiday because I don't think he can help the 324 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:54.159 Celtics next year and I think his better days are 325 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:56.879 behind him. And if you can, if it can help 326 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:58.799 you down the road, and I don't know if it can, 327 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:00.159 I would move through HOLLI. 328 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.639 I'm moving toward Zingis ahead of Holiday. And I don't 329 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:05.960 know if that's recency biased and if that's because he 330 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:08.480 absolutely stunk it up in this last round of the playoffs. 331 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:12.080 But you know, you're talking about a guy who has 332 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.919 not been healthy throughout this playoffs run and throughout last 333 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:17.879 year's playoffs run. Right. Uh, he was, he was, he 334 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:19.559 was kind of you know, he came back for the 335 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:23.440 finals after getting injured in the first round had some 336 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:27.000 great moments for sure, but then got injured again, and uh, 337 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:29.960 it's it's an issue. Right, So if you're picking between 338 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:31.720 those two guys, I'm gonna go with the guy who's 339 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:35.480 a proven winner, who who is still, even at his age, 340 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:37.159 one of the best on ball defenders in the NBA. 341 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:40.440 I will I will die by that. Yeah, yes, totally. 342 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:42.559 But I mean, if you, if you, if you go 343 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:44.600 back to that series, to either one of the series, 344 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:47.399 right Watford was doing against Paolo Bancaro, who is way 345 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:50.960 taller than him, and and Watchford doing on Brunson, they 346 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:53.639 would just target switches throughout that series. But he did 347 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:57.320 a pretty solid job on Brunson, right, barring a couple 348 00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:59.360 of those games. But yeah, I would still put him 349 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:01.679 up there in that elite on ball defender category. And 350 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:04.640 he's a leader. Right. If holiday goes, who's the leader 351 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:07.400 on this team? Is it Brown? It's gotta be right? 352 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:09.640 Well, I think it's Brad. Yeah, I mean I and 353 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:12.000 I you know, Tatum will be a year older. I 354 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.599 think that they would be fine in that category. Okay, 355 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:18.640 let's get to the Nicks and the pictures, because I 356 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:23.880 know it's blasphemy here in Boston I don't like the 357 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:28.200 Nick organization. Okay, I don't like the Nick organization. I 358 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:33.359 think Madison Square Garden is a little overrated. I'm not 359 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:37.039 a fan of Chalomet and everybody. You know, Stiller on 360 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:41.119 the sideline, they become Los Angeles East. At least Spike 361 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:42.519 has been there for every game. 362 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:45.440 That is true, that is true. Give us props. 363 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:49.960 But I like the players. I like the players. Tims. 364 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.400 I know Tims a little bit. I like him too. 365 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:55.599 He coached here. I mean Tims can get stubborn, He's 366 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:58.960 could definitely get his fault sometimes. But I like the players. 367 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:01.039 How can you, you know, to be a basketball fan 368 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:02.279 and not like the Nick players. 369 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:07.160 Has got a ring in Boston, right? Yeah? Season? Yeah, 370 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:08.720 he was on the he was on the assistant on 371 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.519 the assistants bench. 372 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:11.480 I know you like twelve at the time. 373 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:19.279 Yeah, well basically I agree with you, Yeah, I I 374 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.920 do agree with you. I think Karlton Towns gets a 375 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:24.799 little too flashy for me sometimes, and maybe that's just 376 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:28.920 because he got so flashy against my team. But you 377 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:32.079 have to respect Bronson, right. I always love the undersized 378 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:34.519 guy who's just gonna punish you and it can just 379 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:36.519 do anything. On the court, right, kind of like Isaiah Thomas. 380 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:39.680 Isaiah Thomas is one of my favorite Celtics ever, just 381 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:41.960 because it's like, it's so inspiring to watch a guy 382 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:44.319 who's small and has you know, all odds against him 383 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:48.279 and just becomes a juggernaut on the court. Right. The 384 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:51.359 flopping thing bothers me a little bit and I and 385 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:53.759 I do buy into that narrative that I think the 386 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:56.920 foul baiting that Jalen Brunson does, while it is a 387 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:01.079 smart basketball play, uh, it's it's not a good product 388 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:03.279 to watch, and I don't like it. I just I 389 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:06.119 don't like it. And there's no one on the Celtics 390 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:09.720 who plays like that. And Brunton, to me, is one 391 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:11.319 of the worst defenders in the league. 392 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:11.519 Right. 393 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:13.640 It's it's it's like what Harden did a lot during 394 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:16.640 during his prime. Right, He'd average like thirty points over 395 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:19.799 like a four game stretch, but he would shoot so 396 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:21.559 many free throws and go to the line so many times. 397 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:23.759 It's a strategy, right, it's a it's a it's a 398 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:25.599 way to score and it's a winning strategy. I just 399 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:28.680 don't like watching it, But yeah, I do like the 400 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:30.759 next players and I like the Villanova aspect. I think 401 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:32.559