How the Boston Celtics Dominated the 2024 NBA Season | ALL NBA Podcast

[@GantryProductions]

You guys became my absolute favorite hoops podcast this year! When the playoffs were running hot and there was no shortage of podcast coverage, the All NBA Podcast was always my first listen. Adam and Legs - you guys are the best!! Excited to hear you'll continue during the offseason, and can't wait for next season!

[@manz7860]

I dont like that boston won. But i hate that the nba community is acting like this wasnt years in the making. Grats boston. They deserved it.

[@croatiankid6595]

As a Celtics fan I m happy asf the Celtics did it the right way they dint go out and get this super duper star to get this chip they never gave up on the duo of JT and JB they finally found the right complementary guys for JB and JT to get the job done !!!

[@jasonemery8039]

Well said, they never gave up on their home grown talent

[@tom-bd1860]

This was my most expected show to listen to after work during the whole year. Thank you guys!

[@ALLCITY_NBA]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jonathanr4160]

Thanks guys for all the shows this playoffs! Ive loved Tim for years but only found out about this podcast with Adam/Legs at the start of the playoffs this year. Also heard Legs contract is done with ESPN, so hoping they bring him back in some capacity since he's by far their best NBA analyst.

[@Jeremyfrommn]

Hope he goes to ESPN on a one year contract and then to be one of the faces of NBC’s coverage

[@mattpassos5689]

​@@Jeremyfrommnwhat a specific game plan, why one year at espn?

[@Jeremyfrommn]

@@mattpassos5689 NBC’s coverage doesn’t start until 2025-2026 season

[@yup2393]

Really want to give you guys your props! Adam is such a good host both in directing discussion and participating in it. He’s not afraid to pushback or present another point of view and creates for great in depth analysis. Tim is always great with how he articulates his points and his rationale behind them. The real basketball talk between you guys is genuine and a lot of fun to listen to! And of course a huge shoutout to Emma for everything she does behind the scenes, and it’s always great when she chimes in too! Really looking forward to how the show progresses throughout the offseason, and am beyond excited for when season 2 begins in October!

[@BasketballJones48021]

Been watching Legs for years, the best basketball analyst out there.. so, I really appreciate this podcast! Tim and Adam are great

[@jamalchurro5480]

Not even close

[@jkwalrus9723]

Great stuff and two of the best out. love seeing legs give Adam his flowers, yall are a great duo

[@garethpearce5255]

Why do American sports broadcasters/fans talk about "giving their flowers"? Where has this phrase come from? It seems a strange phrase for sport. Where I'm from, giving flowers is normally a thing you do for somebody who is sick, somebody who is grieving, somebody who's moved house, somebody who accomplished something, as an apology, a thank you, or as a romantic gesture. I struggle to connect exactly what this phrase is meant to mean in the context it's being used. Is it meant to equate with an apology of sorts?

[@Chill_Jamil]

It’s crazy for me cuz I hate the Celtics but I’m so happy for all the Celtics players that won.

[@tluvsbeauty1]

They’re just the chillest, nicest dudes😂 I do appreciate ppl like you who can separate team rivalry/hate from hating our guys, bc they just don’t deserve it, just bc of the jersey they wear. Cheers!

[@alexkingkaunda2545]

thnx guyz, i enjoyed the show throught the season on both youtube and spotify 😃

[@ALLCITY_NBA]

Thanks for listening

[@bostonsamus9466]

just discovered you guys' show, good stuff, I've subscribed!

[@kevinkhanhnara5036]

Al praise to Legs, he is the most professional and legit analyst today. I know he had Mavs to win but he is fair in criticism of them and gives Boston all the praise 👏 thru deserve. I'm a huge Mavs fan and I also praise 👏 Boston for whooping our ass, Congrats to them.

[@jamalchurro5480]

he is a casual. what kinda person in their right mind didnt think boston was gonna win. he didnt use his brain at all, just his bias feelings for dallas

[@bren226]

Was an awesome season with you guys and I appreciate the work put in to deliver this content. I hope you can keep it up. Also pretty sweet being a Cs fan rn 😉

[@drippington7967]

amazing people, analysts, and year!

[@nikolacvejic7270]

Thank you for the great show guys. Many of us will watch you for long time to come 😊

[@THEJAESTER718]

Just say you were wrong for picking the Mavs, Legler 😒🙄🍀😂🍀😂🍀😂🍀😂🏆

[@ilovekaiyko]

So many excuses from leglar when he can just say he clearly underestimated boston and overestimated dallas. anyone with a brain knew boston was winning this series

[@meccanised]

Legs f$&cked around anda found out😅 Cs in five.

[@walterharris7421]

😂😂😂😂😂 yeah he did ! Said it from the jump ! C’s in 5

[@dominicmurray7472]

Legler I love you man, but Dallas ain’t good enough, time to give us our flowers brotha

[@TheBasketballFanatic]

Just found the show this year. I love getting Legler’s analysis and insights wherever I can find it. Loved the show. Can’t wait for next year. P.S. Adam’s great too.

[@jaybee5269]

Best NBA show, by far. Thanks!

[@ALLCITY_NBA]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@jaybee5269]

@@ALLCITY_NBA I'm a Nuggets fan and really appreciate Adam and the guys - plus Tim is my favorite national analyst (and I saw him play in DC). Couldn't believe when you guys hooked up. There are basketball gods after all!

[@tluvsbeauty1]

Legs, I like you a lot, but I just can’t help but raise my eyebrow when you essentially argue that Boston didn’t blow you away with how good they looked compared to the Mavs, but that it was the Mavs who just played way below their potential😅

[@ctoaun23]

For real. Didn't give much credit to Boston's defense at all even though their scheme was excellent and executed very well by top tier defenders. At least Adam was there to be more balanced

[@steveee_]

sad

[@garethpearce5255]

I think he actually made some very good points. He noted how good Boston was, and that Dallas looked well below their best, and questioned how much was that because of Bostons defense. All seems pretty fair and balanced.

[@Thegangsta00711]

The Mavs did get rattled by the Celtics tenacity that’s why they did in a way play worse than they did vs the Thunder for example, PJ Washington and Jones and Kyrie were hitting big open shots vs them but couldn’t do it vs the C’s. I’m talking about open looks and shot making. The Celtics made it hard for the Mavs to score for sure, both things are true.

[@damoncawley1174]

Hope Legs gets over the disappointment of this series. He really seems crushed

[@jamalchurro5480]

he should be. he disrespected boston and he learned

[@GantryProductions]

For the best of at the end of the ALL NBA Podcast season, all I want to hear is Legs go OFF on how bad the Phoenix Suns were, "An abomination!" Was the absolute best. Legs going off makes my day.

[@brightBoss]

Legs what happened to Mavs in 6😅

[@tommorrissey4726]

Gonna need my fix of you guys over the offseason. Super excited you'll run it back.

[@Bobby_Digital37]

Everyone on Boston contributed at the exact time they needed to. Dallas is just not that good

[@Claire-ing]

Such a great point by Adam about the celtics "realizing it's not tatum's team". They did used to overly defer to tatum in a way that was really detrimental often and this team became more egalitarian and more of a team. Great to see

[@manz7860]

Was hilarious to see tatum try to activate hero mode and come up short time and time again.

[@juliomartinez7606]

Such a great podcast by you guys…love to tune in and just listen to basketball talk without all the other nonsense 🔥🔥🔥

[@timjoseph4085]

Legs, you were going to tear up with SVP hyping you up last night. So happy you doing a pure hoops podcast

[@iameric6636]

Thank you for a great season

[@kingofpancakes1278]

Gotta say, falling upon this show was a great mistake. Always felt basketball talk needed more Legler than the short segments w ESPN, and this show has delivered. Also a fan of the chemistry w Adam. Keep going!!

[@manz7860]

Time for all of us to eat crow on our terrible celtics takes.

[@EC52811]

Terrible is putting it nicely. I doubt we ever see a 64 win team this disrespected in the future.

[@croatiankid6595]

Media just went with the best player that’s all that is lol if anybody Ben watching basketball all season the Celtics destroyed the league all year

[@davidbright8913]

You actually do because it was really frustrating to hear all of your stupid takes. We didn’t believe them, but the disrespect for the body of work that the Celtics put together this year was hard to listen to. Apology accepted.

[@tluvsbeauty1]

Thank you for admitting it. Genuinely validating after the collective gaslighting we have to endure about our guys lol

[@diegobromfield]

These type of comments are borderline silly tbh. The core of the Celtics team gave the media and the fans legit reason to doubt them. Mfs acting like 2023 or 2022 never happened with those epic fails. Just celebrate the title if you are a Celtics fan and stop the nonsense. I can understand the players if they feel some type of way. They should. But everybody else should cut the crap. We have seen them be a top seed and fail when they had no business failing. They deservedly won this year.

[@JP-rl4bc]

Pritchard hitting the same half court shot twice in the same spot at end of the 1st half twice proved the Celtics were destined to win.

[@sketchison4005]

for real lmao, soon as he took that I just knew that shit was going in hahahah.

[@davidbright8913]

Destiny sounds like it’s something beyond the talent and hard work of the players and coaches. Not destiny but they did it.

[@JP-rl4bc]

@davidbright8913 don't read too deep into destined. My point is if that happens twice against the team you're facing, then you are destined to lose

[@cjaimez5895]

Yeah I feel like it was when Poole hit the deep 3 with time expiring, I think game 5. He had a couple that series

[@garethpearce5255]

Hard to beat a team that has shots like thta falling

[@lexi-conby]

So true legs. Look at steph when the first 3 mvps went to iggy and kd

[@calebbongalos3828]

Great takes for the Mavs.

[@seanisabel]

All the C's haters sound stupid now!! Go Celtics!!!

[@chelillingworth9466]

Celtics were very patient getting into the paint and making sure they got a good shot, if the C's didnt miss all of those point blank shots it would have been way more of a blow out

[@ariascola1771]

Celtics historically great team. Anyone who took the Mavs before the series is over as an analyst. Legs RIP.

[@razkable]

Easy path no big time legendary players playing great to worry about in their series.....

[@razkable]

Let them do it again then we can talk...all time teams do it for more than 1 year...

[@ObiWanShinobiSon]

Dallas was just a mid team that had fortunate matchups until the Finals.

[@felipearevalo2618]

or west is weaker than we make it out to be, i wanted dallas to win but man was hard to watch.. celtics also just that much better gotta give credit

[@gregallan2842]

16:20 Nobody deserves a championship more than Al Horford.

[@samuelweiner5382]

New stars in the league, you forgot to mention Jalen Brunson. He just came in fifth in the MPV vote.

[@Love.hammer999]

Everyone from Pritchard to KP fought with fire that’s why we won !

[@-deedee]

I think Luka will be good. He always improves each season and I believe he wants to win more than anything. He always takes accountability for his own mistakes after games and never blames his team even though they are to blame a lot of the time.

[@davidbright8913]

Naaah. He won’t give up drinking beer…. And that’s what he’ll need to do, but he won’t do it….

[@tluvsbeauty1]

You can’t solve clear emotion/anger dysregulation issues with “accountability” or even resolute determination and will power to just “not do it next time”. Stuff like this pretty much always needs some form of professional support. (I’m a training clinical psychologist btw, not just someone pretending to know pop-psychology stuff lol)

[@ctoaun23]

He takes accountability but then doesn't change. Hopefully he can...

[@-deedee]

@@ctoaun23 I agree. I believe this was a hard hit so he’s gonna be better next year. His team needs to be addressed too tho

[@croatiankid6595]

Mavs was defeated before the game even started lol I still don’t blame Luca tho kyrie only showed up in Dallas he was a no show for every away game

[@dennish4603]

It was great for Celtic fans! Sorry C's kick Luca ( aka No D) and companys azz

[@carlosguerra8557]

EZZZ MONEY BABY! A Celtics team without their 3rd best player only lost 3 games… watch out NBA

[@matthedlund502]

No mention of Jason Kidd's terrible coaching move of benching Lively when he got his first foul - a move that ignited the Celtics first run and set the tone for the rest of the game. Turning point in the game.

[@JGDRConsulting]

Correct Adam! It’s a team! That should be for all NBA teams!

[@KingoftheJungle214]

Grizz. Wolves. Okc. Mavs. Nuggets. That’s my forsure 5 next season in the west. Who else can be a threat?

[@DarkSaltsLETUSPLAYrpgS]

its obvious what mavs needs to do. get secure homecourt next season

[@WaveRider1989]

They need better plays on offense, can't have Luka dribbling, then Kyrie circus shots be the winning formula, West is only getting harder next season.

[@peteviksnins4656]

I pray Porziņġis has successful surgery and recovery. That guy is going to be doing physical therapy forever.

[@mattpassos5689]

I feel like most pros must have to right? With all the injuries and miles on the body

[@mikeg02]

Celtics dominated the whole league with the best record by far, and gentleman swept the surging Mavs in the NBA finals, absolutely destroyed the narrative that the west is superior to the east.

[@TheRobversion1]

Be kind to the celtics haters in your lives. Their narrative died this week. Tatum doesnt care about being HIM. he cares more about the celtics being THEM. LEGS is a notorious celtics hater. Bostons ppg was lower because they shot like shit for the whole finals. And still won.

[@WaveRider1989]

Kyrie and role players were day and night against Celtics vs MN. They left all their games and luck in MN i guess, which is too bad. It would've been nice to see kyrie playing well, PJ and others hitting open shots and closer games.

[@josephrafferty6763]

MN and Boston are also different animals defensively. I know MN statistically had the "better" offense, but Boston's was far more versatile, had far more guys to throw at Luka and Irving, and stepped it up in a big way defensively in the playoffs.

[@mollyweir9350]

It was more than hitting shots. It was paying attention to details, playing dmarter and willingness to do the dirty work. PJ was just ball watching last might instead of grabbing rebounds. How many times did you Jrue filing in & grabbing rebounds last night. Dallas had 13 threes just like Boston but was not attacking as much or crashing the glass resulting in Celtics getting tons of 2nd chance points. Sloppiness w/ the ball leading to some uncharacteristic turn over.

[@WaveRider1989]

@@josephrafferty6763 MN offense is the issue. Need more shooters and scorers.

[@WaveRider1989]

@@mollyweir9350 oh yes the effort wasn't there. And last night you can say they gave up knowing the inevitable series end.

[@ctoaun23]

It was the Celtics scheme too, giving Mavs guys above the break open 3's which they're much worse at than corner open 3's. Basically it wasn't luck.

[@JP-rl4bc]

Boston road wasn't chosen so I say I wish the Bucks were healthy along with the Knicks so it'd been a more interesting championship run because I feel they would've won regardless.

[@TPGReddo]

Luka as the screener should actually be a great look for the Mavs

[@skatedurr]

Dallas in 8

[@curtisgrindahl446]

Steph Curry did not receive the MVP. in the first three championship runs for the Warriors. He eventually got it with their fourth championship but it could be argued his performance in two of those earlier championships warranted the MVP that went first to Andre Igoudala and then to Kevin Durant. He never said a word because he has always been a team first player. Jayson Tatum strikes me as a team player as well. He'll have other chances because this is a really fine team. As a Warriors fan I'm grateful the Warriors beat them before this team put all the pieces together... and Steph got that MVP.

[@josephrafferty6763]

Agree

[@mollyweir9350]

Adam, jaggernauts? Come on!!

[@Purity21gk]

You guys did an amazing job with the show. Adam I'm super happy Denver is lucky enough to have you rep us well. Legs... well hes just a king. Great work by you and your crew.

[@17Clovers]

Wow these clowns, we definitely don't get good basketball analysis from these two. Look at the statistics and the facts. This was great basketball from a very good Boston Celtics team. Dallas was not up to it and the Celtics great defense was a big reason why. Can't believe these guys have a podcast people are listening to.

[@ariascola1771]

Legler's a fool. He said he took the Mavs in 6 "because of their talent and depth ...." over the team that dominated all season long and what was by far the deepest. Mavs? A 2 man team -- 1 and a half really lol -- has superior depth over Boston? Boston barely broke a sweat and tormented Dallas. Indiana was a lot better than Dallas, btw, as a Celtics fan.

[@Musso8771]

Ya I wanted Dallas to win, but I was stunned to see how many people thought Dallas actually could win. This was the most lopsided finals matchup I can remember and it seemed very obvious going into it.

[@davidbright8913]

Agree. I said it before the final started when everyone was dick riding Dallas that you’ll see in the end in Indiana was a tougher opponent. They win game one but for a miraculous JB shot and they had large leads over the Celtics in most of the games.

[@tluvsbeauty1]

Yeah like the narrative didn’t just make ppl devalue us, but also totally disregard how good the Pacers actually were… Despite it being the only sweep, it was BY FAR our most difficult series (and it wasn’t even particularly close with the 3 other teams we played). Not hating, but it really was the truth.

[@jamalchurro5480]

Mavs in 6?

[@YakosIoakim]

Boys, can you give us a mail of your colleagues who said that Kai and Luka are the best ever backcourt duo in the history of the NBA❤?

[@ksm4648]

Mavs fans non existent now.

[@santoperez8094]

The so called experts failed into two fundamental traps: 1) Recency Bias: Dallas came into the finals playing very well, but the Celtics 1-8 were more talented and proved it all year long. 2) They equated the best offensive player (Luca) with the best player overall: Luca was so bad defensively and that made him, probably, the third best player in the series.

[@razkable]

Celtics got a lot of breaks this year...doubt their season next year will be as healthy and have no real adversity with how thin they are...the only repeat champion in the modern post 10 team nba that didn't really have any major issues was the 97 bulls aka since the mid 60's celtics...even they went 6 games in the finals and could of gone 7 easily without a mj game winner in game 1....and that is with mj and pippen

[@malcolmwong5109]

Kyrie felt bad about what happened in Boston when he was on the team, guilty even.

[@juliothom2408]

Legler was against the Celtics from the beginning. It’s only bad for him because he had Dallas in 6. Celtics fans want wins 7,000 - 0.

[@gemmahernandez230]

What happened to your Mavs, Leggs???😂😂😂

[@timstile5840]

Legler how can you not say we saw great basketball...the celtics were one of the best teams all time on both offense and defense...you watched greatness... the best type of basketball...hard nosed 1 on 1 and defense and great team offense... I don't like ur narrative that celtics dominate and you say bad basketball

[@isaacvalencia2646]

❤❤❤❤

[@jessejamesgames8148]

Tatum was absoultely robbed of finals MVP.. im sorry, the Media was just hating on tatum.. Tatum got Brown wide open shots all series, while defending out of position all series having to guard centers to kill the mavs entire offense. Tatum was a better facilitator than Luka this series and people just ignored that.

[@steveee_]

tim leg still coping

[@razkable]

No way celtics win 64 games again and lose only 3 playoff games...they aren't the 96 and 97 bulls

[@SojiFro_0]

Steph Curry to the Spurs.

[@jacksondickery509]

Luka will mature. Mavs will win over the next 3 years

[@davidbright8913]

Nah. The reporting is that folks have been trying to get Luka to get in shape and stop complaining for years now. He’s hardheaded.

[@sketchison4005]

Saying it right now, the Mavericks need to trade for Mikal Bridges. Maxi and Tim plus a couple of picks, hopefully keep Josh, but if they need him too, do it.

[@mollyweir9350]

Thry need more than Mikal. He is too skinny. They need a bigger body versatile wing like Dort or OG on top of another guard who can break down defense who is a solid defender.

[@mollyweir9350]

I agreed with Leggs. Dallas did not play to the level I thought they would except for gm4 b/c they did not want to get swept especially on their home court.

[@sketchison4005]

@@mollyweir9350 I agree they probably need another piece or two, but Mikal would be perfect. He would fit right into DJJ's spot, and he's a much better offensive player, while arguably still being a better defender. I like the idea of Gary Trent or Klay as well.

[@sketchison4005]

@@mollyweir9350 Also, having watched the Mavs all year, I think Jaden Hardy will grow up to sort of be that third ball handler, he has great natural scoring skills, just needs to slow down his game a bit. Another off-season with Kai will really benefit him.

[@chrish2112]

Brooklyn ain't trading Bridges. Get a grip on reality.

[@dremoore5329]

This dude a clown

[@coreyhiggins6890]

Denver was close....before losing by 45 then losing game 7...they were closer than the mavs...

[@SkwisgaarSkwigelf-69-420]

Let these finals be another reminder that NBA teams are too talented to win a chip playing heliocentric basketball.

[@arbikoum805]

Boston fell below their average in scoring bcz of porziņģis being injured.

[@justa335]

Still bitter... 😂😂😂

[@lzalab2286]

Celtics is the better team players period . Mavs is good but it is what it is they lost no excuses here . We don’t care about the commentators feelings , you can see your psychiatrist later 😂

[@ThomasBeauchemin-z4b]

HYPOCRITES!!!

[@provjawn]

Strongly disagree with Legs on his Al Horford take, he was not a good teammate or contributor at all when he was on the Sixers. Will forever be remembered for his lack of effort and terrible attitude in my eyes.

[@mollyweir9350]

Well this is why you need to make dure Morey don't sign a guy who only cares about the $$ b/c it's sound that it what you are saying previous mgmt did when they sign Al. He only wanted the $$'

[@chrish2112]

Sorry about you being wrong. Stop talking.

[@JonathanR-k8g]

To be fair, look at the line up at the time they put him on lol. Ben Simmons, Tobias Harris, Joel Embiid, and Horford. That's 2 centers, a power forward, and a point guard who plays like a power forward because he can't shoot. Terrible spacing and fit. It was doomed to fail even before he stepped on the court.

[@provjawn]

@@mollyweir9350 Morey didn't sign Horford, check your facts

[@provjawn]

@@JonathanR-k8g Brett Brown wanted to run "bully-ball" which Horford would have been a good fit if he actually was bullying anyone. The clown didn't put in any effort when he was on the Sixers and reports stated that he was not a good teammate when he was there. It was apparent he was just there for the bag.