Kristaps Porzingis Says He WILL PLAY in Game 1 | Celtics NBA Finals Practice

[@WordsinSpanishSam]

I’m a native Spanish speaker and OMG KP is *fluent* fluent. Like no accent, no trepidation, he speaks like he’s of Spanish-speaking descent!! God damn this made me love him even more. Lets go KP! BANNER 18 🎊 🎉 🍀

[@thomasc2394]

He lived in Spain for a while

[@reggiep3871]

Buying his jersey after seeing this

[@thedavephan]

same with luka

[@CARBONHAWK1]

I was like this some AI type thing 😂

[@monchiscastorena8768]

It's almost better than his English

[@pete3198]

This team of guys is so easy to root for. From Tatum down to Horford they are just all such good, humble and well mannered guys. It really feels like there are zero egos on this team, and that's exactly what you want when you're battling together for a title.

[@littleface]

Great comment ✅ Agreed🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@briankgruber]

Well said. I agree entirely. Love watching all of their pressers. Jrue is amazing. Brown. Horford. All of them. I am proud to root for this team. Impressive culture and humanity.

[@senorwavyy]

He has so much confidence in his face lol gotta like this guy. I hope he comes out and torches the mavs

[@michaelhowell2809]

Thats what I thought. I forgot he played with Luka too. He got nothing to be scared about

[@thecommentsection9877]

Chill, I got money one the mavs lol

[@bleedingreenbetty9795]

​@thecommentsection9877 well that was silly of you! Lol

[@Redx666lfg]

@@thecommentsection9877f yo money loser

[@HvacMaster30]

@@thecommentsection9877 Might as well have flushed that money fam.

[@marcprophet]

Boy was out here sounding like Kristamous Porzando

[@ke3p1tco0l2]

GOAT COMMENT

[@MDCYouTube]

😂

[@danielheusler3441]

Bro 😂

[@ApeManULTRA]

😂💀💚 Vamos, Celtics! ☘

[@chris-2496]

Ronaldo is Portugese

[@allensmith9879]

He deserves this, great guy. Hated to see him get injured he was playing at an unbelievable level not just scoring for himself but passing making the right play and his defense he’s a shot blocking threat the Celtics have missed ever since Robert Williams was traded.

[@FM_Chatti]

"It's all about winning another banner".. Awesome! LFG!!!

[@jhp4012]

Let’s go KP! Celtics in 4

[@blackashketsoup7330]

That'd be great, but I think it's going to be a tough series

[@ericfleming347]

That's a little crazy gonna be hard to take out that team without them getting 1 I think it will go 5 possible 6 but I think the national media are seriously underestimating how good this Celtics team is a lot of them are about to eat their words

[@Nextweekdave]

@@ericfleming347according to the national media, the Dallas Mavericks are the best team in the history of the earth! Luka has never lost a game. Kyrie walks on air and water. Luka and Kyrie score 150 points per game combined.

[@Theycalldexter]

☘️☘️☘️

[@bobmouse1178]

@@ericfleming347bro yall are favorites to win this what you yapping about, yall not the under dogs 😂

[@Bossm9n]

he is going to hit the first shot and MAKE the first shot. Lets fucking go ☘☘☘

[@jzzft11]

Go Celtics, go KP. Wanna see him hit most of his threes in the first quarter!

[@jzzft11]

Lets win this one for Al!

[@wallbangingkapone]

Exactly big Al horford can go out on top.

[@Leoc314]

Bro. Kristaps speaking spanish blew my mind. I had no idea

[@dylandude27]

Ikr, Luka did too. It’s crazy how common it is for Europeans to speak multiple languages. Makes me want to learn another one! lol

[@briangarcia2358]

There is a fun interview he did with Chris Foresberg and he talks about what music he listens to when him and JB ride to practice. He listens to Spanish music , reggeton, cumbias, Spanish trap.. he’s about it.. love him. He’s welcome to my CarneAsada (bbq) any day.

[@iloveit7301]

Luka and Kristaps both played in the Spanish league when they were really young and are both fluent in Spanish

[@zachzobair3875]

he played in spain before coming into the NBA!

[@hf8056]

wtf yo

[@jamaldee2355]

Welcome back baby!!! We miss ya bro

[@rihardsgr]

This went much better than previous presser.

[@1flame8]

I believe the last presser was a little awkward because KP didn't want to give them any solid answer on if he would be playing in game 1 because Mazzula and the Celtics don't want the Mavs to know what their plans are until it's almost game day.

[@mvegacr]

Que bien KP haciendo el cambio entre español e inglés. Let's go Celtics! ☘

[@kierenmoore3236]

This whole team is so classy. It won’t be easy, at all - but it’s their time … Celtics in 6 ☘️🏆💪

[@shawnmarques7117]

With Kp it will be easy Celtics in 5 without him it wouldn’t be easy 6-7

[@therealdarrell282]

@@shawnmarques7117Celtics are ready. It is going to awesome seeing this team celebrate Banner 18.

[@hunterx5niper461]

Lol watching this team all year this is DEFINITELY going to be EASY 😂 🥱 celtics in 4. We're gonna watch the most dominant finals sweep of ALL TIME. Dynasty forming 😉

[@hardywoodaway9912]

@@hunterx5niper461lol, this team has to proof if it’s good. this isn’t some injured eastern conference team. Mavs in 5

[@kristyvelazquez769]

Let's go Celtics!

[@RicoDixon-fq1ks]

Welcome Back KP ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️💚💚💚💚 🏆

[@anxietypng]

That little smirk from question 2 says it all

[@thetaikonaut8397]

His spanish is great.

[@GaryBruyere-f9b]

The KP smirk is legendary!

[@Ozzyinthahouse]

Nice interview he looks really sharp, hopefully he can remain injury free. Looking forward to tomorrow, it's gonna be an awsome battle 💥💫💪

[@stephyfra1243]

I love this guy sm ☘️

[@Theycalldexter]

Let’s goooo💚☘️☘️

[@nicardowood4993]

My Celtics will win, it will be very challenging and emotional, coach has stated that mental is as much powerful then talent, I believe they will pull it off like the warriors did when we fault against them, this is a experience game and the Celtics will live in that moment

[@martinalbert29]

I just hope he does not get an injury in the series 🙏

[@kevinhuynh9430]

Hopefully these Mavs are not more dirtier than Miami 😢

[@drznx]

Venga, vamos, Celtic!

[@ChrisM-zm4li]

We'll probably have to mostly rely on Horford for most of games 1 and 2, but hopefully KP will feel good and get into rhythm for the bulk of the series.

[@cotysoliz]

true but i think he’ll get in the rhythm game one at some point but you are right

[@1standTunaPodcast]

HOW DARE HE SMILE

[@Nextweekdave]

Stephen Ass Smith is just stupid!

[@Prince__Major]

Right … literally act like you been here before

[@JulianLopera-bl6te]

@@Prince__Majorbro what y’all don’t expect to be happy and excited to play in the nba finals 💀 he’s not a robot he’s a human

[@Prince__Major]

@@JulianLopera-bl6te lmao bro I’m pretty sure the first comment was trolling Steven a smith about the previous video of Porzingis and i was just going along with it calm down

[@JulianLopera-bl6te]

@@Prince__Major ma fault Brodie 😂

[@carolynbarr770]

Welcome back KP!! Let's get ur done!! 🏀🏀

[@dremarley4388]

his Espanol skills are pretty good..

[@Jan7kowa11]

God dam love you KP!! Welcome back!!! I'm also a Luka fan, so let the best team win!! 🐴🍀

[@wallbangingkapone]

KP will be the game changer.

[@jasondavis1949]

Media are like vultures and often ask dumb and redundant questions. KP speaking Spanish fluently threw me off. Hopefully it's just a mental thing that will fade after he gets a few buckets. Truly a unicorn. Banner 18 coming.

[@DWS205]

The way you phrased it sounds like you are implying speaking Spanish will mess his game up lol

[@jasondavis1949]

@@DWS205 good catch. Hopefully his Spanish doesn't throw his game off. Lol. He doesn't seem confident but hopefully that fades.

[@emeraldcrowley9837]

It's like I want to believe but I have witnessed heartbreak from the Celtics so it's hard to have all the confidence because we have been down this road before

[@gena4ka]

Hes in form. That bicep at the end! uhh

[@aleksejspsenovs6782]

KP Great player in best team in NBA! Good luck!

[@nickstah9184]

If he’s effective and healthy this is a 5 game series. If he’s playing injured and hindering the team I will have concerns

[@thebigthreesolos5603]

Ehh if he is just put Al in they he has been playing for almost the whole playoffs

[@lucysapphire]

As long as they sub him out if he’s struggling it’s fine. Al got us this far. I love KP but he’s just a bonus at this point.

[@arbikoum805]

I still don't see how Boston is going to steal a game in this series.

[@nickstah9184]

@@arbikoum805 u mean the Mavs? Boston is gonna get atleast 2 wins

[@arbikoum805]

@@nickstah9184 I said boston, Dallas in 4.

[@jzzft11]

Classy guy!

[@32zoburisk]

I know KP be pulling all the Latina shorties with that fluent Spanish 😂💯

[@armandorodriguez6447]

This dude I validate for sure, BALLA PAPÀ DARLE PELA A TODO 👍🏽👍🏽

[@chumaifezue4896]

Tingus pingus, LETS RUN IT😤😤💪🏿💯

[@shawnmarques7117]

It would be nice if the Celtics win it for Bill Walton and Al.

[@rednaxelahcitorfaznebo2830]

If KP is healthy and he'll not miss any game in the finals, Celtics have a very good chance to win its 18th NBA championship.

[@mirupacha]

Gracias Kristaps ✊🏾💚🤎☘️

[@bryan.flores]

His Spanish is better than his english, very impressivd

[@ryanwaidalowski9221]

I think KP is gonna go nuts

[@patrickbello8130]

Kp!!!!

[@Philthy_sloth]

How many reporters he got lol 😂

[@FizzSix]

I’d keep him at about 15-20 mins for game 1, and see how he responds. If he’s good going forward - ramp it up.

[@hectorirene763]

Play him the non Tatum minutes to keep up offensively.

[@TEDSHOTTHAT]

I agree

[@Gumiho-34]

And we did paly him 20mins thats good

[@TEDSHOTTHAT]

@@Gumiho-34 yes great managed mins

[@j.e.t.lifetothenextlife200]

why KP look like Thanos 😂

[@kamarporter6099]

I wonder if KP and JB speak Spanish fluently together lit 🔥

[@johnduff1510]

No way is he gonna be a 100 percent but I personally think he'll make the difference if they can get enough out him .

[@Beantown-ww1cr]

KP 4more 💪☘️☘️💪

[@aligindahouse7777]

Habla bastante bien el castellano

[@staz8999]

I’d like to preface this by saying that I played basketball in NYC in an all primarily black high school and got my nick name from the brothers playing at The Cage and at Rucker Park. We were all trying to emulate what Larry Bird was doing on the playground and it was impossible for us. We loved the Lakers and especially the Boston Celtics. Personally, my hope for Boston is to do what Derek Jeter used to say when things were down, “that the ghost would show up eventually.” Boston go and get this and hang number “18”up high!!!

[@kymessi10]

Well he goes off, 20points in 21 mins, looking good both ends

[@dmccaffreydm]

That thumbnail made me think he was injured again! 😂

[@cooldonnyd8647]

I did a second look, you are right

[@Br4nd0n94]

Lmao

[@Ace-v6r]

Ur not smart

[@dmccaffreydm]

@@Ace-v6r They have changed the thumbnail now, he was genuinely grimacing in the original one.

[@sunnysmilesmusic8375]

He speaks Spanish too?!

[@jerrybuckley8893]

Who TF is Tingus Pingus!? Ohhh god what did they do!? Hope he’s really good to go and he’s not coming back a few days too early. Wonder if sitting him for game 1 to see if we can steal the first game and get him 3 extra days off rest. But they know better then me, might be as good as it’s gonna get for a while and 3 extra days might not make a difference. But there’s 3 days between most of the finals games. If more days would really help him get close to 100% I’d say sit him til game 3 and just make sure to get 1 in Boston. I’ll take a 5 game series with a almost healthy Tingus Pingus

[@ty101ty]

Al got another Spanish speaker on the team to talk to lool

[@AbwonUno]

Lemme find out KP be eating mofongo

[@snowlattes0623]

You wouldn’t really know he’s European he dosent have much an accent like joker or Luka

[@vilhelmine3316]

Because Luka and Jokic are from Balkans, its deep Eastern Europe. KP is from Latvia, which is more north and usually people from this region do not have so huge accent and use English more often then Serbians (Jokic) and Slovenians (Luka).

[@chriscastellanos3985]

☘🏀☘🏀☘🏀☘🏀🏆

[@picesnl61]

Celts in 4 😤(game 2loss)

[@warriorsfan96]

Why the mad emoji tho….

[@Sitrastic]

Celtics in 5

[@Michaelstrout-vd6jy]

We beat them in the regular season 2 times

[@valuedlandscape]

"can you translate to english?" "no"

[@Djohnson89]

☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️💪🏾

[@jermainerodgers]

kp for 3

[@mujin70]

He speaks Spanish?!

[@TEDSHOTTHAT]

🍀

[@SiGFiG11]

I got a feeling Tingus pingus is gonna throw game 1 😂 less shots for Horford the better though so can’t complain

[@glokspapi-ls2ji]

bobby you need to learn spanish 🇲🇽 🗣️

[@Christian-eq6pq]

If Luke Kornet spoke it, Bobby would learn

[@glokspapi-ls2ji]

lol 🃏🃏

[@Drfresh1402]

If Mavs play at Luca’s pace they will lose the series. Boston loves slow paced basketball. They need to blitz Boston.

[@jamalymall]

Mavs aren’t built to sustain fast play. They’ll be gassed

[@4ubrandon]

We just played one of faster paced teams in Pacers, and mavs aren't no faster

[@planetstats4962]

mavs in 6

[@Robin-xt7yo]

Elon Musk AI bot has predicted the Celtics will win in 6! 🍀

[@Oldmanstillgotit]

What if he wasn’t hurt and they faked it ? It’s JUST a question 😭😭

[@chavoFRM860]

Mavs in big trouble if he’s even 70% + 🤣☘️ simple & im pretty sure he is he was ready game 4 vs pacers & we’ve given him ANOTHER 10 days since

[@Oldmanstillgotit]

@@chavoFRM860 I got Cs in 5 🍀🫡

[@corpr8dystopia778]

It’s all a big roos

[@anthonybagley7768]

​@@chavoFRM860 man Celtics in trouble bra the pacers was slapping them

[@CelticsGirlFlintWorld]

​@@anthonybagley7768slapped them all the way to a sweep?

[@Dynamic_Mercenary]

He looking too smug for me 😂😂😂but goodluck

[@dennisb57]

Well if you want to play for my Boston Celtics you need to get your body from top to bottom physically fit to play Basketball. Every year you get hurtled several times during the season. This is something you shouldn’t taken care of years ago. Do whatever you have to do to be depended upon to play. This getting hurt all the time has got to STOP if you want to NBA Basketball like Luka you have to get your Body in Physical condition to play.

[@mirupacha]

☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🏀🏀🏀🏆 Los Celtics de Boston #42🇩🇴 # 8 🇱🇻 # 7 🔥 # 0 🧨 # 4 🪢 # 9 🪶 #11 🤼‍♂️ #30 3️⃣ #40 ⚔️ #26 ❌ #12 ⚡️