Is This FINALLY The Year For The Celtics?

The Boston Celtics filled a Marcus Smart sized hole in their roster by trading for Jrue Holiday. Along with the acquisition of Kristaps Porzingis, this Celtics team looks a bit different than it has in recent years. Can Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown lead Boston to the first championship of their era? #basketball #commentary #nba
0:00 Intro
0:44 Celtics' Depth
2:51 Other Teams' Depth
3:57 Boston's Not Done
5:41 Top of the Tops
7:49 The Jrue Problem
9:11 The Jrue Solution
10:41 Is It Enough?

[@rustybuckets]

Full first reaction to the Jrue Holiday trade: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYm6k6l5p5mqa5I

[@sconartist]

‘Marcus Smart’ and ‘reliable 3 point shooter’ should never be in the same sentence

[@peekzfanaccount314]

There was a playoff game years ago when he dropped like 3 or 6 3p at the end of the game to get the Celtics the win he locks in trust

[@phantom_isle]

​@@peekzfanaccount314but he also has games where he goes 0/10, hence he isn't reliable. I agree with you he can have those games where he just pops off

[@mattpassos5689]

Unless separated by “was never a”

[@Jeehaun]

It’s always been so funny to me that Celtics and Lakers stuff does so well in most videos because you either like one of those teams or hate those teams and I’m here for it 😂

[@emannuellgomes1624]

Saying the Celtics got rid of their consistent players for inconsistent players is just wrong. The only consistent player they got rid of is grant and he’s not even that consistent. Brogdon with his injury, rob with his and Marcus being Marcus and it’s not that big of a difference with the new guys.

[@mimosajd]

It also highlights, one of the pros of Jrue trade is that he’s a facilitator, and he’s going to be expected to do that and defense. If he can add some scoring too, great, but if he had the ball in his hands, it opens up Jaylen and Jayson to a.) not lose the ball which hurts every time & b.) means they can hunt which when they’re both cooking, can’t beat them.

[@burna2650]

If it wasn't for Grant they would've never beaten the Bucks in 2022 though. Don't forget that part.

[@mattreynolds110]

Yeah don’t know how you could call Brogdon, timelord or smart consistent. Brogdon was only here one year and was injured for the playoffs, timelord is always injured or below 100% for the playoffs, and smart was the most inconsistent offensive player on the team. Grant Williams also played himself out of the lineup last season. Jrue might not be a beacon of consistency but he’s a upgrade over smart regardless. And Porzingis has consistency issues like Rob, but his peak is much higher and much more dynamic.

[@paquinraino8180]

@@mimosajd Jrue is that consistent especially when come playoffs time

[@rome8180]

Jayson Tatum just had his best season because he got to play power forward. I strongly disagree that it was an "issue" for them. They were still one of the best defensive rebounding teams in the league and one of the best defensive teams. But because they didn't play two bigs all the time, the driving lanes were actually open. I don't understand why people obsess so much over the deficiencies of "small ball" when the tradeoffs are so clearly worth it. Fortunately for me, Mazzulla also doesn't like two-big lineups. I would almost bet you money that it's going to be Tatum at the 4 with one big.

[@uwannasee_greatness]

his "best season" maybe in counting stats but his off the dribble game fell off a cliff, and his defensive intensity was lost. If he can get back to those two things we talking.

[@christiancrowley3638]

@@uwannasee_greatness Tatum was still great defensively, I think you are thinking about Brown.

[@steph3430]

Rusty a casual. Celtics were top 3 in defensive rebound % and their best defensive rebounders were Tatum and brown.

[@drexelspivey872]

They 100% are going to run Tatum at the four. It’ll be: Pg - jrue Sg - white Sf - brown Pf - Tatum C - porzingis Big Al off the bench and they’ll sign like a nerlens Noel to a vet minimum to do exactly what Robert Williams did then maybe another 3 and d wing and a ball handler and this is the best team in the mba by a long shot

[@kushpapikoolface4801]

I agree with Tatum at the 4 being a problem for the Celtics. He’s definitely able to play the position but I think it’s makes it easier for other teams to guard them with him at the 4. Having a PF would help create mismatches on offense. Brown is a 2 and Tatum is a 3 naturally. However, other teams guard them with there 3 and 4. Example, Tucker and Harris on Brown and Tatum which left Harden and Maxey(1 and 2) on White and Smart. If Celtics had a 4 and played Brown and Tatum at the 2 and 3, then our teams 4 would be able to take advantage of the others team’s 1 and 2 guarding our 4. Would make the offense a lot smoother and eliminate a lot of the stagnant offense we often see from them. At the very least, it would make teams change coverage if there 1 and 2 are getting taken advantage of by our 4 which would mean Brown or Tatum could have an easier matchup if coverage has to switch up. In that regard I agree. It was killing me watching the other teams best wing defenders locking up the Js and watching Smart and White not be able to take advantage of guys like Harden, Maxey, Strus, Vincent, I mean damn, I even watch Trae Young guarding Smart on the ball in R1. Trae is never on the ball, he’s usually the guy guarding the guy standing in the corner even if he was 10 feet tall.

[@andrewlund6596]

Maybe... but do we really trust senior citizen Horford and Porzingis to hold down the paint against the likes of Giannis, Embiid, Jokic, AD, etc? EDIT: To all the Celtics dickriders, Giannis literally dropped his career high (55 pts) on Porzingis, and sure “aL hOrFoRd cAn StOp GiAnNiS”… he’s in his late 30s do you honestly think he can reliably lockdown PRIME GIANNIS for 40-45 minutes in a playoff series? Plus now that they have Dame spacing the floor Giannis is going to get more open looks

[@ebenezeronile]

Even if they did find someone, ain’t nobody in the league stopping Jokic. Giannis maybe and Embiid most definitely and as for AD not really sure.

[@jackrippeyoung9019]

Why do people keep asking this question like we don’t keep seeing Al horford doing exactly this. Will Al lock down everything all regular season? No but who cares the Celtics can coast to a top 3 of not 2 seed and Al horford has shown he can guard Giannis as good as you could ask

[@sohamkar874]

Why is this a question when we've seen them get past Giannis and Embiid in multiple postseasons so far?

[@ebenezeronile]

@@jackrippeyoung9019 Al Is 37 years old, at some point that dude won’t be able to guard Giannis for long spans of the game. Also the Celtics are kinda overrated just as much as people overrated the bucks.

[@RevivingLogic]

​@jackrippeyoung9019 that was when you could double him, you can't do that when it'll leave Dame open.

[@user-ow2cf3do4i]

Being a celtics fan and knowing your prediction history, i feel pretty good about our chances

[@jamaalsjourney]

Glazing 101

[@cp3isBetterThanDrose]

@@jamaalsjourney y’all new gen are only capable of saying rizz,gyatt, glazing, & ayo

[@Uniquelyuzi]

You guys have always been favorites the past few years recently and still didn't make it, yall blew up this past season & 2 seasons ago against my warriors. I can't lie a real basketball fan but bucks seem to be favorites coming out of the east this year & the Wild West it's very unpredictable recently

[@narrow3601]

​@Knowns.1 well yeah bucks are favorites how can they not be, but I'm expecting an all time great series that can go either way when it comes to the inevitable bucks vs celtics series

[@mathis8007]

This will probably be a year where the Celtics play 82 games in the regular season .

[@DivineAura1]

This will be one of the the seasons of all time for Celtics.

[@codyjohns6931]

All I know is if the celtics win 16 playoff games this season they will be the champs

[@bassmin954]

Watch them reach the finals of the in-season tournament and play 83

[@blacklyfe5543]

​@jazzminredovic4320 no their's 82 games in a season

[@marcusht7352]

The Celtic’s best players all have history of having offensive lapses in the big playoff moments. It feels like unless Tatum overcomes the playoff inconsistency bug, this team will constantly be doomed to the same result

[@UnconventionalReasoning]

Having Holiday be the primary ball handler will take pressure off Tatum, which should help him be more consistent.

[@henryg4315]

if mazzulla puts porzingus at the 4 and horford at the 5 in the starting lineup that is the most absurd spacing i have ever seen, im scared for any defense tryna stop all four scorers.

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

@@henryg4315 I don’t see how any team can stop the Celtics. Porziņģis is going to be unstoppable because you cannot double him. I just don’t see how teams will stop them.

[@UnconventionalReasoning]

@@henryg4315 Yes, and Holiday's only tasks can be distribute and defend.

[@Bretde1]

Tatum just averages 27/11/5 last year in the playoffs. He scored 51 in game 7 vs the 76ers. 43 on the road vs the bucks in an elimination game 6 the year before. He's stepped up plenty of times. He just set the record for the most 30 point games in a playoff run. It's a weird incorrect ESPN talking point. Is he Jordan or Bird? Nope...but he's also not even at his peak yet. Let's see what happens this year

[@jakdee1295]

They traded consistent players for most inconsistent players? Maybe if you’re talking about Smart but Rob has had terrible availability, especially when it matters most. And Brogdon still has whatever injury he has been carrying. Jrue will be more available than Brogdon and Rob and Porzingis will be at least AS available as Rob.

[@TeRraAwTisM]

Consistent you're a contradicting mf , smart was ranked the 27th worst PG Robert Williams missed so many games Yeah consistently bad and injured yes

[@na-et2gp]

I feel confident saying if the buck or celtics dont win this year another team will

[@CaptainProx]

I think this trade giving guys like Payton Pritchard more playing time will be more impactful than people are expecting He’s always been a great offensive punch off the bench who’s reliable and sparks energy into the squad which we need

[@natedawg1007]

He should have a huge increase in minutes. He’s now the 3rd point guard

[@user-ze6ns9pq2y]

He deserved minutes years ago

[@imdbtruth]

I do like him.

[@theheebs100]

I think it will be impactful, but not in a good way

[@goldmo2427]

He needs real time to cook he’s talented offensively and his defense ain’t terrible for his size

[@JayTeeGR]

The Bucks lack tall wings which means no perimeter defense, this will really cause some problems especially during the post season... The Celtics on the other hand, have lost nearly every player who could match Giannis besides Horford. I feel both teams will make some additional moves until the trade deadline, since both of them are really pressured to win this year. I can't wait for the season to start...✊🏀 -edit When i say "tall wings" i mean 6'7-6'9 guys with enough mobility to switch really fast and contest shots. 🤔

[@xHyperActive0]

I don’t know why this isn’t being talked about more but the bucks resemble last years cavs to an outstanding level. The bucks have really good interior defenders but literally no good perimeter defenders and the Cavs with the same type of team got absolutely cooked in the playoffs because of it. So people saying that we’re overthinking need to go back and look at that cavs team.

[@anonymoususer2080]

Yeah... no we dont. We have crowder, marjon, ajj that could contribute if given reps. We have the bodies.

[@86lanzo]

Bobby Portus, Chris Middleton, Pat conington,Jay Crowder Are tall wings who're decent defenders Bucks where top 3 defense last seasong and it wasnt just because of Jure .. They were also the best team at defending the 3 After losing Jure and carter their defence will definitely take a significant hit but make no mistake the foundation of their defense is Bruck lopez and Giannis.. The bucks can still go big with Lopez ,Giannis,Portis,Conington

[@uwannasee_greatness]

please for the love of God, can we take a deep breath? The Bucks issue has been defense, even if you want to argue that certain wings have caused them issues on that end of the floor. Their main issue has been their . Giannis is my favorite player of all time, and I agree his lack of elite half court shot making caps their offensive ceiling. With one of the *greatest* half court players in NBA history now his running mate, that issue could have been potentially addressed. For as good as Jrue is, he doesn't address the Celtic's main issue their lack of elite ball handling and decision making in close games. That's why they struggled to put away the Hawks, the 76ers, and went down 3-0 against the Heat last playoffs. Their two best players can at times be poor ball handlers (Brown) to erratic ones (Tatum). Not to mention, they have a tendency when it gets tight to jack up pull up threes when nobody on that team is elite at it. The Bucks have two guys who are elite at that skill.

[@xHyperActive0]

@@86lanzo Crowder in the minutes that he played last year was terrible on both offense and defense and no way y’all really think that Portis is a good defender cause he’s not, he constantly gets pulled in the playoffs cause opposing teams hunt for him and get easy buckets off him.

[@dbrownwind]

RustyBuckets good commentary good analysis. I think you’re spot on with your evaluation of the Celtics and the Milwaukee bucks. It’s going to be exciting in my opinion if injuries can not affect the situation. It’s been a while since I’ve seen one of your videos on basketball. This was a good one. I look forward to seeing more of your messages, keep up the good work. Oh yeah, by the way, I’m a Lakers fan, but I like the NBA as full as they are playing.

[@Bretde1]

Jrue's shooting dips in the playoffs for sure. That happens with most guys. But his averages are about the same. He went 19/7/8 in the playoffs last year. Important to stress that he's going to be the 4th option on this team. His primary job will be to play lock down defense with White, and create for others.

[@paquinraino8180]

His dips offensively is more than just simple stats, also because of that the Bucks couldn't pass the Celtics in 2022, y'all really think Bucks let him go for no reason

[@Bretde1]

@@paquinraino8180 I think the bucks let him go because they're desperate to try and keep Giannis. They're going to really feel that loss on defense. Jrue will be the 4th option in Boston and can focus on being a playmaker. I'm not worried about a shooting dip. It's nitpicking

[@bpdmf2798]

A guy like Holiday falling off offensively in the playoffs probably has to do with him obviously guarding the best perimeter player on the other team and the playoffs are harder and the minutes are longer per player.

[@Cj_307]

Imo if the Celtics don’t win this year then someone has to go

[@jonathansmyers2086]

A bunch guys already got kicked out bro

[@scottbardsley284]

JB and Jrue for Embiid

[@wimpykidgreg]

yea.. the coach.

[@enigmafiresup4658]

@@jonathansmyers2086I think he’s talkin about JB or JT

[@MilwaukeeMax]

The Celtics have no chance of winning a championship this year.

[@Max-wp1ob]

great vid like always

[@mattydaddy3162]

By far the best starting 5 in the NBA

[@blacklyfe5543]

Nope not even close

[@flncs422]

Bucks?

[@W-mans26]

⁠@@blacklyfe5543 who tf else? The suns? Bro beal is overrated asf and Tatum clears Booker and kp holiday and jb make up for KD.

[@MoGhadas]

Celtics, Bucks, Suns, Nuggets all top heavy, weak benches for the most part. May the best (healthy) team win.

[@blacklyfe5543]

Warriors, Lakers 76ers and Miami Heat

[@eliasjoslin8402]

Celtics in third is wild bro

[@tmclaug90]

I think Lamar Stevens will replicate what Grant Williams did on defense. Dude is built like a tank and very agile. Can hang with Embiid and Giannis for a bit. People under estimate Porzingis defensively. He is almost as heavy as Giannis with a bit more length. There is a youtube video labelled Kristaps Porzingis vs Giannis Antetokounmpo, which highlights Zingers ability to hang with Giannis.

[@picassojulien899]

If the Celtics can’t win this year then I don’t know what else they can do. They legit have 4 all star caliber players on this team, a super star, and an all nba guy. Something has to give.

[@Fchwpo0530]

Plz just be healthy

[@blacklyfe5543]

Nobody is a super star on that team and they have 3 all stars not 4

[@blacklyfe5543]

Still not making the finals

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

@@blacklyfe5543 Tatum? top 5 in mvp race last year, if he aint a superstar then neither are curry or dame or donovan mitchell

[@jzzft11]

Get a professional head coach instead of an intern who thinks he's the Einstein of basketball

[@eddietalley534]

The Kobe Shaq comparison is so spot on I was thinking that as well. I’m not a Buccs fan but I hope we get Giannis and Dame for a long time. Imagine what this duo could do for the NBA as a whole, I’m here for it man can’t wait

[@belleyosha896]

Can already tell this video is gonna be amazing by the music

[@fortynights1513]

Rusty’s videos have had a lot of vaporwave music lately. His selections are solid, but I liked it when he used Lakey Inspired often; in particular “Chill Day” the old outro music.

[@raneynewman8315]

Celtics fan here. I think an underrated part of the Celtics is the impact of Joe Mazzula. I really didn’t think he was good last year and would have wanted him gone. I hope that him not getting fired doesn’t hinder such a good roster.

[@kylemcdonald7281]

He had zero offseason time to prep with the team last year, now he has an entire year and offseason of experience and hired his own coaching staff, he'll be much better this year

[@shorewall]

@@kylemcdonald7281 Plus, I think some of these trades also brought in the type of players he wanted. Porzingis in, The Williams and Marcus Smart out.

[@EmmanuelAniTheSchism]

| think the pick up Of Brissett and Stevens has potential to pick up the defensive end Where Svi and hauser / Pritch provide Shooting. Also, don't forget about Walsh, Who can do both defense and shooting plus length on drives. Celtics have a bench and depth, some are just unproven. It confuses me When people talk about the lack of depth.

[@bobfttw]

Eh...consistency on offense in part comes down to coaching. I trust my Cs to be better but I've got to see more from Mazzulla.

[@kennethc.2921]

You should do a video on who's the Top Contenders from the Western Conference.

[@pauljoseph3081]

Celtics blew multiple chances of winning a ring. Unless, they actually win one, I am not sold on them.

[@RonnieG]

A team in the finals called a lottery team. That's a bit much.

[@RonnieG]

You have to give to get. I think we got slightly better in the starting rotation. Hated giving up Robert Williams III. Rotation is a bit bare now but perhaps we can find vets who want to contend.

[@shorewall]

Play the young guys during the season, see what you got, and then look for buyout guys for the postseason.

[@arashinhojr902]

Poor udoka man, he would've COOKED with this line-up

[@smdickinson8316]

I noticed that either your camera is slightly tilted, or the Curry and kobe jerseys are not level with each other cause I can see the wall above Kobe's but not above Curry's

[@SlanditTheBandit]

honestly i could see them trading one of the J’s (thinking more jaylen) when this season ends, if they don’t win or make it to the finals

[@GoatedRain]

He’s a playoff dropper because he’s using too much energy on defense. The regular season he’ll play hard defense in spurts

[@Cvishalhavish]

I think that if the Celtics will win the title next season it would be very emotional since it will be the first ring of the celtics since 2008 and Bill Russell's passing

[@Bruh-zg6yk]

What did you mean by “Bucks also don’t have any depth, we can only trust 7 guys on that team” ? If Pat is starting, they’ve got: Bobby, Crowder, Payne, Malik Beasley, and MarJon off the bench (not mentioning AJ Green and AJJ cuz we gotta see how they are)

[@atmosfear3056]

I think Bucks bench is better imo.

[@RittenhousesRifle]

Bobby Portis is the only one of those guys that is serviceable. Give me the Celtics bench all day outside Portis. The rest of them guys are mid.

[@fortynights1513]

There may be a world where Boston wins it, but I don’t know if I would expect them to go beyond the conference finals. They seem good, but a bit inconsistent.

[@SabrinaRoseLewis]

😂

[@ghosting6723]

Dumb take

[@mimosajd]

Denver didn’t have much of a bench unit (it was serviceable don’t get me wrong) same time, didn’t matter they won a title. Bench depth sometimes matter but not really. It only really matters in the regular because in the post, everybody goes basically to an 8-man rotation

[@SabrinaRoseLewis]

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[@yourbarber6732]

You're not going to find a lot of teams that can run the entire game through their center like that. Bench depth is a nonfactor for a team like the nuggets because Jokic is able to take a team without MPJ or Murray to 48 wins off of playmaking and scoring alone. The Celtic's best playmaker was smart and even he wasn't a good enough floor general to help their offensive struggles. Both the Celtics and Bucks lack of depth will come back to bite them if they don't address this issue by the trade deadline.

[@austinparks5917]

If I’m a vet PF/C….I would be blowing up the Celtics line lol. Cousins, Howard, maybe bring back Blake? With a 1 year vet contract they have a pretty easy shot at the conference finals and maybe NBA finals run.

[@countingcards1208]

Derrick White and Jrue Holiday is gonna be hell for opposing back courts.

[@joecesh]

Brad stevens gave it all in this off-season. Now, it's Tatum and Brown's turn

[@fidodidohr1]

teams with old(er) or injury prone players often get in trouble during the regular season and end up as the 5-8th seed and have to play against multiple contenders just to get to finals. this might be fine for Lakers who are still a nightmare matchup (when healthy) for good portion of NBA and thats why its good they moved off of old superstars and collected whole bunch of young(er) (and hungry) roleplayers who can grind out regular season

[@allthingsfitness3957]

Celtics should sign Dwight Howard, everyone in their six man rotation can shoot, with horford and porzingis being elite for their positions, along with the jays being amazing shooters and derrick white and Jrue holiday being very capable shooters, the floor spacing will be fine even though dwight can’t shoot, pick and roll with Jrue would be great, perfect player to fill out their roster

[@sanjayr]

I'm just going to say what everyone else is feeling. The team has some serious holes that revolve around their key pieces, that being Tatum and Brown. Also i'm in agreement that they've lost depth and Jrue Holiday is a shell of himself. 2 years max and he's out of any conversation for relevant players in the post season, possibly the league itself.

[@TheRealMRGG85]

The Celtics inconsistencies last year stems from their first-year head coach and him not knowing what the f*** he was doing but you already knew that

[@atticus._]

my biggest issue with the Celtics is their lack of top tier playmaking, unless Tatum or brown are hitting shots at a high level in the playoffs this team struggles in the half court. They do have solid all around playmaking and it’s their system however they often struggle to execute it reliably and it gets worse in the playoffs, what annoys me about the jrue addition is he won’t solve that, he’s definitely good as a lead guard BUT we’ve seen him not be able to create shots consistently in the playoffs multiple times. as a Celtics hater I like this but this defense is just insane and I’m not gonna enjoy watching them clamp dudes all year

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

We brought holiday in to control the ball in the postseason. We don’t need him to score 30 points.

[@marvinm8343]

I think Jrue will have a Brogdon-type of year. Brogdon had a down year prior to joining the Celtics and ended up being the 6MOTY on 44%3pt shooting. People forget that the C's destroyed the Bucks twice last year. The Bucks may have improved their average offense with Dame but thier defense took a hit. They still don't have a wing who can defend the Jays.

[@mikemidwood9661]

Do you have other shirts?

[@mariocardenas1833]

Tingus Pingus is going to be special this season

[@benserkowski4663]

Also bucks have Middleton and brook lopes as 3rd and 4th options aswell as bobby Portis so they gonna be hard for the Celtics to beat.

[@Klocks420]

Imo this is squarely on Tatum to not have his annual vanishing act for 3 or 4 games in the playoffs.

[@Paul_pp]

Derick White was sitting on the bench last year in crunch time, He needed more time regardless. Timelord is a loss but Brad will add a capable backup big with whats left with the trade assetts. Oshae Brissett is going to surprise people. Lamar Stevens and Hauser have potential as wing depth and Jordan Walsh had a great summer leauge and is someone that could play 10 hard minutes defensivley.

[@pineapple2k985]

Oshae Brisket needs to improve his shooting then Boston will be good

[@mrmangotahiti]

You've always for no reason put the bucks over the celtics but as it stands right now were 4-0(when 2 or more of our starters play) in our last 4 againt giannis including two elimination games and two massive blowouts that bucks team cant stop wings cutting to save there life and they didnt address that. the bucks are one of the teams tatum and brown have an easy time with they need an andrew wiggins tatum and brown can be beaten but if you dont have the ability to get in those guys heads and force them to make mistakes youll never ever have a prayer at beating them and the bucks cant do that it takes a team like the heat or warriors a team that attacks you mentally if you dont have that tatum and brown will crucify you and youll never ever win a series.

[@SabrinaRoseLewis]

Why is jaylen brown not in the thumbnail? Lol

[@xHyperActive0]

I feel like it isn’t being talked about enough that the nuggets got worse while every other contender in the NBA got better. Jokic is Jokic and Murray is an insane playoff riser but mpj has been inconsistent shooting wise and defending in the playoffs and Aaron Gordon is their only good perimeter defender. The Clippers got even better this year now having a full year to get chemistry, the Suns actually have depth this year, the lakers actually have good shooting around Lebron and AD this year and Warriors bench could take the next jump with cp3 leading it. Also the grizzlies basically got a better version of Dillon Brooks and if Ja can stop the off court antics they could be legit.

[@evo2179]

It's 2008 all over again

[@chrisw4405]

lmaooo

[@trentonmullins4948]

They have no paint defender as good as kg 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mrmangotahiti]

yea but KG couldn't score like any of these people and the perimeter defense is just 😁@@trentonmullins4948

[@johndotcue]

SORRY where’s this years KG? KP? I know both names start with a K but the similarities stop there

[@user-ze6ns9pq2y]

The Celtics will be much more consistent now that Smart is gone. Watch.

[@seymourcox6112]

Nobody remembers how much of a nightmare holiday was for lillard in that series and now let’s never speak of it again

[@johndotcue]

Man I wish they have a better defensive big man because I don’t think KP will hold down the paint for the team. The offense though is pretty sexy. I’m still concerned with their coaching. Mazulla got outcoached out of the wazzoo in the playoffs lol.

[@diablogaming8095]

I think everyone forgets just how good of a shot blocker kp is, I think our defense will be just fine

[@SabrinaRoseLewis]

Porzingus was one of the best rim protector in the NBA last season

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

If Kristaps Porzingis stay healthy & consistent 2024 playoffs Boston big chance get #18 banner

[@samuraibeastwarrior2886]

Not going to happen My Lakers are taking banner 18. Boston will lose to Miami again in the conference finals

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

@@samuraibeastwarrior2886 in your dreams, Anthony Davis always injury and grandpa Bron not chance Lakers this season beside Nuggets vs. Suns Western Conference Finals 🤣😂🤣🤣

[@moisturizedkev]

Yea, we doing all this talking about the Celtics and Bucks and the Heat gonna have some random data entry clerk averaging 30 in the playoffs so what is life anyway?? 😩

[@jeanoh5623]

miami and bucks man let's see how this plays don't speculate early

[@RJ-gk4rt]

Ain’t surprising to me Celtics videos do well like some other guy said you either love the Celtics and Lakers or you hate them and they’re 2 of the 3 largest fanbases along with Golden State

[@idkmybffjill9682]

Wenyan can eat regular season minutes. Decent d and decent roll man

[@lanelesic]

I like this Celtics team more than what Bucks have. But I dont see either winning a series against Nuggets.

[@JonathanVegaa]

The Heat took a hit we lost Gabe and Strus and the bum Zeller and brought in Richardson Bryant Hampton and Jaquez Herro back healthy and Jovic improving to depth is definitely in our favor

[@theheebs100]

one thing being overlooked is that not being a focal point for a team isnt good for everyone. We already saw KP further doen the pecking order in Dallas, and he sucked. I do not think he is an answer for this team.

[@CleanMusicLover229]

Not if they're just going to chuck up 3s and let Tatum & Brown go iso in crunch time

[@FreeOfAllFear]

All imma say is if this doesn’t work I don’t want to hear no Tatum luka talk anymore he’s had all the help in the world if he’s him deliver if not calm down

[@Fuceril]

Depth doesn’t matter because Mazzulla won't play the bench anyway

[@francisco2525]

Rusty is a bit Rusty when it comes to the Celtics...Marcus smart was more inconsistent than Jason Tatum when it matters, and who ever was defending him were your average defenders. While with Jrue, you had the best or second defender on him all the time. People would let Marcus smart shoot freely and that did not happen with Jrue. With the celtics, you will basically have the 3 or 4 best defender on the opposing team, so he will get a lot more open shots. The most important thing about Jrue is that he will allow Brown and Tatum to rest a lot more....so they will be more fresh at the end of the game to attack..

[@stasisdan4451]

Jrue was WIDE open and he couldnt make a shot to save his life, nobody didnt guard him. Everybody was on Giannis and jrue still couldnt make a shot

[@francisco2525]

@@stasisdan4451 Is rusty a Bucks fan. So basically Smart and Jrue suck from the 3pt line or when it really maters.

[@Jamestucker1024]

I love how Jrue was washed and getting smoked in the playoffs the past two seasons, now he’s prime Michael Jordan now since he left Milwaukee. Y’all overreact too much.

[@emmanuelmaggit4760]

Bucks literally have their depth only thing we needed was a backup pg and we signed cam payne

[@nickpaine2767]

They have a 6 million dollar trade exception they can use

[@GTNover]

Its Rock Paper Scissors between Nuggets, Bucks and Celtics. The Bucks beat the Nuggets. The Nuggets beat the Celtics. The Celtics beat the Bucks.

[@finn54123]

The bucks do have depth don’t they? A bunch of solid 3 and d role players around giannis, dame and khris.

[@kylewubz8713]

The Porzingis move is going to kill chemistry. Dude is a black hole on offense

[@blacklyfe5543]

This team isn't enough

[@Luigi22Green]

I just don’t know with the Celtics all there depth is gone outside of Derrick white, I just don’t see them getting past the Bucks which got substantially better compared to a team which is debatable whether they got better or worse

[@SabrinaRoseLewis]

Derrick White is a starter u casual ass lol Horford is the 6th man and best 6th man in the NBA

[@turzyn40]

You are right. They haven't won a 2nd championship in half a century they definitely won't win now with a mazzulla.

[@dilly4800]

damn you lookin good rusty

[@imdbtruth]

No... I don't think they're that much better now than if they would've stayed with the continuity of a team growing together. I'm also not a big believer in KP. *And I think the eventual champion will be a Western Conference team again anyway.*

[@enokaaka1123]

I have a hard time believing you watched the Celtics this past season. Grant had a drop off in production and was wanting a bigger contract, Smart continued to decline defensively and his shooting was worse than ever, Rob was not only always hurt but could not man up on Giannis or Embiid, Prtichard wasn't getting any playing time, and I could go on and on. There were many reasons they couldn't get back to the Finals so these changes were all necessary. Pritchard playing PG is the depth we need at PG, Jordan Walsh and Brissett will be great depth for our wings, and Horford off the bench will be great for big depth. We just need one more reliable big.

[@superSIZEmee]

I would start Kornet in an attempt to preserve Porzingis and as a middle finger to the J’s & force them to play harder…!!!😂😂😂🍀✌️

[@c.k-da-kxnghere]

If the bucks didn't trade donte they'd be in a much better situation. Trading away Jrue was the right move and he's honestly in the best position of his career. But pat as the starting 2 for the bucks isn't all that great. Buck I think the Celtics are the title favorites. Not the bucks

[@Warship63]

As a Laker fan, my only question is, can the Celtics beat the Nuggets?

[@bpdmf2798]

I think the Celtics are the better overall team than the bucks, but the bucks have the better duo (possibly trio depending on Middleton) than the Celtics. Giannis is the clear best player, Tatum and Dame should be on equal levels (Dame getting older, Tatum getting into his prime), and then Jaylen is the 4th, but the bucks top 3-6 players aren't on the Celtics 3-6 players level but are close. It will come down to Tatum being able to keep pace with giannis scoring, and Jaylen PZ out scoring Dame and whoever the 3rr scorer is in MIL (is it still Middleton after his injuries and his age?). Health will be a factor for both teams, though Tatum and giannis are basically ironmem, and Dame/JB miss about the same number of games and are usually ok for the playoffs. I think it's whoever comes out of the East this year is winning it all. Denver could repeat, but there's no telling if they have such an easy road to the finals this season and that can really be a factor in repeating.

[@a11fortyseven]

ill argue jrue could be the fifth option.. Derrick white is capable of out performing him offensively in the playoffs.

[@blacklyfe5543]

They need a big man to replace Al Horford

[@mrgrumpy9914]

And Who can stop Tatum! on the Bucks ??

[@antyoung24]

Any of these 3 teams i want winning are the lakers need Bron to get that fif, the bucks need dame to get 1, the Celtics need JT to get one cuz he's from the crib.

[@jonathanoloba7791]

Rusty lookin sharp nice cut g

[@JohnDoe-ti5sq]

Celtics should sign Dwight that’s a vertical threat

[@pimparoojr.7524]

i feel like the whole guarding giannis thing is overrated. as constructed if i was the celtics, i’d let giannis go off and make everyone else beat you defensively, and offensively you would just need 2 of the 4 all stars to go off any given night to have a chance in the game.

[@imhong28]

Stop comparing Giannis and Dame as the next Shaq and Kobe. Dame's playstyle does not resemble Kobe's at playstyle at all.

[@JLaboss65]

I fucking hope so

[@biteme-rz3ws]

Bucks have elite inside outside presence. Celtics have a great outside presence but nothing on the inside. 100 year old Al Hortford isn't going to do shit inside nor is skinny KP. Great team but they still don't have enough and probably won't for a while.