People are already complaining about the Boston Celtics

[@MonsieurBooyah]

"god the celtics are so boring! they just play perfect positionless basketball, take advantage of mismatches, and utilize ideal ball movement, all while playing smothering defense! now every team is gonna try that!" thank you kofie for yet another perfectly sane take in the universe of espnbet insanity.

[@njmksr8686]

Man, why didn't I think of that?

[@cvgodd1432]

Exactly lol. They act like they’re just jacking up shots. Who would turn down open 3s when everyone is shooting 40% or higher lol. Nice wright is just sick to his stomach watching the team he hates dominate everyone.

[@skinnyraptor9111]

I’m a huge Celtics hater and I love watching their play this season. Reminds me of 2014 spurs sorta. If teams in the East want to compete, they have to be solid on d and not give up easy turnovers

[@lucaslonchampt613]

I understand that shooting 3s constantly is not entertaining to many, but I like Boston's collective approach on offense and defense. Team basketball is what I love

[@Mirage475]

It’s also super reductive to what they do. Drive and kick offense on top of 5 out is what allows for them to get great looks

[@J-Hue]

Yeah. You can't fault a team for doing what works. The league should consider more zoning rules. You can spend too much time backing a player down in the post without a penalty. You can't stay in the paint for 3 seconds without being in arms reach of your assigned defensive player. A new rule may need to be implemented limiting how many players can be outside the 3 point line for a certain amount of time.

[@justhere6507]

@@J-Huenah that’s dumb new rules aren’t fair either to older players and new players alike that didn’t have them can lead to inflated or deflated stats new rules are stupjd

[@Averagedre]

@@J-Huewhat type of rule is that😂

[@notmyname9625]

@@J-Huenobody wanted to change the rules for gsw? Ppl just cant stand greatness

[@connorrussell2084]

Nick Wright is just mad that his 6 years worth of anti Celtics tweets have gone down the drain

[@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956]

Nick Wright had made a career dumping on Boston sports teams. It’s a bizzare niche

[@Jackaroo.]

@@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956 People love to hate other's success.

[@UncleJrueForTue]

@@Jackaroo. People hate Boston* Let's not pretend Boston isn't the main reason why this is happening. People don't like the town for both understandable and cornball reasons.

[@folekbarton6998]

@@UncleJrueForTueI’m a Celtics fan but despise other Boston teams. I don’t understand why people hate the Celtics and not the lakers. Lakers are by far the most corny team in any sport

[@UncleJrueForTue]

@@folekbarton6998 Same, but it's learned bias and you can't change that. It doesn't help considering Boston's "history".The Celtics history between Bill Russell and "the great white hope" with Bird has tainted the team's image for generations. It's not a fair line of thought(as LA has literally done the same for decades), it doesn't account for history after(like less than a decade later, Rodney King would have some words for how friendly the LAPD is to black and brown communities), and it's shallow and performative(like those squares on insta in 2020), but the lowest common denominator of thought believes what they believe. You can't change or police thought and people can't unlearn bias unless someone is willing to learn. The Public hates Boston and by extension the Celtics for whatever reason, and they'll do just that.

[@tim.noonan]

The Celtics are doing as a team what Steph did as a player a decade ago. Other teams will try to emulate the C’s roster (Knicks) and aspects of their offense, but it’s not like every team has the personnel to run the same offense as Boston. Nick Wrong is only sounding the alarm to the degree that he is because it’s the Celtics. If the Lakers were doing this he’d start The Church of JJ Redick for giving LeBron another chance at a title.

[@th3f4tbo1]

I’m starting the United church of JJ simply because he actually coaches unlike Ham and cheese 😂

[@vitreo1363]

Exactly… He'll never lobby to restrict QB mobility in the NFL, because it's completely fine for his favorite teams to exploit an option in the game. He'll just tell other teams to suck it up and wait years to get their own Patrick Mahomes.

[@Kidthebilly]

This goes for any team that wins the chip the previous year. They become the new blue print. But I see what you’re saying and the Cs are looking like the new nba dynasty of the future.

[@austinfull8941]

If there's anything ruining basketball it's the officiating

[@Hoodie-Has]

Fr

[@UncleJrueForTue]

Ikr? The Raptors vs Sixers game having 99 fts(cus Tony Brothers) getting ignored over a team making a few too many 3s?

[@andrewsammons9643]

They should just rewrite the rules so that the only fouls are either flagrant or technical, and then actually call the fkn flagrants and techs in the current rule book when they happen (which is currently constantly)

[@slightexag]

That MIL-BOS game was dreadful. Tony Brothers does not deserve to be an NBA official

[@Kidthebilly]

Having excessive stoppage in basketball is what makes it unwatchable. I understand the coaches challenge but hate how much it stops the flow of the game.

[@RonLee96]

The people complaining about the Celtics' ability to "chuck up 3s" are just outing themselves as the most annoying kind of basketball fan. They dont understand the game for shit and have no idea how the league got here or how the Celtics are doing something other teams are less capable of emulating. I can only imagine having these morons in my friend group that plays some casual pickup ball and just having an asshole that never passes, takes contested midranges and drives to the hoop while being an awful off-ball player in every facet that can't recognize a good screen or value an open 3 achieved through multiple passes of the ball. Basketball is team sport, and creating open 3s through spacing is a skillset that doesn't show up on the statsheet. Passing the ball 3 or 4 times around the arc while tiring out your defenders before taking the open 3 you created is not "chucking up 3s".

[@pableauredyellow]

People saying boston chucking up 3pt shots are just stat sheet watchers. If u watch the game, most of those shots are generated w great player and ball movement. Theyre not boring. Theyre just really skilled players playing basketball in the simplest way

[@oddlyn25]

and its an organization thats popular to hate. im sure these ppl complaining have never watched a full celtics game

[@Instantur]

@@oddlyn25the only time they watch them is when they play their favorite team. When you watch another team beat down your favorite team it’s hard to look at the team positively.

[@steeez0]

and I'll also add that the fact that they play this way leans into the fact that they dont get as many injuries. Its hard to get injured passing and shooting threes.

[@trippinatormachine]

I never liked the Celtics. But since last year I’ve grown to respect them and even tune into their games from time to time. They have great ball movement, lockdown D, team chemistry and there’s no ego. Idc if they shoot a thousand threes a game, I just wanna watch great team basketball and the Celtics are just that.

[@ramblingrandomthings]

the celtics ball movement is so elite the way they get wide open shots is so impressive idk how you can't enjoy it that just means you don't like ball like that

[@scottwickett1273]

Fervently seconded!

[@steeez0]

They wanna watch Antman and Kyrie dribble the air outta the ball...LOL.

[@Kidthebilly]

Nah it just means you hate the Celtics (me) 😂

[@ramblingrandomthings]

@ that too lol

[@eliyarrows2456]

I said it before and I’ll say it again: Last year Boston was 41-1 in games where they shot over 40% from 3. They won’t stop until you make the record come back down to earth. Last year the Celtics set the all time record for most wins by 50, 40, 30, 25, and 20 in a single season. Until people can compete, they’re going to keep shooting

[@holden7240]

Good start to the day when Kofie uploads

[@njmksr8686]

If it were as easy as chucking up 3's, everyone would do it. There is only one Boston Celtics, and Mazzulla Ball is a lot more than just chucking 3's. It's about making open looks, whether they're from 3 or 2. It prefers the 3 but can live with the 2; as we've seen they can beat you on a day the shots aren't falling. It's about ball movement and defense, and it's supremely unselfish basketball.

[@deflategate1297]

They are the 2000s spurs in the modern era ball movement and threes

[@curtislinden9297]

It’s just the name on the front of the jersey + the name Tatum on the back of one of them. It’s just a derivation of the fan base perspective that he is corny, his basketball team isn’t fun to watch either. Nothing about the Celtics is fun to watch if you aren’t a Celtics fan (seemingly)

[@deflategate1297]

@ most common theme in sports of it’s not your team they suck

[@TheMissinLink]

@@deflategate1297That’s more 2010s Spurs, 2000s Spurs was more heavy lifting from the stars.

[@deflategate1297]

@ yeah I meant to say 2014

[@malcolmhodnett8874]

Anyone talking about rule changes is, respectfully, a crybaby. If this was a team with LeBron Steph or KD they would only have praise

[@Celtics2025]

Lebron steph and kd are washed. Time to retire and let the new guard lead the league.

[@sophiehaneke1513]

It feels like the league and mainstream NBA media are at a serious disconnect right now. The newfound parity is frowned upon because the media are so hellbent on trying to find their next Protagonist, their next Jordan or Lebron, their next "face of the league." They have no idea how to market small market teams and guys like Nikola Jokic who is shaping up to be the best player in the League right now gets shit on constantly because he doesn't have "the aura". And they romanticized the 90s and 00s so much that I don't think anything modern NBA do can satisfied them because all it matters is the good ol' days. If I was a casual NBA fan or someone who's on the fence about basketball but wants to get more into it and all I see talked about is Jordan vs Lebron and how much the NBA sucks right now, I would stay far away from it too. The hot takes/debate show format just has a perpetual need to nitpick every little things the league and its players do that they are inadvertently destroying its image.

[@deflategate1297]

Idk about other sports but it feels like the nba media and us fans have become too negative and too much complaining

[@jacksonhoward3444]

Watching the NBA: ✅ Watching NBA Content:❎

[@UncleJrueForTue]

@@deflategate1297 Because a big part of the culture(or rather the streetball scene prevalent in black culture the league adopted in the 2000s) is hating and inversely glazing. Y'all either don't understand or live in those types of spaces, or just haven't caught on yet. Haters and hating thrive in the black community and that's just part of deal you sign when the league chose to adopt it.

[@slightexag]

they just want an american to be the best player in the world but tatum, ant, etc. aren't good enough.

[@UncleJrueForTue]

@@slightexag I mean Wemby is in year 2, but even he might not have the postseason success due to the Thunder having so much draft capital and trade assets. LeBron was generational, but he wasn't universally respected as the best player in the league until the 2010s. He had to wrest that from guys like Kobe, KD, Curry, and even then it wasn't clear til it was. We haven't had that sitatution happen as neither LeBron, KD, Curry have had the title wrested from them by any of the young guys, but rather they're just gradually aging out. The closest you can get is the Nuggets matchups with the Lakers and the Nuggets are on a massive downswing atm.

[@proforeveryone]

My fiance and I have nicknamed Pritchard "Big PP" and yell it out when he hits a three, so its obv the best team of all time by that metric

[@dragonslayerthegod9284]

Me and my buddy run wild with that joke too 😂😂 .. this is a lil more vulgar but stay with me An actual text message exchange after his 28 piece dinner the other night. -that PP was bustin off tonight! _yeah for sure, And another huge buzzer beater cock!! _shot*** _sorry, damn auto correct

[@Jonteponte71]

Pritch please! :)

[@mathewsousa3915]

This is really good commentary. The process in which the Celtics create their three-point attempts is actually quite beautiful to watch. I love ball movement and great defense and I feel like that’s what I get when I watch the Celtics. I will admit once in a while they do Start throwing Them up, but Joe Mazzulla is pretty good at bringing them back to the route, which is the ball and player movement

[@samuelrhee2625]

Hilarious that people got mad about the celts shooting 60 threes instead of the Knicks for leaving 45 3s open lol Being good 3s is fun and exciting! Way more exciting than foul call stoppage every other play. Nothing takes the air out of the room than a ticky-tack foul halting the energy of the game. More physicality, less whining about good teams!

[@eb9782]

I am not sure how long it will take for haters to realize that the Celitcs absolutely feast on their hate, but keep it coming, we're still hungry

[@Theantisocialsocialite1982]

They really do lol. They love adversity lol

[@sterny7341]

You take joy out of the game

[@wackoducky]

Same as the old pats. Up here in boston we fucking thrive on the hate.

[@TheAnanaki]

Making dunks worth 3 points makes Obi Toppin the best contract in the NBA

[@generalwoofles6240]

As a Celtic while the discourse is annoying it also feels good to have a team so good people want to change the rules to stop their dominance.

[@sterny7341]

You aren’t a Celtic you are a fan. Y’all are so delusional

[@TunaMan-mg1kz]

the idea that dunks == excitement is such a flawed idea. Like, how many dunks has Kyrie Irving had in his career? Would anybody ever try to tell you that Kyrie is not an exciting player?

[@cullenasaro2229]

The idea that 3pt teams aren’t exciting to watch and that the way the Celtics play is boring is ONLY a statement made by casual fans who have 0 basketball IQ. The way the Celtics have been playing is extremely high level team ball. The crowd at these games also goes CRAZY and when you see a super snappy pass pass 3 it’s just so good to watch. Idk how anyone is complaining. This team is a historic roster and people NEED to appreciate it while we have it. It WILL be talked about in the future.

[@brianp3570]

Biased Celtics fan here (lol) but also a coach... honestly asking, should we be mad that a team is optimizing around the thing that works for them? Is everyone bringing the same energy as Giannis gets away with his 6th offensive foul of the 1st half?

[@sterny7341]

Can you please just enjoy having a good team without having to bring down another team? Is it not enough to beat the bucks? Why is every conversation with a Celtics fan beyond toxic? Just enjoy the success. Stop rubbing it in or complaining about other teams or players trying to succeed as well

[@brianp3570]

@sterny7341 you misunderstand the purpose of my example, it's not to bash the Bucks. I used the Bucks as an example because I think Giannis gets away with a lot of charges, but I could pick any number of other examples, and it'd be perfectly fair for you to point to Jayson Tatum's constant yapping in the ref's ear and ask why he doesn't get T'd up more often, and as a Celtics fan I'd agree with you. I also think the Euro step is a travel a third of the time but they don't call it. All of this is to say that there's plenty of room for discourse about changes to the game, but "a team is doing it too successfully" isn't the best starting point for the conversation (one man's opinion). I hope you have a nice weekend

[@matth3wgray]

The IDEA of changing the dunk to a 3 point shot is actually the most laughably casual take someone can have😭😂

[@bsousa3837]

Love how the Cs break the D down for an open 3. I’ll take this brand of hoop over iso-ball any day.

[@roshango125ab]

I'm glad you mentioned the Celtics Defense. Early regular season It doesn't show up in the scoreboard, but Celtics have high-end defenders down the roster. Hoilday and White both made all defense last year, Hoilday is always an elite defender, white is a block machine. Tatum has the size an ability to defender centers and wings. Jaylen Brown is nasty. Porzingis is an elite rim defender. In all 4 of their finals wins over Dallas, they held the Mavs to under 100

[@nasirisanallaround6282]

I thought their 2024 championship was a fluke, why is everyone all of a sudden complaining?

[@Hoodie-Has]

I’m not even a Celtics fan and don’t understand how u couldn’t enjoy watching them play. The sets, off ball movement, etc. Also there defense is dope to watch.

[@ThatBoyAFreak]

NBA ratings are down across the board no one wants to watch this boring brand of hoops anymore

[@tylergagnon4850]

@@ThatBoyAFreak theyre down because theyve made it almost impossible to watch games with all the different streaming services you need, illegal streams arent counted. People are still watching, yall are just mad that your team isnt as good

[@vitreo1363]

@@ThatBoyAFreak Where's your evidence that NBA ratings are down over multiple seasons (ie, not a one year dip)?

[@kyledavis3726]

People act like the Celtics jacking 3s is a league wide problem. If it was easy everybody would do it. Not to mention it can be a high risk strategy you live or die bye. At least let the Celtics win multiple chips before complaining lol

[@zazamuel]

3 is the maximum amount of points that you can get in a basketball game, if a team is good at 3´s idk why they wouldn´t exploit that, people act like that´s the boogeyman

[@BaconWraped]

Thanks for the new video! Super stoked for all the future content this season!

[@cameron7202]

Mind numbing to me that instead of accepting Boston is a historical anomaly and we lowkey gotta suck it up people would rather see 80 pick and roles each half and gruesomely kill basketball between 5-25 feet

[@LunarLeahy11]

Still will never forget when the Bucks broke the 3pt record and ESPN CUT AWAY TO A DIFFERENT GAME

[@typedrat]

I don't like the Celtics because they're so good they're making the whole season feel pointless.

[@steeez0]

Honesty....I love it

[@vitreo1363]

At least you're the only honest Celtics hater in this discussion…

[@alekyap3143]

i love the format of this video. Subscribed! Looking forward to more content

[@proforeveryone]

I think moving the lines back would just be moving the date back a bit and we'd be in the same situation as before in a couple years, if anything I think they need to look at screen setting and fouling. And *if * they wanted to change the court they could maybe add 3pt circles inside the arc, but i think thats a bad idea as well

[@zm10xn29]

Love this analysis... It's way too easy and cheap for people to say that the success is just a result of jacking 3s, it's much more nuanced than that... Great call out. As Joe M says, it's a result of winning all the margins

[@TheAnanaki]

Yes but TJ can draw 2 defenders and drop it off to Obi anytime he wants. 😮

[@joshthoughts6177]

Its crazy how the Celtics went from overrated and can’t get it done to overpowered in six months😂😂. i agree though; taking more threes is not enough to win. The Celtics use the threat of threes to create drives and then when doubled they can kick to three point shooters again. If you play defense up they most of their players can drive by you. All this is capped off by an incredible defense. The celtics system works because all of their top 7 players can pass, shoot, and put the ball on the floor. They play beautiful movement and passing basketball and get many open threes by completely breaking down defenses with beautiful driving, and passing. If you want to blame anyone for this situation blame Giannis and the Bucks for allowing Jrue to be traded, leading to him ending up on the celtics, that really took them up a notch😂. another reason the Celtics are really strong right now is because a lot of teams in the NBA are completely overlooking and underrating defense. All of Boston’s top six players play incredible team defense but derek white, jrue, and porzingis were available to the rest of the league as well but they were overlooked (or not prioritized) for offensive reasons.

[@antoinehenderson1659]

Your commentary on dunking got me thinking. In a recent game, I don't remember which, a player got a steal and passed it to a teammate on the other end of the court for an easy, open, flashy dunk. The commentators were doing their usual "what's he got for us" type of commentary. While I was watching that, I felt nonplussed and unimpressed. It was cool, but not something that I'd necessarily get excited about. If anything, it reminded me of this past dunk contest and how relatively boring it felt to watch. Dunks are most exciting when they are contested. Uncontested dunks, at least to me, aren't really exciting at all to watch.

[@billchamber3224]

Love the takes Kofie. It's been 4 games (for most teams) of an 82 game season. And the Celtics are one of the only teams that kept their team pretty much the same from last season to this one. So to start the season, they are going to have a massive chemistry advantage over everyone else. I think as the other teams gel, games with the Celtics will get more competitive. Those who are just saying they shoot 3's are incorrect. The way they run screens, execute drive and kickouts, even the way they look for a kickout on an offensive rebound in order to get those open looks is enjoyable to watch. The 3 points for a dunk rule would be super confusing. It would then require defining what a dunk is. Remember that Dwight Howard dunk in the dunk contest where he never actually touched the rim, but fired it in from a few feet away? Would that count? Do you have to touch the rim? Do you have to have a certain intensity? What if it was an alley-oop, but the timing was slightly off, so the guy was going to slam it, but kinda turned it into a lay-up. Would there be an argument over that? Imagine a coaches challenge on whether a 3-pt dunk should actually be counted due to whatever B.S. dunk rules were implemented. Not loving that idea.

[@bKOreann]

Nobody cared about this when the Celtics weren’t winning, as soon as Boston found their identity and started dominating its a problem 😂

[@sterny7341]

YOUVE ALWAYS BEEN WINNING STOP LYING YOU MISSED THE PLAYOFFS ONCE SINCE 2008 YOU ARE A FAN OF THE MOST CONSISTENTLY GOOD SPORTS FRANCHISE BESIDES THE YANKEES SINCE THE 1940S STOP BEING DELUSIONAL

[@GoBoSox20]

Thank you for your unbiased assessment. So many Celtics and Boston haters out there, they let it cloud their judgement.

[@ThatBoyDarren]

The Warriors got away with playing this style for YEARS The Celtics just perfected this style and now everyone wants to complain FOH

[@J-Hue]

Warriors started out only shooting 30% of tgeir shots from 3. Their offense still had strpng traditional elements with a lot of post ups, pick and rolls and pick and pops for mid range buckets and what not. I don't fault the celtics for doing what's working. But the league should monitor things and be prepared to enact rule changes for the sake of the game. A lot 24 second shot clock, restricted zone on defense, 8 second violations, 3 second violations. Handchecking and flagrant foul rules all stem from the league having to alter the rules to prevent teams from hurting the flow, venteryainment factor, and/or integrity of the game.

[@DonBelenger]

​@@J-Huehow are they hurting the flow of the game? They are getting open shots..they have good shooters..it's like if you have a good big. Man..gets it down low dunks it..should we ban that too? More players can dunk them hit 3s!

[@trusoule365]

As a Celtics fan here in Boston we have adapted the patriots way mentality of everyone doing their job to get to the ultimate goal!

[@Seamalicous]

The point about the GM masterclass is true, and to further it is that it’s the perfect combination of two very good GMs. Ainge built the core of the team, horded assets while creating the foundation for success, Stevens was the perfect guy to cash in those chips for players.

[@bathestyles6525]

Shout out to the Cook Out shirt

[@hopeugalde]

Love the cookout shirt

[@yohjicadoavocado8425]

I think too everyone correctly praises Steph for his off the ball movement and ability to like run around cause chaos which helps facilitate good 3pt attempts (he’s also godly at 3s obviously so that further sets him apart) but Boston is doing that same kind of off the ball movement and every player is doing it, if you watch how many times ANY Celtic player will pass up an ok look bc in 2 passes you can get someone an open 3 then you can really see how they aren’t just getting to the 3 point line and jacking it up; the looks at the bucket the Celtics get is really incredible bc if Jayson mfing Tatum is driving down the paint he’s drawing guys messing up a teams defense which will then eventually create an open man (a Derrick white, Jrue or Peyton Pritchard who are all effective 3pt shooters) which can then get a really good look at the basket. Almost all of the Celtics main roster can jack up a 3 while guarded or make tough shots more often then other nba players but that ball movement and passing is so so critical in why they can make so many 3s

[@therealdarrell282]

The Celtics have adapted and taken it to another level when it comes to playing in the modern NBA. If it was the Lakers or some other team that the fans had a favorite player of, the criticism would not be there. The media has to disrespect Boston because none of their players are selfish. They are becoming the Spurs under Duncan where they were not fan friendly, but they have the chips to cement their legacy.

[@facecrook3454]

The lo fi beats get me every time

[@jjanderson12001]

Loved some slam ball back in the day!

[@serisothikos]

I honestly think that the way the C's commit to ball movement and spacing is really interesting in its own right. It's not as visceral a thrill as watching 2013 DeAndre Jordan crush Brandon Knight into a fine powder, for example, but there's something compelling about watching a team execute fundamentals like they have been. Also I'm just an idiot nerd so there's that.

[@venod3134]

The focus on retired players. The lack of appreciation for the current players. The lack of coverage for anybody who isnt top 5 in the league. The negativity that drives discord.. We took the passion out of the game for sure.

[@pepegajones6541]

Kofi acknowledge my existence 😢

[@hgfxjnn]

I know it's early, but give them their 2cd ring already. The Celtics just looks unstoppable. And the fact that Porzingis is coming back soon makes them even more unstoppable 😮

[@ELV943]

People complain about everything... A nose bleed balcony seat to a Celtics vs Pistons game is 155.00 to 183.00 a ticket. The fans are absorbing the cost to keep this team going. I have no complaints already bought 6 tickets. Cs are here to stay looking fwd to more complaints

[@moestatk1]

IF they want to make a rule change, make the corner 3 more important. Move the rest of the 3pt line back but keep the corner distance the same. It's already a shorter distance and it's easier to guard the corner than the open court.

[@nickmatera8082]

What do you think of increasing the value of the points. A 2 becomes worth 3 and a 3 becomes worth 4. That way, instead of a shot outside the arc worth 50% more than inside, it’ll be worth 33%. It’s decreasing the incentive, value, and efficiency of the current 3 point shot.

[@MadDogHux]

I think the team writers that used to travel with the team is the biggest loss to the ring culture debates because they don't always have sensational headlines or hot takes. Those writers gave us some of the best storyline, insights, and endearing characters, and that type of reporting is becoming rare.

[@TylorHuebner]

I mean.... The reason more people arent watching basketball is that there are only 17 games this season you dont need a cable package to watch, and those dont start till January.

[@tsburgos]

"Making a dunk worth 3PTs" 😂 That's some funny shit.

[@noisepuppet]

"the NBA is just guys jacking up threes" is the new "the NBA is just guys running to the hoop and dunking it"

[@qKale]

Also pushing for more dunks is gonna make them feel less special and it will just be in the same spot with people thinking it's boring

[@joeyspatulas5272]

Celtics very rarely run plays where the fisrt option is a 3pt. Generally its a result of a helpside contest, or a breakdown in the defensive scheme. Stop getting beat off screens, or off the ball and the 3s will come down.

[@shipdit8421]

Casuals hate watching good defense, meticulous passing and distributed scoring, so the Celtics are their worst case scenario for a really good team. Don't want to be super judge about it, I enjoy watching the kings and Pacers. It's fun in its own way to watch guys attack the rim while nobody protects it. But I prefer watching a bunch of shooters space and snipe... when they're also good passers who defend well and can make plays off the dribble.

[@andrewsammons9643]

If we’re considering making dunks worth three points, we should just skip straight to having a panel give out style points instead. Makes way more sense and puts the script out in the open

[@mason_yt444]

Making dunks 3 points is a ridiculous suggestion and would “break the game” 10x more than shooting 3 pointers does.

[@Seamalicous]

My hot take is that the 3 thing isn’t a problem in aggregate, fans will learn. The problem is the variance it introduces makes a meaningful number of regular season games absolutely meaningless. If say 30% of games between 26/30 teams are just a function of statistical noise rather than skill then it’s hard to invest in your team.

[@DGlaky]

I agree with the vid, but your point about not everyone being able to dunk makes no sense. Players already don't make the league from lack of height and that would be no different

[@yugiisama]

i remember we were having the exact same conversations about 8 years when the warriors started popping off, and here we are 8 years later debating the exact same thing… what are we doin here ESPN? you guys blamed Curry 8 years ago and now it’s the Celtics fault? nah it’s always been cuz of Curry & the warriors but he’s a golden child in ESPN so they can’t talk bad about him.

[@rizerek]

Shooting 3s takes more skill than dunking, so I'll always find it more impressive; and therefore more entertaining. That might be a controversial opinion, but here's another one. Guys who ride bicycles long distances are cooler than guys who ride motorcycles, because riding a bicycle actually takes fitness and endurance. So the guy wearing dry-fit spandex and riding his bike 100 miles, is more badass than a guy in a leather jacket riding his Harley 100 miles. And 3pt shooting is the bicycle riding of the NBA, while dunking is the motorcycle riding.

[@sndchamp9949]

The Wolves were lighting up the Mavs on the 3 point line. But Mavs just kept playing great basketball and kept up. We’ve all seen 3 point shooting isn’t substanable

[@luniz4209]

"Oh no something happened I better complain about it!" Don't give these people the time of day.

[@maninredhelm]

Any other team wins: Wow look, a new dynasty! Boston team wins: We need to change the rules!

[@Socorrillo]

The dunk three pointer would have DeAndre Jordan putting up Wilt numbers in 2013.

[@jtbws1354]

Whats The Best Season Rec GS 13 Losses? We Comn For That Tip

[@masonofgod]

Theres nothing that needs to chanage ppl just need to shut up and enjoy different teams play different styles of bsketball

[@seanisabel]

People are still mad that they won the chip. And yes, people will try and copy them, but for 99% of teams, it won't work.

[@DarrenKrusi]

What's that saying again? When someone is able to make something difficult, look easy; then they are really, really, really good at it. And that is what the Celtics are.

[@sadp9013]

Efficency is the most importante

[@zachstolpa6521]

Issue is you aren’t ever gonna be able to get casuals to appreciate “the X’s and O’s” aproach cause at the end of the day they judge it off the viewing enjoyment

[@sawspearenjoyer]

cookout shirt 🫡

[@Boiled-_-]

A lot of people in sports television seem to be either misinformed or uneducated, probably both.

[@dragonslayerthegod9284]

This video made me realize that when the warriors were winning all the time , shoot , when lebron was always in the picture I was bored! I hated it! I talked crap! Thats exactly what’s happening to my Celtics now , just hate lol

[@sterny7341]

This team shouldn’t exist. It isn’t fair. Celtics fans are beyond spoiled. The nba needs to bring the hard cap down and investigate the wizards and blazers for intentionally throwing their franchises in the fire pit

[@NickHolasss]

Nick wright always complaining about nothing

[@DammitBobby]

The Celtics arent quite "Anti-basketball". That's more like Harden/Embiid.

[@Toucansam46]

Oh no no, there are definitely haters

[@CTEagleCeltic]

I honestly feel like JT’s biggest issue, popularity wise, is basic 2-handed dunks… dude has zero creativity. Love him, but would love to see him bring more fun to that part of his game.

[@josepharens3818]

Inside worth 3, outside worth 4. Three is 1.3% more instead of 1.5%

[@denvernuggsjeans]

nobody would care the celtics take so many 3s if they weren’t this good. it’s just the easiest thing to point to and complain. also, the idea that every team is playing the same and just chucking 3s is so divorced from reality

[@general_ambrose_burnside]

Making a dunk worth 3 points sounds idiotic.

[@SirMan48]

You lost me when you implied that the negative air around the NBA is an indirect result of people trying to defend Jordan's greatness over Lebron Solid video. But you went off the rails with that nonsense. People dont care about the regular season because its a transitional phase of the nba, stars are aging, new stars arent popular and people have short attention spans. Suggesting that people moving the goalpost to keep Lebron out of the Jordan convo is what has hurt basketball is insane. And no one was comparing Lebron ro Jordan before Miami, and when he did go to Miami, he was eviscerated and his championships were never considered legitimate publicly

[@Sam-ih4dv]

I love Nick Wrong

[@grsafran]

Players would get hurt more often if they started dunking alot.

[@TheAnanaki]

Boston isn't that good. 😂

[@yvngdashdance656]

Mazzulla ball elite

[@meherenow793]

nick wright, of fox sports? yeah, we can ignore that.

[@sidneyjacques.]

I just had cook out.

[@josephrafferty6763]

James Harden was one of the most fun players you’ve ever seen…? I have a hard time thinking of a less fun start to watch, if I’m being honest.