Dan Patrick Recaps The Celtics Winning Their 18th NBA Championship | 6/18/24

Dan Patrick recaps the Boston Celtics beating the Dallas Mavericks in game 5 of the NBA Finals, winning their 18th NBA Championship in franchise history

[@adamdavis2760]

This Championship does the most for Jason Tatum....You could see in his face the weight of the Celtics franchise being lifted off his shoulders last night...In fact, I think this might unlock his game a bit....The pressure is now off so he can just play no matter how big the situation...I feel like he was shouldering all the failures over the last few years himself along with hearing all the things that were said about him

[@Eskewsme]

Except, nobody has any expectations on Jayson Tatum whatsoever. He can go his entire career and never win a championship, and nobody will care. He can win another one, too, and it also won't matter. People like LeBron, Durant, etc. get judged solely on NBA championships. Not Jayson Tatum.

[@tim.noonan]

@@EskewsmeY’all are so fucking cringe. Tatum haters are weirder than LeBron haters by a fucking mile I swear, and they’re both only ‘guilty’ of being kinda corny. Why don’t you have this same energy for the guys who beat their wives and drive drunk?

[@scarletspider1240]

Except they didn’t win because of him, they won because of everyone else they picked up. Sure, the pressure is off of him…but it’s because if anything HE individually did.

[@0168196250]

And he is young too. To have such burden to win now is unprecedented.

[@dramatyst5661]

​@@EskewsmeThose guys you named will never sniff another title. NBA evolved, it's back to being a team sport and focusing on a starting 5 that can play offense and defense.

[@bryangold9943]

Al Hortford, future Hall of Fame inductee

[@je5406]

Hall of Very Good

[@JuanMota27]

Facts 🗣️🗣️

[@erickennedy8534]

Yes

[@okgood8529]

@@je5406 Yes.

[@NathanDean79]

And also Jayson Tatum is and was Bostons leading rebounder. All year long. That isn’t talked about enough. He was the Celtic leading scorer and leading rebounder. People want to dismiss the regular season in the NBA. You first have to get to the dam playoffs and if you don’t have enough wins you don’t go to the playoffs.

[@hugh-jasole]

None of what you said changes the fact that JB was their best player in the playoffs. You don't win the chip if you don't win at least 4 games in the finals. And Brown is the reason that happened.

[@uzi978]

I don't think Jayson and Jaylen both being SF's really matters because more than any other team, the Celtics play positionless basketball. At times, Holiday is guarding the 5, and in the Mavs series it was Tatum quite often. Plus, they switch a ton, and every player is relatively able to guard any other position effectively. The NBA is used to having 1 guy per team dominating, a true superstar, but the Celtics have two guys that can get you 30 on any given night, and 4 more that can get you 20.

[@stickman1742]

Most of these national media guys really have no clue about the Celtics. They are too lazy and they just repeat the narratives they hear all the time. It's always clear they don't really understand the team. Only now are they realizing that the Celtics had the best team. Before they really thought the team with the best top 2 would win. They really are clueless.

[@Eskewsme]

Dan is lost in old terminology. There is no such thing as a small forward. You're either your team's main distributor, a predominately perimeter player, or a predominately interior player. Tatum & Brown are simply perimeter players, just like a high school team might play 4 out, 1 in. There aren't small forwards and power forwards in basketball anymore.

[@cherylgriffin1122]

😅

[@brianvail9212]

Give the MVP to the Boston crowd.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

NBA's true 6th man

[@Redsox3600]

I agree. You can also be respectful and have fun with it. Boston can crossover that line often. For what?

[@dramatyst5661]

​@@Redsox3600I mean Kyrie screwed over the Celtics he bullied Jaylen Brown when Kyrie got signed, Kyrie beefed with Terry rozier over playing time . Also go back and look at the Derek Jeter ceremony where he was honored for 20 minutes straight and the Fenway crowd chanting jeters name . There is a reason and Kyrie deserved it.

[@Redsox3600]

@@dramatyst5661 I agree with you.

[@davis2k1234]

Brad Stevens with co to Danny Ainge are the MVPs of this team

[@elroz1675]

JT led the team in points, rebounds, and assists...played excellent D as well. JB was more efficient in scoring, and played Luka on D a lot. JT was double teamed more often and had the best Dallas wing defender cover him. JT is now one of 6 players to lead his team in points, rebounds, and assists in the finals (Bird twice, Olajuwon, Duncan, LeBron - thrice, Jokic). That's a great company!

[@erickennedy8534]

Celtics played like a team, brung team basketball to get a championship just like the Nuggets. Celtics were 64-18 ,and 16-3 in the playoffs that is a great season

[@patriceodom2553]

I wanted co- MVP award. "It could happen"😅

[@gregleavitt1255]

They were 16-3 in the playoffs against injured teams but their starting center, an obvious gamechanger, played in parts of 3 of them.

[@sencillo96]

And 4-1 against the best team on the west ✍️....

[@gregleavitt1255]

ncillo96 No one was beating us 4 times in series 👊

[@ChokeslamToHell]

@@sencillo9628-7 against the big, bad West this season. .800 winning percentage. Not too shabby.

[@stickman1742]

"Had the chance of being a dynasty over the last 5 or 6 years" is just an incredibly stupid take. In reality, Tatum and Brown making the east conference finals against Lebron when they were 19 and 20 and going to the 7th game was an amazing feat. To hold it against them like they should have started winning titles is absurd. Likewise, only in '22 under Udoka did they start to become a title contender. Hayward was hurt from the start, Kyrie checked out in year 2, Kemba had 1 good year before his knee went. This is why the national media is so wrong about this team, just shows they don't really pay attention and just listen to stupid narratives. They only really started playing extremely well in the 2nd half of '22. Anything before that is meaningless and they were going further than they should have been. Marcus Smart was never a great player. He can play great defense, but he is a liability on offense. And worse, he often had the ball at the end of games and didn't want to give it up. That's why the Celtics used to lose a lot of close games. This year, they didn't lose many of those and showed themselves to be one of the clutcher teams around.

[@curtisharolson6643]

Well said my friend, you have the same complaints I have, those young guys been ballin since rookies and it finally paid off with a ring!

[@riffsthatkill2180]

This is 100% the correct context for viewing this team.

[@taylorackley9144]

Fair take here. This is the reality of the past 6-7 years. Futures bright tho

[@sinisacmarec2409]

Can we talk about the Lakers for a change, it's been half an hour already?!

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

Lol

[@ClayJunior2]

😂

[@stickman1742]

Don't worry, it's coming.

[@scottd7222]

Lakers picking Lonzo Ball over Jayson Tatum 😬 18 must hurt all the more

[@scottd7222]

Brandon Ingram over Jaylen Brown 😬

[@ernestoplaganas9564]

Jaylen Brown is my favorite NBA player

[@Lord_Clarke]

Jaylen Brown averaged 21ppg and held Luka to 40% shooting from the field and 25% from 3 he easily deserved FMVP

[@patriceodom2553]

I know!! I actually forgot if the Mavs even had a big man I had to think lol😂

[@thewalruswasjason101]

Good luck beating Boston to get to the finals next year

[@NathanDean79]

During the season Tatum was the Celtics best player. He averaged 27 points 8 rebounds and 5 assists a game. He was 1st team All NBA for the 3rd season in a row. He is a top 10 player in this league I believe he is around 5th or 6th. The Mavericks had the best player,Luka, but the Celtics have the best team.

[@christopher_loren]

People keep saying this. Defense matters too. Brown and Tatum are two of the four best two-way players in the world. Only Giannis is definitively ahead of them. You could argue they are 2 and 3. I'd put AD at 2 but Tatum and Brown are right there. Doncic is better offensively by a little, but worse defensively by a mile. The Celtics play winning basketball.

[@k21im]

I think the biggest mive this year...the real difference maker was White finally shaving his head.

[@g3tb3ndt]

The shade the Celtics have been getting for years was beacuse everyone knew just how good these guys could be and wanted to see it. Well all questions have been answered. LFG! ☘️.

[@antoniojimenez5372]

Never listen in before this show is great !!!

[@NathanDean79]

Jaylen Brown is a shooting guard. Yes he plays a bit of small forward too but he is classified by the Celtics as a shooting guard. Tatum is a power forward or a small forward. Often time the Celtics have 3 guards 1 forward, Tatum, and a center on the floor.

[@johnries3121]

When talking about the East competitors for Boston next year, you left out the team that they played in the Eastern finals, the Indiana Pacers! Indiana was playing in the playoffs without a very key player second-year guard Benedict Mathuren, they will be back in the hunt next year.

[@stickman1742]

Most of the national guys for some reason think the west is great and the east sucks. They may have been true 10 years ago. Don't know why the discount the east teams so much. The Celtics showed how ridiculous it was by completely dominating the Mavs.

[@Hotobu]

@@stickman1742 Celtics winning doesn't disprove anything. The Celtics being the best team in the NBA doesn't mean the east is stronger than the west

[@EiLLskillz]

I dont want to hear no more criticism about Tatum unless you spend an hour highlighting Joel Embiid's failures first. Guy is constantly mentioned as a top 5 player, won a MVP, can't get out of the second round.

[@moondog3056]

Somebody tell Dan that Tatum hasn't gotten a max contract yet. Brown got his deal first

[@Redsox3600]

They were never changing head coaches, old man.

[@josephberg1586]

Dan picked the Mavs, and then Celtics leading up. Played both sides. Sneaky sneaky as usual.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Other than Tatum, the title really benefits Jrue Holliday the most. He was the 3rd best player on 2 title teams & he was the player that allowed those teams to win. He could end up in the HOF bcuz of his stats + the titles... if Jrue wins 1 more title, or more, before his career ends he'll almost guarantee being a HOFer edit: spelling

[@princedejour2686]

Robert Horry has 7 Chips and he will.never get into the HOF! Jrue is a really good player not a HOF!

[@donsolos]

Dont forget the Olympic contributions

[@cvgodd1432]

@@princedejour2686yes he is.. horry wasn’t doing what Jrue did in the finals! Dude was the X factor both times he won a ring!

[@princedejour2686]

@@cvgodd1432 I can't talk sports with the blind! If you know basketball then you would know that there are numerous players with multiple Chips that are not in the HOF!

[@McMasher]

I think Paulie is half right about Mazzula. An NBA coach with a ring is able to milk that for jobs for 20 years. Look at doc river no one has gotten more run off a single ring than that guy

[@stickman1742]

If Mazzula can continue to get them to put team first and play like this then he is the perfect coach. That's what they need more than anything.

[@erickennedy8534]

NBA Championship with the Celtics!!

[@angelmelendez2468]

I hope 🤞 I can see this Celtic team have a healthy run next year during the playoffs . Injuries are part of the game .

[@wade_says]

Go Celtics ☘️

[@ChokeslamToHell]

The way teams defended Tatum, he basically played Point Guard this postseason and he was fantastic in that role. How many 6 foot 9-10 Forwards could do that? Durant maybe? Bird? Magic, of course. But not too many.

[@kevinlakeman5043]

Brown was a bit more consistent offensively, but I think it was largely his defense, esp. on Doncic, that got him the MVP. Plus, he shot noticeably better than Tatum, though Tatum did lead the team in PPG, RPG, and APG. Also, the final stats are skewed cuz of the one blowout Mavs win and look closer they were in the 4 Boston wins.

[@AKABoondock19]

disagree with what you said about the critisicm of tatum being standard. I cant think of another player under 30 (and he is WELL under) that people slandered so hard for not having a ring.

[@ClayJunior2]

i agree

[@stickman1742]

Lebron was treated badly until he finally won. Everyone complained that he would pass off at the end of games and many said he would always be a loser. It is fairly standard, but they have been overly tough on Tatum and Brown only because they surpassed expectations so early. They went so deep in the playoffs so young that they started thinking they were losers by the time they were 24 and 25. Ridiculous. They just like to complain for clicks. They don't use their brain that much for anything else.

[@princedejour2686]

I don't remember people talking that badly about LBJ until after he created 4 Superteams to win all of his Championships!

[@donsolos]

​@@princedejour2686the NBA narrative every year was can lebron win it because of x y and a until he finally did

[@princedejour2686]

@@donsolos They say that about every single player who is labeled a superstar! So what is your point!

[@IamAFreePerson]

This guy even does not know what he is talking about.. 1. AL Horford has two NBA rings - WRONG ... and ends as 2. ..... Very impressive with Dallas ... they were the best team during regular season and in the post season --- WRONG

[@erikoettinger9270]

Jrue Holiday IS a hall of famer. No doubt

[@erickennedy8534]

Maybe

[@beachrelax9702]

love this show, but I cannot stand the American police support in front of the desk. Just my 2 cents from Australia

[@Native2181]

Hey Dan, how in the world do you watch these playoffs and not know horford hadn’t won a title yet? It was literally surrounding most of the discussion around Boston and was the topic in the celebration on the court.

[@jethrojacinto2798]

Woulda shoulda coulda. Denver lost to the team who got absolutely smacked by the Dallas and then got whooped by Boston. Beat who's in front of you. Stop with the BS. GO CELTICS! ☘🏆

[@Jeramithehuman]

In a way Kyrie held up his end of the bargain. He helped Boston win a ring

[@jonosay854]

KYrie was definitely the LVP

[@Hiluxtaco]

At 6' 8" tall, Jayson Tatum is really a Tall Forward...

[@taylorackley9144]

Thanks for Jrue, Bucks nation! 😅

[@NathanDean79]

Boston has an elite defense AND an elite offense. That’s why they are so hard to beat. Dallas is below average on defense.

[@jefferyscott1426]

Jeez can’t even have a full day of celebration first before we start talking about next yr and dynasty. Smh

[@BabySpit]

I guess the mvp goes to the most improved player or whoever had to Step their game up more

[@stingrey1571]

i believe this teams gets no love from the media is because tatum and brown are equals. on the bulls it is jordan 1, pippen 2. warriors-steph 1. klay 2 early 00s lakers shaq 1, kobe 2. late 00s kobe 1, pau 2. tatum and brown are both the celtics top star.

[@huckleberry12]

finally, a reasonable assessment about this "best player" nonsense.

[@lxgxndxry24]

History is the only reason the bucks are in the favorites n not the knicks. The knicks are one acquisition away from being serious ecf contenders. I wouldve sacrificed games for nyk health. The knicks played extremely hard the last game of the season v the bulls for a more difficult series v the sixers. If they can stay healthy at the end of the season the knicks could definitely beat the celtics but the bucks definitely wont.

[@ericbruscoe5956]

3:55 Did this crazy old man just compare the Boston Celtics to the Buffalo bills? 😂😂😂😂

[@jimmyjay689]

No competition

[@denigster]

yeah tatum has a title but playing like this dont make you a nr 5 player in the league

[@betterlifechurch-newaygo8238]

Detroit Pistons Bad Boys .. Joe Dumars the MVP but they had Isaiah Thomas

[@penkima4923]

Dan said Jrue Holiday, Derrick White and Porzingis are C-level players. Jrue was an all-star last season as a Buck. This season he didn't make the selection, because he joined a big 5 superteam in the Celtics. He's not a C-level player. Derrick White was the first reserve to the all-star team this season. If any Eastern guard were to be injured, White had enough votes to be the first alternative. He would've made the all-star team on any other team. He's not a C-level player. Porzingis put up the best stats for the Celtics in the regular season. Tatum and Brown both were undeserving of an all-star selection this season. They got in, because of team record. Porzingis had the stats for it. He isn't a C-level player. The Celtics are a big 5 superteam. They have 5 all-star caliber players, 5 B-level players. Something we haven't seen in 50 years, or maybe ever. All Celtics' championships are won by superteams, that should've been prevented by vetoes.

[@tyballin321reel]

Bro said Tatum and brown aren’t all stars

[@stickman1742]

Sounds ridiculous, but I didn't listen that long. I had to stop early after some other stupid things he said. These national guys just know nothing about the teams, they just repeat standard narratives. Very boring and completely useless.

[@penkima4923]

@@tyballin321reel Are all-star A-level stars? What are superstars?

[@princedejour2686]

Just because you make an all-star team does not make you a superstar or a star! Ben Simmons made it to two all-star teams so what does that say about the east!

[@Jeramithehuman]

How are they a super team? They drafted brown and Tatum and acquired zero superstars in free agency. If they somehow get Embid or KD or any superstar then yeah they’ll be a super team but right now they’re just a good team that’s been together for a while. Same situation as golden state was. They were a good team. They added KD now they’re a super team

[@zeppelinmexicano]

In the east? Pencil in the Pacers to be a real pain in the ass, assuming they get coached up a little and add another player or two. They are one athletic bunch of hombres and they gave the Celtics a lot of problems. If they didn't get weak legs in the final minutes they might have upset the Celtics. Bad game time decisions, they need to learn, but I think they will be a real pain in the arse for the east, or the west.

[@cvgodd1432]

Facts!! Pavers are no joke, they kind of play like Celtics but a lot faster!! All of them can shoot and dribble! None of them are out there for stats! Mavs fans think we are joking when we say Pacers are better than Mavs! 😂

[@nikeyrawhide2873]

Brown had three good games, Tatum had one..Brown deserves the MVP//

[@NathanDean79]

Celtics rock!! They are going to repeat. Tatum was 1 rebound away from a triple double in Game 3 and 2 rebounds away from a triple double in Game 5. Tatum was the leading scorer leading rebounder and led in assists in Game 5 to close the Mavericks out. People say there was more pressure in games 1 and 2. I beg to differ on that. After they lost game 4 is when the real pressure started on the Celtics and Tatum rose to the occasion and led the team in pretty much all areas. He had zero turnovers too. I think it was a toss up between him and Brown as far as the MVP goes.

[@CamPerry93]

Browns a 2 tatums a 3 wtf are u talking about?

[@b-i-b-l-ebasicinstructions5786]

Jason Kidd said after the drubbing of the Mavs in game 7 that "Luka is one of the very best players on the planet." Huh? One of the best players on the planet wouldn't crater like he did with his poor percentage in the game from downtown. The ball sticks too much when he's dribbling around often aimlessly. And his laziness on defense is appalling. Two or three plays in the game loose balls near him he made absolutely NO effort to go after it but stood their like a statue. Luka has way too many flaws in his game that totally ruin his other personal abilities. No Jason Kidd, Luka is period, full stop NOT one of the best players on the planet despite your bias and your delusional thinking.

[@erickennedy8534]

Luka had bad finals. He will learn from it like Dirk

[@James-ui4ed]

Tatum got robbed on Finals MVP

[@scarletspider1240]

He wasn’t the best player in the series. The best player won the award.

[@NathanDean79]

Yea Denver would have made it more interesting. But I still had Boston In 6 even against Denver.

[@arthurmalonell115]

Luka needs to get in shape and stop whining to the referees. He should and will be treated equally like all who have come before him and LOST THE CHAMPIONSHIP. NO PASS FOR MR LUKA……….

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

JB is the highest paid.

[@JuanMota27]

Next season he won’t be

[@ChokeslamToHell]

Tatum will be higher in about 2 weeks.

[@ufa621]

Bean town 18 lala land 17 your move Hollywood 🤣🫡

[@stickman1742]

This game is more like pool and Boston will have all the shots for a while. The Lakers can just sit back and enjoy the show.

[@ufa621]

@stickman1742 that organization is dumpster fire Doesn't help they don't have any draft picks for a while. And the 2 aging stars

[@NathanDean79]

All the Celtics on the team this year is under contract next year. They will probably repeat. My money is on them.

[@Lance-Stroll]

They've only won 7 without Bill Russell

[@danspawn85]

Only 2 without Red Auerbach.

[@stickman1742]

Not sure what that means. Is it better if you spread them out more?

[@patriceodom2553]

Also.... Feeling bad for Marcus Smart

[@jamesjones406]

Hall of fame conversation thrown up against the wall = thumbs down. Stop the gen z Tom foolery.

[@ForeverBleedinGreen]

Scre** this guy. Even though he's not on the Boston Haters Top Hit List, he's already on the newly created, 'you got one but no more' bandwagon. To me this is how the non-Celtic world has dealt with them for years, but now being amplified by being the WINNINGEST TEAM IN NBA HISTORY - and that's via a ton of denial, and more than a little bit of wishful thinking....a.k.a. propaganda.

[@richardmitchell8213]

Congrats to the Celtics winning the Finals but, game 4 is absolute 100% proof that certain games are fixed. You can tell by the scores of games 4 and 5. Game 4 Boston completely allowed Dallas to blow them out ugly. Games 1,2,3 and 5 prove the Celtics were completely dominate over Dallas and fixed game 4 so they could win on their home floor. I understand wanting to win at home but, it’s supposed to be illegal to fix games, just saying.

[@curtisharolson6643]

Such a unique take 😂

[@dougshugarts3105]

Will you please stop with that stat of the day bullshit.

[@emersonpinto1802]

Tatum is (and still) the Celtics MVP since 2018. Brown is the "Andre Iguodala" Finals MVP. Luka is the Playoffs MVP (leader in PTS, REB, AST, STL).

[@lamarrpoole9305]

Luka is James Harden and didn’t even try to play defense except for game 4! They won because we let them win, so we can close out in front of our fans!

[@penkima4923]

@@lamarrpoole9305 Luka was the best Mavs defender in the finals. With all his injuries. The Mavs perimeter defense was absolute garbage. I blame Kidd for that. Somebody on the video said Kidd and the Mavs didn't adapt, and that was the correct observation. As bad as Kyrie played, Kidd was the Mavs' biggest problem.

[@penkima4923]

Tatum's choke in the 2022 finals wasn't an anomaly. He is a choker. The biggest choker in finals history, in fact. Steph choked at times in the finals, but Steph also redeemed himself several times. Tatum is just a finals choker. And he's selfish.

[@OtakuMainer]

@@lamarrpoole9305 Except even Harden plays better defense than Luka lol

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

​@@penkima4923 that's a silly comment

[@vincentdelorca1821]

Worst series ever

[@gregallan2842]

Nobody deserves it more than Al Horford.

[@SD-mg7np]

Dan is lazy He ripped off that whole info about Jeff van gundy from mark Jackson’s podcat

[@scarletspider1240]

Tatum didn’t accomplish or prove anything. They don’t pick up White, Holiday, and Portzingas and Tatum stays right where he was…a good player who is overpaid and by himself, would never be the reason his team won a title. He honestly hasn’t changed that much, it was his teammates who pulled him across the finish line.

[@bobbowie9350]

Nba is unwatchable.

[@HOJO-SAN]

Boring championship. The Luka hype should end asap!

[@penkima4923]

Luka was the best player in the finals. Otherwise he should've gotten the finals MVP, but it was more important it went to Brown over Tatum, to underline Tatum's historical choke job.

[@stickman1742]

@@penkima4923 Both Brown and Tatum were better than Luka who doesn't play defense. I wouldn't say Luka choked, he just isn't as good overall as either Tatum or Brown who can play both sides of the ball at an elite level.

[@HOJO-SAN]

@@stickman1742 Exactly. The league hype these one dementional european players who have no defensive skills. I'm a Heat fan but nuff respect to Boston for winning the chip.

[@StuTheDon17]

Sorry, but when did Tatum sign the Max contract which meant he was open to all the criticism in the world?? Dude is talking shit.

[@Eskewsme]

You can tell Pauly doesn't watch basketball, ever. Jrue Holiday & Al Horford, on no planet whatsoever, will ever be in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

[@JuanMota27]

Melo did nothing in the NBA 🙄 and will be a HoF’er 🤦🏽‍♂️ the Hall of Fame is based on resume of the whole basketball career

[@erickennedy8534]

Hartford going to the Hall

[@Eskewsme]

@@JuanMota27 I know exactly what it’s based on. He’s not a Hall of Fame player. And winning a championship, at the end of his career, averaging 7 PPG isn’t going to change that.

[@JuanMota27]

@@Eskewsme Time will tell whether you’re right or wrong 😌

[@relivec]

Cs should just thank Steph for not making the playoffs🤣😈💀

[@scarletspider1240]

Tatum is nowhere near being one the top 7 players in the league. He might have managed to get paid like one, but he’s more top 10-15.