There are a lot of ways to know that the NBA playoffs are on the horizon.
Despite an entire season of belt to ass dominance, we heard the same shit time and time again.
“Wahhhhhhh they shoot too many 3s.
Waahhhhh this style of play isn’t sustainable.
Wahhhhhh they’ll never win a title playing this way”
Every step of their run was questioned.
But here’s what you always have to remember when it comes to the Boston Celtics.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY breaks brains quite like they do.
What do we think the narrative/coversation was?
I’ll let Vince Carter take it from here
Wait, what year is it?
We’re still doing the “is their offense sustainable” for the playoff gimmick?
In the year of our Lord 2025?
You want to talk about sustainability?
This is nothing against Vince Carter, who I actually think is pretty good as an analyst.
The Mazzulla Celtics have been the most dominant team in the NBA since he took over.
That’s a fact, not opinion.
The Celtics lead the NBA in wins over that span with 177.
The Celtics lead the NBA in playoff wins over that span with 27.
The next closest is DEN with 23.
This idea that they are doomed because of their 3pt shooting simply isn’t true.
They won the title last year with their best players barely shooting 30% from deep!
You know, despite the most wins, playoff wins, and an NBA championship playing this way.
Again I ask, what other defending champ is talked about like this?
Does this mean the Celts are a lock to win the whole thing again?
No, anything can happen in the postseason.
The playoffs are a gauntlet, and the competition has never been better.
There’s a reason nobody has repeated since GS, and no Celtics team has repeated since Russell.
It’s hard as shit to do no matter what style of play you have.
routine immediately after this team won a title is everything that’s wrong with the NBA media today.
They tried this gimmick already, and it failed.
It’s almost as if they never learn.
