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00:00Celtics Wednesday here on WEEI. It's Jones and Keith every Wednesday at 1145. Justin Turpin
00:07Turp from WEEI good Celtics coverage there
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00:15WEEI. Now peek behind the curtain here. Keith was just peppering you Turp with all kinds of props for the game tonight
00:21Yeah, I think he crafted up a masterpiece here
00:24You guys want in on this? Well, I'll be cooking it up a little bit. From what I overheard it sounded like
00:29You know not to step on his toes
00:32Parley playboy. Yeah, parley princess. It sounded like there were a lot of legs. I did sound like Courtney or Wiggy
00:38No, it's four-legged. That's it. Four-legged. I feel like a dog. I feel like I heard an octopus. It's a dog
00:43I feel like I heard 12 or 13. I got like a horse
00:45It sounded like a centipede parley from what I was listening to. Cow, pig, other four-legged creature. So I'm going Tatum over
00:5335, 35 or more. Yeah, good one. Five threes. You like it. It's averaging 30
00:59He's going to play the fourth quarter tonight. Five threes. Yes. Yes. I also like
01:04first half Celtics minus three and a half
01:07What do you like that? I just like the idea of you sweating out like the first half
01:10Yeah, I feel good about it. Half-time. And then six for the game. They're minus six for the game
01:15Yeah
01:17I love that first half. Grade that, grade that. Oh, that's his favorite
01:20One of the best teams in the league in the first half. Grade that parlay. Give it a B plus. B plus parlay. I'm due
01:26I've lost several parlays in a row. I feel like he just, that was a little offensive
01:30No, no, no. It's hard to give an A. It's really hard. Trust me. It was hard to get an A. That's not an easy accomplishment
01:38Okay, what are we uh, obviously you're on board with a lot of those Tatum props
01:41So you you expect in the box, let's start with the box score. You expect a big Tatum performance tonight
01:46I mean, I just expect him to keep doing what he's been doing and he's been big all season long
01:50So but just to jump in so you think it'll be just a normal Tatum game not anything extra effectively what you're saying
01:56Yeah, I really I don't think he's gonna do anything out of the ordinary to be honest
02:00I mean, he just doesn't make it about himself
02:02Which is one of his biggest, you know credit to him for that because he just doesn't let the moment get too big
02:08So I really don't expect him to come out and change the way he's playing
02:11I feel like that's been one of his one of the criticisms that people have had with Tatum is they they want him
02:16To be something that he isn't and they sort of see guys like, you know
02:19Michael Jordan or like these is like cutthroat guys. It's like
02:23It's not in him
02:24right and like it clearly didn't have to be because a lot of times people connect the dot like if you don't have that
02:30Then you can't win a title. It's like yeah, I think it's a sensibility thing. Like I just
02:35Tatum's incredible and I didn't think he had the greatest playoff run last year, but obviously he was the best player on a championship team
02:43Season-long we had a better postseason, but yeah just from a sensibility standpoint
02:48I do like the cutthroat athlete more so and I sort of why I just don't think it's him
02:52So I'm like, no, it's not but but tonight is different because you know
02:56The Olympic team would bother anyone and you know what bothered him it does
03:00But I just don't think he goes out of his way to make it about himself
03:03I really don't and he's been publicly at least kind of brushed it all off. It's it's whatever it happened
03:08We're focused on this now and I really do believe he's focused on winning a championship
03:12I know all eyes are gonna be on this game tonight
03:15People have circled this on the calendar, but I don't think he forces anything
03:19I think he continues to play within the game and the reality is all he has to do is be himself and
03:25He's gonna put up a big numbers. That's just how he's been playing this year. He's averaging what?
03:3035 and 7 like if he just plays the way he's been playing he'll be just fine. So that's a credit to him
03:36I think we saw it during the finals last year where everyone's always comparing him and Luka don't it's basically whatever it may be
03:42He didn't force anything
03:43He was always just playing within the game and they wanted to be a championship because of that
03:47So I know everyone's gonna circle this because it's the entertainment business
03:50It's supposed to be the cinema, but I don't think he plays any way any different than the way he always does
03:55I really don't what's going on with Jalen Brown. Yeah. I mean, I'm not really too concerned about it
04:00Okay, just listening to what Joe Missoula had to say about it how it's a day-to-day thing
04:03It just seems like they don't want to push anything right now. They were saying day-to-day for a lot of days, though
04:09And I know just a lot of days. I mean, it's it's going back to what Friday. I played Friday
04:15He didn't line research. Yeah, so he didn't play
04:18Usually November's not a second. He didn't play. Okay, it says the sick, but you got to imagine
04:23He wanted to play in Atlanta for sure
04:25You got to imagine he wants to play tonight cuz he is a guy who I think would have a little
04:28Added edge if you were out there tonight against the Warriors, maybe they're saving him from himself for all I know
04:32Yeah, maybe but I think it's a little worse than the Celtics are letting on
04:36It sounds a little worse than day-to-day to me
04:37It is a little concerning that it's been lingering since training camp. I agree with that
04:41But it's just so early in the season. We're not even 10 games in
04:44Why would they push him any more than they have to and looking ahead? Okay, but if it's no big deal
04:48They're not pushing him is my point. So I agree. I'm not saying he has to play tonight
04:52I just think it's a little more than they're letting on. That's all
04:54I think they're just being extremely cautious and you have to be with Jalen Brown like you need him
04:59Really like you're in a spot where you can sit poor Zingas till the playoffs you can do whatever you want
05:05Really? That's a good thing
05:06I don't want this to keep getting worse and looking ahead like I wouldn't be surprised if he sits more coming forward like after tonight
05:11They play the four and four Brooklyn Nets the one and six bucks three and five Hawks Brooklyn again and two and six Raptors
05:17What's the point of rushing him back? Yeah, you're seven and one you're blowing teams out
05:21I just don't see the point in rushing him back and I get the concern because you want to be out there
05:25You don't want him to miss games. But I mean just don't push it
05:28All right
05:28I'm all in on Cato this year the guy seems like a like a bit of a killer and Joe Mizzou
05:33La also has been like hyping him up big-time. Is he someone that is gonna actually carve out like a real
05:39Role for himself because that's sustainable you think I think so and really every time he's on the floor
05:44It feels like good things happen. I was looking at it the other day
05:46They were ten and one when he played at least 14 minutes last year
05:48So he was really impactful and he does it in unique ways and he gives them a different look because he's not your traditional
05:55Celtics big a guy that's gonna spread the floor. No, he won't shoot. Yeah guys like Horford and poor things. I'm gonna shoot threes
06:01He's gonna hang around the rim and make his money there and he does a great job
06:04And I think it's not perfect at times. He does look lost defensively, but for the most part he is very impactful
06:10He leads the NBA and plus-minus among players that haven't played on over a hundred minutes. So that's impressive
06:16I mean, he's been doing it with limited role, but I do think this is the year we see him more often Terp
06:21You're there you cover the Celtics you're at all these games. Why do they hate perks so much?
06:25Why do they let perk bother them so much? Yeah, that's a good question
06:28I think there is a kind of a different brotherhood when it's coming from somebody that wore the Jersey some of that war won a
06:34Championship in that Jersey that you're wearing
06:36I think it does mean a little bit more when it's coming from somebody like that as opposed to like just a regular
06:42Journalist or whatever it may be
06:43I think there is some more weight that carries that because perk won a championship here and was respected not so much anymore
06:50So I think it's just the fact that he is part of that brotherhood and one won a title here was
06:55Successful player here and I mean I give him credit some of the stuff that perk says it's pretty funny
06:59Like the bird thing was hilarious. I mean totally a war. He's entertaining. He's entertaining
07:04He's like not inviting him back. You make a bigger deal out of it
07:07Yeah, it's to be a hundred percent. You'd like to say whatever you want to say
07:10You don't have to sit on the duck boat with him
07:12No, he was gonna be on a duck boat with scowl for God's sakes
07:15You didn't have to sit on the duck boat with him
07:16You also don't really need to have guys from the o8 team on duck boats
07:21You don't you don't really need that you don't but they had it no and they didn't want him there and yeah
07:26That's just that's a credit to create a bigger story
07:29Yeah
07:29It's a credit to perk because he's at least objective
07:31Like a lot of these guys sometimes will be afraid to be objective of the team and I give Perkins credit for actually being objective
07:36But I get it
07:37I see why they're upset with them and some of the stuff he did say was well a just wrong and yeah
07:43It was just you know a little bit too personal
07:45I think warriors tonight there. It's like a new era
07:48It's still curry and it's still Draymond and it's still curb a lot of other new pieces
07:53They're off to a six and one start. So like a decent enough team now
07:57Yeah, I mean they're going 12 men deep in their rotation, which is almost nightly, which is hilarious
08:01Yeah, I know the FIBA games are shorter, but it is funny just kind of rich and I heard couldn't do it with 12 all-stars
08:07Now he's doing eight scrubs. They're just getting contributions up and down
08:11You look at a guy like buddy healed porn. He'll 20 minutes 20 points a game off the bench
08:15I mean, he's gonna come down to earth cuz he's shooting 50% from three. Nobody's gonna the marksman
08:19He's a marksman. He is a great three-point shooter, but nobody's gonna do that across in 82 games late. That's a good question
08:25I forgot about this twitch chat brought it up dark and stormy nights the Grand Hill thing. Oh great. No, I'm sorry
08:29Grant Williams the other day. Well, what was that a clown reckless? Yeah reckless dumb
08:35I mean, I just don't get it how this is supposedly your friend
08:38He was talking he was telling Kayla Burton of NBC Sports boss announcer that he made the wings that had this big
08:42Yeah, he was like everybody was gonna come over to his house. He's he isn't so I I know that but yeah
08:47They all seem to like him
08:50Seemed to like him and so is he like now is that gonna blow over?
08:54Is that something you're gonna hold a grudge about I think they're gonna hold a grudge on that
08:56I really do and you can't defend that as a basketball play. It just was not a basketball player
09:01He literally lowered a shoulder into him on a transition opportunity
09:04Grant used to do that to all their opponents his whole career while he was here and they never had a problem with it
09:08And so that feels a little hypocritical to me, but they're gonna hold a grudge over this. I wouldn't be surprised
09:14I would I think they'll eventually talk I get not going over his house after the game on Friday night
09:18But huh, it won't be as close as they were before. No way. I mean, he was already an ex-teammate
09:22So you keep ties with these guys you keep like a friendship, but you're not like buddy buddy
09:27It's not like they were hanging out. They're pretty buddy buddy with Kyrie. They are
09:31You know
09:32It was weird about Charlotte. They play Charlotte the last two games of the season
09:35So they had that stupid like back-to-back games in Charlotte
09:38The very last two games of the regular season are at the garden Hornets Hornets that world of the NBA Cup world
09:44They're mixing up. Oh, okay, which I think they'll take serious this year, by the way the Cup trying to win that Cup
09:49I think they should I mean I don't like the
09:53I do I like
09:55Opportunity to get a guy like Luke Hornet who took less to be here you get a financial incentive for winning
10:00So, how do you reward a guy that took less to be here?
10:05It's exactly it's just a little test. It didn't matter last year. They didn't win it. I put stock in it
10:10Good season, but it's a little it's just a little test for you
10:13That's all little measuring stick and it's a little more important than a stupid one-off regular season game
10:18So I hope they put stock in it good stuff Terp
10:20He's at the garden tonight follow all his coverage on we I at Justin M Turpin on Twitter Turk. We appreciate this Wednesday
10:27Thank you. All right guys. Thank you. All right. He's got the Celtics tonight, right?
10:30You officially have the Celtics in this game tonight, right? I do. Yeah Celtics tonight. Oh, yeah
10:33We have six he approved of your he likes to parlay. I think he had the Celtics. I guess I never have