Celtics reporter Noa Dalzell goes live to answer questions about the Celtics season so far, including a deep dive into the Celtics' 21-5 start to the season, a discussion about Kristaps Porzingis, some Jordan Walsh developmental updates, and more. Tune in to get all your Celtics questions answered!
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00:00What's up, everyone?
00:28This is Noah Dalzell.
00:29And I'm here with a Monday night edition of You Got Boston, Celtics Off Day, which means
00:35we can go and do one of these Q&As.
00:38I got about 45 minutes to maybe even an hour.
00:41So we can answer as many questions as you all have.
00:44And I tried something different.
00:45I feel like I use Twitter quite a bit.
00:47I've tried Blue Sky a bit, but I actually posted on Reddit today for questions.
00:50And I got a lot of really good questions.
00:52So I'm going to go through some of those Reddit questions as well, about the team, about covering
00:57the team.
00:58It honestly hasn't been the most eventful stretch of the season, I think, just because
01:02they haven't played the best teams yet.
01:04So I'm happy to also talk about the process of covering the Celtics, if that's interesting
01:08to people.
01:09I got a lot of questions about that on the Reddit thread.
01:11So thanks to those of you who submitted.
01:14But feel free to ask any questions in the chat as I kind of talk through things.
01:17Obviously, the Celtics are 21-5.
01:20I think this is their third consecutive year starting with that record, which is pretty
01:24remarkable.
01:25And then not to mention the fact that coming off a championship, I think there was a lot
01:31of speculation about whether there would be a championship hangover.
01:34And this team, I don't think, has really faced that championship hangover.
01:36I'm looking forward to seeing them in a more difficult stretch of the schedule.
01:40But so far, I think you've seen a team that is performing to expectations.
01:44And as you guys that have been following the team know, I think Pritchard has been the
01:47biggest storyline as far as what's been different about last year's team to this year's team
01:51is just his kind of evolution and everything.
01:54So as we kind of go through the show, feel free, if you have things you want to hear
01:58about, talk about, feel free to put them in the chat.
02:01I'm going to go through chat box questions, but I'm also I have on the other tab here
02:05a Reddit thread that I posted, which I can just post here if people just want to see.
02:10But I just posted this on Reddit where I just asked people for questions.
02:14So I want to make sure that I can get through all those questions as well.
02:17And then obviously, I titled this The Secret to the Celtics 21-5 Start.
02:21So I will share what I think the secret is to their success so far this season.
02:25That's even a little bit different than years past as well.
02:27So I'll talk a little bit about that during this show as well.
02:32And yeah, I appreciate all of you for tuning in.
02:33Obviously, Celtics were off today after playing in DC yesterday and beating the Wizards.
02:39I wasn't on the ground in DC this time.
02:41I was last time when they were there for the White House.
02:44But I'm going to be on pretty much all the road games for the next like two months.
02:47So I'm hitting the road.
02:49I'm going to be at OKC Houston, Oklahoma, OKC Houston.
02:53What else is there in that stretch?
02:55Denver, San Francisco, the Warriors, Lakers, all that.
02:58So there are a lot of different trips coming, you know, games coming up.
03:04And I think a more difficult schedule.
03:06And I'm excited to be on the ground.
03:07And I'll be doing these live shows from my hotel in different places as well.
03:11So feel free to subscribe to you at Boston.
03:14My point is to be I know there's a lot of great Celtics podcasts out there.
03:17I go on some of them sometimes.
03:19Obviously, we have the postgame show, the Garden Report that I'm a part of.
03:22So the point of this is to just be able to answer your guys' questions.
03:25I always think about when I was a fan and I just wanted to know everything there was
03:28to know about the NBA and about basketball and about the team.
03:31I just wanted to ask the questions.
03:33So this is kind of an opportunity to answer those.
03:35So I'm going to start with a chat here and then I'm going to go through Reddit as well.
03:39And I'm seeing a lot of questions about the same person.
03:43And I'm not surprised.
03:43This has been a big topic for the last year now.
03:45But how long is KP going to be out?
03:48I see Christopher here asks, I have a question for Christoph Porzingis' injury.
03:53I'm not surprised that it's going to be a very popular question.
03:58So this is what I'll say about Porzingis.
04:01I think Porzingis, this particular injury is not a huge deal based off of what he said,
04:06based off of the fact that he was questionable to return.
04:09I always point to that.
04:10Teams are very quick to say, doubtful to return, out for the game.
04:14Questionable means that it's more of a pain tolerance thing.
04:17Obviously, against the Wizards in December, you're not going to have somebody that is already very injury prone come back.
04:23So when I saw that he was out for the game, he was not going to come back regardless of how he was feeling.
04:27That's pretty obvious.
04:28But the fact that he was questionable is a good sign about that particular injury.
04:34So that being said, I don't necessarily have concern about that.
04:38I do have concern about Porzingis in general.
04:41I'm a huge Porzingis fan.
04:42I think he's been so impactful for this team.
04:44Couldn't have been a more perfect fit in the locker room, on the court.
04:47But at the same time, he has not been able to stay healthy for an extended period of time.
04:52And I actually think last season he was as healthy as we've seen him for a while.
04:56And then obviously, the soleus strain in the playoffs and then coming back and then tearing his ankle on the other leg,
05:04needing off-season surgery and then coming back this year.
05:07He really hasn't played very much, but already had an ankle thing, had this heel pain.
05:10So I do have a little bit of concern about just his availability in general.
05:14And sometimes when I see guys that just have his build, it's like, I don't know that, I don't think it's a work ethic thing.
05:19I don't think it's a medical staff thing.
05:21I think it's just when you're a unicorn, which is what we always call him, that also comes with the fact that it can be hard to stay available.
05:27So it's probably my biggest concern about this team in general.
05:30If you ask, nobody really asked that question, but if the question is, what is your biggest concern about the Celtics?
05:35It is Porzingis' health and availability.
05:37And the question is, can he be, you know, can they win the championship again without him?
05:43And I felt really confident last season that every series that they entered, I said to myself, you know, if he's not available, I think they can still win the series.
05:50And I think they will still win the series.
05:51And I'm on the record for saying that.
05:52So I do believe that that has been, I always felt that way.
05:56And so this is my continued belief.
05:59I still have a lot of faith in this team without him.
06:01But that's my only concern is like, I would game plan if I'm in the Celtics, I'm Joe Mizzoula, if I'm Brad Stephens, I'm game planning for the playoffs without Porzingis just in case.
06:09And then if he's available to play, he's going to be a huge boost.
06:12He's going to make everything more difficult to stop.
06:14But but yeah, so that's my take.
06:16I don't I don't want to talk about it too much because I think there's a lot of positive, more fun things to talk about than just Porzingis' injury.
06:23But we shall see.
06:24And Rui, this is very insightful.
06:27I pretty much don't ever name Porzingis' injury because when it first happened, I was trying to pronounce it and I literally mispronounced it every single time.
06:36So please.
06:37Yeah, I do try to avoid saying it.
06:39So and thank you also, Rui.
06:41Yeah, please smash the like button.
06:43You can be watching this is three different channels.
06:45This is currently playing.
06:45So whichever one you're watching it on, feel free to like and subscribe as well.
06:51So that is the Porzingis update.
06:53I'm actually going to go to Reddit to go through some of the most popular fan questions.
07:00And this was just a fun way because people were able to submit questions on the Celtic subreddit.
07:04And then I was able to go through those questions and see which ones had the most upvotes and then answer those.
07:10Because sometimes I know I just have the same kind of community on Twitter, but I know a lot of people don't like Twitter, which I totally understand.
07:15I have plenty of concerns with Twitter.
07:17So this is an opportunity to just kind of go into a different crowd.
07:20Let's also go through the chat questions, but I wanted to do some Reddit questions as well.
07:25So first question that I got here is, what are some surprising things about some of the players that the fans don't know?
07:32And I think the fans actually do know a lot because I think everything that we know, we try to report out to kind of give give the team more color, give the players more color.
07:40But the one thing I will say that's kind of obvious, but like their personalities when they're sitting at the podium and talking to us when we have cameras in their faces are not always their like actual personalities.
07:52And I see that because I see sometimes people saying, like, this guy's really boring.
07:55Chances are he's not boring.
07:56Chances are he's really media trained and he knows how to not say the wrong thing.
08:01So that's the biggest thing that has surprised me.
08:04I guess it didn't really surprise me, but I feel like it's a misconception.
08:06Like people say Tatum's really boring.
08:08I see Tatum cracking up at practice all the time, going up to people like pranking them, like he's goofy.
08:13He's not like this really serious, no nonsense guy.
08:16But when he's sitting up at the podium, he's not going to stray away from that persona because that's just the way that he has decided that it's going to be his image when he's up there.
08:24He's not going to you know, he's not going to push the boundaries of like what you can say.
08:27He's just going to say the most like surefire things.
08:29So I think just if you're wondering like, wow, this guy seems to always be like this, you know, some of it is true.
08:36Like he is, and I'm using Tatum as an example, but he is somebody that is pretty well known for not being hot and cold, not being up and down.
08:44But I also think there's an element of like the media training that I think maybe some people underestimate.
08:47And I don't underestimate it because my job is to like try to get them to say something interesting, despite the fact that they're also media trained and not to get them in trouble, but to get them just more comfortable and that sort of thing.
08:56So, and also just like the more famous you are and the more high profile you are as a superstar, the likely, you know, the more likely you're going to be wanting to be really careful with what you're saying.
09:07So, yeah.
09:08So Neil, yeah, I agree with that.
09:09I think he is, he is kind of like the ultimate professional.
09:12So with that being said, the other question that I got on Reddit that had a bunch of upvotes is who is the funniest guy in the team, except for Luke Hornet.
09:20Luke is definitely the funniest.
09:21Actually, in the finals last year, the finals was like the easiest time to cover the team because there were daily availabilities where all the players were on the court and you could just go up to people and ask them questions, which is not the case for regular practices or games.
09:34Like normally you have, you know, this guy is talking today or this guy is available for postgame, but otherwise you can't just go up to like a random person and start asking them questions.
09:42But during the finals, you could.
09:43So I asked every single player in the team who is the funniest guy in the team and every single player said Luke Hornet.
09:48So this person on Reddit asked who is the funniest guy in the team, except for Luke Hornet.
09:54So I won't go with him.
09:56I personally find Jordan Walsh really funny.
09:59He's just very comfortable with the media, like with me and the other people that cover him.
10:03So he's, he's like cracked me up a bunch.
10:07I think it's somebody else who's funny to their teammates.
10:09Actually, Derek White, he got a few second place votes.
10:12But you know, humor is a subjective thing, but Luke is definitely like, you know, I see him just doing comedy routines, honestly, pregame.
10:18And when he goes up to the podium, I never even know when he's answering the question seriously or when he's trolling or all that.
10:24So, um, so yeah, that's the, that is the answer to that question.
10:30And then a question here, someone else asks, I see that there were a lot of interest in interpersonal things, which is actually like my favorite topic to cover, honestly.
10:36So, um, maybe that's more of a Reddit thing, but someone asked, you know, who is Drew's best friend on the team?
10:41My seven-year-old daughter is a huge Drew fan and wants to know, um, it's hard to ascertain these things always.
10:48I think you can start to see, like, these two guys are pretty close or like, I can say that like Luke and Sam are pretty close.
10:54I can see that Peyton and Jalen are pretty close, Jalen and Porzingis.
10:57So like there's certain pairings that start to become pretty obvious.
11:00Um, with Drew, actually, I think he's pretty close with Tillman.
11:03Um, I think their kids are friends and also they both joined the team last year.
11:07So there's a little bit of camaraderie there.
11:09Um, I also think that him and Derek have a friendship, like just being in the backcourt, um, being in the Olympics together.
11:16So it seems like he does.
11:17He's not somebody that's like stood out to me where he's like always with this one guy.
11:20But, um, yeah, those were the names that came to mind when I first saw that question.
11:24So, and then I'm going to do, yeah, someone asked who is the nicest Celtic on the team?
11:30Um, that question is also, again, it's going to be my impression of it, which doesn't necessarily mean that that's who is the nicest, like as a person, right?
11:38Like I don't actually know that, but as far as like friendliness in the media, it's always going to be like the less famous people.
11:45Like that's just the reality of it because they don't have to worry about, like, if I say something, that's like not what I meant to say.
11:49And it gets posted and it's on SportsCenter, like now all of a sudden Stephen A.
11:53Smith is talking about it.
11:54So it's going to make you a little bit more uptight.
11:56Um, I think somebody who has been super nice is like Jordan Walsh, Drew Peterson, Baylor Shireman.
12:01Like when I go up to Maine and talk to those guys, like they're so down to earth, they're so friendly because in Maine, you're not going to make headlines.
12:08Like, I don't want to diminish that's the only reason, but that is a big factor as well.
12:11Um, Jalen Brown's honestly really, really nice.
12:14Like I think last year when I started in the fall, like I'd never covered a professional basketball team before.
12:18So it's always a little nerve wracking to like figure out, you know, what kinds of questions are okay to ask and what questions like aren't okay.
12:24And timing and like after losses and wins, like there's a lot of psychology that goes into all that.
12:29Um, and then, yeah, I think for me, like this is, you know, those guys, you know, the young guys all stood out, but also Jalen Brown is, is, was very friendly from the beginning.
12:41And that stood out to me as well, because I was like, you know, I didn't really know what to expect.
12:43I know he's kind of like has this tough exterior, but I feel like you ask a question that is like not completely intended to be asked.
12:50Like immediately he got asked about the USA team and he started laughing and was like, that's the first question I'm going to get.
12:54So he actually has this like kind of friendly banter with the media sometimes.
12:57Um, so he's been super nice as well.
12:59Obviously Derek's been really nice.
13:01It's honestly a pretty nice team.
13:02Like nobody, I haven't really seen any like hostile interactions between the media and the players.
13:06I haven't seen the players like go out one another.
13:07So I don't want to be like boring here, but that's kind of the reality of it.
13:12Um, and then somebody else here asked with as much as you are all around the team, are there a lot of off the record conversations where you get to know each other or is it all business?
13:21So I would say anything, everything is off the record unless it's specifically a media availability.
13:26So if I ask an assistant coach, like, Oh, by the way, like there was a timeout yesterday.
13:30Like I, when I was at summer league, I talked a bunch with Matt Reynolds, who does the timeouts.
13:34And I was asking him questions about like how he goes about timeouts, how he goes about like certain decisions that they make on the, you know, he makes on the floor.
13:41Like what each assistant's role is.
13:43Everything that I learned from those conversations conversations are, is off the record.
13:47Um, unless specifically I was like, can this be on the record, but that's the understanding.
13:50So the most you can do, like the, you know, the more you talk to people, like the better you can learn a lot about the team.
13:57You can form relationships, but you can't report on those things.
14:00So definitely there's a lot of off the record times.
14:03I think the most was at summer league because there's not like that much going on.
14:07Everybody's just kind of there to hang out.
14:09Um, during the playoffs on the road, everybody's garb is a little bit down on the road because we have a huge media beat in Boston.
14:15Um, there's like, I don't want to say like 30, maybe 30 reporters sometimes at home games.
14:22And then on the road, it'll be like five.
14:23So it's just disarming.
14:25Like you have, you can chat, you can, you know, chat with somebody on the sidelines or whatever.
14:28So certainly on the road, I think there's more camaraderie and then, uh, Joe will sometimes chat with us off the record as well.
14:34So like after meal media availability, like once all of our cameras are down, maybe we'll say, you know, we'll kind of continue talking to us and that's all off the record.
14:41So I really liked those opportunities.
14:43I honestly wish we did more of them because I think it's just good for like the player.
14:47Cut media relationship, the coach media relationship.
14:50Um, but then you have to, sometimes I want to like refer back to things that are, were said and I'm like, oh, that's, that is all off the record.
14:57Like I have to make sure I don't ever like, you know, paraphrase any of that.
15:00Like that's all off the record.
15:01So, um, those are some Reddit questions.
15:04I want to move back from Reddit back to here just to see, make sure I can get people's questions in the chats.
15:09Well, I know those aren't really like about the Celtics themselves, but I know people sometimes have questions about just like covering the team and what that process is like.
15:16And, um, I'm always happy to talk about that.
15:18I try not to make that like the focus of this podcast, because at the end of the day, like you guys are here to hear about the Celtics, but it can just be just another way to get a perspective.
15:27Um, so let me just look, I see here.
15:30Tom asked, do you think, do I think Pritchard can keep the efficiency up?
15:35I think there will be some regression, just like it might think with, with guys and they're shooting and we can talk more about this, but I think in general, if you're looking at a guy's 3.1 shooting and they're at 45% this year, but they're at 40% for the last five years, like it's probably going to go down close to 40%.
15:52Um, whereas if they're at 45% this year and that's been their average for the last five years, like you can look at that bigger picture and kind of figure things out.
15:59So Pritchard is at like, I think 43% this season.
16:03Um, but when you look at his last few years, he's around 40%.
16:05So it's not like he's so above his normal shooting that it's going to go down.
16:09Drew Holiday last year was like quite substantially above his average three point shooting.
16:13And so if you'd asked me, like, is his shooting going to go back down a little bit this season?
16:17Like, I, I mean, I was asked that question and the answer was yes.
16:20Um, and now we're seeing that, you know, I think it's a little bit more drastic than maybe I expected, but, um, I always, I'm a big, I'm a big believer in looking at the big picture with guys
16:29shooting splits rather than like the last 10 games or this game or the last month, even, um, or even the last like three months.
16:35And because, you know, we have a whole body of work to go off of.
16:37That's why somebody like Sam Houser, I've said this from the first day that he started shooting poorly this season.
16:42He's never shot below 40% this is in his entire career.
16:45I don't expect him to do that this year either.
16:48So even though he started the year really slow, he's already shooting like 45% from three in the last 10 games.
16:54So he's going to go back up.
16:54He'll probably hit that 40% number because he literally always has.
16:57So that's, that's my philosophy on like regression to the mean and efficiency is just like looking at their career body of work with the young guys.
17:04It's hard.
17:05Like someone like Jordan Walsh, it's hard because I don't have years of shooting to look at.
17:09Um, but with all these older players, like that is always my philosophy and always my belief.
17:13Um, so yeah, um, that is, that's my perspective on that.
17:20Um, and, and yes, thank you Landon for, for the push.
17:26And I totally agree with this Tom.
17:27I think this is probably, you probably wrote this when I was talking about Jalen being really nice.
17:30Um, yeah, he seems way more relaxed this year.
17:32And also just like when he takes five shots and a half, he seems really relaxed about that reality as well.
17:37Like, I don't think he's uptight about like getting his points or anything, because I feel like he feels like he proved, kind of proved himself and kind of, I mean, I think that finals MVP is the highest individual athlete that one could win.
17:48Um, even more so than MVP.
17:51That's my, my opinion.
17:52I know some people feel otherwise, but to me, it's like, he's proven himself quite a bit.
17:57Um, I love this question from Neil.
17:59So I get this, you know, one of the things that's interesting about covering the Celtics and just covering basketball in general, cause I also cover the WNBA and in that role, I'm in a very different spot because I cover the entire league.
18:11Um, so it's like, people are reading your work from all the different fan bases.
18:15Um, but one of the things that I've, it's been really interesting to me is that people are very defensive of their favorite players.
18:22Uh, and I don't really understand it completely because I've always had like favorite players when I was a kid growing up, like being a diehard fan, I don't really know that I cared that much of like a certain media member didn't believe in my player.
18:33Like I'm trying to remember, I'm trying to put myself in those shoes from like, I don't know, like seven years ago when I was watching, you know, listening to podcasts and like heard, you know, national media or local media criticize somebody that I really believed in.
18:44Like, I don't know that it really bothered me.
18:46So I don't, I, it's something that I have to like, kind of understand that maybe other people are operating differently than me, but an example of this is like, I was asked, you know, I was doing a standup segment with Bobby Manning after a game.
18:58And I said that I think Tatum at this point is probably better than Giannis.
19:02Like I said it in that tone.
19:03Um, I'm actually not even sure if that's true.
19:05I've thought about this.
19:05Like, I do think he, he's more well-rounded, but Giannis is just so dominant and consistent.
19:10So like I said, I've been going back and forth in my own mind about what I think about that, but so many Bucs fans.
19:16Like I mean, thousands were sending me hate messages and just the nastiest things, blowing up my Twitter DMs, finding my email, like just going to such an extent to be like, so mad that I criticize Giannis where I love Giannis.
19:30Like I love watching Giannis play.
19:31I think he's a phenomenal player.
19:33I think he's deserved his MVPs that he's got in.
19:35I think he's one of the best players in the league right now, but because in that moment, I said, I think Tatum is a better all around player than Giannis.
19:40Like that really, really upset people.
19:43Um, and I don't really know why, because if I'm a Bucs fan, like, what do I care what some reporter in Boston said in a standup with her co-host, but that's, that was people's reaction.
19:52So I've tried to just tell myself, like, you know, this is my job.
19:57Like I have to share my opinion, you know, not, there's never going to be an opinion that everybody's happy with.
20:02If I had said, I think Giannis will be better than Tatum, then probably the Celtics fans would have been like, I don't like that.
20:07Or maybe people would have agreed with me.
20:08I don't know, but you can't like say your opinion, just worried about people are going to think about you.
20:11I try to be mindful.
20:12Like, certainly I'm careful about my words more so than I am just like talking to my friends, but it is kind of a weird dynamic to have to balance, like, then knowing that everything you say lives online forever.
20:23And then all of a sudden, you know, one person quote tweets it that has a huge following.
20:26And all of a sudden you're like subject to so much hate for like an extended period of time for saying something that's like, just kind of lukewarm.
20:33Like, I, you know, I think this guy's better than this guy or whatnot, or I'm not a huge believer in this prospect.
20:37It doesn't mean that like, I'm right.
20:38It doesn't mean that this guy's the worst.
20:40I didn't, you know, I very rarely, I mean, I never really say anything just like hateful about any of these players because they're all people.
20:46And like, I just, we're talking about basketball.
20:47Right.
20:47So it is, yeah, it is kind of a weird dynamic, but I've just learned to try to get a little bit of a thicker skin and it's a work in progress.
20:53Sometimes it's like, okay, this is a little much.
20:54Like, I'm just trying to write about basketball.
20:56Why are people so mad?
20:57But I try to remind myself that it's kind of everybody, if you look at any media person, like that's kind of just part of the, part of the game.
21:05So, so yeah, that is, that's my answer on that.
21:10I'm going to continue kind of scrolling through here.
21:12And yeah, I appreciate everybody that's tuning in.
21:15This is, yeah, it's been, it's been so fun, honestly, just building, being a part of the CLNS community and then having this podcast.
21:20So whether you know me for my podcasts, which you can subscribe to on YouTube or from the post game show, I appreciate you coming in and asking questions.
21:28And I want you to do this like at least weekly.
21:30It depends sometimes on the schedule, but weekly is weekly for sure.
21:34Um, Leo here asked about Tillman, um, I, so Tillman is actually someone I totally forgot about when I was asked who is the nicest Celtic on the team, uh, from that Reddit comment.
21:45And honestly, Tillman's probably up there.
21:47Like he is so, so friendly and I talked to him a bunch in the finals last year.
21:50And, uh, that was one of my favorite parts about the finals was covering like his journey and his contributions on the team.
21:57So, and that three point shot was my favorite shot from probably the whole playoffs.
22:00So Tillman's great as a person.
22:03He's really struggled this season.
22:04I think everybody that's watched the team closely and has watched his minutes has been able to see that.
22:09Um, and I don't know that he's going to be in the rotation, even if Porzingis is hurt.
22:15Um, something that I learned about Joe Missoula is he's never going to play a guy just because he has to, like, he will find a way to not, if he doesn't feel completely confident in that person.
22:23Like Jaden Springer, I don't think really has the staff's full trust right now.
22:27Um, I don't want to speak out of turn.
22:28Like, I don't know, nobody said that, but my understanding is that, you know, if you guys guys on the floor, that means the coaching staff trust them.
22:35Luke and Nimi both have trust with the coaching staff.
22:38They've played in considerable amounts.
22:40I think Zaver Tillman right now, like he's passing up open shots when he's out there.
22:44Um, he doesn't seem very comfortable offensively to a point where it is kind of a liability for them.
22:49And so, um, I would be surprised if in the short term he gets minutes, but he's going to get another opportunity this season.
22:54And then that's going to be a chance for him to either show, um, that he is ready for a rotational role or he's going to get another opportunity and it's not going to work out.
23:03And we've seen that as well.
23:04So yeah, we've seen kind of both, both fronts, like when he's gotten extended minutes, like in the playoffs, I thought he lived up to it quite well.
23:11And then earlier this season, he had like that one start, a couple of stretches where it really didn't pan out well.
23:16Um, so right now I think he's kind of a little bit, I don't want to say the dog house, but he's, he's not in the mix.
23:21And I think we're just going to see more from Luke, more from Kata, uh, maybe more, you know, more lineups where maybe Tatum's even at the five, like smaller lineups.
23:29I don't know, but I would be surprised if Tillman gets extended run, just because it seems like right now there have been opportunities, even with the whole stretch where Porzingis was out.
23:37He really didn't, you know, he didn't get much of an opportunity there.
23:39So I'm rooting for him.
23:40I think he's a hard worker.
23:42I think he's somebody that is, he's just been so such a joy to cover.
23:45Um, but right now he's obviously him and Jaden under the two guys that are, it was funny that they're both at mid season acquisitions from last season.
23:50So maybe like less time has hurt them, but they've not been able to kind of find their footing with this team as much.
23:56Um, so yeah, that's my thought right now.
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25:10Awesome, so I've been reading some of these messages.
25:13It's fun. Yeah, it's fun to see these questions.
25:16I love talking about covering the team.
25:17It's like I could probably do it for like five hours every day, not get sick of it.
25:20So I'm biased towards answering those questions, but I want to make sure I get through all the basketball questions as well here.
25:30But OK, so people are weighing in on the Tatum and Giannis stuff.
25:34See, that's the thing. I thought it was like they're close.
25:36I don't think it's too far off.
25:37It doesn't need to be like a national controversy, but there's not a lot of nuance online.
25:42I used to tweet so much, like just random takes that I have.
25:44Now every time I tweet something, I'm like, I'm scared that it's going to be a controversy because someone's going to take it the wrong way or, you know, whatever.
25:50So, yeah, it's all it's all part of the learning process.
25:55And this is a great question from Eric, honestly, like, how does it feel covering the sport you love and being paid for it?
26:01It's it's I promise myself every day that I'm not going to take it for granted, that I'm not going to get sick of it.
26:06It has truly been like the best part of my life.
26:10It has been so much fun and I didn't really get paid for it last year.
26:14I don't know if people realize that, but I was like basically unpaid.
26:16Like I was I had a full time job that was lobbying and I was just doing it on the side, like trying to make it my job.
26:21So now that it's like when I get my paycheck, I'm like, oh, this is like straight up for covering the Celtics and covering basketball.
26:26Like, that's pretty crazy. So it has been awesome.
26:29I think the awestruck moments were in the finals last year, just being there, like being at TD Garden when the confetti fell and then being in the postgame press conference room, like asking Derek White a
26:39question like moments later, because I've just grown up.
26:42I was always like a press conference enthusiast.
26:44Like I loved watching postgame press conferences, which is not like that normal of a basketball take.
26:49But I would watch the game and then I would say, OK, I'm going to watch the postgame pressers.
26:53And even like I sometimes will just watch other teams postgame pressers just to see what kinds of questions are being asked, what players are saying.
26:59So being in those rooms has been pretty crazy.
27:02And then just like realizing when it becomes normal, like just being like, oh, I'm going to practice today.
27:05And it's like, oh, no, I'm going to watch Celtics practice.
27:07Like, that's crazy. If I had one chance to do that five years ago, I would have been like, this is the coolest day ever.
27:12And now I get to do all the time. So I don't take it for granted.
27:14I think if you start to take it for granted, then it starts to be actually a miserable job because you're working insane hours.
27:18You're at TD Garden like three nights a week till two in the morning.
27:21So if it feels like work, it's like just do something else because other people would love that job.
27:25So that's my philosophy is like if I ever start to feel like it's if I don't feel awestruck by it anymore, like I probably won't do it because I think that's the whole point of it.
27:33But yeah, it has been pretty awesome.
27:37Okay, I'm going to answer this question that Jason asked, because this actually answers the headline to the secret of the Celtics 21-5 start.
27:47So Jason here asks, I'd like to get your thoughts on the overall dynamic within the team.
27:52I feel like other teams aren't playing as one unit.
27:55So this is actually exactly what why I entitled this, this YouTube video, the secret to the Celtics 21-5 start.
28:04So this team is incredibly unselfish.
28:06And I am almost like embarrassed to admit this, but I cover the team every day.
28:10I have a very positive outlook about this team.
28:11I think everybody that knows me knows that.
28:14And even so, I'm not sitting here watching this team on a daily basis and being like, wow, they are so unselfish or I wasn't.
28:21And then I started thinking about what coaches were saying pregame.
28:24So before every game, we go to TD Garden like a few hours early.
28:28I watch the, you know, stay ready guys go through their warm ups.
28:31You can chat with some of the assistants.
28:33That's when they'll post clips of like Jordan Walsh getting up shots or like Springer or whatever it is.
28:37And then we go hear from Joe Mazzola and then we hear from the away coach.
28:41And it's really like the only time each day where you can listen to the coach of the opposing team and like actually just ask them about your team that you're covering.
28:49And every coach that goes into TD Garden and sits there pregame is like, this team is so unselfish.
28:53They move the ball so well.
28:54And believe it or not, it's really rare.
28:57And JV Bickerstaff, the coach of the Pistons, who also knows this, how this really well, because he coached the Cavs last year and prepped against them for the playoffs.
29:04He said like, this team is so unselfish and it's, and I actually asked him, I was like, what do you mean by that?
29:10Because everybody's saying it and I'm just trying to understand, like, why is it that you're going in and watching this team and you're preparing for them?
29:15And this is what stands out.
29:16Not like this team is so talented.
29:18It's like, that's actually what they're getting hung up on.
29:20And he said, you would be surprised how unusual it is to just pass to the open person at this level.
29:26Like that's the reality of it is that it's actually really unusual to just be normally like as a unit, have faith in everybody on the floor.
29:33And so after he said that, I kind of went back and looked, started watching the games through that lens.
29:37And I asked a bunch of the players about it.
29:39And I realized that's really the story of this team.
29:43And sometimes we get caught up in like, there's so many stars in this team.
29:46There's Tatum and Brown and Porzingis.
29:48And then the backcourt is all defense and Pritchett's been a revelation and all this other things.
29:53But really, I think the story of this team is that they play as one unit, regardless of which five guys are out there.
29:59It doesn't matter if it's Drew Peterson in the corner, like he is going to get that pass.
30:03And that is actually not the case for most NBA teams.
30:05And I think maybe that's part of the frustration that fans have watching this, you know, the Celtics play.
30:10Sorry, watching other NBA teams play as they're like, I'm not really enjoying this experience that much because I'm feeling like I'm watching a lot of like isoball.
30:17I'm watching guys that are playing really selfishly and covering the scene.
30:20Like that's just really not the case.
30:21So I wrote a whole story about it.
30:23If you want to know more, you are welcome to, I just put a link in the chat.
30:25I wrote it for SB Nation, which is where I write full time.
30:29And Eric Spoelstra, Doc Rivers, all these guys have really praised the Celtics team.
30:33And these are people that have been around the Celtics for the last, you know, many years, and this has not always been the case.
30:38So I think it's something that there's a confluence of factors, you know, people, people have their contracts locked up, certainly winning a championship helps.
30:45There's certain level of buy-in and like kind of affirmation that what you did last year worked.
30:50And then also there's the understanding that like, you actually have a group of guys that are willing to play for and with each other.
30:57So yeah, it's pretty fun.
30:59It's, I know I love basketball.
31:01That's why I do this.
31:02And like getting to watch people play together like this, it's kind of like how the game is supposed to be played.
31:06Right.
31:06So nobody wants to watch guys like look each other off or not pass the open player.
31:10Like that's kind of the whole point.
31:11So, so yeah.
31:14So that is, that is, you know, my take on that.
31:18You can check out that article if you want to read more about the, that's the secret.
31:20I think the Celtics 21-5 start is, you know, you don't have a, you have a bunch of guys that have put their ego in the right place.
31:25Missoula actually asked them about Bickerstaff's comments and he made sure to say, it's not that we don't have egos.
31:30We just put the egos in the right place.
31:32So you can read more about that.
31:33I just put a link to that in the chat.
31:36And this is a funny comment.
31:38It's kind of ties into it a little.
31:39Some people are saying, I think some fans are saying the season is boring now that we won.
31:43I disagree.
31:45But for those who are bored, what storylines or aspects of the team intrigued you the most this season?
31:50My answer to this is going to be, I actually do want to touch on this a little because I see this a lot online.
31:56I think people need to just embrace like having a good time and just relaxing and watching the sport that they supposedly love.
32:03Right.
32:03And this is like, this is bigger than basketball.
32:05You could say this about your life.
32:06Like, oh, I just have everything.
32:08Like I have like my friends, my family, my relationships, my job, you know, I just have it all.
32:12Like why am I bored?
32:14And like, I think it's actually like that's a big commentary on like our society.
32:16I don't want to get too philosophical here, but try to push back if you're feeling that way, because I think you're watching an all-time great team.
32:23Like I had opportunities to stop covering the Celtics and cover like the NBA at large this season.
32:27And I really didn't want to do that because I was like, I'm feeling like I'm in the right place at the right time covering an all-time great basketball team.
32:33And I don't want to walk away from it as a reporter and look back in 20 years and say, hey, I was covering in like the 2024 Celtics.
32:41And then I took a job to cover the whole week and I could have done that at any other point in my life.
32:44So my point is, is if you're a Celtics fan right now, don't take it for granted.
32:48Don't lean into that feeling of like, I'm bored.
32:52Because if you turn on TV, like chances are you can watch a really good basketball game and you can root, you know, guys that are really easy to root for.
32:59It doesn't mean you have to care about every single game.
33:00I think like some games are more boring.
33:02And like, even I find some of the games boring, but the reality is, is that, you know, this is the nature of the NBA.
33:08And in however many years you'll be watching a rebuilding team and you'll probably look back and be like, oh, I probably should have appreciated this time a little bit more.
33:15To be less stressed out is a good thing though.
33:16I see some fans last year, fans were so, so dramatic after losses.
33:20And this year I'm seeing those same fans are like, it's cool and collected.
33:23So I think there's a, there's a good side of it as well.
33:25But I think just trying to just push back on this feeling that it's not exciting as far as what storylines are the most intriguing.
33:33I mean, I find Peyton Pritchard's ascension this season to be the most interesting storyline, just because he's somebody that's been around the
33:38team that he's not, he's not like he's 23 or 24, I think he's 27.
33:41So he's, he's no, you know, he's past the age where like a breakthrough would normally happen.
33:46And even so, I think he's been so, so good this season and everybody likes to root for somebody that is not just, you know, naturally like the biggest, strongest player.
33:55That being said, I do think he's athletically gifted.
33:57Sometimes that gets lost and he's not just like a normal person.
34:00The way that he moves, like his speed, his footwork, like it is, there is, there are some gifts there, but I think it's a feel good kind of underdog story.
34:07And it's been a really fun one to watch.
34:09And then honestly, like, maybe this is too niche, but I really like watching Maine and watching some of the prospects there.
34:15So if you're somebody that's like, I needed like a new thing to get into, you can watch Maine games and you can see like Drew Peterson, Baylor
34:21Shireman, you know, guys that right now are not really contributing a lot to Boston, but I guarantee you in two years will be a part of the rotation.
34:29And so you can get ahead of the curve.
34:30So then when the next Sam Houser is on the team, like you'll actually know a little bit about that player.
34:34So that's my, again, this is like not a very X's and O's podcast, but yeah, wanted to just get through some of these.
34:43Yes.
34:43And I agree with that.
34:45How can you be a fan of the team?
34:48Okay.
34:48I'm going to just briefly, I do think Porzingis is going to be back for the tough stretch.
34:52I just need some more Porzingis questions.
34:54So we'll see.
34:56And I'm seeing now that there is some debate between Giannis and Tatum.
35:02Okay.
35:04Thank so many good questions here.
35:08I'm just scrolling through here.
35:14Okay.
35:15Jeremy has a question here.
35:16Do you know if coach Missoula has addressed Tatum's occasional tendency to hunt for Harden-esque fouls after pump faking a jumper?
35:22It surprises me that he hunts for fouls like this lately.
35:24So one thing that I'll say is that Missoula is quite literally never going to criticize the players to the media.
35:32It is something that he has been incredibly intentional and transparent about.
35:36It's not going to happen.
35:37I think it was a frustration for fans last year points because people wanted to see, they wanted to see like, you know, I'm frustrated that Celtics just lost the bad game.
35:46Like I want to see the coach get riled up and they didn't see that, right.
35:49They saw a coach that was very cool and calm and short and brief and always kind of talking positively and taking ownership of things went wrong.
35:56So is he behind the scenes addressing it?
36:00I'm almost certain that he is.
36:02I think it's exactly the kind of thing that would frustrate him though, that occasional like foul hunting thing.
36:07I know he's comfortable with players arguing with the refs and he's actually been really kind of intentional about how he manipulates the refs.
36:13And he talks about this all the time about how he doesn't think arguing with the refs is bad.
36:17It's just a question of like picking your spots, picking your strategy and doing so in an intentional way.
36:21So Tatum's arguing with the refs, I don't think bothers him, but I wouldn't be surprised if like the foul hunting when it's harmful and when it leads to a bad transition defense afterwards, like that is really detrimental.
36:30He's all about making sure that what you do on offense is not hurting your defense effectively and like mislaps are so bad for that reason or getting blocked at the rim.
36:37Those things are bad.
36:38So yeah, but again, he'll never say that to the media because he thinks of it as like a weakness.
36:44And I, I think I like it.
36:46If I was a player, I would be like, why am I on Twitter?
36:48Like reading my coach, like ripping me, but I know some coaches do it.
36:51Imei does it.
36:52So I think it was a little bit of a transition for Celtics fans.
36:54Mike Malone is the one that I always point to because I, I astounded when I watched his postgame press or sometimes like how hard she is on the team.
37:00So again, it's all, it's just, everybody has their own philosophy and that's his.
37:09And thank you, Kian.
37:10They, well, I was getting paid a little, I don't want to, let me just clarify that.
37:13I said earlier that I wasn't getting paid last year.
37:16I was getting paid a very little amount.
37:18My point is, is that like being able to do this full time has really been like a second level of the dream come true.
37:23Just being in the room is a dream come true in its own right.
37:26But yeah, so I guess, I guess they recognize that and I got a job, so that's been great.
37:32Okay.
37:33I'm continuing to scroll through here.
37:39I'm actually going to switch over to Reddit to answer some of these questions because I did post these and I, they got a lot of, a lot of engagement.
37:45So I'm glad to have locked into a new, a new sphere here.
37:49What's your take on Tatum's recent three-point slump?
37:53He started over off the year, scorching from three, but it's down to 36%, was hoping for a 38 to 40% from him this year after he created his jump shot.
38:01So I think this connects back to what I said earlier about looking at a guy's full body of work when deciding what to kind of make of a certain shooting slump.
38:11So if you look at Tatum's career, for his career, he shot 37% from three.
38:16This season, he's at 36%.
38:18That kind of answers my question, right?
38:20So he's going to be around his career.
38:22I don't think that he's going to dramatically improve as a three-point shooter at any point, because he just takes really tough shots.
38:27He takes contested shots, sometimes he's falling, sometimes he's fading.
38:30He's very rarely open.
38:33And so that's the reality of it.
38:35He has been in a bad stretch of late for his last two games that he's played.
38:38He's a combined three of 19.
38:40So that's certainly hurt his numbers.
38:42I would imagine that he's going to finish this career.
38:44He's going to finish the season at around 37, 38%, which is right around his career averages.
38:50So that's the key for him.
38:51It's to just be at that average point.
38:53He doesn't need to be shooting lights out to be a highly impactful player.
38:56That being said, I've said this many times, if he can have a season where he's shooting 41% from three, like suddenly he's probably going to win MVP that year.
39:04So that's, what's kind of holding him back is just that extra couple of points in efficiency, because you just, I think that's when you're comparing the guys straight across, like he's always a little bit less efficient.
39:14But I'm trying to get better at just using the true shooting and effective field goal percentage, because really a field goal percentage is kind of antiquated because of the three point shooting being such a big part of things.
39:23But yeah, I don't, I don't, I'm not concerned about his shooting, but I also don't think I don't have any unrealistic expectations around where he's going to be this season because ultimately, yeah, ultimately, like he's going to get to a point where he's, you know, he's going to have hot and cold nights.
39:39And this team is structured to be able to withstand that as well.
39:43Okay.
39:44So I got some questions here about Tillman on Reddit as well, but I think I talked a little bit about that.
39:50And then someone asked, this is a funny question.
39:53Who has the most NBA potential between Deuce, Little Al, Hendricks?
39:57So a bunch of guys have kids on the team.
40:00I actually wrote a story about this.
40:01I like don't want to keep, I don't want to like plug all my stories, but this is one of my favorite stories that I've written.
40:06So I'm going to put a link to this as well, just for people that are interested.
40:09This is about just how the Celtics as a family are, I've encouraged like having their kids around and everything.
40:15And it's been a fun part of covering this team is just like seeing all the kids.
40:18I've heard that Al Horford's son, Ian, is like really good at basketball, but I'm not going to weigh in on the, I'm not going to seriously weigh in on the prospects of guys, guys, kids who are like eight years old becoming NBA players.
40:30But I've heard that Al's son is really good at basketball.
40:32And Al said, like, if he ends up deciding he wants to do this and playing, like he going to see himself being like how his dad is now, Tito, who is also a former professional player.
40:42You can see him kind of supporting his son.
40:44So I'm sure a lot of their kids are going to dabble in basketball.
40:47It's like natural when your dad's an NBA player.
40:49And they're just so young, so it's hard to actually know, like, who's, who's actually good and like, who's just like the running of shots.
40:54Deuce is like pretty young.
40:56He's seven and he can shoot like from pretty far out.
40:59So he has at least his, he has some natural ability there as well.
41:02But yeah, I don't actually know.
41:04I'm going to continue to go through some of these.
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42:24Awesome. So I'm just scrolling through here and I'm seeing there are quite a bit of other write-up questions that I have not gotten to.
42:31So I'll try to rapid-fire some of these.
42:34Someone here asked, now that you've been on the job for a while, it feels – sorry.
42:40I'm so bad at reading from text out loud.
42:42It's like since I was a kid, I was like that.
42:44But now that you have been on the job for what feels like a while now, what were some things that you never would have been prepared for?
42:49So the biggest thing that has been interesting to me, and this might sound kind of not intuitive for fans,
42:54is that it's actually hard to come up with good questions.
42:57And I'm a very naturally curious person.
42:59Anybody that knows me in real life knows that I'm always asking people questions about their lives, their upbringings.
43:05Pre-game, we have dinner, all the reporters, and I usually ask some question for the room to discuss about their own lives or preferences or whatever.
43:14But with the media, you have to be mindful of so many different things when you're asking questions.
43:18You have to be thinking about, is this something that's going to upset the player?
43:22Is this the right time to ask it after a loss, or is it before a game, is it the right time?
43:27At practice, is this the day to ask, is it another day?
43:31They have a million cameras in their faces and a million people.
43:34You want to frame things right.
43:35And then you also don't want to ask the same stuff all the time, but you don't want to go too far.
43:39Right after a game, they handed me the mic, and I was like, what's your favorite childhood memory?
43:42They would be like, literally, what's wrong with you?
43:44That's actually been really hard, is balancing, figuring out when the right questions are acceptable and when they're not.
43:51A lot of times, I receive the YouTube comments on regular presses, and everybody's like, oh, these reporters ask the worst questions.
43:57And I don't disagree.
43:58Sometimes I'm like, okay, we didn't really ask any great questions here.
44:02No wonder it was kind of boring.
44:03But it's actually harder to come up with suitable questions, considering your own professional relationship and the timing and everything, than you might expect.
44:12Because it's not always appropriate to ask the thing you exactly want to ask and figuring out how to freeze it and everything.
44:17So that's the one thing that surprised me.
44:19I thought it was going to be really easy to just raise your hand and be like, oh, by the way, this.
44:22But it's really not.
44:24That being said, I always say, if people have questions they want asked, you can always message me on Twitter.
44:28I'm not going to just mindlessly ask anything.
44:31But I've asked several questions because fans messaged me them, and I was like, that's actually really interesting.
44:35So I'm happy to be that conduit between the fans and the players, if the question makes sense to ask.
44:41So anyways, yeah, that's one more Reddit question.
44:45And then Jay here asked, what game are you looking forward to watching next?
44:49I'm just really excited for them to go out West because everybody knows the East is not as strong as the West this year.
44:55It hasn't been for quite some time.
44:57But that being said, I think it's not their public's fault.
45:01I think sometimes they get knocked for like they've had an easy schedule or like they had an easy path to the championship.
45:06You can only play who you can play.
45:08But some really fun games are coming.
45:10So I'm going on.
45:12I'm hitting kind of the road in early January.
45:15I'll be in Houston.
45:16I'll be at Denver.
45:18I'm really excited for both those games.
45:20Denver.
45:21I know they're not as good this year, but seeing the matchup against a team that I think gave them quite a bit of trouble last year will be telling.
45:26And then the Thunder is probably number one for me.
45:30So I've never been to Oklahoma City.
45:32I'm excited to be there.
45:33But I think that team has just been so impressive so far this year.
45:36They've been, to me, the biggest challenger to Boston and are the Thunder right now.
45:40The only thing that's kind of pushing me back is they just haven't been there before.
45:43They're still really young.
45:44They weren't in the conference finals.
45:46You know, a lot of their players haven't really been in these moments before.
45:50But it's just they've gotten so much better than last season.
45:53I loved their offseason.
45:54I really, really did.
45:55And so seeing them on the road versus Oklahoma City against the number one team in the West, like that'll be, I think, a very interesting watch.
46:04And especially because Oklahoma City's defense has been historically dominant so far this season.
46:08And so watching the Celtics play against a really good defense is always just good to see how they can kind of play through periods of stagnation.
46:14You know, sometimes it's just like I thought the same thing about the Wolves last year and they don't have the same level of defense.
46:18But it was just a good test for you.
46:20So that has been, yeah, that has been kind of my, the game that I've been eyeing.
46:26I always love seeing them go up against Golden State.
46:28Golden State's been up and down this year.
46:30That whole West Coast trip, if you look in January, like all the games that they're playing, I'm going to be at everything.
46:35And yeah, I think that that'll be a very exciting stretch of time.
46:39And I think we'll come back from January having a little bit more of an understanding of like what this team is.
46:43If they're as good as they were last year, what their weaknesses are and all that.
46:47So we'll see.
46:49And then Shawn here asks, do you have a favorite game from the Celtics since you started covering them?
46:54I think I would say game three of the NBA Finals in Dallas because things were going so well.
47:01And then they almost blew it.
47:03And then Jalen hits that clutch shot.
47:05There was just a lot of big moments down the stretch of that game.
47:07And it was after that game, it's like you knew they won the championship.
47:11And I hate to say that, but nobody's ever come back from 3-0 in any series.
47:13I had no reason to think that they were going to blow a 3-0 lead.
47:17And I think after that game, you just knew they won.
47:19And it was kind of unreal.
47:21It's like I was in Dallas and I was like, how is this possible?
47:23This team is about to sweep the Mavericks.
47:25And obviously they didn't sweep them, but it was a really fun game to watch.
47:28Obviously the championship game was really fun.
47:30And then occasionally you just get a really good regular season game.
47:32And it's not always the most intuitive why that is.
47:35It's a confluence of factors.
47:37But there have been some really fun games this season as well.
47:40Sometimes I love watching when the bench guys get brought in and watching some of the stay-ready guys play in the fourth quarter.
47:46So I'm watching sometimes for different things than just game winners.
47:51But certainly it's always more fun when there are stars in the building.
47:54That's the number one indicator.
47:56I think the Celtics players get up for those games more.
47:58We saw that with Milwaukee a couple weeks ago when Giannis and Dame were in Boston.
48:01There's a level of energy that's just different when there are stars in the building versus when there are not.
48:07Even if there's good teams, just the stars bring a different energy to it.
48:10So those games have been quite a bit of fun as well.
48:16I got a question here on Reddit.
48:17What are the negatives of covering the Celtics?
48:19There really aren't any negatives of covering the Celtics.
48:21I think just that there are a lot of reporters, like a ton.
48:24So it's hard to get original content or original reporting.
48:28If you're covering a team that has three or four reporters, you can go to practice and get your own exclusive stuff and put it out there.
48:36But I think with the Celtics, because there are so many of us, you have to think about picking your spots.
48:40When are you going to try to get a player one-on-one?
48:42It's really hard to do so.
48:44So just I think how saturated the media market is.
48:46But it hasn't stopped me.
48:49I'm just aware of the fact that it'd probably be easier covering a different franchise from that standpoint.
48:53But also there's such a big fan base that there's a huge audience for everything.
48:57And then the negative of just covering sports in general is just how you're subjecting yourself to so much online hate and criticism.
49:05I didn't really get that beforehand, so I didn't really know to expect that.
49:07But that's not really from Celtics fans.
49:09Celtics fans have been really nice to me.
49:10I know they get a bad rep, but I really haven't had anything.
49:16I'm sure a part of it is because I covered the Celtics.
49:18But yeah, that has been a negative as well.
49:24Okay, I'm going to actually wrap it up unless there's any burning questions.
49:27I'm realizing we're at about 50 minutes.
49:29There's another 30 questions on Reddit that I did not get to.
49:32But I will do that for another show probably later this week.
49:37So maybe I'll do Wednesday.
49:38I'll do another one of these live streams.
49:40Thursday, Celtics are back at the Garden where they'll take on the Bulls.
49:44Tomorrow we'll have practice.
49:46So follow along.
49:47We'll have some coverage from practice.
49:49So we have practice tomorrow, Tuesday.
49:51Wednesday, Celtics are off.
49:52So I will go live here for another Q&A.
49:54I'll get through the rest of these questions.
49:56If you have questions you want answered, but you don't know if you'll be online,
49:59you can also just message me on Twitter.
50:01And then I will be going to Chicago this weekend to cover Celtics in Chicago.
50:05So follow along for some updates on the ground there as well.
50:08And please, yeah, please do subscribe.
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50:16Like, comment, subscribe, all those things really help.
50:18And as always, really, really appreciate all of you for tuning in.
50:21I think there probably are some new people that are here as well today.
50:24So hopefully you enjoyed getting to get your questions answered.
50:29And sorry I didn't get through everything.
50:31Hopefully this was interesting enough.
50:33And thank you all so much.
50:35Have a great rest of your Monday night.
50:37Enjoy the NBA Cup tomorrow.
50:39I'm going to sit down and lock into the NBA Cup.
50:41I do want to actually try to buy into it.
50:43And I think there's a really good matchup, Bucks Thunder.
50:45So enjoy that.
50:47And we'll be back postgame with the Garden Report on Thursday.
50:49Thanks, everyone.