00:00Here's Jalen Brown talking about how excited he is for the playoffs.
00:03I think it's been a historic sort of run.
00:07We were able to deliver a championship in 2024.
00:09Unfortunately, we had opportunities in the past that got away from us,
00:13but we've been right there for a long amount of time.
00:16We've gained a lot of experience.
00:18I personally have gained a lot of experience.
00:20It's been a pleasure.
00:20You know, everything isn't always perfect, but it's not supposed to be.
00:23You know, it's a part of the journey.
00:24So I'm grateful to be where I am.
00:26I'm grateful to be here.
00:27I'm excited to go.
00:29I have another opportunity.
00:31I feel like I'm still continuing to get better.
00:33I don't think for some it may be hard to believe because the expectations they put on me,
00:37but I'm still improving.
00:38I'm still getting better.
00:40I'm still learning.
00:41I'm still growing.
00:41I feel like I'm entering my prime, and I'm excited to maximize my potential
00:45and then take advantage of every opportunity that I have to win
00:49and just be a part of a team and be a part of something special.
00:53Okay.
00:53I assume, Shyam, he's talking about when he says historic run,
00:57and he's talking about he and Jason Tatum, correct?
01:00Would you grant him that?
01:02Has it been a historic run for the two of them, or do they need to have won more?
01:07It's tough to say that it's a historic run when you put it up against the other great trios even
01:13in Celtics history.
01:15Like, yeah, they're going to get their numbers retired in the rafters.
01:19Talk about another argument that bothers people, how many numbers the Celtics retire.
01:23They're going to be remembered as great Celtics, but the expectation for them is certainly this duo together should win
01:29more than one.
01:30It was a huge underachievement that the last big three with Pierce, Allen, and KG didn't win more than one.
01:38So that's the expectation with this duo to be truly historic in the context of the Celtics.
01:44It was a massive underachievement with that big three.
01:47Massive.
01:48Now Wiggy's overcorrecting because he wants to be tough on the Celtics.
01:52No, no, no, no, because I'm already, I'm already, I'm already, I'm already, I'm already, I'm already in the Twitch
01:59chat going at people.
02:00No, you're in the Twitch chat.
02:01Yes, because I listen, I can't, I listen, I can't take certain people and I'm not going to hold my
02:07tongue for my opinion because on how I see things.
02:11So I'm going to call it like it is, but yes, it was a massive, but I've always been on,
02:15it was a massive achievement with the big three.
02:17And I said it was a massive underachievement with the Bruins too and the core that they had.
02:23They only won one championship.
02:24What's going to disappoint both of you when it comes to the Celtics?
02:28Like if they don't get to the Eastern Conference Finals, then that's a failure.
02:32If they don't get to the NBA.
02:33Because Jason Tatum came back and looks really, really good.
02:36If they don't get to the NBA Finals, it's a failure.
02:39I'll put it right here.
02:40Like I am still nervous about the dynamic between them and the Knicks because of what we saw from that
02:48team last year.
02:49And that is a team that is built to defend against the Celtics.
02:52Like they adjusted themselves to the Celtics in the East.
02:56So they should get to the Eastern Conference Finals, but I am nervous about that Knicks team.
03:02That's the team that I'm looking at.
03:03Game one Sunday, game two Tuesday here when it comes to the Celtics and the 76ers.
03:11The success of the Celtics this season without the period without Jason Tatum.
03:17Yes.
03:18Does most of the credit for that go to Jalen Brown or does most of the credit for that go
03:23to Joe Mazzula?
03:24I would say I would give more of the lion's share of it to Jalen Brown.
03:29I credit Chisholm.
03:30No, I would credit Joe Mazzula for that.
03:34Absolutely.
03:35Because of getting the younger guys and the fresher guys like acclimated so quickly and bought in.
03:41Yes.
03:41I will say this.
03:42To that argument, with Mazzula, he took the what were supposed to be the weaknesses of the Celtics team and
03:50made them strengths.
03:51Like at the beginning of the year, he basically told everybody, we're not going to be able to rebound.
03:54Like, I don't know what you want us to do on the glass.
03:57Now they're a great team on the glass, like usually top three, top four team in rebounding.
04:03And everybody said like, oh, they don't have a starting pig.
04:05They're going to be starting to me as Keita.
04:07He looks like he should be at least in the conversation for most improved player.
04:10Right.
04:11So that goes to the Mazzula point.
04:13But it also goes to Jalen Brown performing at a level that, you know, nobody expected.
04:19And I think people were like, all right, what is he going to look like now that the team says
04:24and he's he's in the MVP conversation.
04:28So the Turner, the team doing what they've done, and I'm not taking anything away from Joe Mazzula.
04:33But if Jalen Brown doesn't have an MVP type of season, we're not sitting here having this conversation.
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