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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"Welcome inside everybody, Evan valenti back with you, Adam Kaufman, taking a break. Your flip flop in here. I go on a little mini vacation last week, you know, you got to get away, take the girlfriend away for the anniversary, obviously. Adam, we have flipped it. He's spending some time with his family this weekend. This is the beauty of summer, where we have the ability to not react all the time to games and news. We can take some time off. We don't have to be as serious or in that particular time right now. And with that, we bring in Dan Greenberg, barstool sports, and Dan, we're in this particular time where nothing really of any consequence is going to happen for the Boston Celtics. We've gone past the $7.1 million TPE dates that has gone. We'll get into that. Summer league is over. We're going to get into that. And there's some periphery news. So there's not a lot going on. And it's nice to have a team kind of set up already for 22, 23 and not have to really worry about, are they going to trade for Kevin Durant? They're going to trade for Donovan Mitchell, they're going to have this guy that got this guy. It's nice to have a summer where all we really have to worry about Dana is like internal improvement from the Jays really, and that's about it. Yeah, I mean, well, my first question would be, what's it like to not care about the results of games and things just because I found myself on edge when the sounds blew their summer league opener like it was game 6 of the NBA Finals. So I don't really know what that level of mindset is like, it must be nice to be able to step away. I'm a little, I wouldn't say I'm jealous because, you know, this is my life hood, but at the same time you're right. It's a weird dynamic where, you know, I think we're all just waiting for October, right? All the big, there wasn't really any big dominoes outside of the brogden trade, but that was like, you know, at the beginning of free agency. So these last few weeks have just been, you know, I'm waiting for some workout videos to hit my timeline. I'm waiting to see the veteran minimum additions to round out the roster. But it is a weird, like, you know, why is it only July 22nd and not October 3rd type? I know, right, I feel that. I'm waiting for Jalen used to do all these summer video series back in the day. One of them was like hone the pressure it makes diamonds. You always do one of these summer workout videos that were several episodes deep. There was a cam training with grandfather. You know, he was like boxing. I miss those. I would appreciate one of those with him and just T Mac grind and I was just saying, yeah, we got that one. It was like maybe 15 seconds of him and T Mac. You need way more of that. Yeah, a little king of the court and it was nowhere near enough. Especially because, you know, I mean, there's no Tatum work out videos. There's no, I don't know. I mean, I saw Marcus was playing golf, so like, sure, everyone's resting, but like, at the same time, there's, you know, neurotic people like us that are feeling for something. We need stuff to react to. This is impossible. It could just be like Payton Pritchard making a hundred straight threes.
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"So it's pretty cool. CLS 5 zero. Evan valenti, Seth Lennon, rap and things up, I'm dangerously the ones gosh, that means we gotta get going here. No. You know the thing I'm most nervous about maybe speaking of Ben online dot AG is that I have a 33 to one bed on the Celtics to win the title from before the season. And got them. I'm nervous about it. That's tough sledding right there. That is tough you know. You make these bets with no hope in your mind and then they become real to you. The fact that you got 33 to one is and the fact that you're still hanging around is pretty phenomenal at this point. It's amazing. It is amazing. Still probably won't come to anything. But game 7, Sunday Night, 8 30, can be a stressful 24 hours, because it's almost 8 o'clock Eastern Time right now. So it's about 24 hours out. Sometimes these games feel so stressful that it's hard to even decide if it's fun. It's like, am I even having fun right now watching this game? Like I'm just terrified. None of these games are fun. Unless you're winning by 20, then they're fun because we need to have like a therapist on to figure out why we do this to ourselves. Because it's out of our control. But game 7, 8 30, ESPN. Again, if you're like me and hate the fact that it takes till 8 45 to the ball off. You can watch the 8 45. Or 8 40. And then a couple of minutes of BS, but whatever. One of the things we talked about extensively in this podcast. The offensive rebounding numbers. Yes. One of the things that I would like Boston to do in game 7 is first off, cut down on the offensive rebound numbers from Miami, okay? Security defensive rebound. But in conjunction with that, I want them to push on that because it's clear that Miami is sending everybody to the glass. Very clear, very evident that everybody has been told to follow your shot on Miami because how many guys have shot the ball. Obviously, it doesn't even matter if they know if it's going or not, but they're just crashing automatically. And there's just more guys around the basket of the Boston has. There's two or three guys down there for Boston. There's 5 from Miami..
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"Well, I, uh, you know, everybody says the two favorite words in sports is game 7. And I say the people that say that clearly have no rooting interest in the game because if your team is playing in a game 7, these are not your favorite words 'cause every single second of the game is a heart attack, but yet alas, we are headed to another game 7 of these Eastern Conference playoffs, Evan valenti back here on public speed alongside Seth lamb and formerly of ESPN. As we give a little, we decompress a little bit after game 6, Boston loses one 11 and one 13..
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"Welcome in another nice new addition to Celtics beat and all is well in the sea's world four straight wins. It's now 15 of 17, 17 of 20 if you want something a little cleaner, you could even go deeper, call it 22 of 28, the message here, folks, is the Celtics are winning far more than they are losing and we are enjoying it. I'm Adam Kaufman, Evan valenti back with us. And I don't know. Part time writer full time photographer, it's tough to tell when I'm looking at Instagram, but I know the man is very busy in both fields. Jared Weiss from the athletic. How are you? But that's always good to be here just to talk about my photography career. There you go. It's blossoming. It's blooming. You're doing well. Very artistic, I would say. Yeah, I don't really, I'm not one of those people that uses my IG to put crappy iPhone photos of Jayson Tatum at the podium. But stuff like that. I do it for my FUD. There you go. What's the pick?.
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"Kaufman here with you as normal Evan valenti is producing, but he won't be joining us on air for this one so in a way he's still with us. But of course, it's not about me. It's not about evidence about our featured guest every week. And this week, it is a man we just, you know, we saw an article during the week and we said we gotta talk to this guy and it was just overdue to get him back on the show anyway. And that is Steve bullpen. Now of heavy dot com, of course, started that job in just last two, three weeks somewhere in that general vicinity. I think, although time has kind of passing me by Steve, congrats on the new role first and foremost and welcome. It's good to see you. You as well. So, you know, before we even get into obviously your article about jaylen Brown and your thoughts on the Celtics and all that good stuff, just a little bit about the new gig. Is this more casting a wider net on the NBA than you were? I mean, I know you were already covering the entire league when, you know, you were at the Herald for all those years, but what's this role encompass for you? Yeah, it's a wider situation like true, you're correct. I was covering the league as well at the Herald, but I was really primarily responsible for Celtics. That was the main beat. Now I don't cover games anymore. I don't have to write up game reports. And it's basically using the context that we've gotten over the past billion years to find stuff out. And report it. So yeah, it was a good situation. Sean, Devine, who many of you know, the NBA writer for the sporting news for a number of years. He reached out and you know, look, I was really lucky. It was in a situation where I could kind of pick spots and didn't necessarily have to work, but wanted to, but was waiting for a kind of the right thing. And when this came along, it the opportunity to work with Sean and the contract that they presented.
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"What's up everybody, another new edition of southeast beat great to have you here with us. It is January 14th. I know I mentioned that, but I'm saying it again because it's my mom's birthday. So even though I know she's not out there listening, happy birthday, mom, way to be I'll text you later on. We're gonna get into a whole lot of Celtic stuff. We got Mark Murphy at the Herald good friend of the program, of course, Evan valenti. I'm back here with you missed last week's show. Evan kind enough to take the reins on that one with Chris grenfell. That was a very emotional show confident. All over Twitter, people were talking about how emotional it was. Out of all the shows you could have missed, like that's the one I feel like you should have been a part of, you know, like that was such a, I mean, coming right off that Nick's loss. I mean, it was right after the loss. It was like, it was like, I was on fire then and I was texting you all night. And I was like, I was like, I got to get I spent so much time trying to get my thoughts together after the game. And writing it down because I'm like, I need to get the emotion that's in here on the screen. So when I go at it tomorrow morning, I still have that Benjamin energy. And I just, I was so mad upset, angry, emotional, all that stuff all wrapped up in one. Well, you just described the players after that game. They were the same state of mind. Although it's kinda too bad that you wait until the next morning, I feel like if ever there were a good time for this show to have like a live postgame periscope or I don't even think periscope exists, but a live Twitter, you know, thing in the same way that, you know, people can check out our partners over at the garden report right after a game. That would have been a good situation for you. Just like turn on the camera turn on the mic and let's go. I should have texted zanis and be like, have me on your show right now because I'm about to tear everybody a new one. I got things like things to say. I was so I was so getting the worst part was you could just see it coming. As soon as the third quarter started, it didn't go up to a great start. It's like, oh my goodness, if they're gonna blow this game the Knicks, they were up 25 in this game..
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"Calendar year. Everyone is eager to put the 2021 Celtics behind them and that goes back to last season as well. And, you know, we can look at the 2022. Maybe things are better in the new year, I hope because what we know right now is fresh off two straight losses three out of four as we sit here on this Wednesday, the Celtics. They remain mediocre and bound for the play in tournament if they're so lucky is to get that far. But I will stand by what I have said before, which is if the Caesar is so fortunate to sit basically 500 at New Year's Day. Things are okay. They're going to be okay because honestly, I probably wouldn't have been surprised if you told me they were 6 or 7 games under by that point. I'm Adam Kaufman, Evan valenti here, as always. And for the first time on this show, he has wanted he has clamored for two years. He is texting me. He has said, when can I be on Celtic speed? When do I get my opportunity to riff on the seas to just pound hot takes as a results to the Boston relates to the Boston Celtics? When can I be on this podcast? Adam Kaufman. And I said, you know what, Brandon lashing? You can be on the podcast as soon as you have something connected to the Celtics that we all need to hear. So you know what he did? He went out and became the voice of the main Celtics. And I couldn't keep him away anymore. He is now the G league voice of the main Celtics in addition to that, does a great number of things. Let's see. Let's run down the resume real quick. Voice the Connecticut son. Of course, WNBA, big deal. He does some action network stuff. Of course, DraftKings, he and I do some stuff together. 98 5, the sports sports I be you know gives you out the takes the host, the headlines, all that good stuff. And LL game of the week for ESPN, Albany fire wolves calls games for them as part of the NL as well. He likes to play dress up. You can see it on social media. He likes to TikTok and he cozies up with a fast and the furious blankie every single night. He is Brennan lashing glass, how are you, man? The primary reason why I took the main Celtics job was for this podcast. That is the first thing I thought of. Yeah, obviously. We on Celtics beat now. I have some cloud. It is great to have you here. How's the gig going? Because, I mean, this was only announced in the last what? Two, three weeks at this point? Yeah, there are former voice left mid season..
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"Evan valenti, Alex Francisco, of course, from Nestlé, coming at you here this morning. Talking to C's and just fun with numbers because numbers can do a whole lot of things that can show that the solids are playing really well, and they can show that they're not playing so well. Case in point, Boston went from a top bottom 5 defense to the top 5 defense in 11 games. However, there's still one of the worst open three point shooting teams in the league. And they're turned around as sort of been based Alex on Tatum finding some rhythm, or there's a little bit, right? 44 straight 30 point games, hitting the nets game. Didn't have a great game against snacks as we all know. But the thing with Tatum is still not shooting the ball that well, considering what we've learned, what we've seen from him throughout his entire career so far, the only difference that I see really is just the ability to get to the free throw line, more like 7, 8, 9 attempts per game. Over the last we'll call it 11 games. Now, I don't really have a stat that shows like I don't believe that Tatum has another lead coming this season, right? I believe in the sample size that we have over his career. I think he's gonna shoot a lot better at some point, but is there any concern in your end the fact that his, for some reason, he just hasn't really found that solid footing that he normally has at this point in the season? I think it was just all the confusion of this offense had him playing so much ISO to start the season, which is always the gripe on Tatum, right? But just seeing he's just put on so much weight and is so skilled that when he just attacks the basket and he's just in his bag, how do you stop it? And he's gonna get, and then he's gonna get the calls, too. He wasn't getting calls because he wasn't attacking the Remy was just kind of resorting to ISO and or maybe trying to throw up like a dumb shot to get everything back with one play and it just doesn't work..
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"Welcome back and Celtics are back. Preseason is not quite here yet, of course the regular season not too too far away, but training camp and all of the wonderful, fluffy interviews that you come to expect this time of year. Everybody's in the best shape of their lives. Everyone's and has a chance to contend and all that good stuff. Where do the Celtics realistically fall into all of this we'll get into it Adam Kaufman. Chris grant, I'm Chris, it's great to have you back on the show. I'm not sure you and I together have ever done one of these Evan valenti, I know who of course is typically with us. You've talked to him. You've come on, but I was looking last time you were on Celtics beat was back sometime in February. So at that point, Evan 48 was still with the magic. Jaylen Brown hadn't heard his wrist yet. You know, Jayson Tatum's still using an inhaler. It was a different world back then. So it's good to have you back now. It was a different world. I think this is a better world now where, you know, things are a little more situated, but it was a much different basketball world. Thanks for having me on. Yeah, absolutely. Of course, Danny ainge was still in charge and Brad Stevens was the head coach. We know how that has gone. So the new pobo is Stevens as people have, you know, come to learn. We've talked a lot about it on this program. Email doca is the new head coach. And now that we're finally getting into camp and practices are underway and I know there's only so much that you guys are able to watch when you're down there and obviously you're paying attention, you're listening, you're getting a feel for the guy beyond just those introductory press conferences when he was hired and whatever we've been able to gauge from his experience with Team USA, but what do you find you're learning about email doka this early on? I think he's a tough coach, but I think it's, you know, kind of there's an element of tough empathy there where he's a players coach and guys really like him, but he holds people accountable and that's sort of been his reputation in Brooklyn and Philly in San Antonio. A lot of guys that come out of pop system that's kind of their MO. But I think it's gonna fit well because it's different than Brad Stevens. Jalen Brown talked about it at media day. He was like tough coaching for Brad. Isn't really tough coaching. That's just, and that's not a bad thing. That's just the way it is. Brad Stevens isn't a guy that's going to really get in your face, kind of hold you accountable, sure he can get fired up at times, but emio Doc I think is a little bit different. A lot of guys have talked about that tough coaching element..
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"So talking about this roster, Max you brought up in a counter. Now, I like Evan. If Evan Valenti were here with us for this show. Evan was not excited about the the cancer re-signing said, I can't do anymore, enes Kanter minutes, you know after what he saw in Boston a couple of years back. I for one, you know at a certain point in time Max you look at roll. You look at salary, you look at all of it, you know putting a team together and enes Kanter for one year in the Veteran's minimum wage. What two point seven million dollars for what he can do off pensively for what he can do. As a rebounder. Yeah. It's not the best defensive player. He's not even a good defensive player. But for what he can do in those other areas and plus as a glue guy, a lock room, Gaya, podber teammate, all that when there was reported friction in the locker room. Tristan Thompson among others last season. To me. It's just such an easy value-add. It's such an easy value-add and if he's, you know, for for any reason unplayable in the mind of, who dhoka, because you need to crack down defensively and you just, you can't put them out on the floor, you don't? You don't because like you said, you got William shank. Well, you got a boyfriend and be off each X the boxes to me. Yeah, because you said, you know, just playing defense, maybe not have nothing but offensively getting second-chance opportunities. Tough off-set mean pics. Locker room guy, great guy. That really his teammates have been braced him. 2.7 million a note for for you. That's low peanuts. But oh, yeah, in that in that respect. I think it's a steel. Yeah, Springer. And he was already familiar with the guys who he he's playing with now in brown and Tatum. So I I love his pickup. I love the fact that you bring him in and said that you may be moved on. You know, the one guy I'm going to miss a little bit. It's going to be semi you shoot me over your way. Yeah, cuz I think he was With bands and everybody else. I think he was a little underrated because he was, he was solid. He was a solid Defender. We we we did. Mike do wage, didn't like the fact he was shooting threes all the time. We wanted them to go towards.
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"Of Celtics, beat wind Tom Western Home. Course covers the team and other teams for that matter has, kind of a general assignment guy for boston.com. And of course, Evan Valenti, producer, sometimes host of this program, welcoming good to have you with us, not a ton of her life changed in the wide world of Celtics basketball since our last show with keysmith, where we really went deep on. All things, Olympics and Jayson, Tatum and email dhoka, and many other things as well, but that's kind of good job. Kind of exciting guys because it allows us to bounce around here tackle, a whole bunch of different things. Beyond our off. Air show, just prior to coming on where we really ran the gamut. I think, how are you both doing? Great, man. Thanks for having me on early, don't have any bees in my yard, which was a topic of discussion free show. So I'm happy about. That's right, the excitement of homeownership, you know, we, we can't imagine team ownership we touched on that as well. That's, you know, that's what Groesbeck and Steve tell you cuz problem and and you know, other minority owners and everybody involved, we can get to some of obviously the the decisions that that group is facing your this offseason. But I think what is what's really appropriate for right now? Is this is, It's, you know, I'm seeing it on social media, guys. Do you have another opportunity for us to go in the way back machine? Look back at that? 2013. Draft of meds, man. Selfish could have had that. That g honest guy. He, he seemed pretty good back then Giannis, antetokounmpo in the Box to 2 with the sun's right now in the NBA finals and that dog. Is otherworldly Tom. I mean the black obviously is, is incredible. I mean, and the thing to remember, too is like this guy was injured. What like, like, you know, a couple of weeks ago? Like like, he's in a still just doing everything. I mean, he's amazing. He's so much fun to watch. And, like, somebody pointed out on Twitter yesterday, I don't remember who it was. So I apologize, but that it was, it's pretty cool that, like, the best player of the game last decade like his signature moment, is a blocked shot and now, you know, you don't know where yada ceiling is, but if he's the best player of the next, you know, five to ten years or whatever it is, you know, maybe his signature moment will be a block as well with with that last night. So, yeah, I mean, yeah, Celtics missed, maybe they should have drafted that guy. All due respect to Kelly Olynyk, of course, you know, it's really like rating your children but which block I mean, whether it was the honest chase down, or obviously. What we saw from yanis as we talk here last night, which one was more impressive to you? You mean the LeBron James? Now, LeBron chase down. What did I say? Oh, you said yamas birth. Yeah, well, I just assume he's going to do that at some point in time. Yeah. LeBron James down. Yeah. I mean, I think it's definitely the LeBron James down, right? I mean, it's like a, a game seven like, you know, real game-saving play..
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"Of Celtics, beat wind Tom Western Home. Course covers the team and other teams for that matter has, kind of a general assignment guy for boston.com. And of course, Evan Valenti, producer, sometimes host of this program, welcoming good to have you with us, not a ton of her life changed in the wide world of Celtics basketball since our last show with keysmith, where we really went deep on. All things, Olympics and Jayson, Tatum and email dhoka, and many other things as well, but that's kind of good job. Kind of exciting guys because it allows us to bounce around here tackle, a whole bunch of different things. Beyond our off. Air show, just prior to coming on where we really ran the gamut. I think, how are you both doing? Great, man. Thanks for having me on early, don't have any bees in my yard, which was a topic of discussion free show. So I'm happy about. That's right, the excitement of homeownership, you know, we, we can't imagine team ownership we touched on that as well. That's, you know, that's what Groesbeck and Steve tell you cuz problem and and you know, other minority owners and everybody involved, we can get to some of obviously the the decisions that that group is facing your this offseason. But I think what is what's really appropriate for right now? Is this is, It's, you know, I'm seeing it on social media, guys. Do you have another opportunity for us to go in the way back machine? Look back at that? 2013. Draft of meds, man. Selfish could have had that. That g honest guy. He, he seemed pretty good back then Giannis, antetokounmpo in the Box to 2 with the sun's right now in the NBA finals and that dog. Is otherworldly Tom. I mean the black obviously is, is incredible. I mean, and the thing to remember, too is like this guy was injured. What like, like, you know, a couple of weeks ago? Like like, he's in a still just doing everything. I mean, he's amazing. He's so much fun to watch. And, like, somebody pointed out on Twitter yesterday, I don't remember who it was. So I apologize, but that it was, it's pretty cool that, like, the best player of the game last decade like his signature moment, is a blocked shot and now, you know, you don't know where yada ceiling is, but if he's the best player of the next, you know, five to ten years or whatever it is, you know, maybe his signature moment will be a block as well with with that last night. So, yeah, I mean, yeah, Celtics missed, maybe they should have drafted that guy. All due respect to Kelly Olynyk, of course, you know, it's really like rating your children but which block I mean, whether it was the honest chase down, or obviously. What we saw from yanis as we talk here last night, which one was more impressive to you? You mean the LeBron James? Now, LeBron chase down. What did I say? Oh, you said yamas birth. Yeah, well, I just assume he's going to do that at some point in time. Yeah. LeBron James down. Yeah. I mean, I think it's definitely the LeBron James down, right? I mean, it's like a, a game seven like, you know, real game-saving play..
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"In the past week since we record a show it began with Brad Stevens. Making the full trade of his time as president of basketball operations, Kemba Walker, sorry, love you mean it, but gone off to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Who, of course, probably will flip him somewhere else for more draft picks off. Al Horford back with Boston and plenty to get to their, obviously, the C's no longer have a first round pick in this draft number, 16 gone with Walker, a trade of second-round picks. And with hwoarang, Moses Brown coming on in, as well, hoping to parts of Defenders and continue to pile up games like he did against the Seas. When he went for twenty twenty earlier this season with Evan Valenti. I'm Adam Kaufman. The big news web that we will begin with and then we can Circle back to Walker and Horford and that swap new head coach. It's all done. It's not been officially announced as we sit here right now, but it is all done. We know what's going to happen. The 18th head coach in, Boston, Celtics, history in the man who is chasing Banner 18? Someone that you were very, very highly on all over social media and it shows past email, udoka comes in after nine years. As an assistant in the NBA, seven learning under future hall-of-famer Gregg, Popovich and of course after that, one year with the Sixers, most recently, one year with the Nets and that super team that I so passionately routed wage. Throughout this playoff run, they are all done as we go to the east and west finals. Now at this stage of June almost July, but the new head coach there are a lot of things to like here. I'll let you start what stands out well Boston's. Probably get back to the defense jobs. As that was one of the my biggest one of the biggest gripes. So exterior was how bad they were defensively. Just was a complete opposite of what they've been in the entire you know, Junior. Brad Stevens, notoriously, good defensive team. Regardless of whoever was tried it out there, they were an overachieving Bunch defensively. A lot of the time with smaller point guards all over the place would be camber. Isaiah Thomas, you know. Kyrie Irving. They've always been able to manage defensively in this year. Was a bad one defensively so they are going to get back to the defense of fruits doesn't shock me that Brad was looking for that cake guys. So at that particular point I'm just thrilled about a defensive coach then come in and maybe and tweak this team a little bit now we will see if the tweaks work you know, you look at a couple of things off. On the internet, you know, things were the bottom and a couple of defensive fix that he made, you know, to, to Philadelphia resulted in more turnovers, but it didn't really result in better defensive numbers so to speak. So we'll see if the personalities of Austin is a little bit better. A little bit different than it had in Philadelphia. I like that. Just to start. I like the fact that mister Gregg Popovich cloned or at clone believe, you know, disciple worked into that will see. If you know, took a look, you make the, the NFL comparison. Like Belichick coaching tree or the Andy Reid coaching tree or the Bill Parcells coaching tree, you know, Popovich's coaching trees had some success, had some not successful depends on, you know, where your at, your breath Brown, being some sort of maddening in between, right? So we'll see if email holds up on that end and I like, the fact, this guy's worked with a lot of different players. Often is a foreign player himself so you look at all the things that Boston was.
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"The one that's, that's it. No, none of us. Have I met him Kaufman welcoming, you know, Evan Valenti. And of course, Gary Washburn. Good friend of this program, longtime Boston, Globe, described columnist and covers, not just the C's to the entire league, and, of course, the cells, most closely Gary, how are you independent of watching this team play this year? Everybody's good for me off, you know, for slowly, another pandemic. And and we're starting to open up a little bit, so yeah, I mean everything personally is, is great. So yeah, that's month, that's all I got for that but and then it's all downhill from here, right? Yeah, that's that's the good part for the Celtics not-so-good no losses and five out of six to COG. Games left in the regular season. We now know obviously this team is locked into the play and tournament which means maybe it will go to the playoffs, maybe it won't. We'll find out the 7th seat is most likely though that is not even as we chat page. Now definitive you still got the Hornets the Pacers in the mix Washington Chicago or battling for the final play in spot but your top six and at least the order that it sits right now it could change see things want the ceiling wise, but the Sixers net box that is the top three clearly in the East and around that, the Hawks, the Heat. And the Knicks Celtics as we know I mean the seasons effectively over guys, they're not going anywhere. They're not doing anything. Even if they do escape the play-in round and inevitably they will. That's how the season has gone. They just, you know, do do the unthinkable, do the unpredictable, so they'll get out of the play and tournament. They'll go to the postseason and off. Maybe shock people just for giggles and win around, but they're not doing anything noteworthy. As we know because Jaylen Brown is he's done, he has had his wrist surgery enza a remarkable year for home. Both on and off the floor. And you know, when you consider obviously everything his role and in Social initiatives and everything that has happened over the course of the year plus, but specifically basketball, it was a dynamic. It was a great year of growth for him but this team I guess in some ways Gary, I don't know if you felt this way, maybe you're a little less emotionally invested as someone who covers the team that a regular fact would be obviously. But, you know, there's an element of once that injury news came out. Once I saw it, I just kind of went. You know what, good and not good. Obviously the Jalen is is hurt and has to go through this page, all the recovery, like that whole part sucks. But just simply the fact of now, I'm not going to low myself into believing that this team can just magically flip that switch. Get healthy and active and go on some kind of run the playoffs. We now know that there's no Mirage coming. This team is what it has been all season long and whatever's going to happen. This offseason is going to happen, but nothing is going to be reactionary wage. To this team somehow magically getting to the Conference Finals..
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"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Beat
"Back into another new addition to Celtics beat we are back in maybe just maybe sure the Celtics it was just despaired Doom and Gloom last time we chatted maybe with held from Gary Washburn. We sent things in the right direction four straight wins to take the season to the all-star break. It's where we are now off a couple of days away from that midseason classic in Atlanta plenty to get you there. I'm Adam Kaufman, of course, you know, Evan Valenti our producer and his triumphant returns been a while. We've missed you Chris Mannix. How are you man? God I'm good, man. How're you doing? Good, I'm glad that you were able to put aside your I'm sure very coveted spot in line at Top Shot to do this show. You know, maybe it is a sign of Aging but I can't think of anything more dumb than Top Shot. I just I can't do to be paying actual money for videos that I can just you know, took a look up on YouTube. I claim ownership of them or or whatever it is. I like I was a big Baseball Card Collector back in the day. But but like those were tangible physical things. Yep that I still have somewhere in my parents basement a video clip. I don't I mean maybe I'm wrong but I don't I don't get it. Yeah, it really is amazing. The amount of money that is being said around online for these digital moments, obviously and people that believe this is just the the next wave of of collecting and especially card collecting and the you know, the part number That clearly exists between the NBA and top shots. That's I mean that's a big feather in in people's cap in terms of giving this thing legitimacy, but I'm with you and and again maybe it's an age thing. Maybe it's not because Heavens considerably younger than both of us, but I just as someone who grew up collecting cards, I like to hold cards and read the stats on the back and trade them with buddies and you know, put them in my little holders and sleeves and binders or whatever and and just have them I was never in it's just for the profitability which is that seems to be the wave right here with this thing. People are just looking to put them and make money didn't they do this with like pictures of cats years ago wasn't that a thing like fax number is Pat Trading Card business first. I can't it was like digital clips of cats. It was like, you know, you could buy weird-looking cats of some kind. I don't know like that was another Fab that just fizzled out. And again, maybe I'm wrong but this is kind of one that I don't I just I just can't see it. Yeah, I don't get it either. It's just you have like with the actual physical. Card those eventually run out. Right like the Honus Wagner baseball card the most famous baseball card in existence, right? There are only so many of those left. These clothes live on Forever on YouTube. I mean, what are we talking about here? I just don't I just don't understand it. I mean look, you're going to make money. Good good for you. Congratulations. I got your pride. If you pay actual legitimate money for that. I think I look at it this way..
Celtics Life NBA Basketball Podcast
"evan valenti" Discussed on Celtics Life NBA Basketball Podcast
"Welcome in to the celtics last podcasts. Here's always with dr. Lynn announce valberg. I'm to by after historic collapse against orleans pelicans to say the least celtics continued to struggle to break through for their cycle of mediocrity with boston stuck on the treadmill. The question is this who is to blame brought on special guests. Evan valenti to sort through the noise haven't just off air said that the discourse is nauseating so perhaps he can keep us calm here. Evan how are you. I'm not nauseating out some good Everything's good Young healthy. I have a roof over my head on my family and friends. Real healthy That particular guard is fine. I don't know if you guys i mean. We all check the twitter sphere in raw online all day. I i can't stand the tapes. I really can't and it's just like is you have a hot tape right. You can't just come out with this medium. Luke warm like you know like level headed stuff you have to. You have to be bold. You have to be brass it. You have to come up with some ridiculous excuse. As to why. The suffolk started performing at thirteen and fifteen. And like as we all try and piece takes together. The actual takers like there's a little bit of land that could go around the entire and you can. You can really just been like. Yeah so this is a rostrum. Major issue is is a somewhat coaching issue. This is a guys aren't healthy. Issue is this defense is terrible issue like this whole lot to go around here. If there was one simple answer it probably would have been fixed by now one number right guys. It's never really that simple. It's usually more complicated net. So like the just. The amount of be asked that i see all over. The place is just absolutely killing me at this point in end. The problem is us consumers of media. Just eat it all up all day in just get our own takes off the dock so just a compounding problem kelsen Week last week. We had the rifts man on all following the risk man. i'll just say the risk men offered some great wisdom in terms of keeping it real and kind of maintaining. I'm sorry to let down your audience. After electric gas says audience of eleven people. We are the audience. Well so yeah. He tried to keep things calm. And i think alex. And i really up kool-aid glad to have you back because it has been pretty troubling week. Some nice wins albeit against teams. The hawks pretty ugly losses. Some news. that marcus smart is going to be back for a while so evan. I think you're right You gotta have a take these days and celtics discourse but maybe basketball discourse has been lost in misguided. but that doesn't make for an exciting podcast so let's let's hand ring a little just at alex. How are you both doing offering list doing.