Some final thoughts on Celtics season 2025-26

[tenn_smoothie]

Brown's accomplishments and milestones in the regular season means nothing when they/he folded ridiculously in the playoffs. 2022 Finals and 2023 ECF Game 7, and now this first-round series with the 76ers. I haven't even gotten to those 2017-2020 days yet. He's been in the league for 10 years and he still has tunnel vision and bad handles?

Joke Mazzulla can kick rocks; don't want him anywhere near Boston. Start interviewing new coaches. I heard Tom Thibs is available. Mike Budenholzer, or even JVG...he is a voice we need and demands accountability.

Brad also may need to be put on a short leash; guy has been here for 12 years and there's been a lot of playoff failures under his time both as a head coach and GM.

Really good points.

Most of us just think of Brad as the absolute best at roster management and he has done some very good things. Getting us out of the chokehold multi-luxury tax prison we were in was worth a "gap" year. But then we became so hopeful because of the regular season .............. we forgot how incompetent our coach is in the playoffs.

The biggest question is ....... will ownership step in and force Mazzulla out because Brad doesn't seem to get it. Probably because he has a similar basketball philosophy as Joe.

[Goldstar88]

Brown's accomplishments and milestones in the regular season means nothing when they/he folded ridiculously in the playoffs. 2022 Finals and 2023 ECF Game 7, and now this first-round series with the 76ers. I haven't even gotten to those 2017-2020 days yet. He's been in the league for 10 years and he still has tunnel vision and bad handles?

Joke Mazzulla can kick rocks; don't want him anywhere near Boston. Start interviewing new coaches. I heard Tom Thibs is available. Mike Budenholzer, or even JVG...he is a voice we need and demands accountability.

Brad also may need to be put on a short leash; guy has been here for 12 years and there's been a lot of playoff failures under his time both as a head coach and GM.

Really good points.

Most of us just think of Brad as the absolute best at roster management and he has done some very good things. Getting us out of the chokehold multi-luxury tax prison we were in was worth a "gap" year. But then we became so hopeful because of the regular season .............. we forgot how incompetent our coach is in the playoffs.

The biggest question is ....... will ownership step in and force Mazzulla out because Brad doesn't seem to get it. Probably because he has a similar basketball philosophy as Joe.

Not probably. He literally built the roster to shoot 3s. It is his philosophy. If Joe wasn?t doing what Brad wanted, he wouldn?t be here. Stevens is the boss. He gave Joe the job.  🤯

[Kernewek]

I would hope that anyone hoping for ownership to make basketball-related decisions gives that a second thought. Ownership should cut checks and stay out of the way.

[celticinorlando]

Frustrating because the sixers are ass. They are going to get beat by the Knicks in 5.

Cs played with their food, played arrogant basketball and cost themselves. Expectations were raised this season. But honestly, they still should have at least won one round.

Season was just another season no one will remember.

[slamtheking]

Frustrating because the sixers are ass. They are going to get beat by the Knicks in 5.

Cs played with their food, played arrogant basketball and cost themselves. Expectations were raised this season. But honestly, they still should have at least won one round.

Season was just another season no one will remember.

much like the playoff loss to Miami a few years ago, this one will be remembered for years. 

since the J's have become the faces of the franchise after IT's last big season, they've continually been knocked out of the playoffs by teams they should have beaten with the exception of the title year.  I give them a pass for the year Kyrie quit on the team but other than that, the J's have consistently come up short in the playoffs due to too many games of lackadaisical play leading to lost games and series that should have been won. 
They lack that killer mentality or drive to win.  JT moreso than JB.  JB has too much of a tendency to want to try to carry the team to a win but too often leads to mistakes and bad plays that sets the team back.