I HATE this. Let's not punish our stars for being real.

[LarBrd33]

TP LarBrd. Excellent lengthy write-ups. The vocal anti-Kyrie group will probably not read them all, or only react to one little line here and there, but you're doing good work!

So much misinformation getting spread around right now.  I plan on recording a podcast with Celticsclay in the morning if the sky doesn't fall in the meantime.

Well a kid DID just cry after thinking Kyrie was giving him his jersey, so maybe those who think we have the devil in #11 are right!

Lol.  I'm really happy I didn't watch the ESPN broadcast of that game. 

[footey]

Great post, LB, TP.

I’m actually starting to agree with you.

What’s wrong with me??

More often than not, my previous bad takes look reasonable in retrospect... usually people can't even remember what my bad takes were, they just remember disagreeing with me.   The podcast I did with Eddie20 was pretty great.  We spent an hour and a half going through all of my prior bad takes.  Some of them were still bad... but at least I had a chance to explain my reasoning and better understand his point of view.  Really glad I did that:  https://youtu.be/PQ-Yz4nalbc

Some of my recent bad takes:

- Jaylen Brown could be moved to the bench and have his stats dip this year

- Gordon Hayward could take 12-18 months to get fully  healthy

- Joel Embiid can return from his bonegraft (which Durant and Brook Lopez also had) and develop into a superstar level player

- Ben Simmons will be an all-star

- Jayson Tatum will be a better prospect than Jaylen Brown

- The Kings be better than expected and play out of the bottom 5

... I mean... all of that stuff got me a ton of heat at the time.

Some of the classic bad takes covered in that podcast

- Stauskas, McLemore, Nerlens Noel, Anthony Bennett, Jahlil Okafor, Hinkie, Biyombo, etc

Yeah, like Okafor night actually turn out decent, LOL.

Lol... Okafor is ballin.  Still, I wonder if his career would have been any different had he been moved to Boston in that rookie season offer we made.  I wonder how differently his development might have been.  Granted, his slow-footed physical traits might make it hard for him to ever adapt in any alt-universe scenario, but we've seen lesser offensive talents develop range with proper focus from the coaching staff.   Still, we can safely say it was silly to want Okafor and Danny should be embarrassed for making multiple offers for him (as should I to a lesser extent for supporting the idea at the time).  Lol. 

Kinda like my D'Angelo Russell take ... I took the shocking stance that his career wasn't over because of his snapchatting fiasco.   Congrats on making the all-star team, D'Angelo. 

I keep forgetting you pretend you are in Celtic front office overhearing Danny make multiple offers for Okafor (not bothering to say what was offered because you don’t really know, do you?)

 Silly me.

That’s the LB I remember.

[Bobshot]

Like I said before, ESPN based in NY is responsible for this anti-Celtics hate being generated on the tweets right now. First stories about IT, now about Bird's private legal problems.

No doubt ESPN is anti Boston teams. They exaggerated "Deflategate" by using fake ball pressures to make it more conclusive. The fact was the ball pressures were in line with the temperature changes. A shameful ignoring of the Ideal Gas Law taught in high school. They, along with NY based MLB network, are blatantly pro Yankee and anti Red Sox. And now we have the campaign against the Celtics....

It is especially galling that ESPN is the most expensive sports cable channel, and cable viewers have no way of excluding it from their cable packages, like they can the NBA, NFL and MLB channels. The NFL and NBA channels are fair in their coverage of their teams, unlike the MLB channel, which is about 50% NY.

Just trying to put into context what is going on right now with the Celtics in the media. A lot of fakery.

[Bobshot]

I still think Danny should try to trade Gordon Hayward before the trade deadline. I've mentioned dealing him and 2 future first rounders to Chicago for Lopez and Parker. Lopez is an expiring contract (and can give us some size for the playoff run) and would rather have a 20 million dollar Jabari Parker coming off the bench then a 30 million Hayward.

Also, Parker's salary can be used in the summer as filler to an Anthony Davis trade (or any kind of trade) and either way we get out of Hayward's contract.

It also means Jaylen Brown gets more minutes to showcase himself. Throw in in a couple first rounders (not the Griz, Clips or Kings pick) to sweeten the pot.

For the Bulls, they're not going anywhere any time soon, and by the time Hayward's deal is close to running up, perhaps they'll start getting good again which matches their timeline and they perhaps deal his salary.

It's okay to admit the Hayward signing was a bad one and I could care less what kind of relationship he has with Stevens.

I feel dealing Hayward will just open up a logjam in the roster.

This is a panic proposal.

Trading Hayward is another way of saying they have to get out from one of their max contracts if they want to stay afloat in re-signing Kyrie and others. The Red Sox are in the same situation right now, and it's surprising they haven't made any trades to clear up cap space, so they can sign Kimbrel for another couple years (which is all he'll get anywhere, but that's a different thread).

The Celtics should make more of an effort to do that. Maybe Danny has a plan, but they seem to have one max contract too many.

[SparzWizard]

Like I said before, ESPN based in NY is responsible for this anti-Celtics hate being generated on the tweets right now. First stories about IT, now about Bird's private legal problems.

No doubt ESPN is anti Boston teams. They exaggerated "Deflategate" by using fake ball pressures to make it more conclusive. The fact was the ball pressures were in line with the temperature changes. A shameful ignoring of the Ideal Gas Law taught in high school. They, along with NY based MLB network, are blatantly pro Yankee and anti Red Sox. And now we have the campaign against the Celtics....

It is especially galling that ESPN is the most expensive sports cable channel, and cable viewers have no way of excluding it from their cable packages, like they can the NBA, NFL and MLB channels. The NFL and NBA channels are fair in their coverage of their teams, unlike the MLB channel, which is about 50% NY.

Just trying to put into context what is going on right now with the Celtics in the media. A lot of fakery.

That's why I steer clear away from BSPN. When I need to watch an ESPN game with no cable, reddit is my friend. I'm not giving my money to these networks or official leagues, heck no after the way they disrespect my sports teams.

I'm glad they closed down that ESPN zone in Downtown Disney in Los Angeles, others were sad but me as a Boston sports fan was happy lol. Other people would hate me for that but I'm cool with all the hate.

[timpiker]

I'm p---ed at him because he's a drama queen and just can't keep his mouth shut.

[positivitize]

I'm p---ed at him because he's a drama queen and just can't keep his mouth shut.

Bill Simmons? Is that you?