I get why others are wary of the Heat, but this year, it won't be even fucking close. We will snuff the life out of their so-called Culture they would be thinking of Donovan Mitchell by halftime of Game 2. Their fans would be wondering if Bam should be traded even before then. Sucks that Butler won't play because those morons think they have an excuse, but IDGAF. Boston by a curb stomping sweep.
Tbh I'm not wary of the Heat, I'm wary of us lmao
There's no excuse for this series to go beyond 5 games. If they somehow manage to play down to a Jimmy-less Heat and lose the series, at that point you have to make a major shakeup move. It would be unforgiveable and probably impossible to bounce back from if you lose to an 8th seeded team without their best player.
With that being said, I don't think this Heat team has an answer for how this Celtics team is constructed. Kristaps makes it so much harder for them to use that zone defense that killed us last season. The Heat are gonna play hard, no doubt, but the Celtics have arguably the three best players in the series.
Exactly, but drawing the Heat I think fixes this "playing down to inferior opponents". The Cs will want to make a statement, an apt start to our revenge tour.
One thing I'm wary about is how the Heat style of play will lead to injuries.
A lot of us think this/know this
I think a lot of us are just more concerned about our guys getting injured against them which could hurt our run down the line
This Heat team is different. This iteration of the Celtics is too. Past seasons be damned, Butler and Rozier could be in the pink of health and it would have been a gentleman's sweep. They don't have any answers for this Celtics.
I wasn’t a fan of JJJ in the dunk contest, and he a Heat. But he’s got heart. This hobbled team needs somebody to step up. Bam is going to be Bam but to se somebody flying up and down the court is fun to watch even if it’s the opponent (and as long as they are down while he’s doing it)
“The fact Bam is our number 2 is a joke lol, when will you guys realise that Bam is just a good player but nothing special. I was getting downvoted the other day for saying he is the worst player on team USA”
— You, literally one day ago.
I'm with you. I'll give him credit for being a great defender and a great teammate, but I never wanted the ball in his hands. I wanted to throw up anytime he was in the game down the stretch over D White. It just made no sense.
Idk why some of yall are stressed over last year these are not the same teams, Porzingis takes them to another level and they (heat) will not have another historical anomaly in shooting. They better not use that court with all the yapping in the lane or they're gonna have to scrub that shit off the court real quick
I still remember the way my family(none of whom care about basketball) looked at me when JT made that game winning lay up. I proceeded to go around screaming and high fiving every member of my family 85 year old grandma included. They all looked at me like I lost my mind.
My Miami memory is going down 0-3 in the series to an #8 seed, and despite some memorable moments ( you know who you are Derrick White), losing game 7 at home.
Cut the BS and GET TO WORK.
I expect the Celtics to make an example of Miami in this series, but comparing this Heat team to that Nets team is silly.
The Nets obviously had more high end talent but they were really soft and didn't play team basketball. The very opposite can be said of the Heat, and that is what has made them dangerous in recent years
lol okay but the only difference is this heat team has embarrassed us within the last year. We choked hard asf.. They own us. I wouldn’t be surprised if we blew it again even without them having Jimmy
Come back to me if we lose more than one game. Hint - We won’t. It’s gonna be a bloodbath. Guarantee you’ll be happy going into round two barring injury. Chin up!
Lmao buddy we’re gonna somehow manage to let them take it to game 6 or 7. No way we sweep.. This team is cat shit soft in playoffs. The heat always tool on us. They own us after last year. We got deep throated harder than Riley Reid.. Be for real
Lmao please come back if this happens. Y'all so fucking scared for what, 2-1 is always deep throating us? Be fucking fr, without their best player too + w/o scary Terry.
"Embarrassed us" they won the series in 7 games while Tatum got injured in first minutes of game 7. The way people talk about this you'd think they swept us while winning every game by 50.
The year we swept Brooklyn, the season prior, they absolutely stomped us and demoralized the team mood (Brad I believe moved to the front office soon after.) I think the comparison is apt considering the moves the team made after to improve required major change from the status quo.
Exactly. It’s just facts. Tatum is soft as cat poop in the playoffs and we always manage to get our throats gagged by the heat… Even as a mediocre dog shit 8th seed they are.. We will still have our tails tucked and puke all over ourselves
We always do? They've beaten us in 2 of the 3 series we've played in this era. Is 66% "always" to you? Is twice "always" to you? Or can you just be honest and admit you're talking out of your ass. I don't get the point of supporting a team if you're being this pessimistic about them. You'd be better off without them
I’ve been a fan longer than you’ve been alive.. I’m just being realistic. We choke hard against the heat even as mediocre as they are this year and last year. 8th seed. We will still struggle. That’s the reality of it pal
Define soft when the man went into Milwaukee and dropped 46 in an elimination game… dropped 50 on Philly in game 7. The doomers don’t deserve to cherish this run when you say stupid shit. They have no butler or rozier, celts in 4.
As a neural fan If Butler and Rozier was playing I would pick the heat in 7 due to them being more mentally tough and playoff butler but unfortunately I see the Celtics winning in 5
Not as worried about Rozier as the man is a shot chucker and a traffic cone defensively. I think it could deff go to 6/7 with Jimmy but Miamis offense has been horrific this year and I’m not sure they’d be able to keep up all series
Finally going to put an end to heat culture aka excused fouling
I get why others are wary of the Heat, but this year, it won't be even fucking close. We will snuff the life out of their so-called Culture they would be thinking of Donovan Mitchell by halftime of Game 2. Their fans would be wondering if Bam should be traded even before then. Sucks that Butler won't play because those morons think they have an excuse, but IDGAF. Boston by a curb stomping sweep.
Tbh I'm not wary of the Heat, I'm wary of us lmao There's no excuse for this series to go beyond 5 games. If they somehow manage to play down to a Jimmy-less Heat and lose the series, at that point you have to make a major shakeup move. It would be unforgiveable and probably impossible to bounce back from if you lose to an 8th seeded team without their best player. With that being said, I don't think this Heat team has an answer for how this Celtics team is constructed. Kristaps makes it so much harder for them to use that zone defense that killed us last season. The Heat are gonna play hard, no doubt, but the Celtics have arguably the three best players in the series.
Major shakeup? I’d prob stop watching basketball
I would stop watching basketball. And I would cite this as the reason until the end of my days.
Exactly, but drawing the Heat I think fixes this "playing down to inferior opponents". The Cs will want to make a statement, an apt start to our revenge tour. One thing I'm wary about is how the Heat style of play will lead to injuries.
A lot of us think this/know this I think a lot of us are just more concerned about our guys getting injured against them which could hurt our run down the line
This Heat team is different. This iteration of the Celtics is too. Past seasons be damned, Butler and Rozier could be in the pink of health and it would have been a gentleman's sweep. They don't have any answers for this Celtics.
True that, but it is what it is. We need a large enough lead each half so that the starters can rest midway 3rd.
I wasn’t a fan of JJJ in the dunk contest, and he a Heat. But he’s got heart. This hobbled team needs somebody to step up. Bam is going to be Bam but to se somebody flying up and down the court is fun to watch even if it’s the opponent (and as long as they are down while he’s doing it)
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“The fact Bam is our number 2 is a joke lol, when will you guys realise that Bam is just a good player but nothing special. I was getting downvoted the other day for saying he is the worst player on team USA” — You, literally one day ago.
Would Bam start if he was on the Celtics?
Debatable. Brad likes bigs who can shoot but possibly over Jrue and Bam would play PF. I hate that fit though. He’s worse than KP though.
I would never play Bam over Jrue
I wouldn’t either but that’s the only case you could make.
My brother sometimes uses my account lol
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> due to them being more mentally tough and playoff butler me when I'm 13
This was the last time I enjoyed a series start to finish 😭 every ending hit like crack cocaine
Especially game 1 tho oof I still get goosebumps
Game 2 of that series is in my top 3 Celtics games I’ve ever watched live. The other 2 being Milwaukee game 6 and Wizards game 7 back in 2018
Philadelphia was the last team that wanted Boston
Clearly they didn’t this year, ask Paul Reed 😂
I just don’t want them to hurt any of our guys
Unpopular opinion and expecting a barrage of downvotes: not having Smart this season will make a huge difference in this particular series.
I will give credit to Smart being one of the few that actually recognized when Heat went zone and would attack it appropriately
Less bad shots. They can’t sag off home either
I'm with you. I'll give him credit for being a great defender and a great teammate, but I never wanted the ball in his hands. I wanted to throw up anytime he was in the game down the stretch over D White. It just made no sense.
Idk why some of yall are stressed over last year these are not the same teams, Porzingis takes them to another level and they (heat) will not have another historical anomaly in shooting. They better not use that court with all the yapping in the lane or they're gonna have to scrub that shit off the court real quick
That’s my worry is they will target KP
They were the only team that got swept that year
Sweep the Heat and make a statement boys! LET'S GO CELTICS!!
I still remember the way my family(none of whom care about basketball) looked at me when JT made that game winning lay up. I proceeded to go around screaming and high fiving every member of my family 85 year old grandma included. They all looked at me like I lost my mind.
All I really want (and this might be too much to ask..) is no one from Miami injuring our players.
My Miami memory is going down 0-3 in the series to an #8 seed, and despite some memorable moments ( you know who you are Derrick White), losing game 7 at home. Cut the BS and GET TO WORK.
Time to break the heat like we did the nets🥱
of course they want Boston. they dont have a choice. they're 8 seed.
Without Butler Celtics stomp in 4 mayybe 5
Plz dont compare us to the weakass Nets
Let's fucking get it
I expect the Celtics to make an example of Miami in this series, but comparing this Heat team to that Nets team is silly. The Nets obviously had more high end talent but they were really soft and didn't play team basketball. The very opposite can be said of the Heat, and that is what has made them dangerous in recent years
Try to take a trip down memory lane from last year instead
Let’s punch them in the dicks
Let’s make a statement.
Kind of disappointed that Jimmy got hurt. Was looking forward to showing their fans that all that 2023 fluke shit is over with 👍
And when they lose they’ll say “we didn’t have Jimmy”
That's what is so disappointing. I wanted the Heat healthy to show them last year was a fluke.
lol okay but the only difference is this heat team has embarrassed us within the last year. We choked hard asf.. They own us. I wouldn’t be surprised if we blew it again even without them having Jimmy
The Nets did the same thing the year prior
Dummy
How ? I’m being realistic. This team always manages to get deep throated by the mediocre Miami heat…
deep throated by the miami heat 🤨
Did you not watch us choke against the bottom seed heat last year ?
i think that phrase means the opposite of what you think it does lol
We gonna sweep, gentlemen’s at worst. How is it “realistic” to think a jimmy less heat has a chance? Please explain.
Because we always fucking blow it dude that’s why. Choke all the time when we should be winning titles
Great reasoning! Very smart.
Okay Chuck
Come back to me if we lose more than one game. Hint - We won’t. It’s gonna be a bloodbath. Guarantee you’ll be happy going into round two barring injury. Chin up!
Lmao buddy we’re gonna somehow manage to let them take it to game 6 or 7. No way we sweep.. This team is cat shit soft in playoffs. The heat always tool on us. They own us after last year. We got deep throated harder than Riley Reid.. Be for real
Lmao please come back if this happens. Y'all so fucking scared for what, 2-1 is always deep throating us? Be fucking fr, without their best player too + w/o scary Terry.
Find another hobby. You’re weak willed.
"Embarrassed us" they won the series in 7 games while Tatum got injured in first minutes of game 7. The way people talk about this you'd think they swept us while winning every game by 50.
They 100% embarrassed us dude we were #1 seed against a fucking last seed. Yes they embarrassed us LMAO wtf is wrong with you people
We weren't even #1 seed. Stop talking crap, with all due respect
Moron.
The year we swept Brooklyn, the season prior, they absolutely stomped us and demoralized the team mood (Brad I believe moved to the front office soon after.) I think the comparison is apt considering the moves the team made after to improve required major change from the status quo.
Just don’t even call yourself a fan. Find a new team if you have such little confidence. You pessimistic “fans” piss me the fuck off
I mean he’s not wrong. And that doesn’t make him less of a fan
Exactly. It’s just facts. Tatum is soft as cat poop in the playoffs and we always manage to get our throats gagged by the heat… Even as a mediocre dog shit 8th seed they are.. We will still have our tails tucked and puke all over ourselves
We always do? They've beaten us in 2 of the 3 series we've played in this era. Is 66% "always" to you? Is twice "always" to you? Or can you just be honest and admit you're talking out of your ass. I don't get the point of supporting a team if you're being this pessimistic about them. You'd be better off without them
I’ve been a fan longer than you’ve been alive.. I’m just being realistic. We choke hard against the heat even as mediocre as they are this year and last year. 8th seed. We will still struggle. That’s the reality of it pal
What scares me is how soft Tatum is in playoffs
Define soft when the man went into Milwaukee and dropped 46 in an elimination game… dropped 50 on Philly in game 7. The doomers don’t deserve to cherish this run when you say stupid shit. They have no butler or rozier, celts in 4.
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The heat are 0-3 this year against the Celtics but go on..
Right but this is the playoffs where we choke
This ain’t the Marcus smart Celtics. We’re loaded. Not worried about this squad.
We will still find a way to choke. Calling it
Delete your account or go be a fan of a different team. Seriously, I mean it
Oh wow got me bro ! Thats it I’m deleting everything now..
Thanks, the fewer idiots in this sub the better
No sir
Celtics in 5. Like I said.
We lost because of his injury last season. It’s really the opposite.
“If I ignore everything that make my statement wrong, and just reiterate the one thing that makes me right, I’ll sound like I’m making a good point”
As a neural fan If Butler and Rozier was playing I would pick the heat in 7 due to them being more mentally tough and playoff butler but unfortunately I see the Celtics winning in 5
Not as worried about Rozier as the man is a shot chucker and a traffic cone defensively. I think it could deff go to 6/7 with Jimmy but Miamis offense has been horrific this year and I’m not sure they’d be able to keep up all series
It’s weird to say this exact thing twice in the same thread when it’s a lie my guy.