The hater in me is so excited to watch this

@zbxlt292

9 ай бұрын

Nigga think he a main character 😭😭😭☠️☠️☠️

@lilhiroshima4385

9 ай бұрын

So real

@lilhiroshima4385

9 ай бұрын

So real

@Lesqueeze825

9 ай бұрын

So real

@stevenflemons6177

9 ай бұрын

Same. I can’t stand Paul Pierce.

To be fair, they won their chip despite having Doc as coach, but not even this entitles you to that kind of pile of bs talk.

@synthetic_sports

9 ай бұрын

Damn, maybe this was the most impressive championship in history

@meganova7600

9 ай бұрын

@@synthetic_sportsnew video idea

@Sweat404

9 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@RIQ2Turnt

9 ай бұрын

Despite having doc as a coach 🤣🤣💀

@goriotv2023

9 ай бұрын

yeah After that 2008 title. We choked in 2009, 2010 and 2012. Because Doc The Choke had no idea how to adjust in crucial situations.

I agree with this take, it`s not that the 08 Celtics wasn`t a very good team, but the way KG, Paul Pierce and the media treat this one championship makes it very overrated.

@darrengordon-hill

9 ай бұрын

"Dirk beat prime LeBron"

@Getloose360

9 ай бұрын

This team wasn't homegrown, they were well into their primes. Doing it year 1 is a freaking accomplishment

@Zack_410

9 ай бұрын

​@@darrengordon-hillThat ring has gotten overrated due to the narrative. The Mavs had a well balanced team.

@cback3333

9 ай бұрын

They still won.. that matters lol.. you know how many great teams never won a ring?.. this is a horrible take

@BoosterGoldEarth6

8 ай бұрын

@@darrengordon-hill Dirk didn't do anything. Lebron choked

They are the one championship dynasty... With the way that they talk you would have thought they ran the NBA for half a decade lol. The crazy thing is they wouldn't be so hated if their ego wasn't so incredibly out of whack, I recognize how difficult it is to win a championship and that in itself is an accomplishment that should never be forgotten but my God... They truly make it seem as if they were the greatest team of all time and unchallenged by anybody.

@djsav688

9 ай бұрын

You’re the only KZreadr that I see commenting on random videos. You’re one of a kind lmfao

@ChiseledAdonis

9 ай бұрын

@@djsav688 lol I still use KZread for what it was originally supposed to be. Liking, commenting & subscribing

@lxbronx6

9 ай бұрын

Even tho it’s annoying they DID ADD ONE to the banner collection. The Lakers got 3 after that. Boston for whatever reason despite being so close at times has come up short so many times. Almost to where it actually doesn’t bother me that I keep hearing about 08. What has Boston won since then? Sucks but hey.

@cback3333

9 ай бұрын

They were a great team led by 4 Future HOFers.. and a HOF coach.. and could have won more than 1 had it not been for injuries.. they were far from overrated.. they were the whole reason the Heat big 3 came together.. they were that good

@daltonfarris

9 ай бұрын

I truly believe they'd argue they were a top 3 team of all time and unanimously agree they'd beat the 2017 warriors. I think they couldn't get to 7 games against this year's denver nuggets before losing.

The fact that Doc Rivers has milked this championship to the point that he's still employed as a head coach despite having the most blown leads in NBA history is crazy.

@seahawksFishing

6 ай бұрын

His style of coaching worked well in the late 2010s and he had a bunch of vets and role players that bought in to his philosophy. Also Rondo was so good as a rookie. He was the piece that put it all together.

@southsideofhawthorne6507

2 ай бұрын

But he came back and made history by Coming back in the NBA finals game 4 in 2008. They were down by 24 at the half

The 2008 Celtics was a miracle. They won the title with Doc Rivers. CP3, Kawai, Harden and Embid etc all time greats and MVPs could not win with him except the 2008 Celtics.

Main reason this title is so talked about is because it’s the only recent success of a premier franchise, without 08 the Lakers would be sole owner of #1 and it would be 37 years since their last championship. They’d be like the NY Jets or Toronto Maple Leafs, think how much shit the Dallas Cowboys take and add another decade to it!

@darrylturner3731

9 ай бұрын

Ong the Celtics are basically so successful only because of that Bill Russell era.

@BoosterGoldEarth6

9 ай бұрын

Celtics only successful bc of Bill Russell? So Hondo/Cowens x2 Rings Bird brought x3 Pierce got his. 6 rings still place them among top 5 rings for a franchise

@JasonHebert

9 ай бұрын

"Lakers would be sole owner of #1" The Celtics WERE sole owner of number for like 50 years, the Lakers literally JUST tied them in the bubble year. They have never been sole number 1 and honestly barely even qualify to be tied at number 1 foe that lame ass bubble year. You can make fun of the asterisk for missing Perk all you want, the bubble year is the TRUE asterisk.

@hughjass2640

9 ай бұрын

@@JasonHebert Don't be so glum chum, maybe once Boston stops being such a racist shithole, actually good players will want to go there and then you won't get embarrassed by jimmy butler and some random guys in the play-offs.

@notoriouseagle1074

9 ай бұрын

@@hughjass2640 Enough of the myth, it's a better city than where your favorite teams play.

The irony of Rondo hating on Ray for betraying the Celtics then turning around and winning a title with the Lakers nearly a decade later lmao.

@lxbronx6

9 ай бұрын

While joining LeBron. The irony.

Iirc, the Celtics were already looking to reduce Ray Allen’s role around the 2012-13 offseason, which is the main reason for him leaving. That and also beefing with Rondo.

@kevinzhu6417

9 ай бұрын

think they also floated his name in trade talks before hand as well

@jakob9614

9 ай бұрын

@@kevinzhu6417weren’t they really close to trading him to Memphis at some point in 2012? I think it came down to like one more second round pick or some ridiculously small detail

@smoothjulio

9 ай бұрын

They wanted to trade him and then they wanted to bench him for Avery Bradley, which severely hurt his perception around the league.

@powerbadpowerbad

9 ай бұрын

Rondo was over-rated in my opinion,plus,he didn't want to listen to his coach.He thought he knew it all,like Kobe.Phil Jackson called Kobe-uncoachable in his auto-bio,that says a lot about Kobe.

@lakerfan2874

9 ай бұрын

Ray chose to be a bench guy behind Wade over being benched behind Avery Bradley. That's the whole difference. If the Celtics were going to reduce his role, he accepted it in Miami instead of Boston.

The Celtics of course won because of top 3 Center all time, offensive juggernaut, and not racist Kendrick Perkins

@awc6007

9 ай бұрын

Shaq: Big Perk taught me everything I know

@calvindomin441

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@thablksovereign

9 ай бұрын

Kareem was inspired by him

@user-td1me4tv3u

9 ай бұрын

Kendrick Perkins sucked

@Acrossdapond445

9 ай бұрын

Perk has the best handles in NBA history

Can we just appreciate how important James Posey and Eddie House were to this 08 championship 👏🏼

Man, if Reggie had decided to come out of retirement for that year, he would have been an NBA champion. He wouldn’t even had to play at all.

@cjvaye99

9 ай бұрын

I remember them talking about it on PTI and I actually would have loved to see it. this was in the off-season before the Lakers got Pau so I didn't even think at that point the Lakers were even contenders and it was obvious to everyone the Celtics were winning it that season after getting KG and Ray Allen. Reggie should have signed with them.

@micshaz

9 ай бұрын

Thats actually fucking true tragicomedy

As a diehard Celtics fan I think the team gets overhyped mainly because it’s been so damn long since we’ve won last. For being a team tied with the most championships it’s really underwhelming to think we’ve only won once since the championship in 86. 08 was definitely an amazing team and with the overall culture in Boston I definitely enjoy the reunions but can see why people get annoyed too. You could argue the number reunions come from them all simply just really liking each other and wanting to see each other more often outside of the win. Though maybe other one off championship teams should take notes and have reunions too. Would be cool to see the older Mavs meet up sometime. Fingers crossed the C’s now can pull us out of another championship drought though, but I wouldn’t be surprised if guys from the past couple iterations of the team these past few seasons try doing reunions as well. Can definitely see Smart coming back to chill in Boston with Tatum and Brown later down the road after retiring for example.

@kevinzhu6417

9 ай бұрын

As a Raptors fan I can't hate on the reunions because they just look like they're good friends who like to have excuses to get together

@fortynights1513

9 ай бұрын

The Celtics of the late 2010’s and early 2020’s should be considered a pretty darn good team that unfortunately hasn’t been at their best in the playoffs. The 08 team was very good, but quite frankly wouldn’t be talked about as much if they didn’t annoy people as much as they do. I think you can argue that forming Superteams as a strategy became popularized by this Celtics team.

@pnilrax2868

9 ай бұрын

you guys also won like... 11 from 57 to 69? i believe. So while you are in fact tied.. you need an asterisk. Lakers have more of a claim to having most than you all do. And Im a celtics fan.

@everythingkyros1588

9 ай бұрын

​@@pnilrax2868as a Lakers fan, first 5 championships are also being questioned because they are won in Minneapolis. But its the franchise that counts I guess

@GhusisBest

9 ай бұрын

They do realise they can have the reunions without the whole TV hoopla right?

The birth of the Big Three of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett later triggered LeBron's move to the Miami Heat.

@ananmuadi31

9 ай бұрын

To do the very thing they themselves did in 2007

@JAlves88

Ай бұрын

​@ananmuadi31 Let's not get it twisted. Boston traded for both Ray n KG. The heat called each other and the players created their big 3.

It’s just weird how we don’t see random role players from the Back to Back Lakers like we do the 08 Celtics. Sasha never on ESPN talking bout how great they were 🤣

@cjvaye99

9 ай бұрын

Sasha, Shannon Brown, Luke Walton, Josh Powell, Jordan Farmar, fcking DJ Mbenga. good times

@coolizac

9 ай бұрын

That’s the narrative. You don’t big up Kobe. You big up the Celtics to in turn big up Lebron cuz he “ended” their “dynasty” even tho Kobe literally beat every team Lebron couldn’t

@zackmorris4773

9 ай бұрын

@@coolizacwhat bron got to do with this😂😂 that was random af

@coolizac

9 ай бұрын

@@zackmorris4773 Bron runs ESPN…. That’s obvious, they been pushing his narrative since 2007

@jaydot4956

9 ай бұрын

@@coolizacthe only team Kobe beat that Lebron couldn’t was Orlando and that’s because Lebron was by himself, give Lebron Pau and you don’t think he would’ve beaten Orlando?

As a Boston fan, I love this team lmao. Only title in my lifetime and I love the big three! Iconic in my eyes

@pathfinderjan

9 ай бұрын

Same :) that 5-year stretch is such an amazing time.

@Randomperson-zt3il

9 ай бұрын

@@pathfinderjan I was about 1 turning 2 in 2008 and since becoming a fan since the Irving days (I became a die hard these last 2 seasons) I love our team! I’m from England

@jlahooper2496

8 ай бұрын

F Boston

@Randomperson-zt3il

8 ай бұрын

@@jlahooper2496 Beat the Lakers!

@DarthBinky89

Ай бұрын

Lebron broke you

Bro this team gave the Celtics a title and a future, how could anyone complain.

A lot of it probably has to do with this one championship somehow justifying Doc Rivers as a coach to a lot of people despite the fact it was 15 years ago and the man hasn't even come close to that success since with choke after choke

@fortynights1513

9 ай бұрын

Hot take: Rudy Tomjanovich and Alex Hannum are better coaches than Doc even though Doc is on the 75th team and they aren’t. Doc Rivers has had a fine coaching career, but not one of the single best ever or anything like that.

@hjkohler2966

9 ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513That’s pretty valid take honestly

@RamanShrikant

9 ай бұрын

doc rivers was one game away from winning the 2010 nba finals

@fortynights1513

9 ай бұрын

@@hjkohler2966I say kind of a hot take because I think some people would object to Hannum because of how far back he was. But Auerbach is considered as good as he is either way, so it may not be a hot take. The biggest issue I see is that people tend to go off of total wins and not as much the percentage of them when discussing coaches. Doc fortunately coached longer, but has one championship, and three appearances in the conference finals or later I believe (could’ve been four if KG doesn’t get hurt in 09, but three as is). Hannum and Tomjanovich coached shorter periods, but the former has three championships counting the ABA, and the latter has two championships and a third conference finals appearance in a much shorter career than Rivers.

@daltonfarris

9 ай бұрын

I'd doc gets in the hall of fame, I should get inducted.

Boston would've lost to LeBron in 7 had Pierce scored his pedestrian amount of points (say 30) instead of 41. That game was Pierce's best game in the playoffs and it pretty much punched the ticket to the chip for the Celtics. They were so close to choking and that's what people forget

@jjohnson4013

9 ай бұрын

Also the Lakers were without Byume and Ariza two key players maybe Boston wouldent have won

"ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!!!"

08 Celtics were a great team. They had a great 3 years run.

Imma be honest, if I was beating Lebron & Kobe i’d be insufferable as hell too lmao Fantastic team, def goes back to back of KG doesn’t get injured in 09, but yes they 100% milk it I need Tatum and Brown to hoist a trophy so I can have my own title team to latch onto

@jjohnson4013

9 ай бұрын

Even if KG was healthy they would have lost to the Lakers in 09 they were the better team that year. They won 65 games in a stack west the bench was better Ariza was healthy Pau was more stuffer and kobe was playing in an other level

Having a big 4 of Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Brian Scalabrine was not even fair to the rest of the NBA.

@456rep

9 ай бұрын

big 5 actually

@darrylturner3731

9 ай бұрын

The disrespect to Rondo

@billycrystal6791

9 ай бұрын

Damn I forgot about Rondo, my bad, its a big 5

So happy this was made. So necessary. Glad KG got a title. Everybody else.......nah, chill out

@edwardgraham7993

9 ай бұрын

Everyone else, nah? I can understand KG, but Paul Pierce was ALREADY a Celtics; Pierce got drafted by them in the late '90s; he deserves that ring. (Even though he 💩 himself in a Finals game) And finally, Ray Allen from the Bucks to the Sonics as an excellent shooter to see him get a ring with the Celtics was well deserved.

@zenkresnik

9 ай бұрын

@@edwardgraham7993 KG was a legitimate Hall of Fame talent before he joined the Celtics. No one was talking about Paul Pierce like that for his ENTIRE career up until that team came together. Look at his career pre-2008. He was a bench All-Star scoring over 25 ppg 4 times in 9 seasons on a very middling and unmemorable Celtics team. Before that championship, he was not en route to the Hall of Fame. I don't care how many people @ me but Pierce was a good player that got carried by a great player.

@thecensoredmuscle563

9 ай бұрын

​@@zenkresnikthat's not true, I remember Paul peirce being a big name and star before that team ever came together.

@zenkresnik

9 ай бұрын

@@thecensoredmuscle563 there are a lot of basketball players who were stars during their era but not Hall of Fame great talent.

@thecensoredmuscle563

9 ай бұрын

@zenkresnik Paul Pierce is in the hall of fame. His consistently great stats prior to kg played a big part in that. In fact he was better prior to kg coming. And obviously the finals mvp helped a bit.

Another week, another great video guys! By any chance, would y'all be interested in doing a 2014 Retrospective on the Greatest 1st Round in Modern NBA History? The 2014 1st round had so many Game 7s and of course would've had a Game 7 in every series in the West had Dame not hit that buzzer beater against the Rockets.

@HudsonIsGay

9 ай бұрын

Cool idea

@cheesygrater

9 ай бұрын

This video idea would be atleast 1 hour and half of it will be about the Dame shot

@bornashamloo

9 ай бұрын

That's usually how long their retrospectives videos are and lol Dame's shot deserves to a huge chunk of time no question about it. @synthetic_sports the Western Conference alone would be insane to cover with: Mavs vs Spurs (7 Games & Vince's Buzzer Beater) Thunder vs Grizzlies (7 Games & a shit ton of nail biters) Clippers vs Warriors (Warriors before the dynasty) Rockets vs Blazers (You know what to say lol)

Imagine asking your teammates "guys, i pooped nyself, I'ma need y'all to pick my grown ass up and carry me so poop don't run down my leg".

There's a lot to do in ATL, but when any of their teams are good their arenas/stadiums are rocking. And while I have criticized the Celtics for acting like they were some kind of dynasty, they were insanley dominant in 07-08... That Lakers team was awesome (even though pau just got there) and smashed them in game six

@dyltack5349

9 ай бұрын

Atlanta is definitely a braves city tho

@dcanderson6291

9 ай бұрын

I'm from Atlanta. Whoever is winning in the city will get the crowd. It's been plenty of years the Braves crowd was weak and the falcons or Hawks crowd was jumping. The soccer team ALWAYS packed full of Atlanta fans

@LynxStarAuto

9 ай бұрын

As a Miami native, that's a BS excuse. They say the same thing about us, but the truth is winning made Miami into a basketball city. Something Atlanta hasn't done. Miami is a giant melting pot of a city. Arguably ground zero for immigrants who come here for a fresh start. As such, basketball is not always a predominant sport in many of those citizens' homeland. They come here and learn the culture. When the team is good, and winning, it's easier for them folks to acclimate and become fans. Once they do, they stick around. So Atlanta's problem is not there is too much to do, it's that the team sucks, and nobody cares.

@Ramsfan1993

9 ай бұрын

@@LynxStarAuto it 100% has to do with there being too much to do. Like you said winning made Miami into a basketball town but, go look at Atlanta's Good seasons and their attendance versus they're bad season's it's a huge difference there is a ton to do in Miami to which is probably one of the reasons why when they're bad they're attendances in great and then like you said also it's a melting pot so basketball is in most people's first preference.

Every championship could have an asterisk. Injuries, and everything else is part of the game. Except fixing games ('02 LA-SAC)

@samraizshoaib585

7 ай бұрын

Not 2011

So many people connected to that team are pretty unlikeable. Paul Pierce and KG both are pretty delusional. Doc Rivers is a professional choker at this point. And even Ray Allen was of course a snake for joining a team they choked a lead to. Just an unlikeable team.

@ChryskylodonInstitute

9 ай бұрын

don't think Allen can be classified as a snake because it's a known fact Celtics tried sideline him & trade him for a while before leaving

@impulse_xs

9 ай бұрын

You KNOW a team is insufferable when Rondo is the most likable guy on the team lol.

The fact you guys don't even have 50k subs is criminal ur videos are so entertaining plus they're really well edited

Let's not forget that horrible Game 2 in the 2008 Finals where Leon Powe was somehow awarded more FTA the entire Lakers team (13 for Powe, 10 for LA) and the Celtics had a 38 to 10 FTA advantage. Even the infamous Game 6 of the WCF wasn't that lopsided (25 to 40). I remember a play late when LA was making a comeback, Pierce was chasing Kobe and got hung up on a screen so he reached out and grabbed Kobe's right arm, who ended up putting up and making a shot with his left hand. This happened right in front of a referee,. No whistle.

@sydhamelin1265

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, refs were letting Boston get away with murder and they called TWO offensive fouls on Kobe to take him out of the game. One wasn't even contact, the other was tickey-tack. The officiating was terrible, really terrible. Then to hear Boston fans complain in 2010 when refs were actually CALLING the fouls that Boston was committing all along.

@notoriouseagle1074

9 ай бұрын

@@sydhamelin1265 WHAT? The refs in game 7 were appalling! Might I also bring up 2002 when they wouldn't let the Kings sneeze without a foul being called? LA fans are beyond oblivious.

@ThePrayinmantiz

9 ай бұрын

​@notoriouseagle1074 - yeah laker fans are delusional

@sydhamelin1265

9 ай бұрын

@@notoriouseagle1074 Nah, I just don't have any hate towards an organization, so I can watch this stuff unbiased. Meanwhile you'll bring up 2002, but you won't talk about Webber's offensive foul, flooring Fisher, to give Bibby the open shot that won the game. Refs literally handed the Kings game 5, but nope, you don't care, because LA lost, and you're all good with that.

@garylasseter2978

9 ай бұрын

@@sydhamelin1265 Not a fan of either team, but the officiating in game 7 of the 2010 finals, particularly the 4th quarter was terrible and it was blatant what they were trying to do

Danny Ainge actually pulled it off twice with trades. First in 2008 and then after trading KG and Pierce, the Celtics received draft picks that ended up being Tatum and Brown.

this team is why doc has a ring. it took an all time roster and 26 out 28 possible games to drag him as a coach to the finals.

Give them credit. They're the greatest one ring dynasty in NBA history.

Probably because they won a single title but Garnet, Pierce and Rondo act like they were a goddamn dynasty. Heck even random role players on that 08 team come on to talk about those glory days which just comes off as obnoxious. The 04 Pistons made back to back finals, and 6 conference finals in a row better success than the Big 3 Celtics yet you don't hear these guys being as cocky off their one title.

Funny how we all know how hard it is to win a championship but when we talk about the '08 Celtics we say they "only" got one. The only year they were healthy together they won the championship. Big mouth on them, but overhated and overlooked for ever.

@taskfootball10

9 ай бұрын

overhated? For the bs KG and PP talk? well deserved tbh

@RLSmith-jt8qj

9 ай бұрын

One of the best defensive teams ever. Kg finally had a decent organization behind him with 2 all star/stars. Brought the Celtics back to relevance and beat the rival Lakers in a final for the first time in 20 years.

@jojijoestar7233

9 ай бұрын

@@RLSmith-jt8qj If only this move happened two years earlier

Boston was spoiled with the Patriots and Red Sox winning a lot of titles since 2000, Bruins and Celtics have had so many great teams but only won a title each but still held up to the standards set by the patriots and Red Sox I feel

@commonsense3921

9 ай бұрын

Just the Patriots the rest are garbage.

@LordoftheGame88

9 ай бұрын

Yeah it is a shame. I am a Red Sox fan but I would trade the Sox’s 2018 World Series for a Bruins cup in 2019 in a heartbeat.

@notoriouseagle1074

9 ай бұрын

@@commonsense3921 Don't diss the Sox, they won 4x

Hey guys great video, I was wondering if you could do a video on the 2019 trailblazers when they made the conference finals?

Loving the channel, fellas. you guys are flat out entertaining.

The Pistons can actually say they broke Kobe and Shaq up after that finals.

Best timeline the Lakers win in 08. Kobe 3peats, undoubtedly Lakers GOAT now, Doc is fired and doesn’t ruin more franchises. Plus Thibs probably doesn’t get respect enough to get a Head Coaching job and ruin D Roses knees

@dannychamberlain6244

9 ай бұрын

Best timeline is if Paxton misses

@jjohnson4013

9 ай бұрын

People forget that Byume and Ariza were hurt and miss the finals if they were both healthy Lakers could have won

This Celtics team was actually one of the greatest defensive teams of all time, I'm sure most of the kids here have no idea what I'm talking about.

I honestly forgot that Tibbs was an assistant on this team

My dream team, Celtics fan since birth. My fave players aside from Birdi, MJ, AI, were always KG and Allen to see them come to Boston and team up with Pierce. Priceless. TRUE grit and heart the Truth.

Imagine this team being put together 2 or 3 years prior to 08 All of em were on the backend of their prime

@thefaultinourpizza1513

2 ай бұрын

I think that’s part of what made it so impressive, it was like the last dance for these guys

I think the special thing about them is that they were the only Big Three that I can think of in recent memory where all three guys had been star players who kept falling short of a title, but getting together finally got them one. It’s how you think these things ideally SHOULD play out. When superteams are made up of one or more guys that have already won, it feels obnoxious, like stacking the deck so the rich get richer. But the fact that all three were in the latter half of their careers and had all failed to get there until they joined together makes it kind of cool to me. In that way, it’s also better that they didn’t win a bunch of times. So, they may not be a dynasty or whatnot, but there is something special about them.

been here since 3k keep up the gr8 work guys

As a Hawks fan, that series with the Celtics is a personal favorite of mine. Mike Bibby, Josh Smith, & Joe Johnson played out of their mind. Those home games were LIT, everyone wanted us to shock the world. They just couldn’t win in Boston. 😢

@marquanmr

8 ай бұрын

As cavs fan, we had the same experience in the next round

That team was special! chemistry was popping right from the jump. my boyz weren't selfish players, it was all about team.... first big 3 to win it the first time around.

The is my favorite NBA channel keep up the work! :D

This video is gonna go viral amongst Toronto Raptor fans, the sentiments in this video is something that we feel in our hearts and souls!

Joe Johnson had 1 of the best series I have ever seen a guy have, and played about as good as you can play in that first series. He was incredible

This team was fire. I remember when they were put together the consensus was they had no chance at a championship because the stars were old. The starting five was top notch and their bench could’ve been a starting five.

@LynxStarAuto

9 ай бұрын

I don't remember it like that. It was considered a super team, and everybody was saying that they were the new juggernaut. I even remember some talking heads saying they may win 80 games.

@ishdontstop_

9 ай бұрын

when they got ray, I said something was missing, then they got KG, deadass I called championship

@bigger.1.bestrapperalive

9 ай бұрын

@@LynxStarAuto maybe as the season started and they were playing good together yeah but before they played a game more people than not gave them no chance, we’ll at least the talking heads on espn. Celtics were a losing team, sonics were a losing team, and the timberwolves were a losing so I guess that’s another reason why they gave them no shot.

@bigger.1.bestrapperalive

9 ай бұрын

@@ishdontstop_ once all that happened I felt they would at least go to the championship. Plus I was rooting for kg to get a chip.

@LynxStarAuto

9 ай бұрын

@@bigger.1.bestrapperalive It was a long time ago, but I remember that hype machine. I do remember media questioning their age, but the truth was, they weren't even that old. Ray was the oldest at 32 KG was 31 Truth was 30 They were only a couple years older than Miami big 3 when they teamed up.

Im a lifelong Celtics fan and was crazy hyped and exited when Danny ainge put together the big 3 of that decade and KG was my favorite player back then even all that time with the Timberwolves before he came to boston to team with Pierce and ray Allen so i couldn't b happier at the time, they were put together to win a championship and that's exactly what they did there first season together with the big 3 and all three of them were getting up in age and got it done, they came close to getting a second championship just fell short would have been interesting to have that team together 3 or 4 yrs earlier they just may have been a dynasty if that happened but def legendary team regardless of how many they won but i do understand why people think there egos were bigger than they should have been

This video is a masterclass in hating Bravo fellas 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I liked the Celtics 08 team, and because I was tall I started playing centre before slowly moving outwards to a SF, KG was one of the guys I tried to learn moves from when I was starting basketball. But Pierce after retirement has gone mad, and KG never got over Bron hurting his ego.

i just hate how much credit doc rivers gets for this ring. that man couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions written on the heel

Did not expect to see Thibs praise in here and I LOVE IT

Thank you! THANK YOOOUUUU! Somebody finally said it! I mean winning is hard to do and they DID win the chip but my God they make it seem as though they were the Celtics of the Russell era..which they weren't. You could argue the 04 Pistons chip along with the 6 straight years of conference finals appearances would make them more of a "dynasty" than the 08 celtics..and that's with no former or current superstar (on the roster at that time)

@sulwhale3171

9 ай бұрын

2 finals 1 championship and 5 conference finals and you never hear about them

@chriscroke718

9 ай бұрын

Nobody acts like this team is a dynasty lmao

@thetruth4654

9 ай бұрын

@chriscroke718 I mean KG does.

@ked4

9 ай бұрын

What do you mean "somebody finally said it"? If you thought it needed to be said, why didn't *you* say it?

@chriscroke718

9 ай бұрын

@@thetruth4654 how?

No team has squeezed more juice out of one titlte than the '08 Celtics. Paul Pierce is probably the worst offender lol.

@fortynights1513

9 ай бұрын

Among the players maybe, but if we count others, Doc Rivers might have more. At least Pierce was a perennial all star, and made a conference final as the number one option in 2002 before that.

@Recovery305

9 ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513 I was talking about players, but you're absolutely right. That '08 ring has given Doc Rivers so much leeway for whatever reason.

@fortynights1513

9 ай бұрын

@@Recovery305Some argue Doc would have made a better assistant coach than he’s been as a head coach

Keep those great videos coming !

@fortynights1513

9 ай бұрын

These narrators have great chemistry.

Congrats on 30k! Banger video as always

I love that Celtics team, but I'm a lifelong celtics fan lol. But it was a great total team, we had awesome role players doing their jobs, tony allen, leon powe, glen davis, posey, eddie house, even sam cassell came up big when called on in the playoffs. Loved that team man haha

This was a fun video, thank you

This team is overhyped because of the sheer personality on the team. You've got two guys who loved the media on a storied NBA franchise, of course it's gonna get overhyped.

Y’all are trippin, I vividly remember that 2007-2008 season. They dominated teams that year, I don’t think I’ve seen a better overall team who won it all in the past 20 years. I’m a Lakers fan, kills me to say that about the C’s but I’m just being honest

To be fair, it was nearly impossible for the Cavs to lure elite free agents to Cleveland when lebron kept signing short term contracts. No one was trying to go to Cleveland unless he showed that he was committed long term. He never did that so they never came.

@alexescutia4805

9 ай бұрын

Yeah since lebrons been gone they’ve been a prime free agent destination

I was a junior in highschool when they won. They were really fun to watch.

14:38 you should do a whole series of teams that broke up in the playoffs after a loss that would be fire

Was like 11/12 when they won in 2008 and I loved them

Doc has been riding this Championship for years hahaha

08 Celtics are the reason I’m a Celtics fan was the first NBA game I remember them winning

As a Mavs fan, this Boston team got injury screwed out of 3 titles. 2009 KG got hurt & ended his prime, & Perk gets hurt in 2010 giving the Lakers every rebound. Then they all got old & an even more manufactured super team in the Heat took over. Celtics earned their right to brag, & they should've gotten more if not for injuries.

@sulwhale3171

9 ай бұрын

Injuries happen bro Miami had d wade get injured in 2014 and people were thinking he was done has a player heck they even got dragic just to take pressure off of him Don’t get me started with the warriors even they don’t brag about there 2 championship a lot and they got hurt in 2019 and 2020 and 2021 You had Miami who always have 2-3 players hurt every playoff Same for the Celtic in 2021-2023 Oh what about the nets in 2021 What about the lakers in 2013 It always happen

@melvincuaresma-SW

9 ай бұрын

2008 lakers were missing Trevor Ariza and Andrew Bynum

@Wetwilly87

7 күн бұрын

Please stop with this dumb narrative, injuries happen all the time and to say that the Celtics would have beaten the Lakers that year in 09 100% with KG is stupid. That Lakers team was built to beat the Celtics that year. With Trevor Ariza healthy, Bynum healthy that year and winning 67 games they were not the same team in 08. Who was guarding Paul Pierce in 08? Vladimir Radmonovich, that’s a big difference from a young Ariza. And the Perkins getting hurt narrative doesn’t hold much water because he got hurt in game 6 not game 1, the Celtics had 5 games before than to beat the Lakers and they didn’t. And what bench player took Perks spot after getting hurt? Just a player named RASHEED WALLACE a player more than capable of getting offensive rebounds and rebounds in general, not to mention he gave you more offense with his outside shooting.

@slimypickle19

6 күн бұрын

@Wetwilly87 You aren't considering the team chemistry dynamics that got severely altered. You're over here assuming a washed/over the hill Rasheed Wallace (who barely joined the team just months before) was gonna just walk right in & replace Perkins and gel with the team right away. And Boston started 27-2 with a fully healthy squad. Saying it's "stupid" that Boston would've had a chance is ignorant.

@Wetwilly87

6 күн бұрын

@@slimypickle19 You either can’t read or don’t pay attention. I never stated the 09 Celtics would have no chance of beating the 09 Lakers, I said it’s stupid to say that they would have beaten the 09 Lakers 100%. Wow never knew Perkins was the glue that made that Celtics team so great, team chemistry are you fucking kidding me? They should have been motivated to win for Perk if that’s the case but they didn’t. If your going to make statements like this, than the Lakers missing Bynum and Ariza in the 08 finals made the Lakers 100% miss out on a 3-peat.

I think you forget that rondo was coming into his prime (averaging a near triple double) when the big 3 was aging so I feel like they still had another chance to topple the Heat but Ray decided to jump ship and the rest was history for them. So I do believe if he didn’t do that they had a good chance to win a second

Ray Allen is class for not joining those gatherings haha

Very interesting thought process

Pierce called himself the best player in the world after winning in 2008. KG and Pierce still flaunting that title to this day isn’t surprising. Garnett was the anti Tim Duncan. He thought being loud would scare opponents but it only got him 1 ring that he had to team up with other superstars to get. He really overvalued himself. Same with Pierce. They were a damn good team though but this was also a team that should have won more with that talent they had.

One ring in like 30 years and I still have to hear about it to this day

As a celtics fan who grew up during the mid 2000s thru 2010s, I can say that we milk tf out that ring. I wanna see us win another, but I cant stand going to the garden and seeing hella old celtic fans from '08 talking about that ring. I get it. We won, yay. Now lets move on. Just a Celtics fan talking here

It's an interesting group. They were arguably the best team in the league for a three year period and had a very good shot to win all three chips from 08-10 if not for injuries. They also started the Big 3 trend which "broke" not really Lebron but the league itself as now the only way to be consistently good was to create your own big 3. They were probably a top 10 team since 2000 but definitely not all time

LMFAO you guys brought up a great point with all their countless reunions 😂😂

It's easy how at least one of the trades happened. Kevin McHale was with the T-Wolves at the time. He may have worked for the T-Wolves, but he will always bleed Celtics green. That's how KG landed with the Celtics. And I was for it because like any great player, KG deserved a chance to compete for an NBA title with an excellent core of teammates. KG was in basketball purgatory late in his career with the T-Wolves.

I'm a Celtics fan and when I think about our history I just think about the whole 17 banners not just the 2008 one. I don't fixate on this one championship and no one on the Celtics sub on reddit does either. The only reason it gets talked about a lot more than it should be is because a) 3 of the guys on that team was a top 10 player at their position in that time and it was the only ring they ever won and b) 3 of the guys on that team went on to become broadcasters where they got to talk about it so often. You don't hear Dirk or Chauncey Billups talking the livelong day about their one ring because they're "humble", they don't talk about it because they don't have the soapbox to circle back to it every two to three business days.

They do talk a LOT, but it is refreshing to see a squad that seemed to genuinely be friends

I've always felt that this title is so beloved just because its the Boston Celtics; #17 for the big green machine.

LOVED IT!

I've said it a million times... The Celtics have four hall of famers and a hall of famer coach yet only went to the eastern conference twice during their entire tenure and only one it once.

How dare you disrespect Jeff Green! The man has heart problems n still playing. Now an NBA champion!!!

As a Boston Fan i gotta say im hyped to watch this

I remember here superteams era started. Lot of talks were going on like who is gonna be their backup, what if one of them gets injured (which happened in next season) and if they really gonna be that good. Well they were and their rings was well deserved. I actually liked them, but the problem is they praised themselves too much - like they were some dynasty, but it was only one season dominance. If KG never got injured it's possible they could become that since after he came back he wasn't the same. This trio run was good, but not as they praised it on the media. Probably if they would've won that amazing 2010 series against Lakers they would cemented themselves as all time greats

1:56 I've never seen somebody's head be this shiny before, Ray Allen Head looking like a crystal ball

I never really got that, but I was pulling for em at the time to a point. But I think its the context around it that makes em feel so good about it all. Without that it's just whatever.

Just a friendly reminder, the last time the Celtics won the finals, Grand Theft Auto IV had just come out, and almost everyone was still using flip phones at that point in time....

It's ben 2 - 3 years since my team, the Milwaukee Bucks won their NBA Title. I have heard more about the 2008 Celtics since 2021 since the 2021 Champions. The Nuggets won the Title last year... We will probably forget about that Mid-Season cuz the 2008 Celtics are having another reunion.

As a Lakers fan I 100% agree with this message…. people also got get we were missing two Starters Bynum and Ariza that’s why them crying about weak ass Kendrick Perkins in 09 is a joke ..

Slandering the team that made me love nba and basketball overall as a european 8 years old child . Great video guys . Still they gonna be my fav team until i die

The amount of wasted money and organizational manpower on numerous Teams after Doc Rivers got this ring is astounding.

This was a far more entertaining video than I was expecting. That said, this team ABSOLUTELY milked the living shit out of this one title..

I think that if the Celtics weren’t full of themselves and kinda rode that wave for the off-season and kept their mouth shut, they would be beloved like those one and done teams. Even as a Heat fan I would give them so much more respect if they just shut up about 2008.

@dannychamberlain6244

9 ай бұрын

Another difference could be is that other one ring wonders like the 04 Pistons and 11 Mavericks were underdogs

I also don't think they'd have beaten Kobe in 09 either. The 09 Lakers were the team that broke Boston's win streaks that year, won 66 games, had a full training camp, and had infinitely better coaching.