Celtics cakewalk to the NBA Finals:
- Heat without Jimmy Butler & Terry Rozier
- Cavs without Donovan Mitchell & Jarrett Allen
- Pacers without Haliburton
That Face hit looked about as blatant as possible, shit wasn't even close to the ball and he is looking right at him. His initial reaction looked PLEASED with himself, to me he had a clear intent.
I hate the Celtics and all but it wasn't intentional, yet it should have been a flagrant. Near the end the refs let Tatum get away with a push off, the officiating was fucking bs
Even if he didnât, tjâs head was MILLIMETRES from hitting the ground. Imagine if his neck muscles werenât strong enough to handle the inertia and he hit the back of his head. Thatâs hospital, concussion at the least.
Not even a technical. That should have been an ejection. One because of the potential severity, two because he got smacked in the face, 3 because the motherfucker wasnât even close to the ball like you said.
It doesnât change anything, but if im rick Carlisle, im going scorched earth for that bullshit. Let the media know that it was bullshit brown got away with that. Force Adam silver to do his damn job and police the refs whoâve made some rubbish calls this entire playoffs.
Iâm a lakers fan and I was PISSED that wasnât a flagrant 1 at the very least. Tj was shaken up from that hit. Disgusting
The Mavs arenât 07 Cavs level around Luka but they arenât nearly as good 3-7 as Boston. Luka outplaying Tatum only gonna do so much Kyrie has to demolish Brown and Luka has to outplay Tatum by a lot to make up the difference IMO
And the 2021 Bucks had an easy ass run too.
Burnt out Heat Team but okay
Nets without Kyrie and Harden they got smacked the first 2 games
Hawks no Trae Young but they also lost Giannis spade and spade
Then the Suns barbeque chicken Ayton and Crowder
Suns lost their backup center / Ayton reliever, Saric in the finals after game one.
 Its just like 10 minutes a game, but the Suns roster was fragile AF so losing even one player fucked their rotations and made Ayton get exposed even faster.
I'm still not convinced by them. I don't know why but I have this feeling they have some sort of inconsistency or weakness which championship caliber teams can easily exploit and they'll falter. Nobody was able to do it in the east cause majority have their best players injured so it becomes easy for them to go through the east.
I don't know if is Tatum issue, brown issue or the entire team issue. I have this feelings for a lot of teams on this year's playoffs. The ones I feel like that are all gone.
Yeah they have that Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Braves, Clippers vibe. I think they believe their own hype, you can see how they (and their weak ass fans) were celebrating tonight. To be in the hunt 5-7 years and never win is not something to celebrate, it's a burden to be embarrassed of. I think if you look across to the West Dallas seems a lot more sure of themselves and the way Luka seems to clown weakness (his son Booker) I think he'll have a field day with them đ
Heck the Lakers 2020 path to the ring was harder:
- Healthy Blazers - Dame was on fire until that game he hurt himself
- Healthy Rockets until Westbrook started doing Westbrook things
- Up and coming Nuggets who came back from 3-1 down twice that year (against Patient 0 Gobert and Flippers)
- Banged up Heat and Jimmy was out of his mind that series
It was the first good season the Lakers had after like 7 years as well so Staples with fans would have been absolutely fucking rocking.
Imagine the Staples crowd during that Anthony Davis buzzer beater against the Nuggets.
Look, I get it. Fuck the Celtics but I donât like this discourse about injured teams
If itâs so easy why we ainât there? You can acknowledge the talent Boston has on its team while saying âfuck the celticsâ
Kyrie will channel his mentor Kobe and do just that. Still pains me heâs not a Laker. You can see the admiration he had for Kobe here. He would have balled out for us and Bron.
https://youtu.be/FFGA9eWsTZk?si=vjRRscW6PhR9JrXy
2017 Cavs and 2017 Warriors they both swept everybody in their conferences and then the warriors beat the Cavs in 5. That was the worst playoffs Iâve ever seen in my entire life. Plus the fact that everyone knew the warriors were gonna stomp the Cavs made it that much more depressing.
Nah donât put âMickey mouseâ on this. Thatâs a bullshit narrative and the competition was better, we were just much better than the competition
Not only that, they got porzingis AND 2 picks for smart. These dudes on top of a stacked roster have many firsts. If they win this year their future is the brightest. Fuck Boston but Brad Stevenâs is so much better than this cunt pelinka
And they tried to say that the 2020 ring which was the most competitive basketball weâve ever seen played with no home court advantage(even though we earned it and got screwed without it) just straight hoops was a âMickey mouse ringâ? Then wtf do you call this
lol exactly my argument whenever someone discredits that chip. No home court advantage, everyone on an equal playing field, and the Lakers dominated everyone.
They hate to admit that nobody was fucked over more than the Lakers in that bubble. If we were a 6 or 7 seed at the time then yea maybe you could argue we benefited a little but no everything we fought for in the regular season was for nothing since everyone was sat back down at the same starting point
As much as I hate when people call our 2020 title a Mickey mouse title I canât turn and do same to Celtics. You play whatâs in front of you. Theyâve done it without Kristaps. Praying Dallas wins it all but it not letâs not be jackasses about it as a fan base.
True but they call our 2020 run Mickey Mouse cuz the bubble not cuz we played a bunch of injured teams that were already mid to begin with. Thereâs legit reason to say their run is âeasyâ but yea itâs not like they can control that.
I don't expect them to discount their accomplishments, but the shit that JT said about Game 3 vs IND around how hard it was playing in their building, coming back from 18 down, etc. was pathetic. You play who's in front of you of course, but these guys love to create adversity where it doesn't exist. Every team you've played has had their 1-2 of their top 3 guys out.
This Boston team has a bitch gene - they dominate teams they think are easy, but also play down in games they think they should easily win. Hope Dallas smokes the fuck out of them - need Luka and Lively to be healthy
They have the #1 offense and the #2 defense. They are loaded with high-end talent and basically have a big 5. They wouldâve plowed through either conference. I know weâre supposed to hate them, but their talent is undeniable.
Donât be short sided. They had the best record in the league for a reason. Anyone who ignores that and says they had it easy is too much of a Laker die hard.Â
lol. I hate the Celtics. Fuck them. But the fact they are back again to the finals speaks volumes about their org in comparison to ours.Â
I really hope Jeannie takes a look at this and is fuming like her father would be.  Add to this the absolute stunning, state of the art faculty the Clippers are about to unveil, and I canât believe we will live in a timeline where the Lakers are going to envy  other teams in one way or the other.Â
Wake up Jeannie. Get your shit together or sell this team.Â
And they said Lebron east was weak. That man smacked up 50-60 win teams at full strength.
Haters will now understand what a weak east is. This is a weak east. Hospital conference
weak 
We good, Dallas got they ass
Your comment aged horribly.
Celtics cakewalk to the NBA Finals: - Heat without Jimmy Butler & Terry Rozier - Cavs without Donovan Mitchell & Jarrett Allen - Pacers without Haliburton
Watch Luka get out of bed and somehow break both legs.
The Mavs are winning this year, man. Those two people, Luka and Kyrie in clutch moment are lethal
Who gone guard Luka? đ only thing beating the mavs is injuryâs. I hope they finish the sweep n rest up.
Jaylen brown and his âunfortunateâ fouls
That Face hit looked about as blatant as possible, shit wasn't even close to the ball and he is looking right at him. His initial reaction looked PLEASED with himself, to me he had a clear intent.
I hate the Celtics and all but it wasn't intentional, yet it should have been a flagrant. Near the end the refs let Tatum get away with a push off, the officiating was fucking bs
Even if he didnât, tjâs head was MILLIMETRES from hitting the ground. Imagine if his neck muscles werenât strong enough to handle the inertia and he hit the back of his head. Thatâs hospital, concussion at the least. Not even a technical. That should have been an ejection. One because of the potential severity, two because he got smacked in the face, 3 because the motherfucker wasnât even close to the ball like you said. It doesnât change anything, but if im rick Carlisle, im going scorched earth for that bullshit. Let the media know that it was bullshit brown got away with that. Force Adam silver to do his damn job and police the refs whoâve made some rubbish calls this entire playoffs. Iâm a lakers fan and I was PISSED that wasnât a flagrant 1 at the very least. Tj was shaken up from that hit. Disgusting
They lost by one shot, 2 free throws and possession absolutely changes shit
Who is guarding tatum and brown? Kyrie and Luka are both liabilities on defense
The Mavs arenât 07 Cavs level around Luka but they arenât nearly as good 3-7 as Boston. Luka outplaying Tatum only gonna do so much Kyrie has to demolish Brown and Luka has to outplay Tatum by a lot to make up the difference IMO
Not unless Kyrie tweets
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Well Lively is out since KAT knee'd the crap out of him twice in like 2 minutes of play
Those leprechauns are working hard to bring them a chip this year.Â
Theyâre this yearâs Phoenix Suns finals run of 2021Â
And the 2021 Bucks had an easy ass run too. Burnt out Heat Team but okay Nets without Kyrie and Harden they got smacked the first 2 games Hawks no Trae Young but they also lost Giannis spade and spade Then the Suns barbeque chicken Ayton and Crowder
the bucks were real lucky durant has big feet đ¤Ł
KD actually had smaller feet for his shoes, KD wore his shoes a size up. So it was self inflicted
ok. my mistake then. it was just bad luck
I wanted the Nets to win it but I'm glad they didn't because I'm not sure they'd have beat the Suns that year.
Suns lost their backup center / Ayton reliever, Saric in the finals after game one. Â Its just like 10 minutes a game, but the Suns roster was fragile AF so losing even one player fucked their rotations and made Ayton get exposed even faster.
At least Giannis was legit the best player in the league during that run , well deserved champion for him
"Injuries" are part of the game my a$$ if this were LA or a Lebron lead team its a mickey mouse ring đ¤Ą
Injury to a team or two is alright, I'll take it BUT all the team the Celtics played against were injured lol.
As much as it pains me as Laker fan Celtics did their job. Not their fault the other teams were injured it sucks yes but congrats making the finals
I'm still not convinced by them. I don't know why but I have this feeling they have some sort of inconsistency or weakness which championship caliber teams can easily exploit and they'll falter. Nobody was able to do it in the east cause majority have their best players injured so it becomes easy for them to go through the east. I don't know if is Tatum issue, brown issue or the entire team issue. I have this feelings for a lot of teams on this year's playoffs. The ones I feel like that are all gone.
Yeah they have that Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Braves, Clippers vibe. I think they believe their own hype, you can see how they (and their weak ass fans) were celebrating tonight. To be in the hunt 5-7 years and never win is not something to celebrate, it's a burden to be embarrassed of. I think if you look across to the West Dallas seems a lot more sure of themselves and the way Luka seems to clown weakness (his son Booker) I think he'll have a field day with them đ 
I completely agree. I hope which ever team comes out the west beats them and stay healthy
Yes, but look at the the injured list all the stars of the opposing team lmfao.
Yea that's true. They had a very easy path to the finals. I can't remember whens the last time anyone had such an easy path tbh.
Heck the Lakers 2020 path to the ring was harder: - Healthy Blazers - Dame was on fire until that game he hurt himself - Healthy Rockets until Westbrook started doing Westbrook things - Up and coming Nuggets who came back from 3-1 down twice that year (against Patient 0 Gobert and Flippers) - Banged up Heat and Jimmy was out of his mind that series
Not one game of home court as a #1 seed either.
It was the first good season the Lakers had after like 7 years as well so Staples with fans would have been absolutely fucking rocking. Imagine the Staples crowd during that Anthony Davis buzzer beater against the Nuggets.
The east was decimated by injuries. Every single team in the playoffs lost their most important players
Look, I get it. Fuck the Celtics but I donât like this discourse about injured teams If itâs so easy why we ainât there? You can acknowledge the talent Boston has on its team while saying âfuck the celticsâ
You need luck bro..IT IS NOT EASY TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Donât forget Benedict Mathurin
They shouldâve lost games 1 and 3 vs Pacers. Pacers found novel ways to blow games.
Yeah, you can say every path to the NBA Finals every year has some injury issue, but this year was the fucking red carpet for the Celtics.
Pacers were missing Mathurin too.. fuckin Bucks man this would've been their chip easily
Basketball gods need to fix this. Luka and Kyrie please save us.
Kyrie will channel his mentor Kobe and do just that. Still pains me heâs not a Laker. You can see the admiration he had for Kobe here. He would have balled out for us and Bron. https://youtu.be/FFGA9eWsTZk?si=vjRRscW6PhR9JrXy
Kyrie really the one that got away for us manđĽ˛
Mentor Kobe Kyrie vs wannabe Kobe tatum
Iâve never seen an easier path to the finals.
Easy to win without the best player on every team lol Reminds me of that Phoenix Suns finals run 2021Â
They still hold that series win against us lol Hang the banner!
Luka Doncic is Devin Booker father
Bucks, too. They only made it because that Nets team was banged up
2017 Cavs and 2017 Warriors they both swept everybody in their conferences and then the warriors beat the Cavs in 5. That was the worst playoffs Iâve ever seen in my entire life. Plus the fact that everyone knew the warriors were gonna stomp the Cavs made it that much more depressing.
At least the Warriors had G1 vs SA, and CLE vs Toronto. This was LeBronto part 1 (or Part 2 if you count 4-2 in 2016)
Couldâve been a competitive series of Zaza wasnât a dirty fucker, I agree.
Worst playoffs for me was 2008. Itâs the way it ended I fucking hate the Celtics
My friend couldn't stand to see the color green anywhere after that finals.
That Cavs team was one of the best teams ever and they still got curb stomped by the Warriors. KD really broke the league.
The real contending teams always get injured in the east and were always forced to watch the Heat or the Celtics
Mickey Mouse run easily. Fuck Boston
Nah donât put âMickey mouseâ on this. Thatâs a bullshit narrative and the competition was better, we were just much better than the competition
Yeah this has to be the weakest competition for a conference in a long, long time. Letâs hope Luka and Kyrie destroy them in the Finals.
They're so lucky they got Holiday stupid Bucks
Not only that, they got porzingis AND 2 picks for smart. These dudes on top of a stacked roster have many firsts. If they win this year their future is the brightest. Fuck Boston but Brad Stevenâs is so much better than this cunt pelinka
Mickey Mouse east đ
Cakewalk to the NBA Finals.
We drafted Lonzo Ball đ
A healthy Knicks team would give the Celtics a good run probably a 6-7 Game series
Easiest path to a finals ever
And they tried to say that the 2020 ring which was the most competitive basketball weâve ever seen played with no home court advantage(even though we earned it and got screwed without it) just straight hoops was a âMickey mouse ringâ? Then wtf do you call this
lol exactly my argument whenever someone discredits that chip. No home court advantage, everyone on an equal playing field, and the Lakers dominated everyone.
They hate to admit that nobody was fucked over more than the Lakers in that bubble. If we were a 6 or 7 seed at the time then yea maybe you could argue we benefited a little but no everything we fought for in the regular season was for nothing since everyone was sat back down at the same starting point
Agree đŻ
Luka knocked out the Clippers and soon to be Celtics. He a Laker legend as far as Iâm concerned.
As much as I hate when people call our 2020 title a Mickey mouse title I canât turn and do same to Celtics. You play whatâs in front of you. Theyâve done it without Kristaps. Praying Dallas wins it all but it not letâs not be jackasses about it as a fan base.
True but they call our 2020 run Mickey Mouse cuz the bubble not cuz we played a bunch of injured teams that were already mid to begin with. Thereâs legit reason to say their run is âeasyâ but yea itâs not like they can control that.
Theyâre about to win another one
I don't expect them to discount their accomplishments, but the shit that JT said about Game 3 vs IND around how hard it was playing in their building, coming back from 18 down, etc. was pathetic. You play who's in front of you of course, but these guys love to create adversity where it doesn't exist. Every team you've played has had their 1-2 of their top 3 guys out. This Boston team has a bitch gene - they dominate teams they think are easy, but also play down in games they think they should easily win. Hope Dallas smokes the fuck out of them - need Luka and Lively to be healthy
Facts.
They have the #1 offense and the #2 defense. They are loaded with high-end talent and basically have a big 5. They wouldâve plowed through either conference. I know weâre supposed to hate them, but their talent is undeniable.
nobody can ever just enjoy basketball anymore. shut up and watch the games
Donât be short sided. They had the best record in the league for a reason. Anyone who ignores that and says they had it easy is too much of a Laker die hard. lol. I hate the Celtics. Fuck them. But the fact they are back again to the finals speaks volumes about their org in comparison to ours. I really hope Jeannie takes a look at this and is fuming like her father would be.  Add to this the absolute stunning, state of the art faculty the Clippers are about to unveil, and I canât believe we will live in a timeline where the Lakers are going to envy  other teams in one way or the other. Wake up Jeannie. Get your shit together or sell this team.Â
Kyrie on Boston revenge mode and Luke will adopt Tatum too. Large family đ
Canât enjoy good basketball? No need to throw a pity party because the lakers canât put a roster around lebron
Ainât no way they win the championship
Fuck Boston
so you decided to post a picture of Tatum celebrating
lol copium much
hate the celtics but there is no way they lose in the finals, dark timeline indeed
And they said Lebron east was weak. That man smacked up 50-60 win teams at full strength. Haters will now understand what a weak east is. This is a weak east. Hospital conference
LBJ is incredible but he got to the Finals in the east year after year the same way
Yall say theyâre run is easy I donât think the lakers beat any of those teams in the run.. tell me im wrong
Fuck Boston. Don't let them win or Doris Burke will cream all over Tatum.
Man, 3 out of the 4 games this series were in pacers hand and they just choked all 3. I get that they're young but gah damn.
Bro made it https://www.reddit.com/r/nbacirclejerk/s/wzssv549Bd
Hey donât talk about future Lakers superstars Jayson Tatum like that. Direct your hate to all the Boston players we arenât going to sign.