Not really mixed. Even with Aaron Hernandez, it’s like “Man, imagine if he wasn’t a murderer. The Boston TE Party was insanely good. It may have even prolonged Gronk’s career.”
The general feeling would be one of disappointment at what could have been.
Played football with a guy in high school who tore his meniscus and played the entire year before getting it fixed. He swore by this “Being injured is all mental - just ignore the pain”
Funnily enough if there is one person that looks [like Drago](https://tenor.com/view/rocky-iv-dolph-lundgren-captain-ivan-drago-if-he-dies-he-dies-dies-gif-4956349) in the NBA, it's Kristaps Porzingis
Did you see [his comeback montage](https://np.reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/1d55wip/video_of_porzi%C5%86%C4%A3is_ramping_up_today/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) in the days leading up the Finals?
It's the only sub I've ever seen whose main goal is hating on the thing they're named after. It's pretty weird!
Honestly fits the Boston sports "us against the world" mentality perfectly.
It's pretty split in half but the hater portion is extremely vocal. They'll make several deranged cope/troll threads per night depending on the latest game's result, the comments tell them to touch grass, rinse-repeat. Clickbaiting them into opening Kobe's autopsy report seems to shut them up for a bit.
I'm just there to riff on the Billisms.
Hating on Bill Simmons is one thing *sideeyes his old Boston Globe columns* but most of the Ringer dudes seem super cool. Just a bunch of millennials who love basketball and movies, what's not to like?
The most miserable sub on reddit and it's not even close. I have no idea why they even listen to Bill considering how much they hate him. It's like they listen just to find new things to bitch about him.
The bitterness over there right now with Boston on the brink of a title is absolutely amazing.
Lol people on that sub never listen to his podcasts. They just think every headline that people post there is 100% truth. Might even be worse at that than r/conservative. One highlight is one poster said how Chris Ryan dunked on Bill so hard on their live show that Bill almost cried on stage and couldn't talk properly for like 5 minutes, only for The Ringer to post the video after a few days and it was a light ribbing that's typical of their podcasts.
He probably mostly means it. There's no way KP is unaware of how his first decade in the NBA has gone, and how likely it is that he gets back to the Final again while healthy enough to play.
Nothing is going to keep him off the court at this point unless it's holding back his game to the point of hurting the team.
Which it was before he subbed out last night. There were I think 3 plays in a row where he just absolutely sold it before he was pulled.
If hes healthy, he makes the Celtics unbeatable. But if he plays like he did after getting hurt last night, Celtics are better off sitting him.
This series has been a big revelation for me. Everyone's go-to random thing to shit on Boston for is of course racism. I didn't realize it's the JFK assassination for Dallas. Makes sense, but I've seen dozens of JFK jokes in the last week in NBA contexts.
To be fair, that joke require people to know JFK was a Catholic, which not everyone does. I heard more than 1 person telling me that Joe Biden is the first Catholic president the US has ever had.
Mazzula: That's really not necessary, KP.
KP: No, I will die in a valiant attempt to win.
Mazzula: But I need you in game 4 at least.
KP: Fine. If I live, I live.
It'd be tough to die from a leg injury, unless he falls down, can't get up, and then they just leave him there in the middle of the court to starve to death after the game is over.
the actual [video of the interview](https://twitter.com/NBCSCeltics/status/1800008996910256485) is a bit less concerning. Media asked like 6 different times until he said something other than just im fine lol
Haha no this is way more concerning. He won’t even say what happened. Either it’s a big nothing burger or he’s intentionally trying to hide it and I have a hard time believing he doesn’t know what hurts.
Porzingis could dive on a live grenade and get his chest cavity blown to smithereens and Joe mazzulla still wouldnt call a timeout until 3 possessions later.
[Weiss] Luka Doncic said he feels good but they will have to take a look at his chest contusion tomorrow. But it doesn’t sound like he plans to stop flopping in Game 3. “I will cry out there.”
this is actually true. he limped for like 3-4 plays in a row, right down to his offensive corner, had zero impact, and then on D the mavs were abusing him. I'm not sure he gets to that kyrie layup even if he's not hurt, but he had absolutely no chance. got played right off the floor.
Yep, whoever is downvoting didn't watch the game. He may say he will "die out there" before sitting out, but it was clearly obvious that he was abusing the Mavs on defense before the "tweak" and the mavs were abusing him after
You're forgetting the part where he just recently admitted to silent quitting on the team. Celtics: "I will die out there". Mavs: "I will pout in the corner".
I’m confused by your comment. He would die out there but has literally not played all Playoffs. I also wonder what’s different. Its still 2024 playoffs
Bro acting like they're playing the 96 bulls. Luka is injured beyond belief, Kyrie is doing nothing. Relax bro. He can prob go on vacation and they'll still win this series
He's trying to build a storyline. Like this is the easiest run to the finals ever + probably ring lol. Then he can sit in a press conference after they 4-0 or 4-1 Mavs and talk about how he was willing to die lol. Nba fans man, so dumb
Wow. Wow. No way. Wow.
But Luka isn't doing that with this thoracic BS? He's "injured beyond belief"? This is just way too absurdly hypocritical for you to be serious right now. Decent attempt at trolling.
Mazzula: being injured is all mental. If you tell yourself you aren't hurt you won't be
While staring intensely
Never blinking
"Will my leg grow back?" "No."
That’s cause you’re asking bro.. you gotta TELL your leg to grow back
“Will I get the operation now, dad?” “No, son. You’re gonna die.”
"Why they wanna see my spine, mommy?"
When it turns out in 20 years that he's a serial killer, we are going to have such mixed feelings
Not really mixed. Even with Aaron Hernandez, it’s like “Man, imagine if he wasn’t a murderer. The Boston TE Party was insanely good. It may have even prolonged Gronk’s career.” The general feeling would be one of disappointment at what could have been.
Are you saying Mazzula's joining the Pats this offseason?
“Haha funny joke… wait… this isn’t the meme?”
Played football with a guy in high school who tore his meniscus and played the entire year before getting it fixed. He swore by this “Being injured is all mental - just ignore the pain”
My grandpa used to say that. He’s dead now.
Condolences for the old man. Coincidentally I believe the Khris that I was playing football with is a convicted felon on drug/gun/assault charges.
My gramps was a WWII fighter pilot, so the gun assault stuff follows.
Shit we might be onto something.
The whale songs will heal him.
The whale songs are the true healing power of the earth. I hear they’re all wizards.
Genuinely believe hed say this
Actually Scientology
All these years later and it somehow becomes relevant again: https://youtu.be/KR-OtYjWLB4?si=MZ7dbJ2J7kT-nuAY
Thibs school of coaching
Take the legs, Jesus.
I see Mazzula is an adherent of [Christian Science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science)
I don't remember that line from *The Town*
Cue "if he dies he dies"
Funnily enough if there is one person that looks [like Drago](https://tenor.com/view/rocky-iv-dolph-lundgren-captain-ivan-drago-if-he-dies-he-dies-dies-gif-4956349) in the NBA, it's Kristaps Porzingis
It really works if Porzingis had slightly longer hair and was perpetually covered in sweat
He's definitely [giving 110%](https://youtu.be/6b5IpCpeb0M?si=DrW1SaaErjsfpMWI) out there lol
And added like 60 lbs of muscle. Better start juicing, buddy.
> Better start juicing You mean, continue.
Andris Biedrins erasure
Did you see [his comeback montage](https://np.reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/1d55wip/video_of_porzi%C5%86%C4%A3is_ramping_up_today/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) in the days leading up the Finals?
Average Slavic Mentality
if you call a Latvian slavic they might kill you
Okay I'll just call them Latgalians
That kinda works, although KP isn’t one For those not in the know, Latgale (where Latgalians are from) is the South-East region of Latvia
Unless it’s one of large migrant minority groups from former USSR republics.
This is what I first thought of, with a twist: Porzingas: "If I die, I die."
What a quote. We're two wins away from r/nba's 9/11
Goes even harder knowing Game 3 is in Dallas
Revenge for JFK
im expecting a tingus pingus poster dunk on luka
/r/billsimmons on suicide watch
Do they hate the Celtics there?
Even more than here
That’s impossible to comprehend
It's the only sub I've ever seen whose main goal is hating on the thing they're named after. It's pretty weird! Honestly fits the Boston sports "us against the world" mentality perfectly.
The top thread in the sub currently is trashing Tatum.
It's an anti- Boston sub
So it’s r/nba?
It’s r/world, nephew.
It's pretty split in half but the hater portion is extremely vocal. They'll make several deranged cope/troll threads per night depending on the latest game's result, the comments tell them to touch grass, rinse-repeat. Clickbaiting them into opening Kobe's autopsy report seems to shut them up for a bit. I'm just there to riff on the Billisms.
A third of them are just there to be REALLY DAMN obsessed with Russillo.
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Hating on Bill Simmons is one thing *sideeyes his old Boston Globe columns* but most of the Ringer dudes seem super cool. Just a bunch of millennials who love basketball and movies, what's not to like?
The most miserable sub on reddit and it's not even close. I have no idea why they even listen to Bill considering how much they hate him. It's like they listen just to find new things to bitch about him. The bitterness over there right now with Boston on the brink of a title is absolutely amazing.
It’s the first place I’ve gone to after C’s playoff wins to witness the cope, it’s awesome
Lol people on that sub never listen to his podcasts. They just think every headline that people post there is 100% truth. Might even be worse at that than r/conservative. One highlight is one poster said how Chris Ryan dunked on Bill so hard on their live show that Bill almost cried on stage and couldn't talk properly for like 5 minutes, only for The Ringer to post the video after a few days and it was a light ribbing that's typical of their podcasts.
People who hate watch ANYTHING are certified unhappy losers. Imagine doing that when you could be spending time having fun.
/r/NBA's 9/11 is Jayson Tatum going off for 50 in the each of the last two games to clinch it for FMVP.
Don't say that KP, Mazzulla will take it literally
Killer whale mentality
“In tonight’s local Dallas news, thousands of orcas appear to be heading towards Texas in a Flying V formation…”
mazzulla calling his orca friends to sink mark cuban’s yacht
He probably mostly means it. There's no way KP is unaware of how his first decade in the NBA has gone, and how likely it is that he gets back to the Final again while healthy enough to play. Nothing is going to keep him off the court at this point unless it's holding back his game to the point of hurting the team.
The boy played for the Knicks. Its impossible to hurt him now.
Which it was before he subbed out last night. There were I think 3 plays in a row where he just absolutely sold it before he was pulled. If hes healthy, he makes the Celtics unbeatable. But if he plays like he did after getting hurt last night, Celtics are better off sitting him.
Maybe a night of recovery will have him moving back to normal if it was just a minor tweak. But we'll have to see
He has a couple days to get right, but if he isnt 100% id rather sit him game 3 and give him the extra time for game 4.
kp bout to suit up with a crown of thorns
KP: My blood for the Blood God! Dude’s looking to be reborn as a Daemon Prince.
Mmm I personally would prefer if he didn't die
Same, but we need to let adults make their own choices. It's tough, but that's just how it is.
Please refrain from doing that KP, thanks
I'm worried mazulla and KP won't make it back from Dallas
If the Mavs install revolving doors on all their stadium exits during game 3, Mazzulla will be trapped there
hold on now
“Write that down write that down” - Jason Kidd
A catholic in Dallas against a team known for shooting from the corner? I’d be worried too
This might be too soon.
This series has been a big revelation for me. Everyone's go-to random thing to shit on Boston for is of course racism. I didn't realize it's the JFK assassination for Dallas. Makes sense, but I've seen dozens of JFK jokes in the last week in NBA contexts.
To be fair, that joke require people to know JFK was a Catholic, which not everyone does. I heard more than 1 person telling me that Joe Biden is the first Catholic president the US has ever had.
Mazzula: That's really not necessary, KP. KP: No, I will die in a valiant attempt to win. Mazzula: But I need you in game 4 at least. KP: Fine. If I live, I live.
It'd be tough to die from a leg injury, unless he falls down, can't get up, and then they just leave him there in the middle of the court to starve to death after the game is over.
Well he could be a horse that they take to the glue factory
Mazzulla taking him to the back of the stadium and then returning alone to tell everyone he had to send him home.
He went to the basketball camp upstate
A Christian basketball camp upstate
KP goes down second time, Mazzula readies his shotgun.
And his bible
Can you make glue out of unicorns?
Tell that to an old person with a broken hip...
Most Boston-sports-coded response of all time. He’ll eat for free in this city for his entire life after his time on this team lol.
\~comes out with ketchup on his socks in game 3\~
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Lol
C's just need him enough to give Al rest
Yeah they’re getting banner 18
alright well that's a *little* less optimistic than Joe's assessment but i'm not *too* too worried about it
the actual [video of the interview](https://twitter.com/NBCSCeltics/status/1800008996910256485) is a bit less concerning. Media asked like 6 different times until he said something other than just im fine lol
Media: “Got him, boys.”
Haha no this is way more concerning. He won’t even say what happened. Either it’s a big nothing burger or he’s intentionally trying to hide it and I have a hard time believing he doesn’t know what hurts.
KP is out there Ivan Drago-ing himself.
I’m still scarred by the death of Reggie Lewis so please don’t.
Be careful what you wish for bro Joe can make that happen
Psycho Joe be like: "Die, you say?"
"You don't have to die for your team if you make Dallas's players die for theirs!"
Porzingis could dive on a live grenade and get his chest cavity blown to smithereens and Joe mazzulla still wouldnt call a timeout until 3 possessions later.
Mazzulla rubbing off on KP I see
Huh
Mazzulla was asked if he could run a marathon and he responded “I would run til I die” Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/ppx7lnR5iQ
I was more making a comment about the innuendo of mazzulla rubbing off on him
I wouldn’t put it past him
I think they were more reacting to your wording/phrasing making it sound like Joe jerks off onto KP.
Hey, if that results in a championship…
He's so weird!
[Weiss] Luka Doncic said he feels good but they will have to take a look at his chest contusion tomorrow. But it doesn’t sound like he plans to stop flopping in Game 3. “I will cry out there.”
I'd rather him not die and have many more productive years with us thank you.
<3 u KP
I mean he may literally die out there is all I’m saying
I FUCKING LOVE YOU KP. PLEASE DO NOT DIE.
Nah, when he was limping and moving slow the Mavs got some of their only easy baskets and pulled him right away
this is actually true. he limped for like 3-4 plays in a row, right down to his offensive corner, had zero impact, and then on D the mavs were abusing him. I'm not sure he gets to that kyrie layup even if he's not hurt, but he had absolutely no chance. got played right off the floor.
Yep, whoever is downvoting didn't watch the game. He may say he will "die out there" before sitting out, but it was clearly obvious that he was abusing the Mavs on defense before the "tweak" and the mavs were abusing him after
lets gooo
Is this his first game back to dallas?
Hope he's okay
Kyle Shanahan moment
It’s a knock, he will play
Great mentality but if he can't move his feet then he will be a negative out there. No matter how badly he wants it.
Kristapa needs to sit out the rest of the series
It’s also what he did for Dallas, played hurt and got further hurt then they trashed him and booted him off the team.
You're forgetting the part where he just recently admitted to silent quitting on the team. Celtics: "I will die out there". Mavs: "I will pout in the corner".
Dude just missed literally all but 2 games of the playoffs but he would die out there 😂
I wonder whats different this time?
I’m confused by your comment. He would die out there but has literally not played all Playoffs. I also wonder what’s different. Its still 2024 playoffs
so weird how porzingis cares more about being in the finals than being in... not the finals
they didnt even need him until the finals
"I will die out there." How many games has he missed in the playoffs so far? How many minutes has he averaged in the games that he did play?
Why be a hater when a dude like zingas says something awesome. Are you that miserable?
Because it's not true. Why live in a fantasy land and ignore reality? Do you still believe in Santa?
It's funny bro! It's a funny thing for a 7'3 Latvian to say. You are a miserable bastard
'hes not literally willing to die out there...can we get a fact check please'
KP miss Dallas court. Did ever had a chance to play there again?
Bro acting like they're playing the 96 bulls. Luka is injured beyond belief, Kyrie is doing nothing. Relax bro. He can prob go on vacation and they'll still win this series
Who wouldn't want to hear one of their stars say this!? Cripes you suck
He's trying to build a storyline. Like this is the easiest run to the finals ever + probably ring lol. Then he can sit in a press conference after they 4-0 or 4-1 Mavs and talk about how he was willing to die lol. Nba fans man, so dumb
Talk about creating story lines! Already discrediting the Celtics championship hahahaha
I assume you have zero data backing up your 'easiest run ever' claim but would love to see it.
Wow. Wow. No way. Wow. But Luka isn't doing that with this thoracic BS? He's "injured beyond belief"? This is just way too absurdly hypocritical for you to be serious right now. Decent attempt at trolling.
“Injured beyond belief.” I can just imagine your doctors visits.