Celtics beat Knicks 119-117 in OT! Porzingis had 34 pts and 8 3's. Are you concerned about Jaylen Brown's injury going into the playoffs?
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00:00Celtics get out of there with a win last night.
00:03Do you think if the Celtics are without Jalen Brown,
00:05they'd be going against the wind in the playoffs?
00:08Well done, Curtis.
00:11They were, they're looking for a neutral site, Curtis,
00:13for the round one of the playoffs.
00:15Fire Lake is where they're hoping to...
00:17Honestly, I'm just hoping they turn the page from the regular season
00:20and really get a move on.
00:22Here's a 978 text that says,
00:24If Jalen Brown is hurt, why is he playing?
00:27Why not shut him down until the playoffs?
00:30Yeah, I mean, maybe there's...
00:31He can't tell you how tough he is.
00:33I'm trying to push him to see what he can do.
00:36He can't do much.
00:37I mean, you know, you watched the game last night.
00:39I watched the game last night.
00:40Well, I'm wondering, then last night where the coach is like,
00:42yeah, shut him down.
00:43I don't know.
00:45It's kind of interesting because he's kind of been in and out of the lineup,
00:48you know, obviously since the injury.
00:51So I don't know what they feel like by playing him might do.
00:55Well, I mean, I'm sure that there's some pressure on Joe Missoula.
01:00I guess I shouldn't assume anything,
01:01but I'm sure that he wants to get...
01:04Jalen Brown wants to, if he still can, get to 65 games.
01:08So he's eligible on all NBA and all the rest of it.
01:13Maybe that's it.
01:14That's a good thing to prioritize.
01:15Yeah, what's he at?
01:16I wonder.
01:16I think he's at like 60 maybe or 61.
01:19Yeah.
01:20Right?
01:20I think he's at like 60...
01:2263.
01:2363.
01:23So there you go.
01:24I just think, I think it's a, if, if you have to look at this team differently
01:29when it comes to what they can do in the, in the playoffs all the way through,
01:34if you can't count on Jalen Brown.
01:36They're still the favorite in the East without Jalen Brown.
01:39Yeah.
01:40Without him.
01:41Yeah.
01:41Okay.
01:42Definitely.
01:42Yeah.
01:43I don't know.
01:44I don't know about that.
01:46Who would be a favorite over them?
01:48Yeah.
01:49Cleveland?
01:49Yeah, I would.
01:50No.
01:50No.
01:51You don't think?
01:52No.
01:52No.
01:53I don't know.
01:54Jalen Brown's been their, their superhero the last two postseasons, in my opinion.
01:58So I, I just think, yeah, regular season, you can, like that caller earlier, look at
02:03the record with or without him.
02:05But once the postseason comes, we've seen times...
02:07Last year he was good.
02:08But they didn't even have a game six, did they?
02:09And the season before he was good.
02:11Yep.
02:11No.
02:12The season before...
02:13Yes.
02:13Maybe he...
02:13He showed up when Jason Tatum fell off.
02:16Did you not see game seven when Tatum got hurt?
02:19And he couldn't throw the ball in the ocean?
02:21That was what you're, you're talking about, one game.
02:23But I'm saying, overall, the last two postseasons, Jalen Brown, I believe, has outplayed...
02:27He was, he was, let's just stick with last year, because I think a lot of people are going
02:31to say MVP.
02:32He was good last year.
02:33And he was a big part of why you won.
02:35He was obviously the MVP of the finals last year.
02:39And we're talking about this year.
02:41You look at the teams.
02:42Could you get through...
02:44It's the same with Porzingis.
02:45Can you get to the NBA finals without him?
02:48You probably could.
02:50You'll still be the favorite.
02:52But once you get to the NBA finals, it'll be, you know, you know, it's going to be a
02:57much hotter matchup.
02:58Yeah, you need both.
02:59Yeah, without him.
03:00So...
03:01That turnaround, fall away, mid-jumper, which was the forte of double zero at Neshoba Regional
03:09High School that Tatum was using last night, was stupendous.
03:12Yeah, that was...
03:13Stupendous.
03:13Yeah, you know, Tatum, like, and I mean, I agree with you, Courtney, like, Tatum, if
03:19he plays like he plays in the regular season, and he consistently can do that, you know,
03:26throughout the playoffs, maybe he might have a stinker here and there because that's just
03:30going to be it.
03:30Or even if he has, like, a three-quarter stinker and then turns it on in the fourth quarter.
03:36I'm fine if you have a game stinker.
03:38You just can't have a series stinker.
03:39Right, right.
03:41So if he's able to play at the level he's played at all year, then, yeah, you probably
03:46don't need him.
03:47But you'll still be the favorites in the East.
03:502-0-7 text from my adopted home continent of Maine.
03:54Jalen Brown needs to put the team first and sit until the playoffs and not go money grab
04:00to get to 65 games.
04:02Yeah, if that's the case.
04:03Yeah, I mean, that's because why else would you be playing?
04:09I mean, what?
04:09I'm just like the texter.
04:11If you were put in that position, you'd be doing the same thing.
04:13I'm sorry.
04:14That's the case.
04:16Like, if we're all being honest, if we're all hooked up to a lie detector, we'd all be
04:22doing what Jalen Brown is doing.
04:23If that is, in fact, why he's doing it, he'd get to 65.
04:26Now, I don't think he's getting more money for it, right?
04:30Well, you do get more money, certainly, when it comes to, I'm sure he has, he's got the
04:35max contract, but he's got to have bonuses on all NBA, and I would assume.
04:40I'm trying to find it.
04:40I don't know how they work their contracts.
04:42I thought that was only prior to the max contract.
04:45Yeah, so the max is the max.
04:46Yeah, that's what I thought.
04:47It's a legit max.
04:48That's what I was, that was my understanding.
04:50It's full max, is what you're saying.
04:51Yeah, prior to the.
04:52Full on max.
04:53Prior to it, Sean, you're right.
04:54Like, it's different levels.
04:55It's not HBO max, it's full max.
04:57You get for all NBA, and what's he's going to be, 13, maybe, if he gets to the 65?
05:04So, I don't know.
05:05Do you just want that on your resume, that you are all NBA?
05:09Well, yeah.
05:09I mean, you certainly want it on the resume.
05:12I mean, that would seem to be short-sighted.
05:15Yeah.
05:16Obviously, we all know what Jalen Brown meant here, but nationally, his status changed dramatically
05:22when he was the finals MVP.
05:24But it is a good question.
05:25And, like, if you know that he's dealing with this, and even he said it, like, the pain
05:29that he was dealing with playing with the knee injury, why not just sit him for the remainder
05:35of the season?
05:36And then that's, I think that people are only going to speculate, well, he must be trying
05:41to get to the 65 game minimum for the awards.
05:45And then, I guess that's where people would then question, well, he gets a, I mean, is
05:49this texter correct?
05:50617 texter gets a $2.2 million bonus?
05:53Maybe.
05:54I don't know.
05:55I know.
05:55I know what Sean is.
05:56Well, Wiggy, the fact that you don't know it is outraging somebody in the Twitch chat.
06:00Well, I'm not a...
06:01How do these guys not know this?
06:04Sorry, we're not Pat's cap, capologist specialist.
06:07Yeah, I'm not a Celtics NBA.
06:09I know.
06:09The intricate details of Jalen Brown's contract, not something that we have, unfortunately,
06:16paid close attention to.
06:17Yeah, I don't have...
06:18Sorry.
06:19I don't have his incentives.
06:20Joke's on you for watching us.
06:21I know what Sean's saying is you're right about that.
06:27Guys, their max contract changes based on making all NBA.
06:31Prior to the max, it was $2 million for the 65 mark.
06:35Okay.
06:35But I don't know if that changes with the max.
06:37I'm looking at his deals.
06:38$285,393,000 guaranteed.
06:42Yep.
06:42It says nothing about that.
06:44And, Courtney, to say what you would do at work when the guy's making whatever to go
06:49pay his mortgage is different than a guy just playing to get on a team when he's already
06:54paid at the top of the league and has to be throughout the deal.
06:56Yeah, we can all say that as, you know, the lower people on the food chain.
07:00But if you were in his position, you know...
07:02Well, how do you think that a teammate would feel if he got hurt playing in one of these
07:05games?
07:05I don't know.
07:06Wiggy always says you should never judge a teammate based on trying to get more money.
07:10He's not.
07:10There's no incentives.
07:11I would be upset.
07:12I mean, like, we were upset last year for Bergeron playing in a meaningless...
07:16Was it last year or two years ago?
07:18Two years ago.
07:18Two years ago, Bergeron playing in a meaningless game where he did hurt his back.
07:23So, I...
07:23I've been barred from all Bruins alumni events ever since.
07:25I was...
07:26I would ask Jalen, if you know you're hurt, shut it down till the rest of the...
07:32What's the...
07:33Or, Missoula, why is he playing?
07:35If he is hurt, let him get the rest that he needs.
07:38The playoffs won't start till April 19th.
07:40That'll give him, you know, as of today, 10 days of rest.
07:46Why are you playing him?
07:48What's the purpose of him?
07:49Yeah.
07:50I don't understand it because he was, last night, was unable to do much.
07:56Right.
07:57And so, I don't see the benefit there.
08:00Well, did they ask Missoula?
08:01Is he...
08:02Is there...
08:02I don't know.
08:03I don't know that they asked Missoula.
08:05I'm going to have to...
08:05Now that they want me to know the ins and outs of the contracts, I'm going to have to get
08:09a press pass so I can get down and ask Missoula these questions.
08:11Oh!
08:12You would do a great job post-game questioning the guy that you believe is the very best
08:18coach in the NBA.
08:19Like, I would say, Joe, why is Jalen playing when he's got a clear knee injury?
08:25He said that, you know, he's been hurting, so why not just shut him down for the rest
08:29of the season?
08:30And then he would say, I like that new Celtics sweatshirt.
08:32You'd say, thanks, coach.
08:33Great job.
08:33All right.
08:33That's what I'm saying.
08:36We're selling.
08:37I'd say, I like those shoes you were wearing on the sideline.
08:40God, Greg Hill.
08:41Isn't he so negative about the Celtics?